NSW Supersprint Championship 2007

[e240]

It was actually a very nice day for driving...hahah...

Yeah, First the bolts on the Power Steering worked themselves loose.
This was easily fixed. On the next outing, the alternator bolts worked loosed.

Thanks to John who actually had the sense of mind to bring assorted bolts (Thanks Man, Owe you one). So under the car it was with spanners and got that fixed in time to take the last few runs.

The lesson learnt is always check and re-check your bolts and nuts. These things tend to vibrate loose especially when the engine is at the limits and "vibrating" hard.

Anyway, I just couldn't find the grip especially on the rear. I guess thats one of the risks of running old used tyres, but hey, there will be another day.

Will load vids later.

good to see you out there SHIFTY

great to hear you got under 1:17!

John (OZ#227) in the red ITR smashed his PB too,

i also smashed my PB - got 1:12.25

i think Leo (E240) might have been struggling with distractions most of the day (why wont my belts stay on!) to attack his.

was fantastic to see Keiren out there (05dc5S) getting some lovely sounds down the main straight it looked HOT as too!

[05dc5S]

it was an awesome day to lose my track virginity... perfect weather and I managed to get 8 runs... could have had 9 but i ran out of petrol. ><

I improved my laptime from 1:39 on my first ever lap to a best of 1:19 lol still heaps of room for improvement ofcourse.

Brakes and tires held up well though my AD07's started getting a lil mushy towards the end..

Quite a few Honda's there too, didn't realise there were a few from here!

[OZ-227]

Yep, Great day. I must credit new tyres (Semis RE55S's).
But I'm still waiting for the times to come up on Natsoft!
....

[tinkerbell]

now i KNOW why you are waiting for Natsoft John!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG!!!! the offical results from the Championship organiser has got you down for:

1:13.65

congrats on such an awesome time! you were working hard for it all day, well done!

[BlackDC2]

Great time guys, a real shame I missed out.

My work decided to have its annual building power shutdown over the weekend.

[tinkerbell]

ohhh, we were wondering where you were Jase, it was such a nice day for racing, sorry you missed out

[felixR]

congrats guys!

are there any pics?

[e240]

OMG!!!! the offical results from the Championship organiser has got you down for:

1:13.65

congrats on such an awesome time! you were working hard for it all day, well done!

Very Very Nice John!!! Congrats!

I've been thinking and thinking why my tyres felt so slick throughout the day. Because they're old, I treated them with some "Tyre treatment" thingy the day before, which was supposed to soften the tyre. I'm not sure if thats the cause though but it was the 1st time I used this stuff on tyres. Thinking back, it was uncanny...I was locking up the fronts even at my usual braking markers and my rear was just "ice-skating" around almost every turn. Hmmm...

[tinkerbell]

are there any pics?

Leo got a few - post em up mate!

[e240]

Leo got a few - post em up mate!

Erm...Ok (later this evening ok)..but they're not quite what you expect...don't say i didn't warn..

[SHIFTY]

i shouldn't have left after my 6th run.. so many ppl left and could of gone out for more, i reckon i could of gotn down 2 low 1:15s on the c-drives i was just starting 2 get in 2 it and building my confidence more

oh wells.. ill cya boys at OP hopefully


oh and yer lets c some pics

[e240]

Pics

ok...don't say I didn't warn you...

Here's the morning temperature on the way to Goulburn


David dressing up in Public


John, myself and David's car


Me having a burger on the way home, having skipped lunch to fix belts.


Thats all the pictures I took

[tinkerbell]

ha ha ha!

nice ones!

i just heard from Mike that the results wont be going onto Natsoft, but the MX5 website in the next few days...

www.mx5.com.au/nsw/

[e240]

i just heard from Mike that the results wont be going onto Natsoft, but the MX5 website in the next few days...

www.mx5.com.au/nsw/

really? hmmm....why don't they just email all the results then..

[OZ-227]

OMG!!!! the offical results from the Championship organiser has got you down for:1:13.65
congrats on such an awesome time! you were working hard for it all day, well done!

Thankx guys, But can that be right? 1:13.65 WOW.
I kept chasing tyre pressures all day, with the sun coming and going. So was the grip, big leaning curve. I also softened the rear C/O for the last 2 runs. I was flying by the end.
Doing the top loop, with the back steping out just the slightest bit, flat in third. Which meant I didn't have the turn that little bit as you head down-hill again. Then slam 4th just before the next ripple strip.
It felt fast & I could see I was catching Rob.....but 1:13.65 Unreal !