Queensland Raceway Happy Laps (v.5) 27th May 2012 (breakfast)

[team_v]

I was surprised by the Evo and the Merc as well.
Apparently by the end the Merc was giving it the beans for most of the laps but at the start when i was behind him he was very cautious (with due cause, they are very tail happy and the dirt was everywhere)

Only saw 1 polo the whole time (the blue one)

To be honest i was surpised by the Blue R32 look-alike.
Would never have guessed it was a 1.9TDI

[Ben J]

There was a boosted r32? how did I not even notice this.

If anyone got any sideline footage/photos I'd love to see them for something a bit different to all the incar footage, although the incar stuff is nice too, thanks guys

[VWindahouse]

Thanks to Aaron for a great morning. Always a good thing to experience totally different driving conditions to what we're generally used to. Agree with a few of you about LS being more entertaining but learned a lot more about the Devil at QR. Didn't really see any of the off road action, but loved seeing a few sets of brakes smoking like a Bob Marley concert at the end

The Devil held up well and was more challenging this time having the front end braced up harder with the new Wiechers combo and the back stripped out which resulted in some rear sliding fun in turns 3 and 6. My rear tyres are almost shot after the last outing at LS and it showed by the end of the session so I came in a bit early.

Was impressed with the straight line speed of a few cars, Bens R obviously , the fake R32 1.9 TDI which was boosted to all hell and the silver S3. I think there was another white R that was quick too. Cars that disappointed were the Benz and the white EVO but think the drivers may have been taking it a little easy. Cars I want to see but never did are the bonkers Tiggy of Clay and the Fiat 500. Next time then!

Trying to post some footage soon.

Cheers!

[Tobes_WIR35]

I went about 190ish down the back, but I wasn't pedalling it too hard into T3 so left myself a lot of braking distance. With almost bald front tyres, and brakes that are due for replacement - that kitty litter is pretty deep! I agree with what some others have said, Lakeside is a bit more challenging, but for amateurs QR is perhaps more fun as it gives you plenty of space and plenty of safe run-off area for those who want to get in and have a bit of a go. All round great morning! Heaps of fun.

Now for a service and new front tyres this week...

[team_v]

The little Mk3 did pretty well out there considering the lack of power.

I found out how to do turn 2 on about the second last lap so i'll know for next time.
Also, front passenger tyre is getting a bit close to the wear markers where as the drivers one has a bit more rubber.

Having a bigger/heavier car doesn't help too much either as it's harder to get up to speed and then harder to slow down again.
Next time i might see if i can push it to the 200m marker for Turn 3 before i back off.
Will probably end up with new tyres by then too.

[seangti]

I was seeing early 180's, though not running too heavy under brakes into turn 3, off the accelerator at the 200m marker. Standard size rotors and street pads don't need that punishment.

Clay - turn 2 requires a late apex to get a clean run out. It's much better with the resurface. It used to have a bump mid corner and quite rutted on the way out, upsetting the balance.

[nat225]

it was an awesome morning! thanks to Aaron for organising it

i also did a bit of off roading action in T4 on my second lap :p

misjudged the corner and it was a very slippery surface too (thin ice??).

looking forward to the next one

hopefully the Norwell session this saturday will help me learn cornering better

[Ben J]

Id recommend gsl rallysport aswell, ive dealed with them before and they were brilliant. I only got my greenstuff pads from the us because I was buying a whole bunch of different stuff and they worked out to be a fair bit cheaper.

I was pushing my car to its limits and would be lucky if I could hit ~155 on the back straight with its 60kw of 1.8 8v fury haha

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[Tarmac]

Thanks for Organizing Aaron. It was good to do a different track. Its a lot harsher on brakes than lakeside. We also seem to have a little more freedom with speed which was good.
This was my first test with the GTX3071 turbo. Initially had overboost problems where the boost controller would shut down and then not allow me to make boost. Hence some of you would have seen me pulled over.....several times. After turning down the boost i then had issues with the DV leaking (flat spots on gear changes and holding boost). Which will be upgraded this week, i blocked it off last night to see if it was the issue and as i thought it was. Car run perfect with it blocked off (no one try this with your K03,K04)
Glad i put DS2500 pads on the car friday. That with the braided lines and motul fluid works well. Someone mentioned top speed. I saw 220km/h with a safe amount of breaking room. Could be more with a BBK.
Did some 4WD drifting, car now spins all 4 wheels which was fun but not very good on 19's.
Anyway, look forward to the next 1.

[team_v]

I saw a little over 170 on the digital speed on the back straight but that was as far as i wanted to push it for my first outing, could probably see 180 if i wanted to go a bit harder and brake later.

I do agree that LAkeside is more interesting but QR is more relaxed due to the wider track and more run off areas.

Didn't actually see the Type R incident but apparently it was full of understeery goodness.



Turn 4 caught a lot of people out.
Turn 2 was a bit hairy for me a couple of times, hitting the bumps whilst on the throttle led to the back end hopping up and out a bit.

[seangti]

For brake stuff i would hit up gslrallysport on the forums here, he is a local distributor for brake related goodness and knows his stuff.

Based near Brissie.

Yup, I second greg at GSL. I'm running the street pads, Remsa's I think they are (whatever it says in my signature), I've found them to be fine for our events and well priced. The track pads were like twice the price. I also like having the slotted rotors.

If you can get Formula Ferodo DS2500's, they are also a very good pad, a bit more track oriented than the remsa's, meaning they lack a little feel when cold.

[sillywet]

Aaron, thanks again for organising.
I witnessed 2 new things yesterday like many others: the snow sign on the dash and oversteer!! And that was with ESP on at that point (T4, 1st lap...).

Whilst Lakeside is by far a more interesting course, I think I actually had more fun at QR. More room for everyone, the track marhsalls were totally relaxed and the bacon was really thick (the last bit's a joke of course).

Rhys did your old man get some photos? Did anyone else? There was a guy from Downshift there at the end taking some photos of the car in the carpark. Sadly he got there just after the happy laps finished otherwise some of us could have been famous.

Did anyone else keep an eye out for their speed down the back straight? I cracked 200 pretty easily, but to be honest I was thinking it would have been more (i've only ever driven the clubman circuit there and just assumed the national track's back straight was bigger than it was). Mind you, watching some in-car footage of the V8s on youtube it seems they only hit 250, so i guess 200ish isn't bad on stock tyres etc. They leave turn 2 at 160km/h+ too which helps!

Oh, and way to go Webber!!

Might see some of you at Norwell next Saturday arvo?

Andrew

[jasn78]

Thanks Aaron for organising everything, myself and the old man had a great day. Now just to remind him I dont like people revving my car to 7500 lmao. As for offs I swear I must have been the car behind each moment and I didnt have a camera to record any of them, but boy did that Honda go in way too fast in the cnr lol

[syhm1984]

thz~~~

For brake stuff i would hit up gslrallysport on the forums here, he is a local distributor for brake related goodness and knows his stuff.

Based near Brissie.

[team_v]

For brake stuff i would hit up gslrallysport on the forums here, he is a local distributor for brake related goodness and knows his stuff.

Based near Brissie.