2013 Shannons Insurance Snowy Mountains 1000

[SM1000]

woah!!! didnt know about this event before. i think i will have to attend next year, will see if i can make it as a spectator this year.

Still spots left for the Friday. Not to late.

pity about the no bike bit, we have built a 350hp bike that we need to stretch its legs a bit...

We would love to have bikes there, but insurance says no... for this year anyway. Next year is looking good though...

[jamesatfish]

If anyone is planning on heading up for the Saturday's racing as a competitor or spectator the organisers have just announced a charity auction for passenger rides in some very interesting cars during the lunch break.

There's a Corvette ZR1, massively tuned Nissan GTR, Ferrari 458, Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2 and a Pagani Zonda...!

I'd be all over the Zonda ride myself if I had the chance.

seller:snowy1k in Lots More... | eBay

[SM1000]

Charity rides are up for bidding:

Zonda
Pagani Zonda Passenger Charity Ride AT THE Snowy Mountains 1000 | eBay

ZR1
Corvette ZR1 Passenger Charity Ride AT THE Snowy Mountains 1000 | eBay

GTR
Nissan GTR Passenger Charity Ride AT THE Snowy Mountains 1000 | eBay

458
Ferrari 458 Italia Passenger Charity Ride AT THE Snowy Mountains 1000 | eBay

Gallardo
Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550 2 Passenger Charity Ride AT THE Snowy Mountains 1000 | eBay

[SM1000]

All entrants, please check you emails, and that that the emails we have sent in the last few days have not ended up in your Junk Mail folder etc

[SM1000]

Charity rides are up for bidding:

Zonda
Pagani Zonda Passenger Charity Ride AT THE Snowy Mountains 1000 | eBay

ZR1
Corvette ZR1 Passenger Charity Ride AT THE Snowy Mountains 1000 | eBay

GTR
Nissan GTR Passenger Charity Ride AT THE Snowy Mountains 1000 | eBay

458
Ferrari 458 Italia Passenger Charity Ride AT THE Snowy Mountains 1000 | eBay

Gallardo
Lamborghini Gallardo LP 550 2 Passenger Charity Ride AT THE Snowy Mountains 1000 | eBay

5 1/2hrs to go

[SM1000]

Very happy to say that the long awaited hotmix is is being layed on the 23rd, next week, right on time. And we have an awesome sweeper for the rest of the runway.

Also, final entries will close at 10pm on Friday, 25th October. There are still spots available for the Friday.

[SM1000]

Hotmix is down and looking good, pics to come!!!!

Entries close tomorrow night now, and we now have 3 Saturday spots available due to dead cars from WTAC and a track day. Email us at snowymountains1000@hotmail.com for an entrants pack. Entry form/Disclaimer and entry fee must be received by 5pm tomorrow, and you must have a current CAMS L2S or AASA Club license already

[Difinity]

Will be there with Alistair's RS6
Fabia vRS in the car park.

Come past if your there and say hullo


Difinity

[jamesatfish]

Will be there with Alistair's RS6
Fabia vRS in the car park.

Come past if your there and say hullo


Difinity

Sounds like plenty of competition in the V10 class this year

I'll be there on Saturday with the green Lambo and red Golf R. Will make sure to come and say g'day if I see you there.

[Difinity]

Looking forward. Hopefully a dry day


Difinity

[jamesatfish]

Are you racing Fri or Sat?

Friday looks like they'll have the best times - cloudy with 28 degrees, whilst on Saturday we're battling showers and 20 degrees.

At least the Golf will thrive in the cooler weather and greasy conditions - not sure about the RWD Gallardo though...

[Difinity]

Alistair is driving Sat. All wheel drive ok in the rain, though I hope is dry. Car is silver, ACT rego.
My Fabia won't run, but I'll have it with me. (vRS Combi, Platin grey


Difinity

[The_Hawk]

Just checked into the Alpine Hotel, if anyone wants to catch up for a beer tonight let me know.

For now I'm getting comfy then ill head over for scruiteneering.

[Difinity]

A great day. Sunshine and fast times & speed. Esp. good run by James's R, and the green Polo is insane.
RS4 bit down on speed, but a good benchmark. Might be able to get the Fabia out one day.


Difinity

[jamesatfish]

Another brilliant day of motorsport - the weather held out brilliantly with not a drop of rain and the racing was fantastic.

Ended up with 3 cars running after a mate had wheel issues with his 911 and took the Polo instead. It was seriously outgunned on the day and was one of the few cars with less than 200kW but still managed some impressive scalps including the Audi RS4 (thankfully it was a bit slow - a great scalp to claim!!), a Merc 500SL and an older 911 SC. Just couldn't pip 200kph on the timed section.

The Lambo was a heap of fun - couldn't beat the Ferrari 458 in the end (0.3s shy) but did post a faster time than the Pagani Zonda (by 4 hundredths!). I didn't get to the presentation dinner but I think we might have won the V10+ category. Took 3 people for charity rides at lunchtime and managed to see 275kph on the speedo over slightly longer than the 1000m timed section which was the highlight of my day and my personal Vmax on Australian roads.

The Golf R was the huge standout, pipping the Lambo by 9/100ths and securing a class win. The trap times were about 15-20kph slower than the Lambo but the consistentency and speed of the launches (3.9s 0-100, 12.1s 1/4 mile) meant the Lambo's higher top end couldn't claw back the difference).

I'd love to see a bang-for-your-buck analysis of the results, because at $70K for car + stage 3 I don't think there's anything in the field that comes close. The top 5 runners I would estimate have spent $70K each just on engine mods.

As always was good to catch up with familiar faces from the forum and we're looking forward to running again next year.