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Huge thanks to the usual crew for organising this again.

Had to wake up nice and early with a killer headache and drive home...even though Sarah was supposed to...sly!

Got a bunch of pics and some vids which I'll post up after..when i'm feeling less seedy.

Great to see a heap of new faces as well!

good effort to the sydney boys for making the big trip down as well, nice meeting you guys.

As usual the night out had its fair share of funny moments...

...ryan and the mother/daughter "photos on the phone" = bahahaha

..becs effort with one of the 'ladies'

*waits for more stories*

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I'd personally like to thank those who stopped by the side of the road after Deca to help my mate's stranded S13...you're all champions...

who go stranded?

I hope its not phil :devil: , did he manage to fix his wheel before driving back?

yep another great DECA, heaps of fun :D

Got to admit, after the morning skidpan session, i was very demoralised, and ready to kill whoever came up with the idea of steering AND driving the same wheels :devil:

But, by the end of the day, was driving it a fair bit better, and having a ball :D the open diff really makes it easy to find the rev limiter :D

Long and Mini wangs were great as usual, got me pumped for more circuit work...i.e. Philip Island weekend next month :D

Got a decent list of jobs to do to the car as well now; #1 - get the handbrake to work...

and of course, BIG thanks to all the organisers and volunteers. wouldn't have happened without ya!

Great weekend! Most fun ive had in a while. Only thing is i left my spare wheel behind at deca so if anyone grabbed it please PM me. Thanks to all the organisers and helpers.

Will definately be at the next one!

had a great weekend thanks guys, even though i didnt compete i had a great time as an official and it was fun watching people lock up and drag the cone bout 5 meters from where it was on the mini wang. thanks to shane and leon for taking me passenger on the skid pan, wat an experience!. next deca i think im gonna have to enter.. hehehe

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