Playtime for Gaz

[GAZ914]

Was still on holidays last Thursday so had a chance to visit Wakefied Park

http://home.exetel.com.au/gaz914net/Images/050106WakefieldStraight_low.jpg

http://home.exetel.com.au/gaz914net/Images/050106WakefieldT1_low.jpg

You get a number of 20 minute sessions (feels like about 5 minutes).

Through the little kink at about 140 km/h.
http://home.exetel.com.au/gaz914net/Images/050106WakefieldT1Brake1_low.jpg

Trail brake to get the back moving out a bit
http://home.exetel.com.au/gaz914net/Images/050106WakefieldT1Brake2_low.jpg

This bloody Mustang wouldn't move over and let me past. I was much faster through the twisty bits and could even keep up down the straight, just wasn't fast enough to actually pass him.
http://home.exetel.com.au/gaz914net/Images/050106WakefieldMustang1_low.jpg

Other cars have caught up now
http://home.exetel.com.au/gaz914net/Images/050106WakefieldMustang2_low.jpg

Braking hard into turn 1 from about 140 km/h
http://home.exetel.com.au/gaz914net/Images/050106WakefieldT1Brake3.jpg

[dazza015]

Thats Awesome :D

What was your top speed for the day ?

[skippycorsa]

All in all it was a good day :D the rex went all day without a prob, except maybe for the tyres and brakes pretty much giving up after 5 laps hehe :D

will have to do it again later in the year :D:D

[EGG80X]

haha cool mate, lap time??

you know u dont really need to brake on the first corner

[imad4u]

did the wife drive gaz ? :twisted:

[ultim8DTM5]

http://home.exetel.com.au/gaz914net/Images/050106WakefieldT1_low.jpg

Gary needs coilovers :lol:

[Degen-Astra]

SWEET!!
And a Westfield! :mrgreen:

[GAZ914]

What was your top speed for the day ?

End of straight around 140 or so (I was busy looking elsewhere) :lol:


haha cool mate, lap time??

No timing, so I don't know.
Not as fast as a WRX :(

[OPC]

nice job gaz :D

[GOZOFF]

awesome stuff Gary I bet you would of lapped the mustang easy if he let you pass him 8)

[mr_astra_retired]

Top stuff Gary bet the beeper kicked some a$$ :mrgreen:

[EGG80X]

Not as fast as a WRX :(


dont worry its more fun keep up with rexies on corners

[mr_astra_retired]

Not as fast as a WRX :(


dont worry its more fun keep up with rexies on corners

Yeah i bet the echo would out do all rexxies on the track Kelvin

So gaz , how was the track on the car , the brakes and tyres get a thrashing?

[EGG80X]

btw is it your first time on a race track?

its very addictive isn't it?

[EGG80X]

Not as fast as a WRX :(


dont worry its more fun keep up with rexies on corners

Yeah i bet the echo would out do all rexxies on the track Kelvin


nar alway get killed on straight parts of the track and the uphill climb after turn 2 :oops:
i can do about 140 on the pit straight and rex and evo do about 180

[EGG80X]

http://home.exetel.com.au/gaz914net/Images/050106WakefieldT1_low.jpg



wow even a toyota corona is having a go
kudos

[GAZ914]

So gaz , how was the track on the car , the brakes and tyres get a thrashing?

I was a bit hard on the brakes in the first session but they held up OK but were starting to go away at the end - the rotors were blue by the end.

I was easier on the brakes after that and they were fine, last for the session, no fade and still work OK on the street :)

Tyres were brand new (< 300 kms) and the LH front copped a bit of stick.
It is mainly the long right hand turns (top of the hill and the 2nd last one before the straight) where I was getting understeer and hence the tyre was under a bit of strain.

Overall, no issues

[GAZ914]

btw is it your first time on a race track?



Used to do supersprints and other club motorsport about 20 years ago...


its very addictive isn't it?

Yes it is addictive. I'm really enjoying giving the Beep Beep a hard time in motorkhana and the occassional track day - haven't done it for so long :D

[mr_astra_retired]

nar alway get killed on straight parts of the track and the uphill climb after turn 2 :oops:
i can do about 140 on the pit straight and rex and evo do about 180

Sorry Kelvin , bit of a typo there i meant on the turns , not the track in general

[EGG80X]

nar alway get killed on straight parts of the track and the uphill climb after turn 2 :oops:
i can do about 140 on the pit straight and rex and evo do about 180

Sorry Kelvin , bit of a typo there i meant on the turns , not the track in general

hehehe thats cool Steven.......

[frankie9fingers]

the mustang driver must have been from melbourne.