Like Deca? Wish It Were Closer? Wish No Longer! New Skid Pan In Melbourne!

[SS8_Gohan]

RTR - 'Road Track Rally' have delivered...... baller style.

Yes, you're seeing correct. A 9000 sqm (i believe) skid pan VERY soon to be available in western Melbourne. Prob 30-45min'ish for those of us on the civilised side of Melbourne

Slightly smaller than DECA overall, but i think maybe a little longer... not 100% sure

Not April fools, this is full legit, ready to rock early 2013!!! Bring it!

oooooooooooooohhhhh yeeeaahhhhhhh.........

[kaitoukid]

for those of us on the civilised side of Melbourne

[R31Nismoid]

Like DECA?

I see no back track

As said in the other thread (might have been wasteland), hopefully it doesn't go the way of Drag Tag's skidpan that ended up having the Law sitting out front of it all the time. Although it wasn't built as a skidpan given the main business is Forklifts... So council likely don't know it's going to be used for "that"...

[Sunkist]

lol and i dont think RTR has confirmed it for public use other than their own events yet..

nmight be to early for hopes yet

[Count Grantleyish]

Like DECA?

I see no back track

And don't see Armco either...

[R31Nismoid]

Oh and it'll be more than 35mins for you Dan - it's 20-25mins from the CBD to the west

[SS8_Gohan]

oh yeah, no back track, but 'like DECA' i meant is in the 'affection' variety, not necessarily by it's exact make-up. But still, great to have an autocross venue close by - google tells me 45mins

public events? as long as there is an event you can join, then that's all we need. SAU DECA aren't exactly 'public' events, still need a CAMS/ASAA (or aasa whatever) license. I'm guessing it will be along those lines

i'm sure this is a multi-purpose venue, but will cater for motorsport events.

If anything, this will be a good compliment for DECA, you can do these events close-by but if you want a day mixed with some tight track action, you can go for a DECA.

hahaha, yes Grant, no armco

[ARTZ]

yeah Id believe it..I can get from Melton to Frankston in an hour nowadays , lots of new roads Ash ..of course depends on the time of day/week

[R31Nismoid]

Ye that's cause it's all 100km/h sans the Westgate section

It's still 25mins from the CBD regardless was my point, as it's being claimed as "10mins", which is just rubbish as it takes 10-15mins to get the the WGB from the CBD - i do it regularly

[Sunkist]

Ash just is negative because they are racepace direct competition lawl

[R31Nismoid]

[Leroy Peterson]

the truth is out

[Mohsen]

Ash just is negative because he's stuck with his commodore lawl

[Sunkist]

Hahahaha

[SS8_Gohan]

this isn't a workshop war thread, not that there is one going on, this is just to let you know we all will have a DECA (skid pan) sized facility available to us for autocross events. That's it, we should be all grateful for having motorsport facilities closer to us... isn't that what we've always called for? Yes it isn't another metro track like Sandown, but good luck that happening. And no there isn't a back-track like DECA, but it's still potentially a great facility to have some safe fun, that's pretty easy on the car.

10-20mins whatever, all i know is that more close motorsport venues the better, no?

[alr33x]

Ye that's cause it's all 100km/h sans the Westgate section

It's still 25mins from the CBD regardless was my point, as it's being claimed as "10mins", which is just rubbish as it takes 10-15mins to get the the WGB from the CBD - i do it regularly

You must drive slow I regularly do point cook / hoppers crossing to city in 15-20 mins

[SS8_Gohan]

either way, 10 mins, 20mins, whatever... it's a close, big, skid pan.

[alr33x]

Forgive me if im blind but where is it exactly?

[ARTZ]

Yeah like I said..dependant on time of day/week it can take 10mins it can take an hour...

[SS8_Gohan]

somewhere in Laverton i believe