Track Day, January 9th 2009

-alex · Postby **-alex** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 12:06 am

Event Info:
Wakefield Park

Date:
Friday, January 9th 2009

Time:
9:00am - 4:00pm

No need for booking, $110.00 for a weekday and an extra $50.00 for a Wakefield licence (if you don't already have one)

Informal "Speed off the Streets" day.

-alex · Postby **-alex** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 12:12 am

2009 2009 2009 2009 2009

r_muir86 · Postby **r_muir86** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 1:30 am

why must you tempt me so?

I'll try to get the day off of work

-alex · Postby **-alex** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 3:27 pm

You Know you want to...!!
Going to try and arrange the same thing as this Thursday, stay down there and have drinks and things the night before!

Regie · Postby **Regie** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 4:42 pm

ill check my roster. if i aint working ill be there

HIC-45S · Postby **HIC-45S** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 6:07 pm

What a coincidence Alex, I applied for leave for that week to go to Wakefield two weeks ago!

Probably will be staying at Mike's Manor the night before so we don't have to wake up at obscene hours to get to the tack before cars are let on. If people are interested I'll organise it for whoever is interested. Special price of $50 per person which includes a cooked breakfast! Well... maybe not special price, but still not bad IMO

-alex · Postby **-alex** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 12:24 am

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Welcome to forum!
and yes yes what a coincidence..! cya there

RG.net · Postby **RG.net** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 5:13 pm

why must you guys tempt me so much :evil:

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 6:49 pm

MXHEVN wrote:why must you guys tempt me so much

Will you have the manual in yet?

As much fun as it might be hitting the track in an auto, your times will suffer quite dramatically because you won't be able to snatch the right gear for the corner.

RG.net · Postby **RG.net** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 9:21 pm

marcusus wrote:
MXHEVN wrote:why must you guys tempt me so much

Will you have the manual in yet?

As much fun as it might be hitting the track in an auto, your times will suffer quite dramatically because you won't be able to snatch the right gear for the corner.

nope, but still tempting none the less, i'm itching to hit the track :lol:

manual will go in when i loose my licience.

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 10:09 pm

MXHEVN wrote:nope, but still tempting none the less, i'm itching to hit the track

Hehe. You should try it just for the sake of it. Just don't expect lightning quick times, and I'd say you'll probably have a fair few offs since you'll probably be in the wrong gear for a lot of the corners.

MXHEVN wrote:manual will go in when i loose my licience.

Err, are you planning on losing it soon?

r_muir86 · Postby **r_muir86** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 1:27 am

marcus, alot of the time its the opposite, people will generally be able to post faster times in an auto of the same car for the first few runs, adapting to manual around a track takes the average person a bit more to figure out where and what gears they should be in, or so i've been told by people who race professionally

So whilst yes, manual cars will get you quicker times in the long run, for a first outing an auto is generally quicker

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 6:30 pm

^^^
I suppose there's some logic to that point. All you'd really need to worry about is flooring it, then jamming on the brakes. One less thing to think about.

Either way, the only true test will be actually getting out on the track with the auto.