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[180Shauny]

Hello Mitsu Chaps,
A friend and I are organising a practice day at Winton Raceway on Monday 25th February and we'd love to see a few of you guys down there.
The event is being run through the MR2 Club and you can find details, entry forms and supp regs on the site: http://mr2club.com.au/vic/?page_id=4

A few points to mention, at $140 (assuming we get 80 people) this day is very, very well priced and will be ideally suited to beginners and experienced drivers alike. If you have never gotten your car to the track and want to see what it can really do then sign up! The day is not for a specific make or model so invite your mates along too.

Any queries please feel free to post up or PM me.
Shaun

Edited by 180Shauny, 07 January 2013 - 09:49 AM.

[DOUGMO]

timing?

[180Shauny]

Good question, yes there will be timing. Also Dougmo I see you are a mod on EvolutionOz.net, could you possibly repost this for me?

[ENGINR]

Sounds good mate, will the groups be classified by previous best lap times?

[JayRome]

hurm... tempting... but on a monday?

Edited by JayRome, 08 January 2013 - 12:05 AM.

[trist]

hurm... tempting... but on a monday?

just take the day off........ do it in the pajero

[180Shauny]

Yes we will group by lap times or estimated lap times if you haven't run before. We're capping the day at 80 entries which is very little, giving lots of time for all.

Apologies yes it's on a Monday, we hoped this would allow people to drive up Sunday arvo, overnight at Benalla then hit the track early.

[JayRome]

Yes we will group by lap times or estimated lap times if you haven't run before. We're capping the day at 80 entries which is very little, giving lots of time for all.

Apologies yes it's on a Monday, we hoped this would allow people to drive up Sunday arvo, overnight at Benalla then hit the track early.

thats actually a good call..... will be in touch..

[kaotik]

oh so tempting.....if i can manage to get some good tyres before then I might be in

[EV0300]

if i can get the day off ill definately be up for it

[180Shauny]

Hope you can both make it! Kaotik for tyres can I heartily recommend Nitto NT01 Semi Slicks. A great value tyre that gets you on the track for a lot less than you would think, got a set of 15" Semi's for my car delivered for $700.

You can get them from Tempe Tyres in Sydney delivered to Melbourne.

Also FYI for all, Winton is a track that is quite okay to use road tyres on. You obviously won't go as quickly but still a heap of fun.

[ENGINR]

It's a technical track - if you work on getting your corners and braking right then you can still be quite fast. The front and back straights (V8 track) are long enough to clock up a decent top end speed and there's plenty of run-off at the end of them if you do "come a cropper".

[180Shauny]

We have tweaked the day:
Cost locked in at $140
Cars only, capped at 70 entries

Interest is high, verbal confirmations are high, entry forms received are LOW
To make the day proceed we need confirmed entries so if you know you're coming or have a query about the day we want to hear from you!

[Longinus]

Great work Shaun, looking forward to an awesome day

[180Shauny]

We're at the point of paying the track and have to make the executive decision of whether to proceed. We have had a good response in the last 48 hours but still a bit shy of where we want to be, please if you are planning to attend get your entry forms in ASAP.

[180Shauny]

Sadly we've had to cancel the event.
Thanks to those who got on board, hopefully we can reorganise and run a track day later in the year.