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Hey guys.

I've booked Wakefield out for a private track day. Its being set up as a "no frills" tday. There will be no official timing (stop watches and personal lap timers are permitted) and we aren't bringing any gun drivers to provide driver training.

While we are charging a bit more, we are also limiting the field to a maximum of 25 drivers. We will run two sessions of 12-13 vehicles each, which means you'll be looking at two runs an hour. As the field thins during the day, this will change.

The initial plan is to run 2 solo-occupant "timed" sessions (not official timing, but stopwatch / lap timers) and 2 passenger permitted sessions an hour (so one type for each group), to ensure fairness and to comply with our insurance requirements.

The last time I ran one of these things became a little freer in the afternoon. After lunch time, with the inevitable breakdowns or people getting tired, we ran an open pit. By mid afternoon, we only had 4 cars on the track with the open pit so people just kept lapping until they wanted to pit in.

We're aiming this track day at people who've got the basics down, and want some solid track time to practice and experiment. Even if no-one breaks down and everyone runs every session they're entitled to, with two sessions an hour you're still looking at double the track time of most days.

I'm no pro driver, but I'm happy to go for a ride in anyone's car and point out where I think the line is, and give the (dubious) benefit of my experience.

Since its a small group, it'll give you a chance to meet everyone and you know that everyone there at least knows someone else. The last one was great, since everyone knew everyone else. Everyone checked their mirrors to let faster traffic through, and you didn't get giant egos trying to intimidate other drivers. Our aim is to retain that spirit, to avoid some of the more negative vibes you can get from regular Wakefield open days or heavily booked track days.

We've had questions about whether people can drift, too. The answer is yes, but for insurance purposes we must have a dedicated drift session with no passengers. When we fill the ranks I'll email everyone and see what people are interested in, and work it out from there. As no-one is likely to drift all day (the tyre cost would be prohibitive) then we'll alternate the drift-interested group between one grip and one drift instead in the morning, and play it by ear when the field shrinks.

Details:

Location: Wakefield Park

Date: August 18, 2008

Cost: $200 per driver

Contact Details: 0430 046 338 or [email protected] (tell Carmen who you are and how you know me) or PM me

Payment Details:

Direct Deposit:

Savings account

BSB: 012 129

ACC: 592 355 971

ANZ

payment description; Please write your real name and forum username (with forum) as your description

or you can use Paypal to [email protected]

Additional Costs:

You will need a AASA License (as they now own Wakefield) or a CAMS L2S or above. We don't organise licenses so if you don't have either, you can pick up an AASA on the day for $50.

As for positions. its first in, first served. If we do get enough interest, we'll run a reserve list.

Edited by scathing
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