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So, it's on again!

Was a really great event last year.

I won't be running (engine), nor will Berry be back with the 32 (engine), but I know Coop is bringing his awesome 32GTR down from Townsville.

Anyone else planning on coming? It's next weekend! :)

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Yeah would be cool to be running this year but not to be..... Should be fun, Coop's thing is basically a carbon copy of Giant's R32, so it's quick!

I was taken aback when he gave it the herbs for the first time during happy laps at QR on Saturday, forgotten how quick a fast one is!

Well done Noddy, I wandered by your car a couple of times but never spotted you!

I'm proud of EvoCoop finishing 2nd. Not bad for a bloke from Townsville who'd not run at Lakeside until a couple of days prior.

Double proud that he bounced back from a couple of days earlier when he hit the armco quite hard and we had to scramble to repair it. He went on to regain his nerve and punch out low 56 second laps. Bloody quick! a LOT quicker than me!

Also tipping my hat to Gools, he did very very well to win it, even if he does choose to run a bloody Evo :)

lesson is aero > power at Lakeside. Coop's 32 looked positively scary over drop off after the bridge into the downhill left hander before Hungry! Whereas the massively winged, splittered, diffussered and canarded Gools Evo was glued to the ground.

Jap Nats needs some tyre rules though. You got people using full slicks, the Hoosier R6 which may as well be a slick, and then the majority of people on semis.

Yeah, having some rules would take a lot of the whinging out of it. I know though that Gools runs the Hankook "slick" becuase the price is about a grand delivered for a set. Bloody hard to go past if you're doing a lot of miles.....

Certainly though, aero (proper working aero) is king. Whilst his car has had a small power increase, by no means can 20 or 30 KW account for the approx THREE second improvement! Astounding.....

Well done to the guys! Coop had the front left off the deck just after the bridge and said it felt as though both wheels were off the ground.

What happened to Calum? Couldnt see a time listed and left before he ran?

John boy I think Callum was released into traffic, and damaged his undertray leaving the track to avoid an accident. Other car still spun avoiding him on their hot lap.

Pretty dicey! And very bad luck for all involved. Luckily no human or serious car damage.

Hey Harry got to agree on the tyre ruling. At this years AWD Shoot out we ran different rules to the usual Time Attack series which included a tyre wear rating, and the guys were very happy with the classes. I have had a lot of good feedback and will be basing next years series rules on it.

heres the vid of the shootout incident

i thought the release was strange.. but really had my gameface on and wasnt thinking. only had one thing on my mind and that was getting the car up to temp and myself into my rhythm to go fast.

hindsight says,

I shouldv maybe stopped at pit exit and allowed him past?

or ran around as fast as possible and straight back in to the pits to give martin the clear track he deserved.

but i picked the spot that would hopefully be out of his way. but it was obviously very distracting and caused him to make the mistake. wrong choice. my fault.

avoided being hit by probably a meter. very lucky that both cars are undamaged.

hopefully this situation never happens again, how hard is it to release the next car immediately after the preceeding car goes past on its hotlap? not to worry

Edited by scooby36

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