RXVIII

I pray for cooler weather.

Harder to compress gaseous mixtures with higher starting point temps!

Come on Brewer pray along with me!

Why

Groupings?

Why

Groupings? And I prayed for rain.

auzoom

Winton emailed me yesterday afternoon to advise the timing system will not be working. They offered manual timing but by the time I got back to them in the evening was advised it was to late.

Yes Craig there will be groupings. Keep an eye on the 1st post, will have them up in the next hour. PLEASE PM ME if you wish to discuss your grouping. Also keep in mind its a fine balancing act between expected times, ability and the persons track etiquette (if its known).

Cheers

Andrew

auzoom

Update on the timing. I have organised a 3rd party to be there. Cost will be $25/person.

celicajim

Was timing included in the original price? ( I assumed so given the price ).
Shouldn't Winton give us money back if it was included?

Thanks for organising someone else tho. It would be a bit of a waste of a day if there was no timing.

auzoom

No mate, we dont include timing in the cost as not everyone wants it.

takahashi

Cheer up. And thanks Andrew for the big effort!

I am in Benalla now! The car is not to light to tow I found.

mirx*8

hey Guys and Gals....Have fun, you got a great day weatherwise to look forward to. Safe drive up and back...Look forward to seeing the photos and hearing the stories.

Black-8

Thanks to the organiser, it was a very good day and free from any troubles, albeit a bit too hot for me
Managed to shave 0.3 secs of my best time from nats

full result here: http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/re...2008.WIN.S14.Y

to Rod, he can run a stock rx-8 with stock tyres (not semi slick) at 1:49 I need a brain transplant from him

rotalution

thank you very much to all the organizers and marshals for this great event, to those that missed out.. big too bad !

PS. Andrew you look cooked when i visited u at pit start, remember to bring a hat next time !



Spirit R ! Enkei RPF1... yum...




Group A lining up ~~ the lotus is a silent killer..you can only hear wind.. like seriously.. it glides pass you like wind ... we all know it is a fast car..but u really have to follow one of these to appreciate and get a true perspective how fast these things are around corners.. brake so deep.. turn in very sharp... and next thing is you realize its like few car lengths away.. btw this particular Lotus's straight line speed is like a stock 8.. at the last Honda track day i came out of the straight before S turn and realize he was closing in due to much faster exit speed (although Lotus driver said i didnt block him the turn before straight to the S bend...) i thought it will eat me easily after i move out of racing line.. but it couldnt .. it was side by side with me.. so i have to let go throttle and pull back into racing line to follow.. and i witness it "slicing" the S bend like a kart.... very late braking... very aggressive and sharp turn in... Alonso style ! I was a bit stun.. and forgot my own braking pt.. bcoz u kind of naturally follow the car in front.. but thank god logic woke me up ... after S bend.. he already gain 5-6 car lengths while i was going up hill he was already about to turn in ... this Lotus does low 1:38 at Winton on average




Andrew's lovely .. btw andrew luv those WED sports.. they have a bit of dish on it.. i think if u get same offset with CE28N.. u wont probably wont have dish.. nice.. but if is gun metal or bronze.. even sexier !




my 8.. notice the little cute fan blowing the radiator ? everyone's got a word about it -..-" is a good thing to prevent heat soak ok ! just bcoz i luv my car




Notice far right ! Kall is trying to Ninja away ! get her ~ !!!

Revolver

Sounds like a great day guys and girls. Wish I could have been there.

Congrats Rod on another command performance.

Where's MACCAA's times?

takahashi

Thanks for everyone coming. I have a "fun" day myself.

Interesting drama in the pit lane and some car (mine) trying to find a slope at the pit lane to unload the car.

I was **** yesterday.

The tyre give up I think at the end. Yoko was a fun tyre but I think it is not quite compatible with Winton. At Phillip Island and the long hand bend, the Yoko felt great. In fact the Yoko is strong around the sweaper, but the sharp turn of the rest of the circuit it is no good, especially the cleavage. However, it is a forgiving tyre. Plenty of drift before losing grip, and it is so consistent between laps. I think if I go for something like the 6 hour race where I need to have consistent lap times, I will go for Yokohama. Mistake will happen if I push the Bridgestone. Although I cannot better than my previous best lap with Bridgestone, it is a good experience (and $2000 worth too).... I think it is worth it since I am the only one in this forum who knows inside out of these 2 tyres in the RX-8 haha....

So did my driver seat. The plastic clips on the back of the seat broke all the way on the left hand side... so I was holding my steering wheel so as not to fall back to the rear seats... I wish it happen later since I just finally felt comfortable with the set up and pushing for it. But standing up driving ain't my strong point, so I was 2 sec slower in result.

Well better luck next time, I guess. The engine was strong, but exhaust are much louder (although it sounds great)... must go and check it out.

I am going for Dunlop next time (I talked to my neighbour, he just brought a Carrera cup car to go to GP this year, he told me to buy a set from Stuckey... )

I am going back to the right direction. Thanks Rod. You know both Rod and Henry are in Dunlop. I think my neighbour was right about Dunlop and Winton.

ILIV48

Yep was a fun day. A little too hot but still fun!

Andrew I hope you are not feeling too bad today... By the end of the day he was very much radioactive red

It was good to see some of the Sydney guys again! I must though say a big thanks to Len for hopping in with Danielle and giving here some track tuition. Thanks mate!

When I get the chance in the next couple days I will post up a video of Andrew converting to the dark side having relegated his 8 to the pits to take to the track in one of those Honda thingies

MACCAA

1.49.7.Too big a tight **** to pay $25 for a transponder that you had to attach UNDER the car.....
They're still looking for Rod's......
Cheers
Len

auzoom

Hey guys. Thanks for helping make it a great day.

Yes unfortunately the thremostat on my car gave up the gong (now out of warranty) so I only got a chance for 2 odd sessions. That left me to try and run pit lane and face the beast that is the sun. I am so burnt its ridiculous.

That aside I had the pleasure of driving a car that puts out 170kw to the FRONT wheels and was pleasantly suprised ... no amazed at the power than can be put down while still steering.

We found Rods transponder. It had been run over (tyre marks on it) and was wedged into a concrete wall.

Also, I Picked up a bunch of stuff at the end of the day:

- Toolbox with various tools in it.
- Helmet
- Spare wheel/tyre
- Tracksuit top
- Umberella...ella...ella

If your missing these items, please PM me.

Cheers

Andrew

RXVIII

Yes a thankyou to everyone for helping make it an enjoyable day at the track despite higher than desirable temperature.

Big THANKYOU to Andrew (Rock lobster) as well as thankyou’s to Kal, Nate, Stu & Danielle.

Congrats Henry.

Well done Rod, especially considering your fuel problems. Hope you got back home without too many problems & had or getting it fixed!

Revolver

I can see you talking Taka but all I'm hearing is wah wah wah.

Just kidding mate - sorry to hear you had some problems. Look forward to a track day when everything goes right for you.

timbo

That would explain why he didn't get under 1:40

Sounds like a good day. I hope all recover soon

Brewer

Totally agree Craig. THANKS to all the organisers.

Andrew if you need any help organising events in the future I am will to help as much as I can.

Cheers

takahashi

Well I lost interest in the 2nd session when the car seat broke... then I saw my graph today and I can see that I was doing badly in the 1st 2 and last 2 corners where there are g forces.

I am onto the website with pretty racing seats.....

RXVIII

Just an excuse to buy a new "pretty" racing seat!!!

takahashi

Yeah I love my wife. She told me that it worths the extra $300 to get the Carbon fibre back seat and aluminum frame rather than the plastic one with stell frame of the same shape. Although I wanna save that $300

RXVIII

Sounds good but becareful of the old "trump card" when someone is shopping for something they want and reminds you of the extra $300 you spent on your "toy"!

Only kidding!

auzoom

You see to me thats my wife telling me "Yes you need to spend the extra $300 on the reinforcing you fat bastard cause if you dont we are just going to have to buy a new one again" Joking