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Wakefield Park Track Day 16/9/03- all welcome (organised by OZ GTI-R Owners Club)


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Mr R32 M-Spec, pheasant's nest Mobil is the first servo on the motorway after campbelltown, can't miss it.

Looks like I'll catch you guys down there b4 9.

Can't wait to give all those pesky gti-rs a beating :wave:

oopss sorry Mark.

didnt read your post properly!

Yeah, get on the m5 and its teh first servo on the HIghway after cambletown.

Just ring me if you need.

Oh - I just remembered - BigBoganDave will know where it is!!!

ok guys, I'll be leaving in a couple of hours (going to stay overnight so I don't have to get up at 5 AM like you fools :wave: )

If anyone needs to contact me for whatever reason, I can be reached on my mobile: 0405 186 433

I'm looking forward to giving all those pesky skylines a beating :)

Anyway, it's going to be a great day. See you at the track.

Richard

hey GSR 13s, top time!

Once I got rid of my ballast I got down to 1.11.5s, at least I got to zoom all those pesky GTiRs :)

Thanks Richard & Sam for organising everything (except for that bloody wind....) top day out!

I was very happy with the time actually, first track day with the 'R'..

can't wait to go again :)

I only put the Coil overs in on saturday, so they need a bit of tuning to get right. The rear was pretty 'floaty'. Might have to grab some cheater tyres for next day out....

Once I got rid of my ballast

...pretty talkative ballast, probably hurts concentration having a pigeon holding a camera in the car as well:rolleyes:

GSR13S, was scoping out your car, very nice. Imagine how much quicker you can go once you get that high drag rear bumper fixed! :)

Can i ask how you were you timing your laps?

heh, it may be too early to say this, but despite a fair few laps more than normal, this may be the first track day I've ever returned from not needing new tyres or brakes!

And good to meet you there too, Mark, we need to get you over to Eastern Creek as well!

Originally posted by Roy

...pretty talkative ballast, probably hurts concentration having a pigeon holding a camera in the car as well:rolleyes:  

GSR13S, was scoping out your car, very nice. Imagine how much quicker you can go once you get that high drag rear bumper fixed! :(  

Can i ask how you were you timing your laps?

hehe Thanks, yeh well the damage was caused by a 4WD using my car as a brake at a set of traffic lights :D

Times was obtained with a mate using a stop watch, not precisely accurate but pretty close.




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