Wakefield Park Track Day - Friday 25th of November!!

[JustenGT8]

You make your own luck...especially the bad, hmmm

[lenjiman]

Thanks for the laps in the GT8 Justen, I couldn't wipe the grin off for hrs

Actually, I think it was wiped off not too long after... when Finney and I speared off in the gravel trap coming onto the main straight

[JustenGT8]

No worries mate. Wish the camera was on so the Adub roadblock could see how slow he actually was

anyone hang around for the dorifto stuff?

[Bananaman]

We watched a bit of it. I noticed there is a g2s thread on here talking up the fact they were pro etc... i did take some video, if i can be bothered i'll let it it speak about that

[JustenGT8]

Spectator entry was $20! WTF?

[trdee]

No worries mate. Wish the camera was on so the Adub roadblock could see how slow he actually was

anyone hang around for the dorifto stuff?

which adub was that?

[JustenGT8]

the slow one...eh what?

[Bananaman]

Spectator entry was $20! WTF?

Perhaps i should elaborate - we watched some of the practice on friday, if i paid $20 for what we saw i would have been disappointed - i'll give them the benefit of the doubt and assume they got better by saturday

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I don't care how good they got between friday arvo and saturday, i wouldn't have paid $2 to watch the same guys i saw. Actually, that's probably not fair, i did mention several times how much more entertaining beginner/amateur drifting is to spectate rather than the pro stuff, but i did think it was a beginner's school for a while there.

I did get quite excited at a couple of very (slow) near misses with armco while drinking a beer so i guess i got my money's worth. And there were definately a lot of very inexperienced drifters circulating on friday after we finished, saturday may have been a different story.

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Hey Phil with the LS1 280zx. Just wanted to say thanks for another great day, but what the hell was going on. Normally we are red flagged every 20mins or so with a break down or someone off the track. Not today though ( maybe due to Roundy not being there - actually I was able to drive my car back onto the trailer also........cause roundy was there to blow it up) Was great when a dry line kind of emerged around midday. We packed up not long after as it looked like it was setting in again.
My mate Mitch (the big fella with his head hanging out of the roof) had a great day, don't think I have ever seen a bigger smile on his face after he come back from a run in my car.
Thanks for you organisation Garth - top day.

Who the fuck let you in here??

Good to see the (other) zed out there again; thought it might be a little while after Roundy's effort. It's sounding tough - and yes Mitch was hilarious with his helmet hanging out the targa top.

Like Vito it's amazing how just making the last 15 mins of fun on track can make up for the rest of the day's dissappointment. I got 4 or 5 laps in first thing on the slipperiest track ever before my driveshaft snapped again and it wasn't until 3pm or so i got a replacement to swap in. (Perhaps if i'd asked someone other than Vito they'd have got it 1st visit to the wreckers not 3rd??)

Anyway, i managed to have a little fun in Damo's car during the day and got my last session in as well. Unfortunately the noises coming from my front left hub confirmed there's a good reason i'm snapping shafts and hopefully suggest a straightforward fix. I think i destroyed the bearing housing in the hub when i did the wheel bearing and it's taken two driveshafts for me to realise. The noises coming from there are definately new though! It seemed fine at first - oh and there was that time the driveshaft nut came loose on the old pac just after the shop did the bearing for me that probably didn't help...

I have videos uploading - was hoping they'd be up by now but i found audio sync error notices from youtube last night but haven't had a chance to check them. I'll throw some links up and you can let me know if they're borked.

Anyone who's passengered with me before, this will give you an idea of how slippery it was first thing - my shaft goes mid-turn 10 so i bail into the pit road;
Very wet Wakefield Park - driveshaft snaps first session of the morning - YouTube

Here's me having a little fun in the 325i - it was a bit of a longer session as there was a bit of traffic early, then i was following some other cars towards the end.
Me in Damo's E36 325i on a very wet Wakefield - YouTube

One of Damo's early sessions;
Damo in his E36 325i on a very wet Wakefield Park - YouTube

My arvo session in the BMW - i got my first ever black flag!!
Me in Damo's E36 325i again on a very wet Wakefield Park; he's passengering - YouTube

One of Damo's later sessions;
Damo out again in his E36 325i on a very wet Wakefield Park - YouTube

And my last minute session complete with grindy driveshaft noises;
Wet Wakefield - AE93 SX Corolla - YouTube

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Dropbox has finaly finished uploading...

533 full res images.

Dropbox thumbnails linkie

Anyhoo, here are a few of the better ones.
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Big man at the wheel


This was a roarty little thing. Spent most of the back part of the track drifting...




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Braappp! teww! brappp! teww! brapp! teww! brap! teww!
Traction, who needs it...


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Max angle entry lol


Reverse angle entry
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Thursday night on the way over...


Skidies. About where I am standing there are two gouges when it first broke. They are about 15 metres apart...
Am very aware that a Friday night may have had a very different outcome due to traffic.




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[lenjiman]

No worries mate. Wish the camera was on so the Adub roadblock could see how slow he actually was

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[tir33d]

Good work on the photos, made me laugh again seeing Mitch's head hanging out.
Gotta say though, it appears that there were alot more 4wd toyotas there than I thought, I was actually starting tho think that there must have been a rally course down there also. What is with you toyota drivers and staying on the track!
Considering running the wakefield 300 in March - any of you boys play??