sykes Member 408 Member For: 21y 7m Location: Brisbane (Parkinson) Posted 02/11/04 05:10 AM Share Posted 02/11/04 05:10 AM On Sunday just gone, I went out to a track day/motokana/drag day we had with another club I am in at Darlington Park Raceway. for those of you who don't know at Yatala in Queensland, not far from DJR or SBR headquarters.Anyway it was a 6's Vs 8's challenge, and it was an absolute great day. There was Three events so to speak with 20 cars in each team. First was a one lap sprint of a certain section of the track, (the other part was unavailable due to someone from movieworld using for some filming). We had two runs at this and it was great, giving us a total of about 4-5 laps including warmup and cooldown laps.Then we had a motokana on the skidpan, and this was so much fun I can't describe it. Tried it with both traction control on and off. And beleive it or not the traction control off run was quicker as you can control the wheel spin and slide through the corners and turns.And last was a 300m drag, which I ended up going against a 300+kw GTP. And yes he did beat me. But I had a little too many revs off the start and too much wheel spin, he got the jump by about 1.5 to 2 car lenghts and then I held him at that which I was quietly impressed with considering I am totally stock.Anyway the track is great and has lots of hills and sweeping bends. allmost like a cross between Bathurst and Lakeside tracks you might say. I would recomend it to anyone wanting a good day out at the track. At the end of the day teams tims were all averaged out and the 8's came out on top by 12/100th's of second, pretty close hey. There is also a gokart track there and if anyone was watching the indy coverage that is where the supercar boys went for a play. Not sure on pricing as it was all discounted through the club but if you contact Gene from Total Driver (not sure of the number) I am sure he can advise you of this and any other driver training packages you may want to expolore.Anyway that's it for now I will post some picks of me and a few others from the day, and also the time sheet if anyone is interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sykes Member 408 Member For: 21y 7m Location: Brisbane (Parkinson) Posted 02/11/04 05:13 AM Author Share Posted 02/11/04 05:13 AM Total Driver Car! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sykes Member 408 Member For: 21y 7m Location: Brisbane (Parkinson) Posted 02/11/04 05:24 AM Author Share Posted 02/11/04 05:24 AM Me using up the road! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sykes Member 408 Member For: 21y 7m Location: Brisbane (Parkinson) Posted 02/11/04 05:28 AM Author Share Posted 02/11/04 05:28 AM Quite a fast and dawnting corner that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sykes Member 408 Member For: 21y 7m Location: Brisbane (Parkinson) Posted 02/11/04 05:31 AM Author Share Posted 02/11/04 05:31 AM Get around there you b**ch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sykes Member 408 Member For: 21y 7m Location: Brisbane (Parkinson) Posted 02/11/04 05:34 AM Author Share Posted 02/11/04 05:34 AM A DJR320 that was out there, This thing did have the goods let me tell you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sykes Member 408 Member For: 21y 7m Location: Brisbane (Parkinson) Posted 02/11/04 05:39 AM Author Share Posted 02/11/04 05:39 AM The GTP that beat me in the drags. He had some of those steet legal track tyres on just for the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sykes Member 408 Member For: 21y 7m Location: Brisbane (Parkinson) Posted 02/11/04 05:45 AM Author Share Posted 02/11/04 05:45 AM Here are the time sheets if anyone is interested in a look.My brakes held up ok, but I did take it as easy on them as I could but after 2 laps they needed a rest and a cool down. So I will definatly be upgrading for the next one so I can give it a real go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sykes Member 408 Member For: 21y 7m Location: Brisbane (Parkinson) Posted 02/11/04 05:49 AM Author Share Posted 02/11/04 05:49 AM Motokana action on the skidpan. Trying to keep a handle on a supercharged XR8 can sometimes be a handfull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guests Posted 02/11/04 05:59 AM Share Posted 02/11/04 05:59 AM Good on ya mate,track days are fun,that's where the speeding is done vik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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