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it was a good nite, but waaaaaayyyyyyyy too packed. we were waiting for about 30 min to get out.

i saw u run jesse, atleast u had the balls to get out there, i was going to but didnt think ther was much point (my tyres are f*kd) lol, i woulda made a fool of myself :rofl:

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it was a good nite, but waaaaaayyyyyyyy too packed. we were waiting for about 30 min to get out.

i saw u run jesse, atleast u had the balls to get out there, i was going to but didnt think ther was much point (my tyres are f*kd) lol, i woulda made a fool of myself :)

Thanks mate, I felt a bit out of place amongst all the V8's! I was surrounded by them, there was only about 6 other FWD cars there.

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Johnspec Enthusiast

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Did anyone see the 32 gtr that was absolutely off its head last Friday night (the 4th)... It ran an 11.4 or something. he had it parked near the track before it got dark - spewing I didn't have my camera it was perfection up close. would LOVE to do mine like that

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Did anyone see the 32 gtr that was absolutely off its head last Friday night (the 4th)... It ran an 11.4 or something. he had it parked near the track before it got dark - spewing I didn't have my camera it was perfection up close. would LOVE to do mine like that

What colour was it? I remember 2. One looked more track than drag with an older guy (open face helmet) driving it. The other one had sparkly glitter paint.

It was a sick night. I loved it. Been missing it the last few years. I'm going to get myself some drag tyres and go there early next year. ;)

Shame there was no burnout comp. The 7.67sec mustang was awesome!!!

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What colour was it? I remember 2. One looked more track than drag with an older guy (open face helmet) driving it. The other one had sparkly glitter paint.

It was a sick night. I loved it. Been missing it the last few years. I'm going to get myself some drag tyres and go there early next year. ;)

Shame there was no burnout comp. The 7.67sec mustang was awesome!!!

Yeah I saw the sparkly one! I'm thinking of the gun metal grey one with the te37s and slicks with the writing on the tyre walls. Yeah I couldn't believe how many people were there it was sweeeet! I'd be keen to have a crack I've never done it before :D

Did it take long to get out of the car park? I bailed about 15 minutes early to try and beat the rush

R31Nismoid Grand Master

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well it will cost more if u get busted doing it illegally. true?? lol

Irrelevant. Calder once again are working AGAINST motorsport enthusiasts - common theme with Calder Management stemming from that muppet Bob and his actions in the 1990's.

The only reason Calder is SO packed out now because of its "limited" days, it totally defeats the purpose.

Bad enough $65 and get 6-10 runs, but now you get maybe 2?

Forget it. But sadly people are stupid and still attend because its the ONLY choice they have.

Calder management are deliberately limiting the days to max out attendance, make them look successful etc etc when realisitcally all it's doing it starving the people with contiminated water.

Being the facility is shit.

However, you can't 'not' attend now can you? Being if you don't, it'll close forever. Calder Management are purely and simply driven by the dollar.

They have been for a number of years and the cash grabbing is only getting worse. Seems Bob's purse must be a bit light on these days.

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Irrelevant. Calder once again are working AGAINST motorsport enthusiasts - common theme with Calder Management stemming from that muppet Bob and his actions in the 1990's.

The only reason Calder is SO packed out now because of its "limited" days, it totally defeats the purpose.

Bad enough $65 and get 6-10 runs, but now you get maybe 2?

Forget it. But sadly people are stupid and still attend because its the ONLY choice they have.

Calder management are deliberately limiting the days to max out attendance, make them look successful etc etc when realisitcally all it's doing it starving the people with contiminated water.

Being the facility is shit.

However, you can't 'not' attend now can you? Being if you don't, it'll close forever. Calder Management are purely and simply driven by the dollar.

They have been for a number of years and the cash grabbing is only getting worse. Seems Bob's purse must be a bit light on these days.

*waits for sauvic heathcote drag day ;) *

Russman Grand Master

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Yeah I saw the sparkly one! I'm thinking of the gun metal grey one with the te37s and slicks with the writing on the tyre walls. Yeah I couldn't believe how many people were there it was sweeeet! I'd be keen to have a crack I've never done it before :D

Did it take long to get out of the car park? I bailed about 15 minutes early to try and beat the rush

Yeah that 32 was cool

I stayed almost to the end and there wasn't a rush out of the place.

Another cool thing last week was the insane drifters doing low 11's with their silvia/180 drift cars! I was very suprised with their times. Big 15in tyres though.

While I hate Calder Park management, there is nothing else so if they continue to run it fortnightly from feb on I will run my car and spectate a bit too. They will prob limit to 200 cars all the time so you get more than 2 runs.

And I thought there wasn't enough options for circuit stuff. At least we have sandown, winton and PI to keep us busy.

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i ran my 180sx, i arrived at calder at 245....lol

car was running like shit....intake pipe came off twice and injectors were maxed out by 3rd gear. best time was 14.1 which i wasnt happy with....

that white 32gtr had problems and still ran 13s

my mate in a VL had 5 runs, if u line up early at srutineering ull get more runs...

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On the 6th Nov drags, it was absolute havoc.. I think as a spectator it was a bargain since there was just so much to see, but trying to get a run would have been devastating. I was at the front gates when I saw some of the problems unfold. They had a ticketing screwup..(poor girl was stressing big time, so many people queuing up with cars) and along with that they actually thought they had reached the max drag car quota. :P

At that point there was at least 100 race cars waiting at the gates, i thought riots were going to unfold when they were told no more cars!...took them about 20mins to realise they had misplaced some of there ticketing.. At that point things started to trickle through. That would have caused significant delays for everyone getting runs IMO. Hope things don't get any worse than that..

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I guess I can see why calder have reduced the days last time I was there, fk all ppl were. No spectators, and very few cars. I wonder if all those complaining now actually supported it when it was on. Cause to be honest I dont remember all these ppl even being there. But it worked for me...I got 10 runs in before it even got dark. :)

At least now with the limited days, its nearly a guaranteed sell out, as such more spectators...more $$$. Id much rather pay to spectate when its busy, but I'd rather pay to enter when its quieter...so you just cant keep everyone happy all the time, with anything.

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However, you can't 'not' attend now can you? Being if you don't, it'll close forever. Calder Management are purely and simply driven by the dollar.

They have been for a number of years and the cash grabbing is only getting worse. Seems Bob's purse must be a bit light on these days.

WOW how unusual, a business trying to make money........

Russman Grand Master

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i ran my 180sx, i arrived at calder at 245....lol

car was running like shit....intake pipe came off twice and injectors were maxed out by 3rd gear. best time was 14.1 which i wasnt happy with....

that white 32gtr had problems and still ran 13s

my mate in a VL had 5 runs, if u line up early at srutineering ull get more runs...

Yeah I saw you there. Thought there must have been something going on with your car. You going again next year?

antonio Community Regular

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Another cool thing last week was the insane drifters doing low 11's with their silvia/180 drift cars! I was very suprised with their times. Big 15in tyres though.

Yeah was taken down in full drag trim haha, 260kw SR20 TD06 11.06 not to bad.. Would probarbly crack a 10 with a touch more r&d :down:

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Yeah I saw you there. Thought there must have been something going on with your car. You going again next year?

yea, once i get injectors cams and fc ill run again...but that will be probly after feb, i get back from overseas late jan...

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