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Hey guys and gals

Im trying to organise a trip to Phillip Island late March/April 2008, but while doing research for that i noticed something pretty cool - there's a 6 hour relay at PI around September

It runs the same (well, sort of) as dial-your-time style drags, eg you state your lap time and if your team is the most consistent you win! Teams can have up to 6 cars and entry costs are around $200 per driver. Each driver does a set time then comes in (eg, car 1 does 8 laps then pits and car 2 does 8 laps then pits then car 3 does 8 laps etc) for a cool down before going again

Its run over 2 days so this is definatly a 4 day trip for anyone from NSW:

Day one drive to PI, check in to accomodation, get drunk

Day two practice laps etc

Day three 6 hour timed relay, get REALLY drunk

Day four drive home to Sydney

There's 40 team places to fill, the last one filled out quickly so lets see if this is a go-er or not asap

Entry includes a garage, individual timers can be rented on the day for $10 each (prior notice is required), must be a CAMS club member (eg SAUNSW)

Pit crew are encouraged to come along to change tyres and talk shit etc, from what i gather, the pitcrew get a really good weekend for cheap

Here's what PI looks like:

Phillip_Island_official.jpg

Here's a worst case guide to the outlay for a trip like this:

Accomodation: $200 (for whole time, renting one large house with many rooms based on 6 people going, if spectators go it will drop the price quickly)

Fuel (highway): $200 each way MAX - well, depends on your car/tune etc

Fuel (track): cant say, id estimate to get change from $300 for my gtr, again depends on cars

Entry: $205 each

Alcohol: say $80, bring it with you

Food: $100

So total worst case is around $1000 for the whole thing. From the DECA trips (long weekend trips to Victoria) i know some of those numbers are bigger than they will be in reality but worst case is best to work from

Considering its a long way away (September 2008), if spending $1000 over 4 days seems like a lot to you (everyone has their own financial situations) id suggest putting $25 per week away from your weekly pay and by the time it comes to the weekend you will be able to afford it easily

Remember this isnt a HP battle, consistancy wins :banana:

Paperwork needed: CAMS L2S and a CAMS club card (SAUNSW will do, i can sign people up for that prior to departure)

Website for organisers: http://www.6hourrelay.com.au/index.html

So.......who's seriously interested?

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Holly crap. What a weekend! DECA eat your heart out!!!

Georgie just volunteered for my pit crew. I guess that means we are keen ;)

Interest expressed :happy:

(edit: Im even considering getting the R31 "healthy" and hiring a trailer!)

Haha, ive already looked at that:

From the organisers:

As the Victorian 6 Hour Regularity Relay is not a race but a regularity competition you only require an L2S or L2SJ to be able to compete.

the way the relays work, its sort of tag team. each car does their share of the laps.

with the AROCA one at Eastern Creek, and the one at Winton, you set a target lap time. If you go over it you get smashed with a penalty eg 20 sec. if you go slower you loose time. No lap timers allowed so its pretty tricky - you need to stay just under your target time to win.

still not sure how they let multiple cars at full pace at the same time....

Sounds interesting, I would love to go back to the island for some laps.

Awesome track, great scenery, a comfortable drive and a nice Chinese resaurant. :P

I went through about 4 tanks of fuel last year (2 there, 2 return) for travel and plenty on the track. You'll need

to take semi slicks with you as it's to far to drive there on them. I removed the passenger seat

and got 2 tyres in the front and 2 on the back seat and with tools and stuff, you'll carry plenty of weight,

so fuel consumption may be ordinary. Took us about 11 hours to get there in a convoy of zeds, but on return, about 9.



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