Mx5 Mania Track Day

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 6:24 pm

SM wrote:yay it's tomorrow

So you're the only left that hasn't gone down tonight?

I reckon you'll be quite the wreck when you arrive at 7:30 tomorrow morning. I was pretty booted after driving down myself, so I was glad I went a day early. It's only two hours, but I found it great to have had that extra sleep and not be in a massive rush to get out there in the am.

Mr_Q · Postby **Mr_Q** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 7:21 pm

marcusus wrote:
SM wrote:yay it's tomorrow

So you're the only left that hasn't gone down tonight?

Naah - I'm heading down in the morning too. It does make it a longer day, but you won't notice it until home time, so take it easy on the trip back.

idb000 · Postby **idb000** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:22 pm

Mr_Q wrote:
marcusus wrote:
SM wrote:yay it's tomorrow

So you're the only left that hasn't gone down tonight?

Naah - I'm heading down in the morning too. It does make it a longer day, but you won't notice it until home time, so take it easy on the trip back.

I'm heading down in the morning too. See you all there :mrgreen:

Ajay · Postby **Ajay** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 6:26 am

dramas!.. flat tyre last night.. no wheel nut key.. 2.5 hours sleep.. not fun at all!!!!!

Charlie Brown · Postby **Charlie Brown** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 6:22 pm

Great day. Great company. Lots of cars. Too many on the track at one time(about 12!!!) to get a decent run but still managed to get it down into the high 1:13s.
Brakes were my biggest problem. Had quite a few 'offs' when the pedal headed half way towards the floor in the fish hook and at the end of the back straight on numerous occasions with me exerting more force on the pedal than the pads were doing to the discs.
I left early because there was no reason to battle on without brakes and cramps to my hands. :roll:

I got home, swapped my wheels and did a mini brake bleed - fronts only but it's only marginally better. Time to do a complete change. It's been 12 months sine the last one and probably the fluid is gone.
Might investigate some better pads than the Hawk HPS also.
Anyway it was a good shake down leading up to the Super Sprint series.

Ajay · Postby **Ajay** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 8:38 pm

sorry that was probably me slowing you down.. should have had an 'L' Plate on

tk421 · Postby **tk421** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 9:43 pm

And me. I need more practice :oops:

. Too early on the anchors and not early enough on the loud pedal

marcusus · Postby **marcusus** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 12:54 pm

So that's all there is to say so far?

12 cars is a lot on at one time. How many runs did you guys get in? Has someone topped my off in terms of spectacularity? What other cars showed?

Alex · Postby **Alex** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 2:32 pm

I would say yes there was more spectacular sights (turn 1-2 2 cars one after the other both losing it :shock:

)
no damage the whole day that I saw (other than mechanical/tyres)
I've got about 1889 pictures from the day taking up 6.73GB on my HHD if someone wants to help go thought them all

Jimmy · Postby **Jimmy** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 3:31 pm

I actually had no idea this was on but coincidentally was there on the same day. I was surprised to see so many fives on a normal street day! I was in a red NA and my mate was in one of the BRG NA's. We also had an XY falcon and an alpha. Yes the day happened to be quite busy but after lunch it cleared up quite nicely. The last couple of sessions we only had 7 cars on the track! I had so much fun with some almost scrubbed out tyres! All in all what a top day! (except for those bloody KIA driver training cars. They refused to let ppl past, protecting their race line as if it was a matter of life or death, and sat exceptionally close to cars in front - ie: less than a metre)

Ajay · Postby **Ajay** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 3:42 pm

Sasso wrote:Yeh like when some guys gearbox exploded at the end of the straight and ajay slipped on it and fell off the track lol.

haha that was michael's coolant :lol:

sorry if i slowed some of you guys down (or caused you to sh*t yourself :lol:

)

Alex · Postby **Alex** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 8:20 pm

JimmyJ5 wrote:except for those bloody KIA driver training cars. They refused to let ppl past, protecting their race line as if it was a matter of life or death, and sat exceptionally close to cars in front - ie: less than a metre

Yea they pissed me off, I didn't want to overtake on the corners but on the straight they were just planting it as soon as I pulled right to overtake :evil:

ended up doing a cooldown lap which gave me a nice gap

I think those 2 straight ones are from ajay slipping on the coolant, my marks there are a bit less straight (you'll see in the pics) I had dave coughing up dust for a lap after, while he was trying to work my wipers and turn down the air vents that were aiming all the dust straight for him

I don't think my new tyres like me though, lots of wear on the edges, should have put the pressure up between rounds but I just wasn't thinking, pics to be up soon (sorted it down to 240 of them so I'll make 5 topics in the media section with 50 or so pics in each so load times will be somewhat reduced)
and now I want to get some stiffer sways after seeing the pics, I never knew my car had so much rolling on the corners

Alex · Postby **Alex** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:38 pm

pics are up in the multimedia section, only selected a few but I'm sure it's enough :roll:

if anyone who was there wants a copy of the full quality (unedited) pics of their car then let me know ur plates/car, I'm sure I'll have at least a few pics I can put on a CD for next time we meet up

can't really put all the pics on CD's unedited as it would take up about 10 CD's and I don't have a DVD burner

Alex · Postby **Alex** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:41 pm

Sasso wrote:SM, holy mother, do you really need to put up that many pics. Just choose the best 50 or something.

sorry couldn't help myself

Jimmy · Postby **Jimmy** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:52 pm

SM, any chance of getting a copy of some of those pics? In particular im after YEW92X (red NA with black number plate) and YBG B0Y (BRG NA). Id love a copy of them. I can fix u up with the cost of cds and postage etc. Also if there are any of a blue/green XY falcon and a red Alpha that would be tops!