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Cost: $25 for driver or passenger

Time:

Gates open at 8.00am

Scrutineering commences at 8.15am.

A compulsory Driver’s Briefing is held at 9.30am

Activities on the Track commence at 10.00am

Info:

Speed Restriction – all drivers will be limited to 80% of the potential of both the car and driver.

This is not a race . There will be large differences between the speed of each vehicle so be careful. Anyone exceeding the 80% rule or overdriving will be flagged off the track and warned. A second offence will mean that it is home-time for you.

Scrutineering - All cars must have a safety check and receive an ‘OK’ sticker before going onto the circuit for the first time. Vehicles must be roadworthy or race worthy.

Brake lights must work.

Clothing – must be non-flammable cotton or, preferably, wool – no nylon – covering wrist to neck to ankles. Proper enclosed footwear – non flammable. No thongs or sandals.

All participants must wear a helmet which complies with current Australian Standard.

Noise – All vehicles must have an effective muffler fitted to the vehicles exhaust system in a manner which will reduce the engine noise. Maximum noise level permitted is 95dBA

Sessions - activities will be conducted in session of 30 minutes Driver only, followed by 30 minute session for driver and passenger. Sessions maybe shorter than 30 minutes, depending on track problems with cars etc.

Seatbelts must be worn at all times. Done up tightly.

Other cars - Be careful of other cars, watch out for them and give clear hand signals if you are going to slow down. Pull off and brake early when safe to do so. Do not brake suddenly when cars are following close behind. If you need to slow down, give hand signal and pull out of the way of others.

Age Restrictions - An opportunity for people over 16 years old to drive around the circuit under controlled conditions. Children must be at least 14 years old to be passengers. It is not a day for young people to learn to drive a car.

Contact Winton for more information - 5766 4235

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dont worry about the noise level.

my r31 is at 130db @ 4000rpm and they haven't kicked me off yet.

and with the 80% rule thier is userly a few cars (apx 30 or so) on the track at one time so you cant go 100% as

you might have some slow person in front of you.

go do it tho for $25 + fuel (me $140 for the day) it's worth it

Yeah the 90 odd db rule would screw me over too.

So my speedo goes up to 180 and I havent had the stock ecu changed so its pretty much capped around there, so 80% of that is about 144. So basically couldnt go above 150 on the track at all.

That will make bugger all difference if I have a GTR thats got an aftermarket ecu up my ass, as their 80% will be alot more than mine. :)

Either way, I know that their thinking is mainly for safety, but they should focus more on safe overtaking. Considering the power difference there could potentially be with the cars, it could be safer if some of the slower cars were travelling faster than their 80% and the higher powered cars were travelling less than 80%. Ah well.

The 80% ruling is based on each individual drivers skill. Not speed, not how much power your car makes and its not the same standard for every driver.

They do this as a safety precution - it also happens at proper track days during passenger laps.

If a driver is seen to be 'overdriving', ie constantly off the track and in the dirt, or struggling to keep the car straight, etc etc, they may considering you are driving above your abilty, and as that can be a concern, expeically at these days where there are often passengers in cars, they may ask you to leave.

They say "80%" as a way of telling people that this is not a sprint event (hence the title "Fun Day") and that they wont tolerate people pushing themselves past their limits on the track at these days.

Having said all that - these days are a great way to have a go on a track if you havent done so before. Its sometimes a little scary due to number of cars on the track at once, but again, if you are only driving at 80% there is little that can go wrong.

Anyways.... the above is my interpretation and if anyone wants/needs further info, I suggest you contact Winton and have a chat to the event organiser about it.

Thanks for the feedback, its something ive been wanting to do for a while. I cant do it this time round but I am interested in the future.

More that I want to learn to control my car better. When it kicks out I can correct it in some occurances, but I want to get better at that and the public streets arent the place to practice. A track day would be ideal to practice control in some faster situations.

I understand what you mean now by the whole 80% being the drivers ability rather than the cars ability. Im sure many SAU members would drive my car 10 times better than I can. :nyaanyaa:

The noise restrictions are measured at 30 metres at a registered point and must be under 95db

The Fun Day is designed for those who have road cars that have never been on the track before to go out and see if they like it without spending big bucks and buying a licence. We have special permission to run the day without licences but that means that cars must only travel at 80% of their capabilities.

Anyone wanting to go fast and get timed, there are 4 Tampered Motorsport Track Days next year, and 5 Round of the Winton Sprint Series which you can go too and have your car timed electronically.

The Fun Day is the very very entry level into motorsport.

Cheers

Adam

hmmm sounds good, I was just worried about the 95db thing. But by the sounds of it it should be ok. My car cant be that loud as i drive it on the street everyday and have never had any problems but i reckon it would prob be over at an epa noise test

winton fun days are just show up, pay and get scruteneered and away ya go.

They getting pretty busy though so you really need to watch your mirrors and be carefull of dickheads that have no idea.

as for the noise, trust me. DONT WORRY. there have been a number of days i went to a around 18 months ago that ex v8 supercars (ea falcon) have been out testing along with hq race cars, open wheeler formula fords and a gt3 (once)! trust me, no skyline is as loud as them.

if you havent been to a track day i highly reccomend it, unbelieveable fun the first time you head out and think...... holy crap...... im on a race track!

if you are planning on having a bit of a dip make sure your brake pads are healthy. also reccomended that you give car a service afterwards if going hard.

fuel is available at the track but is expensive, 100 octane is on pump too!

hope the info is helpfull

enjoy

brett!

this wasy first track day, and i had soo much fun. was a great day

i would love to see pics of my car on the track or even a video as i saw a few video camera's around wen i went past the standing area. i was driving the white r32 gtr.

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