NSW Club Track Day @ Wakefield - 4 November 2007

Li7hium · Postby **Li7hium** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:48 am

irwin83r wrote:poo

atleast it would of been a level playing field matt

oh and im confirmed

Fine! Let me drive YOUR car!

or Paul's!

:mrgreen:

Matt

irwin83r · Postby **irwin83r** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 8:18 pm

Li7hium wrote:
irwin83r wrote:poo

atleast it would of been a level playing field matt

oh and im confirmed

Fine! Let me drive YOUR car! or Paul's!

Matt

you know what for shits and giggles we should do a car swap at lunch time

irwin83r · Postby **irwin83r** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 10:54 pm

usually afew happy snappers there and there is sometimes a photographer there from wakefield.

Rob E · Postby **Rob E** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 11:43 am

Cant wait.......car will finally be on the track almost a year after i bought it

Li7hium · Postby **Li7hium** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 8:48 am

Yes, I have concerns regarding the weather too. I think I will be driving on the C-Drives and hoping that it dries up enough at some stage to use the R888s.

Matt

PS. Start of Movember! Support my Mo! See sig!

Charlie Brown · Postby **Charlie Brown** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 9:33 am

Good luck boys on Sunday.
Friends and interstate family commitments preclude my attendance. :cry:

I hope the rain holds off at some stage during the day so you can get a clear run to set some good times.

irwin83r · Postby **irwin83r** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 6:49 pm

Charlie Brown wrote:Good luck boys on Sunday.
Friends and interstate family commitments preclude my attendance.
I hope the rain holds off at some stage during the day so you can get a clear run to set some good times.

shame you wont be there charlie.. but looks like you wont be missing out too much.. have a feeling its going to be a rather wet one :shock:

still fun, but i dont think you would of been cracking the 1.12's

anyone got a weather forecast?

Craig · Postby **Craig** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 7:07 pm

So...times anyone?

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 7:23 pm

Craig wrote:So...times anyone?

Isn't it on tomorrow?

Craig · Postby **Craig** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 7:26 pm

Gah...dang time and date on the laptop is all wrong... :oops:

Rob E · Postby **Rob E** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 7:19 pm

The rain stayed away

First outing for the NA6 (street tyres) started out with 1.24s and finished with a bunch if 1.19 lows. Was great to get back to the track after 4 years away from it.........cant wait for the next one

Casey · Postby **Casey** » Sun Nov 04, 2007 10:09 pm

Terrific organisation as usual - it was a nice change to be driving today instead of being a \"helper\".

Managed a 1:13.4 ish I think. Found out the car seems quickest with 3/4 of a tank of fuel. At least that correlates with my morning and afternoon fastest times after a splash of fuel after lunchtime.

Also found out that 195 tyres are not enough for an SP, even if they are semi-slicks. Power oversteer was there for the taking in almost any corner in almost any gear :roll:

Oh - and I need to get out to the track more. Once every 6-12 months doesn't quite do it.

PeterB · Postby **PeterB** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:04 am

Another fantastic day as usual. Only the MX5 club could keep the rain away for the day.

Fanta managed a 1.11.7 on semi-slicks for 3rd on the day, behind the two Carco race cars. Nothing like a cold slippery day to bring a normally aspirated 1600 to the front.

Great fun to drive, particularly chasing Brian in his BMW \"shopping trolley\", which was bl**dy quick. There was no way he was going to let Fanta catch him !!

Pat Rooke was in 2nd with a low 1.10 and Ashley having a guest drive in Russel's racecar managed a 1.09 on his first outing for FTD - the benefit of being a top go-kart racer.

Li7hium · Postby **Li7hium** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 11:03 am

Arrrgggghhhh, whilst the Track Day was once again a fantastically well run event, with plenty of track time for all competitors, I had a rather frustrating day at the track.

My mechanics adjusted the position of my rear sway to deal with issues that I had with some oversteer that I have been experiencing. (At this point in time, I am unlikely to complain about oversteer again.) This caused massive understeer issues, as anyone who followed me over the hill could attest to.

Dad and I did the sensible thing, and changed the sway bar back to the previous setting, but in the process of doing that, as I tightened one of the D clamp bolts attaching the sway bar to the chassis, the bolt sheared off.

Whilst the end result did mean a tad less understeer, it was still significant understeer which lead to no new PBs this time and a best on the day of 1:15:89, 0.67 over my PB. And now I have 104 days to stew on the situation

Oh, and a big congrats to Irwin83r and Hellmun, with both new PBs on the day, identical 1:13:66. Impressive stuff guys, I must get Lara some more power!

Once again, big thanks to all the volunteers, grid officials, lap timers and flag marshalls for continuing to donate their time to these days. You guys do a great job, have done so all year! Much thanks!

Matt