How popular is Drift

[Majanal]

Originally posted by red900ss

How did I miss this thread? :confused: I'm there!

Your Blind???... and it aint in Events!

DIno

Opps, Sorry about that, it would appear that I have had too many beers... should go to bed!

[Dr_Drift]

Make sure to keep some of us mexicans up to date ya hear....

I know a few fella's who be iterested in driving up...

Doc.

(maybe the doc will do a demo and help out with some beginer tips)

Doc's lil practice & burnout...

[red900ss]

Looks like this is going to be an event so it's moved here.

[meggala]

yeah I'm with the doc I might even make the effort to come up

cheers

but newcastle thats a long way and will test my enthusiasim

[Duncan]

Originally posted by red900ss

How did I miss this thread? :confused: I'm there!

Not the Sky Chardonnay is it Duncan? :uhh:

So where is the circuit? 1 hour north of Newcastle is a LONG way from Cessnock. Is it the one up near Mangrove Mt.?

We will have to investigate insurance for the event if SAU is going to organise it.  AFAIK CAMS will not do it because it would not be a CAMS sanctioned track (maybe by then, but who knows???...) Worth looking at.

April is good for me. I've got hols starting the 24th.

DIno

No, its worse than the sky chardonnay. Didn't say "we part own a five star hotel near cessnock", now did I?

The circuit is apparently at ringwood, near raymond terrace, and is a cams venue - so insurance would be ok, but we need either cams affiliation or a cams club to organise it. would also need stewards, clerks of the course etc. I think we need to speak to the mg guys thru roy to find out full requirements.

The clubs website is here, but not sure how up to date it is:

http://www.mgcarclub.com.au/htmpages/rngWd/rngWd.htm

[Roy]

Decision time, the footage of the track that i saw before Xmas was actually at a Tamworth track not Springwood (1 hr north of Newcastle???).

If we want to do the Sprinwood thing, then we do it in conjunction with the MG club. They are finalising their calender now and can send an invite to us Skyline guys.

Looking at footage of their events they like the cars sideways and smoking inside tyres, so would not be upset by us drifting. However it would NOT be a free for all sideways day, but is intended for timed driving events accumulating points for their respective championship.

Never been to Tamworth, and like the idea of invading the town for a weekend. The MG club will be going back around September 2003, again there has been an unofficial invite to accompany them, or we can go it alone.

I say go it alone, that way we can do as we please without interrupting other peoples weekend sport, (The MG guys award points for championships).

I imagine accomodation in Tamworth is cheap and plentiful, and believe we have the capacity to run the event. I suppose the only question is the drive to/from and cost of mechanical failure. I just got back from Canberra where i spent NYE, i happen to like long drives, although other people may not feel the same.

[red900ss]

From what I can Gather the Ringwood track is a Hillclimb, i.e. not a circuit. Probably not the best thing for drift anyway, but well worth it for doing a Hillclimb. :uh-huh:

The Tamworth track is worth investigating. That's about a 4.5 hour drive from Sydney so it would have to be a whole weekend.

Maybe the Nth Circuit at Oran would be good for a drift meeting?

[Duncan]

Dino, Oran Park north = top idea, cheap to book too.

Tamworth track, haven't heard about it, and its not in my magical book of Aus racetracks? Anyone have any info?

I think the club needs to do some 12 month planning for these events, with enough notice I'm sure we can drag a decent crowd to Tamworth....

[Majanal]

Originally posted by Duncan

Dino, Oran Park north = top idea, cheap to book too.  

Tamworth track, haven't heard about it, and its not in my magical book of Aus racetracks?  Anyone have any info?

I think the club needs to do some 12 month planning for these events, with enough notice I'm sure we can drag a decent crowd to Tamworth....

:werd:

[Roy]

Dino, Oran Park north = top idea, cheap to book too.

My understanding of Sydney tracks was Wakefield cheapest, then Oran , then Eastern. Does the figure of around $3000 for a day sound about right for Oran Park? (say at least 20 cars)

Im not too concerned where it is, only suggested the Tamworth course, (Look up Tamworth Sporting Car club in CAMS book) because it was a dead ringer of the drift tracks you see on Japanese videos, tight and twisty. (and cheap)

Oran Park north??? help me is that what they run the Sports sedans on, or another altered track layout.

As for thinking 12 months ahead, i think thats what we should be looking to do. I know in the next 12-18 months the Ringwood complex is going to be great fun, my friend is pumped about the development, his uncle is even building a new car better suited to the new motorsport facility.

[red900ss]

go to http://www.racingcircuits.net/Australia/OranPark.html for a pic of the circuit layout. The GP Track can be split into the North and South circuits by opening the grey areas (where it says Agip and next to it). Go to www.oranpark.com for a photo. The Karts use the North circuit so there's quite a bit of twisty track there. :uh-huh:

[Duncan]

Originally posted by Roy

My understanding of Sydney tracks was Wakefield cheapest, then Oran , then Eastern.  Does the figure of around $3000 for a day sound about right for Oran Park? (say at least 20 cars)

Im not too concerned where it is, only suggested the Tamworth course, (Look up Tamworth Sporting Car club in CAMS book) because it was a dead ringer of the drift tracks you see on Japanese videos, tight and twisty. (and cheap)  

Yeah, wakefield is the cheapest by a fair bit, but Oran Park North is just the figure 8, normally used by just Karts or basic driver training coz its so tight (won't get over about 140). But there are plenty of corners, and lower speed drift might be a better place for most of us to start.

Another option is a skidpan day at schofields, oran park or the new eastern creek one.

Tamworth. Bring it on! I want to race every track in Aus before I go(got bathurst, but I think albert park may be harder unless I become a celebrity), so better get up there some time.

[Silver-Arrowz]

Is this still going on ahead? When?

[Roy]

Looking to get it organised for late April, Dec/Jan is very busy for me with work, while everyone goes on holidays, i do maintenance work in plants, so plenty of 14hr days.

Around the 20th Jan should have credible informations .

[red900ss]

Dates and details to be finalised. This is just the kind of thing we want the club to run a few times a year.