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Hey Ben!

yeah it was a good day, it cleared up a bit in the arvo which was great!!

And as you can see from one of the photos, I had a bit of an incident! :) lol

edit - just had a look at natsoft, w00t, under 40 seconds!!

No worries guys, nice to meet you too. Glad you all had a good day & braved the ordinary looking weather.

The event ran well, with no problems or serious 'offs'. Quite a few spins, but everyone drove themself back out again... thumbs up to the dude in the big tank fairlane thing (the big red/black thing in the background of one the pics) who was doing some impressive dorifto action around the back of the track!

how many runs did you all end up getting?

great day to get out and have some fun, bloody slippery in the morning (or does the back end of a skyline just experience some sort of mythical attraction for the edge of the track :rofl:) but the rain stopped mid-morning and it dried out. I finally got a couple of decent "grip" runs in around 2/2:30 and was happier with my line towards the end. No idea about times, if anyone has them fill me in :D

No spins, but some rather interesting moments heading into the first corner. Great day though, thanks to frogman for posting details and good to see everyone :D

Yeah, had a great day, considering the weather.

Dissapointed that we couldn't get a second run in the motorkhana. I will be doing the dash lap next time only.

Loved doing skids in 2WD mode.......

Chris, no problems mate.

Could not believe the amount off mud that was collected, after hosing down....

heres the results from Natsoft, but doesnt have cars listed :D

http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results....03/2008.OPGK.S1

I think 1st & 2nd were VWs, then Chris(Skyline) then another VDub, then the blue VW/WRX. Should know more after tonights presentation/dinner...

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