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Hi All,

Mo Pro have launched their annual "Chance of a lifetime" contest. http://www.chanceofalifetime.com.au

There are 3 categories:

Option 1: Open to all levels of experience $3,850

2004 - fully supported run in either Brutes, F3, F4000 or FFord

plus 2005 - fully supported run in Konica series.

Option 2: Beginner and Intermediate only $2,420

2004 - fully supported run in MG-F series (supports supercars), plus MG-F series winner gets Konica run in 2005

Option 3: Beginners only (must not have held a CAMS license) $1,210

2004 - fully supported run in the mighty Daewoos, plus Daewoo series winner gets MG-F run in 2005.

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The deal is, for the entry fee, you get a run at the elimination round at Wakefield park in the daewoos. 6 fastest average drivers go to a shootout at the end of the day, 3 fastest in that go to finals. Even if you don't get to finals you will have had a full day hooning around wakefield in someone else's car ;)

The same process is followed in the finals, except that you do it in the car you will race the next year, ie either the daewoo, MG-Fs or a brute or open wheeler.

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This is a genuine contest, previous winners are:

Konica - Grant Johnson, David Russell

MGF - Ben Morley, John Bolton

Daewoos - Ian Kegg, Robert Dercole, Aaron Jones.

I entered a few years back (when Ian Kegg won), and Kelly entered last year.

We will probably both be entering again this year, Kelly in the beginners and me for the konica drive :D

I'd strongly suggest giving it a go if you are interested, its a huge opportunity to race for free. Kelly and I will be doing some practice beforehand at wakefield and I'm happy to give advice to any other club members who are thinking of entering.

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dreg01, I've been racing in the daewoo class for last 2years (shame I had to pay for it :( ) and it is excellent. All cars are very similar in performance, makes for *very* close racing. Excellent way to learn race techniques I reakon.

Not the fastest cars out there though!

Smiley, yeah, I was going to choose F3 when I win option 1 :)

FLIP, there are a series of dates for prelim rounds at wakefield on the website. We'll be down there at least 1 or 2 practice days beforehand getting the hang of things....I'm happy to help out club members with practice as long as you don't win my prize :P

And without being a d*ck about it, I think help from an experienced driver is essential to get up to speed....

hey Duncan

what advise would you give someone who wants to start racing cars (any level)?

i have no track experience yet.

i was planning on getting a cams liscence and then going to some track days to get the feel for it.

but that would then void my chance of a lifetime daewoo class.

how much is a season in the daewoos?

what does it get you?

also what happens with panel damage and crashes and stuff?

any advise much appreciated!

Cheers

Phil

well, without getting too far off topic, a great way to get started would be to win this competition :)

Daewoos are $15k per year (you can get sponsors to cover cost) and is tax deductible. 6 race meets (18 races + qualifying). Damage - too often, you have to pay (cheap rates), but you have to get close to get past :P

We did a thread about getting into racing a while ago:

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/sh...=&threadid=2077

The beginners option in the chance of a lifetime contest is only closed for CAMS C3 and above. You can hold C2 (supersprint) license, and this is a great place to get started. It prolly wont help you in Melb, but we will try and get a few club members to do the Bathurst sprint this year. For supersprints you just get C2 license (less than $100), put extinguisher in your car and stick a number on the side. Easy :(

Oh, and racing is the most fun you can have with your clothes on.

Bloody hell, those L3 elimination dates are in 2 weeks! Better get my act together too! I'm catching up with the organisers at Oran Park this weekend, so I'll confirm which date next week.

The last wakefield practice day before is Wed 3 September (Wed week), so we'll be down there for sure. Anyone got a little fwd to donate for practice?

Who else is in for sure, this is a pretty good opportunity...

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