Wreck to Race.

[Peter Jones]

Part 2 of the track side footage.

[Water Boy]

My buddy said there was a heap of Puegots there today. I wounder if they organised it throuh a forum...

[Peter Jones]

Heaps of Pugs and some very quick ones at that. There was a turbo V6 505 in my class, crazy fast!

I didn't manage to get round 1 on video, I forgot to hit the record button!

Round 2 Got stopped (Red Flag) and the re-started.

Here's the first attempt at Round 2.

I'm experimenting with putting a speedo and Tacho in front of the camera.

Didn't work as well as I'd hoped the displays are multiplexed and the frame rate of the camera does weird stuff I need to figure out.

The speedo I could only calibrate at 60Km/h so it's a bit off when it's reading 177 it's roughly 189 or so.

[Peter Jones]

[Peter Jones]

Here's something interesting.

I'm playing about with a fast GPS receiver. The accuracy is pretty good.

Here's a screen grab of the corner where I spun out.

[Peter Jones]

Track side footage part 3

[Peter Jones]

Here's part 1 of Session 2 resumed after a red flag.

[velly_16v_cab]

i have only watched the first video, i will do the rest lunch time!
wwhy was the second race red flagged? was it because of the 205 that spun? he was close to taking that car out in front of you! (what was the car in front? dam quick on the straight!)

nice GPS read out, love to see more of that...more comments when i see the other videos

[Peter Jones]

I think it was red flagged as the pug spun out on the warm up lap and stopped real close to the edge of the track.

That inconspicuous car in front is a Pugeot 504, I think it's a 2850cc V6, he wasn't running in my class.

[velly_16v_cab]

it really shows that PI is a power track! i bet the little golf was glad of a rest at the end of it all

[Peter Jones]

it really shows that PI is a power track! i bet the little golf was glad of a rest at the end of it all

Actually the Golf is pretty happy doing that sort of stuff. Oil and water temps are nominal out on the track and by the time you're back in the pits the oil temp has come down.


It's the driver that's glad of a rest That's hard work out there!

[JP-009]

Love your work Pete.

Makes me want to keep working on the golf and having more fun with it

[Peter Jones]

After Phillip Island I'd lost a throttle return spring, that's been replaced now and I've got a couple of spares to take track side too.

I also got in the bracket and screws to set up the choke mechanism properly, it makes cold start fractionally easier.

I've decided to get in some more training and will go out to the Island again this weekend while it's still fresh in my head.

Today I put the passenger seat back in and set up a harness for the instructor.

I also bled the brakes and replaced the front pads. The slotted rotors are great but they eat pads real quick.

I'm running on Saturday. Regs are here Phillip Island Auto Racing Club If you're considering getting started, licences are available on the day.

It's election day so I'm hoping for a quiet day with lots of track time.

I was going to run in the G5 sprints on Sunday but I think the training will help and I want to be ready for round 3 of the VSSC series.

[Jarred]

good luck Pete!

[Peter Jones]

Saturday went well, here's some videos if you want to watch me going around and around.

Just practising , managed to correct a few behaviours, figure some stuff out and get some good advice from the locals.

Session 1 got stopped early due to cars stuck on the track.

Here's the resumption of session 1

Session 2

Session 3

Session 4

Session 5