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i am keen on a team enduro session. would be awesome fun, and then you can share the cost amongst a couple of mates (say 3 man or 4 man teams).

Dan tried to organise this last year but everyone said yeah i'll come, then bailed when it was time to pony up the dough.

Teaming up it was still $150 each. 4 hour adn you get about 1 hour each which is a shit load of time if you have ever gone karting before (you will be sore as after that).

I agree the hardest thing is getting it organised. To many say they will cum so really you need to get deposits or full payments. The one i was going to was abondoned because the v8's were on the same day at easterncreek and everyone pulled out.

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yeah enduro would be the go. And you are dead right. 20 minutes session of racing will have you pretty knackered. I think $150 a person for that kind of seat time, and considering the enduros use the 'good' karts i think it's worth it.

Dan did a top job stringing it all together last time, but we let him down a bit by being slack with the cash.

love to see this get off the ground.

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ok I've refreshed my memory of this. basically it's $175 per kart per hour. so if you had 3 man team, 3 hour enduro it's $175 a head. not sure if it's possible to have 4 man team for 3 hour enduro but that would probably be ideal. cheap cost and a little less kart time.

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Dan tried to organise this last year but everyone said yeah i'll come, then bailed when it was time to pony up the dough.

Not sure which time you are referring to here, but we did manage to get a group together and goto EC Karts last year for a round of the "Club Championships" :uh-huh:

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This was when dan had kindly organised an enduro day for us. i believe it morphed into the 'turn up and do some laps' event after most people pulled out of enduro spec.

hopefully it may happen this year. :)

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hahah I tried drifting em, the little karts were OK to start but you couldnt hold em....the big ones are too heavy.

I am in for whatever we go for...

But as I remember last year we did an hour and I was damn sore afterwards....I would be fine with 45 min for a 4 person 3 hour enduro :)

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for $175 id rather attend a wakefield day or a motorkhana or a hillclimb event over a little go kart

hence why $45 is much more affordable, and you will get the same amount of track time as at eastern creek. its the only way i managed to get the numbers to have a decent day.

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for $175 id rather attend a wakefield day or a motorkhana or a hillclimb event over a little go kart

hence why $45 is much more affordable, and you will get the same amount of track time as at eastern creek. its the only way i managed to get the numbers to have a decent day.

yes mate $175 is the same as maybe a private wakefield day. a private track day at Oran Park GP or EC is ~$250. add to that tyre wear (i use semis so not insignificant), brake wear (fluid must be changed afterwards $50, pad wear, rotor wear), also need an oil change afterwards thats $150 (3X2 litre bottles of chrono 300V). then there is fuel maybe $70 not incuding to and from the track, and prepare for things to skyrocket if something goes wrong.

on the other side you have kart enduro, great competetive fun with friends, i would say just as much fun as a track day, but with no hidden costs.

Anyway, everyone has their own prefference. I personally am in for enduro. if it's on put me down for 1 team of 3 or 4 people (which ever is required).

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Yeah im keen for the enduro... the idea of working as a team against other teams - full pit stops, qualifying and all sounds like a great idea.

If they piss off all the awards/trophys and maybe do it at a non popular time like mon - friday late afternoon the price might cum down a bit (?)

EC karts dont look that buisy during the week so we might be able to some sort of a deal and if we can do if at a reasonable price we will get the numbers.

The last day i had 8 blokes super keen so im sure we would get numbers..

We could even envite other clubs and have a shoot out ?

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OOOOOOKKKKKKKK!!!!!! peeps..

After much research, i've been sent different packages which, of course include different prices and so on.... make sure you have a cup of coffee handy as this is going to take some time to read and digest.....

I'll start with what most people seem to be keen on...

TEAM ENDURO

*Numbers*

The team Enduro event is set for 20 or more people and it's a Team Spirit building exercise. You must have a minimum of ten karts with 2 people per team.

The way it works out is....

20 - 30 people: Minimum of 10 karts

31 - 60 people: Minimum of 15 karts

61 or more people: 20 karts

I have to supply them with a list of drivers nameswith a team name and a Team Captain for each team. This event can go for 1 to 8 hours

We Get...

Official Welcome and Registration

Driver training and Safety Briefing

Warm up (which is compulsory)

TEAM ENDURO EVENT

Dinner or Lunch break

Presentation of awards (Trophies at an additional cost) <--that sux!

THE ALL IMPORTANT COST

The cost of the event is $175 per kart, per hour during the week.

$195 per kart, per hour on the weekend plus $12 per person for a five minute warm up

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THE CORPORATE DAY

This is set for 15 or more people on weekdays, and 20 or more people on w/ends.

Every driver has his/her own kart for each heat and final.

It starts at 10.00am with the Official Welcome and registration.. This includes tea, coffee, water, juice and biscuits!!, followed by Driver Training and Safety Briefing.

At 11.00 - Warm up and Heat One, Heat Two and Heat Three.

At 1.00 pm - Lunch break. (Will post menus after this)

At 2.00pm - Heat Four, Heat Five, Pre Final and Final.

At 4.00pm - Presentation of awards.

THE COST

$300 per person - Weekdays

$326 per person - Weekends

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THE MINI GRAND PRIX

The Mini Grand Prix is an event for 10 - 20 people and runs for approximately 3 hours

There's the Official Welcome and registration

driver training and Safety briefing

Warm up

Heat One and Two

Heat Three and Heat Four

Grand Final

Presentation of awards

This is the one that costs $175 per person: Monday to Friday up to 4pm

$195 per person: Friday from 4pm - Sunday

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But wait!! There's more.....

This is the REDUCED MINI GRAND PRIX

my personal favourite

This is an event for 7 to 20 people and runs for about 1 and a half hours

It only includes, apart from the official stuff, Heat One, Heat Two and the Grand Final

The Cost............$130 per person: Monday - Friday up to 4pm

$140 per person: Friday from 4pm - Sunday.

Now for your imput...... holler back y'all!!!

:) :thankyou:

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interested in the enduro only. I was sure that you could have 3 or 4 per team. ie. have a 3 hour enduro with 3 people per team, or 4 hour with 4 people per team as it's a bit hard with only 2 per team, don't get much break between session. I reckon the ideal would be 3 hour with 3 per team or 4 hour with 4 per team. either way the cost will still be $175 for weekday.

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