MX5 Club of Queensland Track Day 4 November 13

Trackphotos · Postby **Trackphotos** » Sun Nov 03, 2013 7:49 pm

zero00 wrote:Around 6.15 - 6.30

Race numbers are not illegal on cars dríven on public roads, Porsche actually sell some with numbers as do Mini, in NSW they have to have a diagonal line thru them or removed

NSW would be what I'm thinking of then. Fair enough. I never got around to printing and laminating my number, so I'll have to modify Lakeside's number 28 again.

james_p93 · Postby **james_p93** » Mon Nov 04, 2013 6:02 pm

did anyone get my "almostcrash" on vid or a pic by anychance haha??

zero00 · Postby **zero00** » Mon Nov 04, 2013 6:47 pm

What a fantastic day!!

Many thanks to Comp Secretary Brian, his assistants John & Neil, Chris & Wendy, and to Doug and his team from QR, especially Barb doing the marshalling and AJ up on the flags - well done to all!!

Checked my 'lapceiver' and completed 70 laps!! I think, 'cause I gave up counting, that I did 70 laps for the day being 10 runs and could have lined up for more!!

The track seemed to go 'off' with cloud cover after lunch but came 'back' later - missed a PB by 0.34 secs but who cares when you are having fun!!

Well done to that managed PB's on the day and thanks to all for a great year a competition - see you in 2014 :wink:

Trackphotos · Postby **Trackphotos** » Mon Nov 04, 2013 7:30 pm

Excellent day. My first flying lap of the day was 7 tenths quicker than my previous PB, courtesy of some new, much grippier tyres. By the end of the day I managed a 1:07.7, pretty happy with that considering the car is mechanically stock except for slotted rotors. Quite impressed with Federal 595 RSRs, very grippy tyres. 10 sessions, great value. If only they were all full days.

zero00 · Postby **zero00** » Mon Nov 04, 2013 7:54 pm

Below are 'Natsoft' times for today:

http://racing.natsoft.com.au/636724972/ ... 86D/View?1

Well done all!!

Gladiator · Postby **Gladiator** » Mon Nov 04, 2013 8:15 pm

Fantastic day yet again. Many thanks to all organizers, volunteers, & QR staff. I set 3 new PB's throughout the day so I'm wrapped.

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zoomzoom · Postby **zoomzoom** » Mon Nov 04, 2013 9:08 pm

Was a really good day, thanks to all those who make these things possible. I love these full days since they give a great opportunity to have a bit of a play and try a few things back to back.

I really did not go out expecting much today but with the great slightly overcast weather and the rain holding off I got plenty of time in similar conditions to tweek the setup. I even managed a new PB which I am pretty chuffed with on the worn out tyres

only downside was the camera went flat before I got my PB lap

I think I might have got one earlier in the day though which was only a couple of tenths or so off, I will have a look through and put the best one up when I get a some time on the off chance that someone is interested to see it.

Cheers,

Tim

ljs18 · Postby **ljs18** » Mon Nov 04, 2013 9:12 pm

Thanks to Brian and the club for another great day and a great competition. Thanks to all participants for making the MX5 club sprints such a friendly and relaxed event. We are looking forward to 2014.

chefie · Postby **chefie** » Mon Nov 04, 2013 9:47 pm

What a great day, To the QR team and MX5 club and brian thank you, the day ran like a well oiled machine.

What a great bunch of people doing what they enjoy !

Thank You for making this possible

plohl · Postby **plohl** » Mon Nov 04, 2013 10:57 pm

Thanks everyone for organising the day. Had heaps of fun, learn a bit and put down lots of laps. Seriously awesome value for money.

Hopefully be able to make more of them next year!

plohl · Postby **plohl** » Tue Nov 05, 2013 8:09 am

My fastest lap of the day. 65.94s

Trackphotos · Postby **Trackphotos** » Tue Nov 05, 2013 10:46 am

New PB video, and also a bit of a fail at Hungry. Turns out the camera battery died 45sec after it, so yay. Video evidence!

Cal · Postby **Cal** » Tue Nov 05, 2013 10:53 am

Thanks Brian, other MX5 members, Doug, Barb and QR for another excellent MX5 club track day.

Dad did yet another PB, shaving 1.2 seconds off his time to get well into the 3's with a PB of 1.03.63. Very impressive considering he was in the 8's at the first Lakeside day in January.

MINX · Postby **MINX** » Tue Nov 05, 2013 11:29 am

Here is two of the 4 laps only i got in for the day, with 2 studs falling out of my turbo manifold and sounding like a mac truck.
I was short shifting to just get a few laps done knowing i would be packing up early.(still banged down a couple of 64s)
See at about 1.33 when Chris knew his day was over in the Silvia. (full screen better)
As I let him overtake me at the kink, i thought i could smell burning electrics. :shock:

MattR · Postby **MattR** » Tue Nov 05, 2013 12:04 pm

Stu, interesting you change down from 5th to 4th to 3rd at the Carousel. You may find it quicker and a bit easier under brakes to change from 5th straight to 3rd. It takes a little less time to do and you aren't thinking about 2 down changes whilst braking. With an "H" pattern gearbox it's pretty easy to jump one or two gears. On the track you don't really use the engine for braking compred to driving on the road.

It may help find a little more time.