WRX Club Rnd 5 - Sandown - June 12

[JAGR33]

1.17 fark me... was that the fastest on the day overall and if not... wtf was and what the hell was it set by?

Ni - that time was set by Ben (Racepace), although there was a very tough white R32 GTR keeping him honest all day!!! Although that car is much lighter than Ben's (cage, no interior etc..) It also got a 1:17, or maybe a 1:16, not sure....

[inark]

fark thats unreal... were they the fastest on the day?

[JAGR33]

Yep, they were fastest on the day....

[inark]

very nice... mind u... isnt that sorta the norm?

unless theyre up against GT3s and Supercars

[Rowdyr32]

I did a 1:29:75 in practice just following chris around and managed to wrecker the car on the first flying lap. Everybody I know knew I was going to crash it so it was fairly expected. I just wasn't expecting it to let go so quick, it didn't even have a chance to drift to the outside of the track. The gtst was very stiff through that part of the track were as this new car had some real suspension issues. It got very light over the top of the bend. My guess is it has stock shocks with height adjustable kits and stiff springs on them because there was hardly any compression dampening on them and it was very unstable and pogoed heaps. Also the tyres were very slipery. All in all it was my fault for pushing the car to hard. I was just expecting to much out of it! I really wanted a 1:27.

Good on you troy for the time you got out of your gtst. You finally got what you deserved after all the effort. Maybe my gtst can get the n1's, brakes and some good tyres on it while I fix the gtr.

Also does anybody have pics of my car before I crashed it? I don't have any:(

[ferni]

Was a good day, being Jacks pit crew and all, at least i got a couple of laps in the monster! haha

Rowdy: So sad to see your car in the shape it was, kind of brings a reality check to everyone (and the wrx that rolled it - now that was a mess!)

I haven't been on sandown but i've been told its very bumpy compared to P.I , so maybe that was also part of it as well Rowdy?

[inark]

ouch a WRX rolled?

[Bec]

Gareth - I got a few pics of ya and a little video footage as well

Use other thread http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/sh...ead.php?t=76728

[Aaron34]

The final times.

http://www.racetime.com.au/?event=s0504&e=...05&view=fastest

[Silver-Arrowz]

Thanks to all SAU VIC guys for making my day a great one! Didn't have the best times out there but it was good to have a go at Sandown. Hopefully I'll do more roadtrips down that way in future for days like this.

Special thanks goes to the guys who sat in the car with me and showed me a thing or two, and also to the guys who helped out with my little fire extinguisher problem.

[Roy]

How did you rate Sandown, I think its the best track i have driven on and in the future i declare that i need to take Wilson for a lap at the start of every track day, it seems he may be my lucky charm:)

[Silver-Arrowz]

I find it's a fast circuit. It's not the speed that scares me, it's the lack of run off space!!! lol. Maybe I'm use to tracks with a bit of run off space.

I don't know if Wilson will be in the car no more. He's hooked and he'll probably be out in his own car next time. I've created another monster.

[Scotsman]

I'm glad you enjoyed it mate! Next time your in VIC make sure you come and join us again.

Chris pulled a 1.23 before the gearbox lunched itself. I would have put bucks on 22s.

Yeah I only got 7 laps out, three of which were passenger laps. I thought I was taking it easy on the shifts, conscious of the new clutch, but the box decided otherwise. Still only done about 15laps total around sandown and I feel I can grab another 1.5 seconds out of my current setup. Didn't feel I was pushing the car all that hard yet.

Oh well.. Congrats to everyone on times. It's an interesting day out when all the big boys come down to play. Making me look slow and all. Hehe. more mods!