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May 9th Sandown Track Day

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Good day out for some, seemed to be a fair few people needing recovery. SAU was well represented too but at least nothing major.

Decent turn out as per the last few rounds, even with the short notice. Will do the spreadsheet later, let me know if I missed anyone or mucked up groupings.

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Aaron BARNES (1)         Nissan GTR                 S13 1:19.4905
Matt LOWTH (1)           Lotus Exige S              S13 1:23.1876
Tony OLSSON (1)          Nissan Skyline             S13 1:35.5606
Brett STUCHBERY (1)      Holden Commodore SS        P1  1:37.3503

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Scott FISHER (1)         Mitsubishi EVO             S13 1:25.1480
Darren COX (1)           Nissan Skyline             S13 1:25.1482
Clive SMALL (1)          Mitsubishi EVO             S5  1:36.2441

RWD Tuner
Simon HENMAN (1)         Nissan Skyline             S1  1:28.1202
Ash COSGRIFF (1)         Holden HSV Clubsport       S13 1:28.2339
Robert NIGRO (1)         Nissan Skyline             S13 1:28.3190
David MARINUCCI (3)      Toyota 86                  S15 1:28.5517
Stephen VERSCHUREN (1)   Nissan Skyline             S1  1:29.4643
John PACKHAM (1)         Nissan 200 SX              S1  1:29.6630
Daniel VETTER (1)        Nissan Skyline             S5  1:32.7835
Michael SILCOCK (1)      Nissan 200 SX              S1  1:33.0136
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I only got 1 session in before my gearbox started locking me out of 5th and 6th!!! The only option was to short-shift 4th so much it was like I was skipping it, but then I could at least keep it in 5th for the entirety of the straight. This hurt my top speed badly...

I didn't let that deter me though. I had an awesome time and from my first session ever on Sandown at 1:33.01, despite the gearbox problem, I managed to get back within 0.4s so I'm pleased with my progression on the track, just bummed the times don't provide the evidence!

Great to meet some of you. Looking forward to the next one already.

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