Oran Park L2s Practice Days Coming Up

[N1GTR]

You have to fax the form! You know that form you havnt faxed in 2 years

[Wink]

You have to fax the form! You know that form you havnt faxed in 2 years

Yes yes I have already PM'd Adam about this - wonder if I have to pay the joining fee (again).

[N1GTR]

He can sort it out

[evil_weevil]

I'll be at work

[Edge]

23rd March 2008 is Easter Sunday isn't it!

23rd March grand prix L2S practise day at Oran Park.

I'm going and want to see you there!

Easter is always the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Spring Equinox.

This year is the earliest Easter any of us now alive will ever see.

The last time it was this early was in 1913, and the next time it will be this early will be in the year 2228.

[evil_weevil]

Equinox? Explain!

Yeah I work EVERY sunday

even if its a public holiday *cries*

[Kinks]

what's the fee for L2S? and it's just a form yeh?

contemplating the 23rd, finally got my butt and got my brakes done so i need a track day

[Wayne_J]

Hey Guys -

I've never taken a car to a track before and wondering whether the upcoming 'Arrive and Drive' Off-Street Track Day

(15th March) is worth going to?

It's non-competitive but that's fine by me, it sounds OK but they do allow you to really put the foot down, right?

I'm moving interstate middle of next month so this'll be my only chance to drive at Oran Park before it dissapears.

Cheers

[frozenwaffles]

arrive and drive is awesome for your first day...

yes you can boot it but dont be like the tool porshe driver that was at my first arrive and drive/track day and plough your pride and joy into the wall....lol

remeber you are not a race car driver!...yet...lol

you get to learn about how your car behaves at high speeds while having someone on site to call the ambulance and fire brigade should you crash. at private practice its pretty much everyone for themselves...

gotta love that ghost town feeling of oran park!

[evil_weevil]

Wayne - yeah mate turn up and have some fun.

while you cannot have passengers (i.e. some track days allow you to have instructors which is the best help and advice you'll ever get!!) you can still get a feel for your car at speed. just remember, warm up, cool down.

do not go hard right away.

build up to speed and level of confidence

drive to conditions.

watch out for other cars, if there are faster than you, dont stress and let them pass at safest point (straights)

and have some fun!!!!!!

I wish I could make the 23rd

[Wayne_J]

arrive and drive is awesome for your first day...

yes you can boot it but dont be like the tool porshe driver that was at my first arrive and drive/track day and plough your pride and joy into the wall....lol

remeber you are not a race car driver!...yet...lol

you get to learn about how your car behaves at high speeds while having someone on site to call the ambulance and fire brigade should you crash. at private practice its pretty much everyone for themselves...

gotta love that ghost town feeling of oran park!

Thanks mate - that sounds ideal actually. Totally agree about not going stupid, one of the primary reasons I want to do this is to get familiar with the car (only had it six weeks) and find out what it's limits are in a safe environment.

I'll be impeded by my tyres though - they are only 5 weeks old but are complete shit in my opinion - although I havent driven another Skyline, so I have nothing to compare to...

Can't recall the brand but yes they were cheapies, I bought new wheels immediately after buying the car and figured why not go for cheap tyres lest I was going to burn a lot of rubber rather quickly until the novelty wore off

They are absolte *shockers* in the wet, so I pray for dry weather on the track day...

Anyway, 95% probability I'll turn up for this one!

[frozenwaffles]

yeah i know that feeling...he he i had shitters on mine when i first got her...i now have 19" rims with 9.5s on the back and 8.5s on the front. much better! but i still want a set of lightweight rims (buddy clubs or similar with semi slicks) for my track days... too expensive chewing up the street tread! plus i like to get well sideways and you see all this rubber in smoke form and its like just burning money!

[Wayne_J]

Wayne - yeah mate turn up and have some fun.

while you cannot have passengers (i.e. some track days allow you to have instructors which is the best help and advice you'll ever get!!) you can still get a feel for your car at speed. just remember, warm up, cool down.

do not go hard right away.

build up to speed and level of confidence

drive to conditions.

watch out for other cars, if there are faster than you, dont stress and let them pass at safest point (straights)

and have some fun!!!!!!

I wish I could make the 23rd

No worries Chris & thanks for the advice.

Whilst I want to push the car fairly hard I'm certainly not going to go beyond my comfort zone... I'm terrified of damaging the car - I've spent too many $$$ and countless days in the past six weeks improving it only to go put it into a wall

I really want to see what the handling limitations are on my '34, so what better opportunity than this?

Yeah, wouldve been good to see you on the day mate... I'm certainly going to do my best to be at this one as it'll probably be my one and only chance at Oran.

Cheers

[Edge]

evil_weevil

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox

you working public holidays and on sundays

what's the fee for L2S? and it's just a form yeh?

contemplating the 23rd, finally got my butt and got my brakes done so i need a track day

$130 for the practise day.

$92 for the licence, you can get a one month temp L2S CAMS licence from a club executive useable right away, then send in the form and the one year licence will be sent to you in the mail.

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[PORTS]

I need to do some practice but I'm working on the 23rd........looking for a mid-weeker at OPGP.

[Edge]

I'll be there on the 23rd March for the grand prix circuit!

There is another grand prix circuit practice day on Tuesday the 1st of April!

All you people working on Sunday come to this one.

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[Sheng]

Ill come on the 23rd if i get my assignment done...

[frozenwaffles]

Who's all pumped for tomorrow!!!?!??!?

[Kinks]

well that was a fun day, saw some interesting cars and good to see the skyline contingent was well represented despite losing numbers to wakefield today

there's nothing quite like the sound of a race prepped RB26 on boost....