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Calder Park Sucked On Friday. Whats Goin On!

R33GOD

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R31Nismoid Grand Master

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$65 is way too expensive Troy.

Think about it, you drive from out east, its going to cost you $100 in fuel for a night @ the drags and to/from driving

Not to mention the fact you gotta be on your way well before 4pm if you want to miss all the traffic congestion on the Calder FWY itself.

Even being from the West when i was racing regularly, it would take me a good 40mins to travel what normally took me 10mins.

So god knows how the eastern people feel about the situation.

Even @ $50, and even then you'd argue that its too expensive when you see as many cars racing as you would and the fact people get maybe 3-4 runs in a night which isn't really good return in expense when you consider Calder is basically falling apart when you look at it.

Track is average at best, the facilities are plain shit house. Are the timing & timing displays fixed yet? They were in disrepair for the best part of 18months and werent fixed the last time i was there

If they are going to CHARGE more, then PRODUCE more for the punters who attend. Simply jacking the price without showing good cause is a load of shit.

GTR_STEALTH Proficient

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Raced there about 2months ago for $50, and got about 4 runs the night....

When i used to go to Calder to watch with a couple mates (coz we had nothing better to do) it was not *too* bad. But @ $25 a pop i'd rather get a bottle and have some drinks with mates :laugh:

SABBAi Grand Master

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Give it time, and we wont have any motorsport venues within 2hrs of the CBD. The way things are going at Calder and the proposals for Sandown, our only options will be Winton, Heathcote and Phillip Island. Morwell is as good as dead also.

jrocket Proficient

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Give it time, and we wont have any motorsport venues within 2hrs of the CBD. The way things are going at Calder and the proposals for Sandown, our only options will be Winton, Heathcote and Phillip Island. Morwell is as good as dead also.

Yeah i am from Morwell area. I think they are building a new track in the area as i type. Somewhere near Yallourn mine. I hope to start racing up there when its finished. Hopefully they have some drifting up there.

If i wanted to go to calder it would take me a good 3hrs i recon on a friday night. Just far too expensive. Hmm maybe i should just build my own personal drag strip lol >_<.

West Grand Master

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That's right!

The people that gave a shit about the place and tried to push to make it better got sacked or was pushed to resign. All because Bob has lost the plot and is listening to the one lying bitch that is going to fark up the place big time.

My mate (Malcolm, for those who know him) was in charge of "track hire", he had managed to book Calder out every weekend in 2008 and most weekdays, with a few major events that would not have happened without his and Russel's (previous manager) hard work. One bitch wanted the top job and took down anyone that wasn't on her side. Well she now has the top job, but all i hear from current staff and Calder clients, is that the place is a mess with a massive lack of planning/organization/etc.

Hell even the manager at Adelaide International Raceway (AIR) resigned, due to Bob listening to this bitch.

Whoever this Bitch is, sounds like she has the SKILL Al >_< . Bob must be a happy man atm.

R33silverS2 Mentor

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whats goin on with friday night drags at calder park.

its sucking big time lately

$25 to watch and $65 to compete. what a joke

just thought id share

that sucks, I was plannnig on running my car but didn't realise it was such a rip...

and $25 just to spectate, thatr is a disgrace - no wonder it wan't busy

R33GOD Grand Master

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f**k it lets go Heathcote FTW

I wouldnt run my car at calder if i got a free pass POS

im with ya on heathcote bro. wait til middle of march though lol.

well make a day of it with a few others :D

see my p.o.s run 14's :)

Al Grand Master

Al

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Rumors are that prices at Heathcote will be increasing soon :domokun:

Not sure if they're hiring Troy; But with your CAMS scrutineering cert you'll have no probs getting in; as most have no qualifications at all.

Well at the last Calder meet, they only had 44 competitors, for the whole night (that includes the comp cars); usually on a nice Friday night they have about 180 competitors. So if you compete now you'll have all the runs you desire.

R33silverS2 Mentor

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$65 is way too expensive Troy.

Think about it, you drive from out east, its going to cost you $100 in fuel for a night @ the drags and to/from driving

Not to mention the fact you gotta be on your way well before 4pm if you want to miss all the traffic congestion on the Calder FWY itself.

Even being from the West when i was racing regularly, it would take me a good 40mins to travel what normally took me 10mins.

So god knows how the eastern people feel about the situation.

Even @ $50, and even then you'd argue that its too expensive when you see as many cars racing as you would and the fact people get maybe 3-4 runs in a night which isn't really good return in expense when you consider Calder is basically falling apart when you look at it.

Track is average at best, the facilities are plain shit house. Are the timing & timing displays fixed yet? They were in disrepair for the best part of 18months and werent fixed the last time i was there

If they are going to CHARGE more, then PRODUCE more for the punters who attend. Simply jacking the price without showing good cause is a load of shit.

This is all very true, now I'm mad :domokun: Pricks!

SLYNE Proficient

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im with ya on heathcote bro. wait til middle of march though lol.

well make a day of it with a few others :)

see my p.o.s run 14's :blink:

Whenever your ready im in.. by march time dan should have afew mods done to his 34

we should make an event. .

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limpus Mentor

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I'd be willing to pay $65 to run there on friday nights if there was less than 20 cars there...previously whenever i went to calder i got between 3-6 runs on the night itself...whereas went i went recently in December...i got a total of 20 runs on the night...and that was with half an hour breaks in between every 5 runs or so...the way i look at it...$50 for 3-6 runs or $65 for 15-20 runs...it kinda speaks for itself...

inark Grand Master

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man... last time i was at calder (and this was a loooong time ago...) i was running my R32 against my wifes Soarer... and yes yes for all those who remember her car was well faster... still cop shit about that even though i was the one who ran the faster time in the soarer... but she did still beat me 1 of the 2 head to head races... anyway!

even then the track was shit... the signs were stuffed and it was $50... obviously it hasnt got any better... best way to teach them is by not going and encouraging others to do the same.

like Ash said... if your coming from the east its just a headache and a costly night out... for the quality of what you get its not worth the outlay... compare it to WSID

dmac_25 Grand Master

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I paid 90 for me and the misses to get in and race about 2 months ago and blew my head gasket only got 3 runs and the traffic sucked getting from my work in oakleigh to calder took like 1 and half through city link my 2 cents

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