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a massive 'big up' to the other SAU'ers out tjere, Ian, his mate micheal and Mark!!

awesome effort all of them getting into the 47-48's!! glad everyone had a blast!!

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a massive 'big up' to the other SAU'ers out tjere, Ian, his mate micheal and Mark!!

awesome effort all of them getting into the 47-48's!! glad everyone had a blast!!

Great day and a really great track...will def be headin down there again.

Sorry we lost you guys on way home, we pulled into the wrong servo dumb

oh....and i dont wanna see photos of my car.....going round corners at 45 degrees....damn suspension

Oh so the laps are timed and everything!? Sounded like a massively fun day, please let us know when the next $50 one is on!!! I'll be there.

Stolen Borrowed from the Supra Forum

1 with the poor 34 in it, and 1 with a little red beast(evil weevil) and a little white beast(too_ much_ boost) on the gas, I had to blow it up to 300% to see though.

Yes, Lou had a moment in his 34 but we managed to get him back on the road after spending most of the afternoon under the car for him as he didnt have any real mechanical aptitude.

After all the mucking around and we rebuilt his intercooler and front end with race tape and had him driving home, we got a call from him saying that he had blown another tyre on the way home and he didnt have a spare.

Given that a towy wanted $600 to come pic him up... Anthony one of Autosports regulars pulled over and lent him one of his semi's to get him home. Poor Lou couldnt turn a trick!

Hopefully we will see Lou at the next Autosports event at Wakefield Park on 9th May

that event above is infact the Wakefield Park event. The next Marulan event will be announced in the next week or so... still not sure about prices but i can assure you it wont ever be $50 again. That was a promo for the new facilities in which Autosports was happy to promote for them




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