toyocharged Posted April 13, 2009 Report Posted April 13, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Just got back and what a weekend of racing, we lost a few races off the programme due to carnage on the mountain.... it bites big time when you get it wrong. Thankfully we had a incident free weekend and improved our times every session, found 12 secs from my first lap to my fastest lap and probably another 5-7 secs still to be found. Masters session The masters session is a there for first timers to Bathurst and is quite handy for learning lines, brake markers , flag points etc. We went behind a MX5 with a decent steerer behind the wheel and followed his lines. First impressions of the track were, plenty of concrete walls and blind corners. Qualifying It started badly in the form up grid, I wear perscrpition sunglasses and when I put my helemet on and slide on the sunnies the metal frame broke and didnt have time to get my clear lenses back at the motel. I did qualifying with limited vision but qualified 35 out of 43, very happy as I was expecting to be last http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/re...4/2009.BATH.Q1 Race 1 Started badly and was swamped, was running 2nd last but got past a few cars and had a great dice with BMW all race, I kept missing 3rd gear into the chase , had a knob end in a Alfa try to squeeze me on the line and nearly ran me off the road ! http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/re...4/2009.BATH.C1 Race 2(pissing down -- just like the bathurst when the GTR slid off the track) I had some dramas with my car in this one, some monkey---me had run the kill switch cable too close to the wiper arm and motor as I was leaving pit lane up mountain straight my wipers stoppped working and suddenly my engine died... what had happened was a clip had worked loose and the cable tangled round the wiper arm loooped round it seized the wiper and killed the engine.... I then had to drive and change gear with one arm, while the other arm held the kill switch on in pelting rain at Bathurst with no wipers!!. I was just trying to keep up on the warm up lap and get round to the pits... I nearly aquaplanned off at the esses beacuse I hadnt been warming the brakes I hit the pedal, panicked and locked the fronts, thankfully I got grip turned and headed straight for the pits. About 12 cars pulled in within 2 laps because the conditions were terrible. http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/re.....;/2009.BATH.C10 Race 3 This race was shortened due to a big accident the race before I started from last position due to the DNS the race before made a reasonable start but was squeezed at turn 1 and could pass many cars had some great battles with a couple of BMW and a jag.... The highlight of the race for me was I was nearly brave enough to hold it flat through chase curve I finished34th out of 45 cars so very happy, the cars went back on the trailer undamaged and felt a massive sense of achievment to finally race at Bathurst http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/re.....;/2009.BATH.C27 What I have learned from the experience is I need a close ratio gearbox, the mountain is fantatsic and if you get the chance race on the track. I will be back with a better knowledge of the track and a car with a few improvements, hoping next time for a low 50 high 40 with the box, a engine freshen( its a import motor which is stock), better tyres and brakes and a slightly more balls out attitude, not too much though the top is scary and it bites hard... Vids Cheers John Quote
BReNt Posted April 13, 2009 Report Posted April 13, 2009 None of those links work for me except the videos. Videos look good, nice work :D Quote
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