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Im coming up from Melbourne to do a day a CAMS L2s Practice Day Eastern Creek on the 13th May.

Should be another good chance to knock out plenty of laps and have some fun.

Anyone else interested in coming along for a play...its not a fun/open day so i highly doubt you will be able to take passengers etc, so you iwll have to get out their in your own cars:)

At the last one there was a genuine Ex B&H Sierra out there, shame it was raining, would have been great to see how the old girl went

If your able to make it, rev/talk it up and see if we can get some of the Vic boys up for the day.

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i might be up for a genlte day of running too (no sump buffles yet:( )

Have you got a CAMS license Richard? Ive only got the SAU membership, that's not enough, is it? Pretty sure about that. Need to revisit the VERY CONFUSING THREAD ABOUT SAU CAMS ASSOCIATION AND WHAT IT MEANS.

Might get off my bum and get myself ... hold on ... L2S is level above L2NS. So there is no chance I can do it within a month.... Confused. Oh well, i ll come up to have a look.

Have you got a CAMS license Richard? Ive only got the SAU membership, that's not enough, is it? Pretty sure about that. Need to revisit the VERY CONFUSING THREAD ABOUT SAU CAMS ASSOCIATION AND WHAT IT MEANS.

Might get off my bum and get myself ... hold on ... L2S is level above L2NS. So there is no chance I can do it within a month.... Confused. Oh well, i ll come up to have a look.

All you need to do is got to

http://www.cams.com.au/downloads/competito...2005/Level2.PDF

fill out the form and send it off. Get the L2S licencse which is $85, I did this last week so I could go to these EC days, hopefully get before the 13th.

Have you got a CAMS license Richard? Ive only got the SAU membership, that's not enough, is it? Pretty sure about that. Need to revisit the VERY CONFUSING THREAD ABOUT SAU CAMS ASSOCIATION AND WHAT IT MEANS.

Might get off my bum and get myself ... hold on ... L2S is level above L2NS. So there is no chance I can do it within a month.... Confused. Oh well, i ll come up to have a look.

Yeah, I have an L2S. like Reedy says, just fill out the form and send it off with your dosh. should be ready in time no worries.

boys.. I am gonna try my hardest to get out there for this.. !!!!

EC > * and I need to do some roundy roundy.. Prolly wont go nuts on my current tyres (famous last words, you all saw my expert slidey slidey on the mighty simex)..

ps. Anyone have any old simex tyres they dont want :)

I will be at EC for some practice

So will Drunken and Richard be there ?

ducnan will almost certainly not be there judging by the disclaimer in his post. haha

I want to go. nothing is stopping me... except fear of engine failure due to lack of sump baffles. however I have overcome that before, and most likely I can do it again and just keep the rev limit pegged at 7500rpm.

should be fun :)

I hope that the dinner crew turn up, will be a blast:cheers:

I just hope my CAMS license comes through in time.

I am keen even just to see what else is there.

I have not been to private practice at EC before, is it just the normal wrist to ankles and helmet ?

Smart Arses :)

Everyone looking for a CAMS license L2S, there is another option. Club execs can sign them for you on the day as well, I always have forms with me.

And....I don't want to discourage anyone, but this is a pretty full on kind of day....they keep race and road cars seperate but the standard of driving is higher than most track days, and you won't be able to have a passenger to instruct you.

OK Great news to go with this.

For those that want a weekend of motorsport, there is a state supersprint at Oran Park on the Sunday as well. Best of all it is on the full (GP) circuit which is by far NSW best track :cheers: (yeah sure include Bathurst if you want Sydneykid :cheers:)

C'mon everyone, its time we got the year's motorsport off to a start!

Duncan,

Are you suggesting that we should not consider the private practice day ?

I have not been to one since Amaroo Park days in the 80's, and back then I had a real Sports Sedan.

I want to take the car out for a good run and spend the rest of the day chatting and watching the other cars go for runs.

What type of safety requirements do they have ?

Is there anything we need to know before we arrange and pay for this day ?

Thanks

Sorry mate I don't mean to discourage anyone, it is a good track day and the driving standards are pretty high.

Its just not a great day for someone having their first track day.....there are no passengers or instructors, and overtaking is allowed in corners etc.

I'm not sure of the requirements for a road car, best to contact ARDC and post up.

I'll be there spectating.

Damn I need to fill out my calendar for all this motorsport action in May (from memory their are 2 trackdays, 2 F1 races, 2 V8S races, a cruise or 2) I think I might need to take some time off from work... oh hangon im home by midday :cheers:

I will have to wait and see how a few things pan out. Im spendign way too much money on enjoying the car at the minute...adn until i get it all sorted and running 100% im going to try and stay clear of Sprints, as you are lucky to get 10laps plus warm up and cool down laps...not the best when you are playing / chasing probs on the car:(

Practice days for me until then, 6 to 7 sessions of 8-12 laps means you get way more track time:)




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