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Have just moved down from Canberra so decided to come out today for a looksee and hopefully meet a few people......security guard wouldn't let me through the gate :( and being new here didn't know what to do lol epic fail.

Will try come to the next round. Haven't got my 32 down here yet but keen to make some new friends to get on the track with eventually

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Thanks for putting on a great day yesterday, it was the perfect environment my first time on the track, the driver trainers were very encouraging and gave me some valuable pointers. I had a blast and cant wait to have a go at the Island next weekend :)

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Thanks for putting on a great day yesterday, it was the perfect environment my first time on the track, the driver trainers were very encouraging and gave me some valuable pointers. I had a blast and cant wait to have a go at the Island next weekend :)

Glad to see you getting out there and enjoying yourself, which car were you in?

It was a really well run day, good work everyone :D

Saw a drone hovering over the track at dandenong CNR late in the day. Would be cool to see that footage. Anyone know who?

Man I hate the term drone being used for these f**king toys.. we can thank the mass media for that bullshit. Would be some cool footage, but also dangerous if the hobby quadcopter lost power and landed on the track or on a car distracting the driver under heaving braking.

Man I hate the term drone being used for these f**king toys.. we can thank the mass media for that bullshit. Would be some cool footage, but also dangerous if the hobby quadcopter lost power and landed on the track or on a car distracting the driver under heaving braking.

Not as distracting as an animal, or another car...

Fun day taking out passengers. No one has done any video or pics so I'll start...

Would be my PB, if it was on Natsoft that is, so doesn't count/never happened!

Got some good tips in an earlier session but I was a bit over zealous with the speed through the kink, I'd like to say it was a skilful save but pretty sure it was more luck.

Thought I had some decent video following HMAS White Whale aka the Stagea but GoPro fail! Fark it was a pisser to watch it bounce over the ripple strips, poor suspension hehe. That thing clearly wasn't designed to change direction in a hurry at turn 2 & 3 but top work by the ships captain!

Passenger laps so close to home were a blast.

New PB on AD08R's at Sandown, will have to wait for a natsoft day to confirm time. But I want a low 1.19 out of this before I'm happy.

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