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Yipeee, Hopefully I have a car by then! :blink:

Ditto!!!

Team Pink Badge will cause an upset, this DECA!!!!

:P

You'd want to... because I'll be taking teh wins in 2008! :blink:

Don't think the car will be run in yet... so ill go official for the day.

Yipeee, Hopefully I have a car by then! :P

Edit: Handbags is back in for Deca, exams are a week later, Yippeee!! Big Red will hopefully make an appearance.

yes it would be good to see this car..if it actually exists :blink:

sorry for the noobness again but is DECA where you pretty much drive round a skid pan or sumting following the cones and time yourself???

sumting wong

The Saturday spent at the DECA centre comprises of the skidpan in the morning with cone marked courses with one car at a time, then in the afternoon two cars run at a time on it (courses are narrower than the morning so each driver only uses his/her half of the skidpan). This is a good one to go up against mates although beating them is just for pride, the time is what counts. The Long and Short Wang are bitumen type tracks at the back that require a helmet and are one car at a time courses.

Maps of the courses are provided on the day and available a few days before for download from here.

Every event is timed by marshalls who are volunteers from SAU for the day and make the day what it is.

Saturday night involves dinner and drinks at Taco Bills in Shep then onto a bar/strippers/KFC/Maccas/Riding coloured cows/whoring rides in local skylines/pushed home in a wheelie bin etc.

Hope this answers it :)

sumting wong

The Saturday spent at the DECA centre comprises of the skidpan in the morning with cone marked courses with one car at a time, then in the afternoon two cars run at a time on it (courses are narrower than the morning so each driver only uses his/her half of the skidpan). This is a good one to go up against mates although beating them is just for pride, the time is what counts. The Long and Short Wang are bitumen type tracks at the back that require a helmet and are one car at a time courses.

Maps of the courses are provided on the day and available a few days before for download from here.

Every event is timed by marshalls who are volunteers from SAU for the day and make the day what it is.

Saturday night involves dinner and drinks at Taco Bills in Shep then onto a bar/strippers/KFC/Maccas/Riding coloured cows/whoring rides in local skylines/pushed home in a wheelie bin etc.

Hope this answers it :mellow:

lol thanks for that Alan sounds like fun. will have to check work roster out and confirm. also this only goes for one day?

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