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Hey Johnny how did you go with the barbagallo membership and cams licence situation? Can you confirm what the go is between the 2 types of track day?
Also keen to hear how you and you're automobile are going on the track too ;-)

Anyone else coming out tomorrow?

I'm all geared up and ready to go - will be there from start to finish (9 - 4ish) if all goes well.

Hey Brendan,

Yeah all good - wasnt denied entry and that event requires CAMs license

As what bryce has said, i believe the 2 types of track days are to separate the track cars (unregoed - quick lap times) vs street cars (regoed)

Other than a slight high water temp which was expected in the hot weather, everything went fine, oil temp was lower than what i expected considering i didn't have an oil cooler

Bryce was there was well and he was having water temp issues too

Hope you have fun tomorrow as forecast doesnt seem as hot as what we had on Wed

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Yeah I do :) how funny :) wat is it my clone?? Wat colour was the r33?

So many similarities it's not funny

What wheels do you run?

He tows his r33 there, white gtst with gtr wing, car spits flames (like your dp), runs xxr wheels

Hey Brendan,

Yeah all good - wasnt denied entry and that event requires CAMs license

As what bryce has said, i believe the 2 types of track days are to separate the track cars (unregoed - quick lap times) vs street cars (regoed)

Other than a slight high water temp which was expected in the hot weather, everything went fine, oil temp was lower than what i expected considering i didn't have an oil cooler

Bryce was there was well and he was having water temp issues too

Hope you have fun tomorrow as forecast doesnt seem as hot as what we had on Wed

So just back on the topic of memberships - if we want to do the Tuning Days, I'm assuming we require the L2 Membership (Racing General Membership)?

Where did you guys see that it was cheaper than last year? I had that membership last year but looks as though its still $285 on the website?

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Hey fellas

First off; the white R33 you guys are talking about is Laurence. He is a champ so make yourselves known to him next time and tell him I pointed you in his direction ;-) He usually runs between 3 cars with his brother - they also have a couple of Ford escorts that they bring out. He's been doing tuning days since way back when us Blake boys started a few years ago and drives very well. He just doesn't poor the money in for big hp ... yet haha

I was a bloody happy man to be out on track on the Friday again. The blue monster was insane and I managed to get some good track time in during the morning sessions before a broken brake rotor stopped my day short. For those interested in watching a vid, you can hear me putting down a few hard laps via my youtube channel ... Type in "SCR34MER444" and select the video Barbagallo Tuning Day 21/02/2014

If you listen carefully, you can actually clearly hear my R34 around the entire track from pit lane ;-)

There's still a few more changes I wanted to make with the oil system before I'll be comfortable with the reliability of the new RB25/30 so that will put me out of action again for a month or 2 but looking forward to being back out there again ASAP.

For those interested, I have also finally resolved the confusing membership level topic with Barbagallo management so please quote the below for anyone else with questions and hopefully this clears things up a bit;

  • Regardless of whether you are going to do "Your car our track" days or "race tuning days", you must have a CAMS Level 2 Speed licence
  • You can basically choose which membership and track day type you want to do for the year (one or the other)
  • The "your car our track" day (requires Level 4 WASCC membership) is for those who are either new to the track and/or are not running confident, consistent lap times like the race series drivers.
  • The "race tuning day" (requires level 2 WASCC membership) is mainly for CAMS log-booked race cars AND for street registered cars with confident drivers who are not going to get in the way of any race series competitors who are testing/practising
  • As a general rule of thumb, I would say if you have past track experience and know the track protocol well (i.e. what all the track safety lights mean, let quicker cars through and keep out of the way when necessary, entering and leaving pit lane correctly etc), then you should be doing "race tuning days" and not "your car our track" days. For example, if it's the first time you have been on the track and you are driving a stock standard Suzuki Swift then you should definitely get a L4 WASCC membership and only do "your car our track"
  • However, don't let the above put you off getting a WASCC L2 membership and joining us on the race tuning days just because your car might not be making big hp with big brakes etc. Obviously there are going to be various cars doing various lap times no matter what track day you are doing. It's all just about having the confidence and awareness of quicker cars that are out there with you so that we aren't getting in the way of others too much or causing a safety hazard.
  • Depending on the turn out for the "race tuning days", the 20 minute sessions are split in to 3 categories - "CAMS log-booked race cars", "open wheelers", and "Street registered cars"
  • My old man and I have both signed up L2 membership and will be doing "race tuning days" this year, and I would encourage most of the guys who I have met on here to be doing the same to get the best track time 'bang for your buck'.
  • For more info, visit www.wascc.com.au and check out the membership page or contact the race office during the weekly office hours on 9306 8022

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