[18th June] AHG Skidpan

[thommo]

Another skidpan day is ready and organised to go !

Details as below
Date: Saturday 18th of June 2011
Time: 12:30pm till 4:30pm
Location: RAC Driving Centre (near the International Airport - Map below)

Cost per driver: $85 each

Will confirm position once payment is recieved

1) Myself - [PAID]
2) Tocchi - [PAID]
3) Tocchi +1 - [PAID]
4) Cactus - [PAID]
5) Kael - [PAID]
6) Mullmans [PAID]
7) Dtcng -[PAID]
8) Maximus - [PAID]
9) Maximus +1 - [PAID]
10) Sciflyer - [PAID]
11) rat - [PAID]
12) Mstyle - [PAID]
13) Anthony. C - [PAID]
14) jesstamic - [PAID]
15) adrenaline - [PAID]
16) buttnekid - [PAID]



Some requirements from AHG:
· Closed in shoes
· Long sleeves (shirt, jumper etc.)
· P Plate or FULL Licence
· Roadworthy car
· ADR Approved Helmet
· Try to remove any loose items in the car BEFORE coming to the event (they will go through your car)


Thanks

[ACTIV8]

are unrego'd cars all good if roadworthy?

[thommo]

I'm not to sure would have to ask

[Douche Bag]

Hypothetically, one could just borrow some number plates.

OP, any chance of a tuning day? (Small track)

[thommo]

Ill get them to email through a whole list of all their events and pricing. Using there track would be pretty good. im sure others have done this already so speak up if you have info !

[Douche Bag]

Sweet. I've participated in it once and its just sooooo much better than just the skidpan... Don't know whats involved in booking it etc though. (Sorry to spam thread, delete if necessary)

[Daisy]

i think the v8 supercars run all day saturday so getting the long track would be a no go. worth a try but dont get your hopes up

[Douche Bag]

Yeah, I think tuning days are thursdays iirc?

[adrenalin]

Any spare spots ?

[adrenalin]

used to get fri arvo

could do long track or skidpan and just alternate between too.

Was bout 70 bucks as well if i remem. Did a few of them good fun.

[Tocchi]

PAID !

[cactus]

Can we run shitty tyres/mags on the rear?

[Tocchi]

^ yep.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5265/5695045073_f1fba33f82_b.jpg

[thommo]

Still places to fill !

Yer the less canvas the better haha

[NoOg_sTaR]

I will take a spot. I expect to get my car back by the 10th so I still have a few days to run it in/sort out the problems.

KEEN!

[thommo]

just checking with 2 people to see if they are still in, if they arent ill put you up on the list :)

[WRickX]

Im maximus's plus one, went to the skidpan day today to watch the other antilag event and see how it all runs. Looks like awsome fun.

[SeSaR]

I am keen would like to confirm my spot.. how do i go for payment???
Cheers

[thommo]

Sorry SeSar, the maximum group size is 16 entrants.

shall be doing another one coming up soon

[Tocchi]

i'll need to confirm sometime this week, but i think my +1 just blew a head gasket in his dak dak... so once i confirm this, whoever wants my spot send me a PM and ill give you my bank details so you can deposit the $85 payment :)

[thommo]

One to many helis

[Tocchi]

SPOT IS AVAILABLE.

so if somebody is keen, please post that you are in here, and PM me so i can send you bank details so you can pay me for the spot. cheers!

[Reverb]

Keen to replace dak dak with another dak dak

[cactus]

My old man is also keen in is HQ... let me know Tocchi if noone has taken your spare - I'll def. grab it.

[Tocchi]

reverb has already paid... he was mighty quick

[Sciflyer]

aww damn, wanted to see the HQ in action (for once :)

[Tocchi]

can saturday please hurry up?

[Yakky Bear]

FFFFUUUUUUU WORKING!!!

[ClevoCapri]

Might be a damp day too. Will give the rev limiter a work out!

[jesstamic]

Hmm apparently a shower of two.... might have a chance to lose some traction....

[thommo]

you might slip and turn into some heli's


good idea for people with decent cameras to bring them down !

[jesstamic]

you might slip and turn into some heli's


oh such a shame :P

[Tocchi]

DID SOMEBODY ASK FOR STRAIGHT PIPES?

[thommo]

sorry no atmo vehicles

[mitchwnz]

you might slip and turn into some heli's


good idea for people with decent cameras to bring them down !

HAHA brililant!

[adrenalin]

game on

im praying for dry.

Wet weather + 400 rwhp = no fun

[Tocchi]

im praying for wet.

dry weather + R-comps on FG + skidpan = expensive skids :(

[thommo]

the way its been going this week the rain clears by the arvo so we should have sunshine and a damp track.

dont run the R comps then :P

[Tocchi]

it's R-comps or slicks ... that's all i have left. haha

[adrenalin]

the way its been going this week the rain clears by the arvo so we should have sunshine and a damp track.

dont run the R comps then :P

Exactly ....

go put some cheap 18's

[Tocchi]

ive got to drive there and cbf changing rims.

otherwise would of run the 285 slicks, they light up great

[thommo]

id lend you my stockies but they dont fit your brakes

[Tocchi]

i will ATTEMPT to go for complete grip .... all i do at AHG and Midvale is skids haha

[Fukushima]

Complete grip until they tell me "you're not like the usual antilag guys, you can drive"

Then its time to chicken wing.

[cactus]

Either way I will be running some shitty 14" GTS wheels with 195 tyres ... so its going to be a fun day for me. Do they let you off doing bulk skids?

[lowney]

when we did ours we were linking corners and they started getting shitty but they got over it eventually once one guy got kicked off

[Tocchi]

i got told off only once, a few months ago, i think Joe, Marc, Owain, Adz and a couple of others can vouch that they are pretty lenient... to a degree.

[thommo]

Either way I will be running some shitty 14" GTS wheels with 195 tyres ... so its going to be a fun day for me. Do they let you off doing bulk skids?

haha 195s with your power will be a laugh.

i wouldnt say theyre overly keen on skids

[adrenalin]

Lol i drifted the other week with instructor in car and he didnt give a shit.

you only get busted if you spin out or go onto grass. Part from that your fine

[cactus]

Really looking forward to this!

[Sciflyer]

fark almost on the verge of bailing on this - put my back out the other day, farking painful just getting in the bloody car let alone throwing it around :(

Will be taking it easy tomorrow, also because like Matt i have a tyre dilemma.... sfa tread on teh rears and they have to last for the hill climb on sunday!

[Tocchi]

^ ouch :( if it makes you feel better, i had my legs tunneled out of me last night at basketball while i was spinning, landed pretty hard on my back from a metre in the air... i have a corked ass cheek as a result and it hurts to change gear. my butt is multicultural, one side white, the other brown. hahah :p

think of the taking it easy as scuffing the tyres in preparation for the event the next day :)

[dtcng]

any idea who the instructors on the day will be?

[adrenalin]

Hopefully Murray . Franz still doing it?

[rat]

Forecast is for a few showers tomorrow... Could be interesting!

[thommo]

Yep easing in the afternoon.

instant HP

cactus, kael n buttnekid will be worst off

[maximus]

Yeh, hopefully it's wet enough to be interesting without being impossible to go fast. (Yay awd)

But I had a good time in the dry a couple of weeks ago, so won't be worried about getting silly this time.

[thommo]

cant wait, never been out on skidpan before so will be good experience

[stumps.]

It is the best, wish i was doing this. I will have the big track length skid pan on sunday to play with tho

[Jizz-Lebrity]

I've got brand new 275/30 Yokohama's on the rear, so am/was hoping for a reasonable amount of grip :(

[Tocchi]

michael for everybody attending this, what time should we get there to prepare/sign on if it starts at 1230?

[rat]

Pm said 11:45

[Tocchi]

PMs !!!! i was searching everywhere for the time.. didnt think of looking there haha

[thommo]

Haha yer 1145 be good. I'm bringing video camera too. Someone bring dslr camera

[Philbo]

DSLR is coming don't worry :) So are skids according to the weather radar !

[Reverb]

I have a go pro and also a fat gecko suction camera mount if people are keen, but my laptop just cannot handle editing the footage.

[rat]

I have go-pro, camcorder and a DSLR ;)

[thommo]

Haha bulk equipment. Weather looking fairly good at this stage

[adrenalin]

Go pro and dslr here as well.

I did it 2 weeks ago and got told to take go pro off.

Not aloud to film drifting from car due to rac logo in background.

[cactus]

Woohoo. See you fellas down there!!

[thommo]

I'm right near airport and it just rained for a minute grounds are wet!

[Philbo]

Will be there soon just running a bit behind as the missus had to work this morning !

[thommo]

Was a rather good arvo, rain was a bit of a pain but made for interesting driving.. think we had 3hrs of rain and about 40mins of dry.

Thanks to everyone for coming was a smooth event

in need of a tristan bbq before next time :P

[dtcng]

Cheers for the day Thommo. Interesting day out. I drove like a typical chinamen, shithouse. Really enjoyed "one rat" laps.

[maximus]

Yeh, thanks for irganising it, was a fun afternoon.

Looking forward to some pictures/video appearing...

[Buckets]

I was going to pop down for a look but got tied up. Pics & Vids people... :)

[ED40]

Rat never disappoints.. pics n vids!!

[Fukushima]

sorry about that guys i was hoping for rain so i could limiter bash in third but that got boring very quickly

soooo vids?

[thommo]

Yeh rats driving was very good, possibly the only falcoon not to loose it

adrenaline also had some good drifting skills

sciflyer fast n smooth too

days like this make you realise how important good tyres are

there were a few people taking photos so hopefully some appear soon and a fair few GO pro's kicking around

[thommo]

sorry about that guys i was hoping for rain so i could limiter bash in third but that got boring very quickly

soooo vids?


should have gone 4th/5th

[Reverb]

Great day, thank you for organising!!!

Took about 100 photos, just going through them now. I didn't get to take photos of everyone due to been in the line etc.

[thommo]

i had video camera in car but never had chance to get it out, seemed flatout all arvo

plz have photo of tocchi walking into door

[adrenalin]

Awesome day out. Had a blast in 32.

Cheers to all

Some really good driving.

Sux2bkael . Bit harsh mate but those marks were dark as.


Keen for pics / vids

[thommo]

Great day, thank you for organising!!!

Took about 100 photos, just going through them now. I didn't get to take photos of everyone due to been in the line etc.

post up some teasers im anxious to see what you got

[Reverb]

Sorry for the cars i didn't get photos of.

Here's my flickr photostream, photos are still uploading. 9 of 83 done so far so you will have to keep refreshing. Have to go out now so will make a file for them tomorrow etc.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49006216@N03/

[rat]

Such a good afternoon!
The wet laps were a lot of fun... :)
Some fantastic driving done by all.

Thanks for organising it Thommo!

I'll have to sort through my vids/photos and put them up asap!

Big ups to TJ for making a special delivery, thanks dude!

[ClevoCapri]

Thommo, thanks for organising. Was a good day.
Wet laps were fun for a while..... My car is definately not a track car!

[Butcher]

Heres a few,
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s71/butcherse34/IMG_0189.jpg
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s71/butcherse34/IMG_0186.jpg
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s71/butcherse34/IMG_0183.jpg
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s71/butcherse34/IMG_0163.jpg
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s71/butcherse34/IMG_0193.jpg
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s71/butcherse34/MySpaceGens_1892450070.gif

[rat]

Here is one of my GoPro video's...

<iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/CB3vEqGmg80" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[thommo]

Need a go pro extension arm so can hav it way outside the car see how sideways you were really getting it

[Buckets]

That Falc' of yours has a hard life Rat...

[Torquen]

Were those skid marks in the vid Kael's?? LOL! ...got the boot I assume.

[thommo]

Yep the ones just before the wet ground lol

[Sciflyer]

Some good driving there, no one holding back :)

Glad we got some dry runs though!

Cheers for organising Thommo

[Tocchi]

Was a great day, cheers to Michael for organising it and cheers to the rac staff for being very lenient :)

Give me dry lines any time - hating on the mariokart banana peel sections

[adrenalin]

Lol top right corner was worst.

Car sounded good with straight pipes.

[Reverb]

Photoset
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49006216@N03/sets/72157626865581019/

[rat]

I have a couple more video's here of my car... the vids are huge and taking ages to load! I do have other people's cars on video haha and I'll load them up soon!

<iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/uFtDjphntZ0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

<iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/LuB-jReN5O4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Tocchi]

Lol top right corner was worst.

Car sounded good with straight pipes.

i want to hear a video of them then :p


Brendan (yourmate) has a heap of videos on his GoPro... hopefully he loads soon :)

[Tocchi]

incar video of buttnekid's 5L S/C GTE.
<iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/OYTUTv8zwm0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

and outside.
<iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/B01bVidJZRc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[thommo]

i want to hear a video of them then :p


Brendan (yourmate) has a heap of videos on his GoPro... hopefully he loads soon :)


Hopefully !

We need a designated photographer at every event

Glad they didn't care about the go pros unlike on other occasions

[rat]

Hopefully !

We need a designated photographer at every event

Glad they didn't care about the go pros unlike on other occasions

I was told not to have mine on if there was going to be any smoke or sliding ... So I switched it off.

[thommo]

So you got out to turn it off good work :)

[Jizz-Lebrity]

Michael - cheers for organising!

I would've enjoyed it a lot more in the dry, with functioning ABS sensors and less under-steer/lock-up, but it was a good experience nonetheless. A great opportunity to see how well my car doesn't handle in the wet while being a lead foot.

I figured the boot was a little harsh for just throttle-steering out of an inadvertent 180 (a common unintentional maneuver on the wet pan) but at least it was towards the end of the session, no harm done. I was pretty happy being allowed to run without a helmet, that made up for it :)

Some great driving by all though! Looking forward to skidpan V2.

P.S: Cactus' HQ is fucking bombed.

[adrenalin]

Those marks were black as fuck ! Good way to be sent.

[adrenalin]

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5078/5845066960_31aa1e89b8_z.jpg

my fav pic thanks heaps !

[WRickX]

Thanks to the guys that organised this, it was awesome fun!
I was the guy in the white WRX that was rolling around like a boat on the stock suspension, I defiantly need to invest in some coilovers.
Was still fun in the wet though, when it dried out and there was wet and dry patches it made it interesting haha.

[jesstamic]

Thanks guys for organising this, had fun going out there.
Though i dont think most of the cones enjoyed me being out there...

[thommo]

Thanks to the guys that organised this, it was awesome fun!
I was the guy in the white WRX that was rolling around like a boat on the stock suspension, I defiantly need to invest in some coilovers.
Was still fun in the wet though, when it dried out and there was wet and dry patches it made it interesting haha.

I know the feeling, suspension n brake upgrade for me for sure

[adrenalin]

Trust me even with decent suspension it was still hard to drive flat out.