Dirt Lap Dash - Coffs Harbour

[YCA18T]

Hi All

Here is a video of my Silvia running at a dirt lap dash in Coffs Harbour.

It is being driven at the time by a mate who is an ex nsw clubman rally champ

The car is a Nissan Silvia, CA18DET, 244rwkw and has run an 11.93@115mph. It is running on road tyres

[Duncan]

looks like excellent fun...where was the track, who ran the event....and when is the next one on?

[YCA18T]

Is great fun, Is located in Coffs Harbour on the North Coast, just near the airport. The track is actually a motorcycle flat track and we have permission to use

The event is run by the Coffs Harbour & District Sporting Car Club, we plan on doing 3 to 4 events this year, the first of which is tomorrow.

The event is run under a AASA permit and is a multiclub event.

The start and finish has been changed to make things safer, we are now starting/finishing on the back straight so we dont have the high speed into the sweeper. I think it will make things better. We are entering the sweeper at 110-120 in the silvia, and we cant afford a car to go into the wall.

I am not competing tomorrow but will be an official, I will try to get some more video footage of other vehicles

[YCA18T]

Here are some more videos, these are from our October 2010 event

Here is another video of Mal keogh in his 2.1L Datsun 1600

Here is another one of Nathan Quinn in his girl friends evo 6 road car, He set the fastest lap of the day, followed by my mate Tony in my Silvia

Nathan has an evo9 rally car and has competed in the ARC with a best finish of 2 outright, plus setting outright 1st stage times

[warps]

No need to explain who Nathan Quinn is. Very well known in rally circles.

HAve you had a go at driving there yourself?

[YCA18T]

No need to explain who Nathan Quinn is. Very well known in rally circles.

HAve you had a go at driving there yourself?

Yeah i have driven it, was 5th fastest out of about 30 entries, just under a second off my mate in my car, his times where 44seconds i think.

1st Nathan evo 6, 2nd Tony my silvia, 3rd WRX, 4th Turbo TX3 laser, 5th Myself Silvia

We can only run road tyres also

[YCA18T]

Here are some pics from the weekends event, more pics and videos to come when i get them.

Round 1 COFFS HARBOUR MOTORWORLD LAP DASH SERIES

Gavin Ball, FJ20T 1600

James Dehnert RB20 S13 Silvia

Edited March 14, 2011 by YCA18T

[hrd-hr30]

good stuff Brett! I've recently re-discovered my love of dirt. An unfortunate side effect is wanting to get back into rallying... unbeatable adrenaline rush, but you certainly have to pay for it. These type of events are much better value for money, but don't compare to the forest. Its just enough to whet the appetite...

Edited March 15, 2011 by hrd-hr30

[FLN75S]

Looks like a fun event, good to see some more Silvia's out there.

Check out www.amsag.com.au if your keen to start doing some rally's thats the series i have been competing in.

[YCA18T]

It is good fun guys, I wont be doing rallying, as i dont have the money for that.

My car is mainly setup for Drag Racing and tarmac events, not dirt.

Having said that it gets used for all forms of motorsport, drags, hillclimbs, motorkhanas (both tarmac and grass), Dirt flat track and is a daily driver also.

It has run an 11.93 @ 115mph at the drags with 240rwkw, and it is run on the dirt with exactly the same power and setup except for different tyres depending on the event. Still road tyres for the dirt lap dash though

Here is a photo of mine from one of last years events, that is about 120kph, full sideways, flat in 3rd

Edited March 15, 2011 by YCA18T