Ye I it was touch and go but at the end 4 S13's and my S14 made it all the way to the Rock Raceway, in my opinion the most exciting development in motor sport to look forward to in 2008. When we arrived 2 Skylines were already there! We were then treated to a demo of one of the Skylines on the track and there was no holding back with tires screeching for most of the time, hopefully between all of us present there's some video footage of this, *ahem* Nat, hint, hint..n1smo200sx wrote:I had to say that I was going to jinx myself....Saturday morning all ready to go and the Sx won't start!!!
suspect the crank sensor-will try to find one tomorrow.
My pics suck, to capture the moment I felt like I needed Imax gear, but I'll put some up. Also you we need some practicing/effort on the drive-by photo's and co-ordinated parking formations. Basically you guys were going too fast & I didn't use the tripod, my bad.
Also although I trust you guys not run me over I was feeling very nervous squatting right on the track and all I could see and hear is a queue of sx's and dump valve's..but I think we need to go there again very soon and spend more time outside taking photo's and driving/practicing. I mean even if our whole club doesn't drift I'm sure we can still have an MPH style entrance
)Just before leaving I took a few laps around the oval and all I can say is there's a lot of g's and adrenaline to be had!!! I had a few slow laps trying to get my oil a bit more warmed up then my only spectator urged me to go a bit faster, so I did the right thing, stopped completely, I turned down the window & asked politely if I could launch on the brand new track and after getting an enthusiastic reply I proceeded to flip the high-boost and launch control switches before launching with tyres screaming and the zorst howling!
There's a lot of grip, more than what is at tarlton unprepared and it's round, with semi-nascar like banking turns!!!
) The track is so consistent and perfect with a small amount of built-in camber so that you can feel really confident pushing you and your car's limits. [My butt g-force meter was off the charts!]Toby is not mentioning it so I don't know if I should but basically it seems like this place is perfect for us to use as a regular meeting venue. For one the arena is going to be used for oval/gymkhana/drifting, a drag strip is being built right behind it and they already have a sports bar with a pool table and other stuff planned. It's run by enthusiasts with previous experience running this kind of thing and it shows!!!!
I can't wait until the timing equipment is hooked up. I reckon we should have a ladder for each type of event at this track. Time to put up or shuttup!
