Track Day

Guran · 08-10-2008, 01:10 AM

Driving Solutions are holding a track day at Eastern Creek on 30th September, which includes professional instruction throughout the day, and even a full lunch and drinks. I'm with a bunch of MINI owners who have arranged "mates rates" of $250 (reduced from $275). If there are any 1ers interested in coming along too, we may be able to add you to the same booking and save yourself $25 in the process. Please post here if you're interested. Alternatively, if you can get five cars or more together, you qualify for the group discount anyway.

More detail of the MINI group attending is available here:
http://forums.mini-mods.com.au/showthread.php?t=1373

harpoon · 08-10-2008, 08:46 PM

I will be intereted if my car is run in properly by then. Thanks for posting.

spdrcr · 08-12-2008, 07:16 AM

This sounds good - I was hoping to get to the one on this Thursday but it got booked out.

I'm going to put my name down tomorrow.

Guran · 10-01-2008, 11:28 PM

Had a great time at this track day on Tuesday. Was great to see Jeff's 135i out there on the track too ... he was seriously quick with lap times of around 1:52 or so. After my last experience with a big spin on turn 1, and considering I'm soon to part with the Mini, I was taking it a bit easier and my best was 2:02.

Photos are available at the following links:
http://newsys.smugmug.com/gallery/6105083_maKGB
http://puparazzi.smugmug.com/gallery...83666767_DkYfZ
http://www.jpmphoto.com.au/Galleries...ple/index.html
http://www.jpmphoto.com.au/Galleries...nge/index.html
http://www.jpmphoto.com.au/Galleries...een/index.html

spdrcr · 10-01-2008, 11:59 PM

Hey Brian, did any of your mates get any photos of my 'provoked oversteer' at turn 2 or turn 9?

ps: just managed to get the car to the BP and fill it up, won't be going out on track again with fuel that low...

Guran · 10-02-2008, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by spdrcr

Hey Brian, did any of your mates get any photos of my 'provoked oversteer' at turn 2 or turn 9?

ps: just managed to get the car to the BP and fill it up, won't be going out on track again with fuel that low...

Not sure Jeff. They post everything they have on those links posted above, so it might be worth trolling your way through the lot. Most of the photos were taken at turn 2 and turn 7 (7? It's the lefthander just before the bridge at corporate hill).

BTW please PM me your email address and I'll send you all the data I logged in your car using my Performance Box. You can analyse it in detail after downloading/installing the free PB software. It was very illuminating to compare your best run with mine in the Mini. You were pulling slightly higher G in the corners ... ~1.1G peak. The difference was even more noticeable when entering corners. And the punch out of corners you were getting is simply amazing. I think your top speed before turn 1 was something like 220km/hr compared with 185km/hr in my Mini.

WAY · 10-02-2008, 07:33 PM

Hey Jeff, your car was faster than Dragan's Drexler and KW clubsport equipt E46 M3. Impressive!

spdrcr · 10-03-2008, 07:08 AM

220km/h sounds high but I guess I need to take a look at your data. The race chrono software from my N95 said that I peaked out at something like 208km/h on the straight...

I would like to have a go of Dragan's M3 to see how quick I could go in that. My guess is that both cars would be pretty similar in the hands of the same driver. Interestingly we had pretty much identical top speed down the straight (we were both using race chrono on a Nokia phone).

airhead · 10-03-2008, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by WAY

Hey Jeff, your car was faster than Dragan's Drexler and KW clubsport equipt E46 M3. Impressive!

Bah... Dragan is a slow coach

WAY · 10-03-2008, 09:04 AM

yeah he only got 1:56. But someone else drove it and managed 1:53. I suspect the two cars are very similar in times.

spdrcr · 10-03-2008, 04:02 PM

BTW Dragan's car was on R888 semis and I was still running street rubber (Dunlop Direzza Sport Z1). The Dunlops are one of the best street tyres available but surely there must be some more in it with R compound tyres. Even more of a reason to give a word up to the 135i!

Guran · 10-03-2008, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by spdrcr

220km/h sounds high but I guess I need to take a look at your data. The race chrono software from my N95 said that I peaked out at something like 208km/h on the straight...

I would like to have a go of Dragan's M3 to see how quick I could go in that. My guess is that both cars would be pretty similar in the hands of the same driver. Interestingly we had pretty much identical top speed down the straight (we were both using race chrono on a Nokia phone).

Ooops, sorry for the bum steer, my memory was a bit off. Just checked and your max speed was 210.2 km/hr. The laptime for that run was 1:53.4 but you only had a few laps in that session. Some other guys were timing you earlier in the day and I'm fairly sure they said you did a 1:52.

takahashi · 10-03-2008, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by spdrcr

BTW Dragan's car was on R888 semis and I was still running street rubber (Dunlop Direzza Sport Z1). The Dunlops are one of the best street tyres available but surely there must be some more in it with R compound tyres. Even more of a reason to give a word up to the 135i!

Trust me I have driven Toyo R888, there may be only a second or so between them.

08-10-2008, 01:10 AM	#1
Guran Captain 24 Rep 895 Posts Drives: 08 135i Coupe Join Date: May 2008 Location: Wollongong, Australia iTrader: (0)	Track Day - Eastern Creek 30th Sep 2008 Driving Solutions are holding a track day at Eastern Creek on 30th September, which includes professional instruction throughout the day, and even a full lunch and drinks. I'm with a bunch of MINI owners who have arranged "mates rates" of $250 (reduced from $275). If there are any 1ers interested in coming along too, we may be able to add you to the same booking and save yourself $25 in the process. Please post here if you're interested. Alternatively, if you can get five cars or more together, you qualify for the group discount anyway. More detail of the MINI group attending is available here: http://forums.mini-mods.com.au/showthread.php?t=1373 __________________ 08 BMW 135i Sport Coupe \| Manual \| Sparkling Graphite \| Coral Red Boston Leather \| 10 Speaker Hi Fi
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08-10-2008, 08:46 PM	#2
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08-12-2008, 07:16 AM	#3
spdrcr First Lieutenant 13 Rep 356 Posts Drives: Lotus Elise Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia iTrader: (0)	This sounds good - I was hoping to get to the one on this Thursday but it got booked out. I'm going to put my name down tomorrow.
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10-01-2008, 11:28 PM	#4
Guran Captain 24 Rep 895 Posts Drives: 08 135i Coupe Join Date: May 2008 Location: Wollongong, Australia iTrader: (0)	Had a great time at this track day on Tuesday. Was great to see Jeff's 135i out there on the track too ... he was seriously quick with lap times of around 1:52 or so. After my last experience with a big spin on turn 1, and considering I'm soon to part with the Mini, I was taking it a bit easier and my best was 2:02. Photos are available at the following links: http://newsys.smugmug.com/gallery/6105083_maKGB http://puparazzi.smugmug.com/gallery...83666767_DkYfZ http://www.jpmphoto.com.au/Galleries...ple/index.html http://www.jpmphoto.com.au/Galleries...nge/index.html http://www.jpmphoto.com.au/Galleries...een/index.html __________________ 08 BMW 135i Sport Coupe \| Manual \| Sparkling Graphite \| Coral Red Boston Leather \| 10 Speaker Hi Fi
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10-01-2008, 11:59 PM	#5
spdrcr First Lieutenant 13 Rep 356 Posts Drives: Lotus Elise Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia iTrader: (0)	Hey Brian, did any of your mates get any photos of my 'provoked oversteer' at turn 2 or turn 9? ps: just managed to get the car to the BP and fill it up, won't be going out on track again with fuel that low...
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10-02-2008, 07:33 PM	#7
WAY Brigadier General 458 Rep 4,822 Posts Drives: Fast ones Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia iTrader: (0)	Hey Jeff, your car was faster than Dragan's Drexler and KW clubsport equipt E46 M3. Impressive!
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10-03-2008, 07:08 AM	#8
spdrcr First Lieutenant 13 Rep 356 Posts Drives: Lotus Elise Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia iTrader: (0)	220km/h sounds high but I guess I need to take a look at your data. The race chrono software from my N95 said that I peaked out at something like 208km/h on the straight... I would like to have a go of Dragan's M3 to see how quick I could go in that. My guess is that both cars would be pretty similar in the hands of the same driver. Interestingly we had pretty much identical top speed down the straight (we were both using race chrono on a Nokia phone).
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10-03-2008, 09:04 AM	#10
WAY Brigadier General 458 Rep 4,822 Posts Drives: Fast ones Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia iTrader: (0)	yeah he only got 1:56. But someone else drove it and managed 1:53. I suspect the two cars are very similar in times.
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spdrcr First Lieutenant 13 Rep 356 Posts Drives: Lotus Elise Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia iTrader: (0)	BTW Dragan's car was on R888 semis and I was still running street rubber (Dunlop Direzza Sport Z1). The Dunlops are one of the best street tyres available but surely there must be some more in it with R compound tyres. Even more of a reason to give a word up to the 135i!
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