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Old mate Duncan even with suspension problems turned it on from where i was standing ( read: not driving). saw u crossed up out of a corner on the back half of the track. very impressive.

That other silver GTS-T that was there would have had a go but aparently it was BROKEN???

well done to all those who partisipated, loved the red RX7 and the red 200 with it's taily antics!!

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yeah, turned out I had a two delaminated back tyres, it really kinda reduces the grip back there :D still got fastest gtst, but only 16th fastest overall

there was some good drifting on too, but the sad thing is there was 4 times as many cars in the carpark as there was on the track :D

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I came to watch.... im too scared that ill destroy my turbo.... and i have no money to fix it....

That Rx7 was a beast..... a lot of those GTR's hammered..... the shock of the day was hearing the GT3 was averaging 148kph around the track....

wholly guacamoly....

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Originally posted by DoughBoy

I think a couple of issues prevented more people from racing, like the high entry cost and the limited amount of time there were cars actually out there on the track....

Dude... Most track days you go to do not include the extras we supply. Normally you pay your money and go. We have professional race driving instructors, race calling, electronic timing equipment, lunch, trophies etc etc.

We actually lost a fair amount of money on this day and very rarely is money ever made at any of our track days.

Our track days are run to give you the best and safest possible environment to run in. Not just pay your money and get out there.

By the way, there was more than enough time for the drivers to run their cars. Knowbody wants to race their flat out every hour of the day. Pity there was more cars in the carpark than out on the track.

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Originally posted by dr chubb

Hey people,did anyone else get more pic's of the cars that were there? in particular 'GTR8U' and the red 's6 RX-7' screaming around the track?which both were running single turbos.  

Let me know

Thanks

Should have some mad pics up on our website V soon.

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. Knowbody wants to race their flat out every hour of the day.

I do!!!... seriously i do, i should be a R & D driver for Nissan:D Every session im allowed out in i typically go out in... occasionally i have to call on ppl to lend me their cars:(

A friend was a little confused about the timing of sessions, or the fact that there were only two timed sessions... i imagine there was a logistics reason why all sessions werent timed?

By the time the 2nd timed session came around his tyres were already cooked and werent getting better as the afternoon warmed up.

Its a shame to hear UAS may have lost money on the day as these days are few and far between.

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Ha Ha. Thats the go! You should have tied John up and grabbed a fang in his gravyboat zed.

The timed sessions can be a bit of a dilema only cos, to keep things safe, we must run cars in seperate catergories, and allow non timed events for passengers (not allowed to be timed).

John's never really out to make money on these days, as it's more of a fun day for him to take out his toy (but I'm sure his wife gives him a bit of ass spanking when they loose money. Maybe that's a good thing ?? :D )

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