Racing Wakefield Park August 7/8 2010

[Shane001]

Hi guys,

We're off racing again

This time Wakefield Park with FOSC for a bit of fun

If anyone wants to come down for a look let me know and I'll see if I can get some discount tickets. Will post up more info as it becomes available.

Cheers.

[aza013]

just had a look I should be free to come down for the day.
I will confirm next week to be 100%.

[Shane001]

Yeah let me know, at this stage I do have one free pass left for the weekend, so it's yours if you want it. We'll be going down early Sat morning (leaving by 5am ) and staying Sat night. If you wanted to come down for the weekend let me know asap and I'll bump up our accomodation to a family room

[aza013]

ok cool thanks I will let you know asap.

[zuihoujueding]

very interested to witness your racecar in action! should be in!

[Shane001]

OK guys, sorry for being so slow to post up further info.

Admission prices for the weekend are;
Saturday - Adult - $10
Sunday - Adult - $20
Whole Weekend - Adult - $25
Under 15 free

Good news is the weather is looking sunny all weekend (albeit freezing f**king cold lol!).

Also we get a little bit of a sleep in, we're the 6th of 7 categories, so don't hit the track until 11am on Saturday for qualifying, then 2 races in the afternoon, then 3 races on Sunday. I plan to be down there by around 8:30am though so I have plenty of time to unload and get to scrutineering before our drivers breifing.

We have a pretty good grid of around 27 cars, lots of Porsches & MX5's, with a few Alfa's & Clubmans thrown in. Should be some good racing

If you're coming down be sure to drop in and say hi, we're in carport 47.

[aza013]

I will be there around 08:30 - 09:00 on the Saturday

[Shane001]

No worries, call me on mobile when u get there and I'll send your pass out to you. Should have given it to you the other day DOH!

[aza013]

Lol will do mate.
And a big thanks again for the pass

[zuihoujueding]

gona sit this one out mate. its 199km from where i live!
anyway, goodluck mate, bring back some good news!

[Shane001]

Haha, yeah Wakefield is a bit of a drive. Next time I'm racing there I might have to get aza to organise a cruise

[zuihoujueding]

lol that might be a good idea.
btw, y u race at eastern creek? theres event going on this sunday

[Shane001]

Yeah that's a supersprint, I do racing events. Supersprints are like a time trial, you're not actually racing the other cars on track.

There is another race event at EC later in the year that I may do, if I've got any money left

[zuihoujueding]

i see....well good luck mate!

[Shane001]

It was bloody freezing at Wakefield this morning

But a perfect day for racing, albeit the track was very cold and we had a lot of trouble getting any temperature in the rear tyres.

Qualifying got off to a bad start with a spin into the fishhook turn 8. I wasn't expecting to have no grip in the rear and it just caught me out coming down off the hill
For the next half a dozen laps the rear was very loose so I drove conservatively but still managed a 1:13.9 on the last lap which put me 16th on the grid for race 1 (of 25 cars).

We checked the wheel alignment after qualy and all was OK so put this down to tyre temps.

Race 1 I nearly spun again trying to warn the tyres straight out of pit lane!
No grip in the rear again! So got swamped on the first couple of laps unable to keep slower cars behind me due to the rear grip. Finally by the last couple of laps the rear grip was coming good and I managed a 1:13.4 on the very last lap

Race 2 we fitted the rear strut bar to compare the handling. It appeared to improve the handling in the rear staight away, but this could also have been more heat in the track by this stage in the afternoon. So I was able to have a decent crack at it this race and had several battles working my way back up the grid. On the last lap I was right up behind a white clubman that I'd been battling with for a few laps (he was faster on the straight but I was faster up the back and through the corners), but I was loosing brake pedal, and into the fishhook he spun in front of me, and not having enough brake pedal I spun trying to avoid him

Still managed a 1:13.5 again though

We'll try higher pressures in the rear tomorrow to see if this helps. I'm hoping to be in the 1:12's by the end of the weekend

Thanks aza for all your help today! I hope I was entertaining

[I8A4RE]

Good luck mate! Are you running a rear spoiler

[aza013]

It was a great day I had a ball
And it was good to see an FTO mixing it up with the other cars.
I can see the 1.12's tomorrow for you may even 11's
Good luck and thanks for the pass.

[Bennoz]

Those are some good times!

[Shane001]

Had some awesome racing today, and got my 1:12, in both races

[Kustom]

Had some awesome racing today, and got my 1:12, in both races