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Dominic

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red900ss Grand Master

red900ss

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Originally posted by Duncan

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It is interesting that the guys in the Z came 7th outright on the back of excellent performance in the wet tracks. Their results on the dry tracks were mid field but there were about 40% wet events.

...(and take a gtr for traction....) ...

The wet events are a great leveler in terms of power and skill. 600hp isn't going to help much if all it provides is wheelspin. :burnout:

Smooth driving and using the available traction to full effect is the key. The GTS-t seems to be nicely balanced and able to get the power down effectively in the wet events. The porsches do so well as they have an engine hanging out over the rear axle and as such can get traction. Same reason for the Mini doing well and Renault Clios in other events. The Clubman had no chance in the wet events (~280hp and ~600kg :cheers: ).

fatz Grand Master

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wet events were all about tyre choice

one of the quicker cars was the 7? corvette that had a tyre that had tread death of about 2 inches and it kicked arse on the skid pans

the zed had street trye on and it had some great grip (with no wheels spin) coff traction control coff

also on the zed front here r some interesting facts

on the 800m sprint it actually was 1 second quicker than us and we have 12 psi and a zorst so those zeds aint no slouch in a straight line.. either that or dunk and i cant drive in a stright line

next yea should be interesting in a car with double the power that we had this year

bring it on

pete

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Woohoo. Well done to Fatz, Duncan and Dom. Great results guys.

It was plain to see that you guys were struggling for grip on the wet skidpan and figure 8 at EC which makes your results even more awesome.

What are you running next year Fatz? Not the 31?

It looked like great fun anyway and I'm looking into the possibility of running my Hyundai next year. Should be good for a laugh. :cheers:

Cheers,

Ben

Dominic Rising Star

Dominic

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Guys, I think the ideal car for FATz would be my little GTI-R. It weighs two of me or three of fatz and I would have to cut a hole through the roll cage for his head to fit.

Come to the Grand Prix rally day at my office in November and take it for a spin.

Id love to stick in a photo but havent worked out this process yet.

GTR032 Experienced

GTR032

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Originally posted by fatz

wet events were all about tyre choice

one of the quicker cars was the 7? corvette that had a tyre that had tread death of about 2 inches and it kicked arse on the skid pans

the zed had street trye on and it had some great grip (with no wheels spin) coff traction control coff

also on the zed front here r some interesting facts

on the 800m sprint it actually was 1 second quicker than us and we have 12 psi and a zorst so those zeds aint no slouch in a straight line.. either that or dunk and i cant drive in a stright line

next yea should be interesting in a car with double the power that we had this year

bring it on

pete

The Zed had traction control off, so Richard (the driver) told me. The car is a completely standard 'Track' model. Pretty surprising how quick it was down the straight :P ... Overall the Z did pretty damn good considering they only entered the event 2 weeks before it started. It didn't take much convincing for me to be told to enter it next year in my GTR :(

Jono

PS .. if any of you guys got pics of the 350Z please email to [email protected]

Duncan Grand Master

Duncan

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Should be a great turn out for skylines next year, theres already a gtr class (class A), but we might lobby for a seperate GTST class as well if there are enough interested :(

Their photos are up at: www.pbase.com/duttonrally/nsw/veh50 If they are interested in sponsorship backing in future they should seriously consider buying the photos, just $65 and they can use it for proposals...

Those guys did a *top* job in the wet, well done.

Dominic Rising Star

Dominic

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Just a quick bit of advice.

Do it with OTHER PEOPLES MONEY...

I call on a few companies I know and ask them to sponsor my car for a rally at a fee of $1,100.00 incl GST. They get a tax deduction, some great promotional photos, a copy of a video and to brag that they have sponsorship of a race car. This year for two events i got Over $5,000, free pads and free rotors. (by the way expect 19 out of 20 to say NO)

Th best deal is for $1,500 they also get to come for a spin of the Grand prix circuit

How can they refuse.

Just remember OTHER PEOPLES MONEY!!!

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