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| Eastern Creek - 4th August 2007 |
| I was at the
Circuit Club trackday at Eastern Creek last Saturday
and thankfully it was dry this time. Always a well run
day but there were a few breaks while various cars were
dug out of the sand. My best time for the day was 1:57.45 which I got in the morning but failed to improve on that as I couldn't get a clean lap without having to pass someone. Still good fun chasing down the car in front but I'll see if I can go into the A group next time. Neil Griffiths of Rush Imports also came along and considering it was his first time at Eastern Creek did very well. Timing results for the day are here.
Behind my car is a mate's MX5 - very quick and very difficult to keep up with through the back section of the course. He takes turn 1 flat out at 175km/hr!
Love this shot that the pro photographer took so I had to buy a copy. You can see all the photos from the day on the JPM Photographics site. Neil and I were in the green group. Car handling was good and the wing certainly helps with stability through turn 1 (155-160km/h) but I still have some mid corner understeer so I'll be trying 10kg/mm and 12kg/m rear springs with the 14kg/mm fronts at Wakefield at the end of the month. It seems the 8kg/mm rear springs are too soft for track work. Don't worry, the wing comes off as soon as I get home. I got some in car footage with the camera on the B pillar to get a wider shot but I think the A pillar location is better.
Here are some higher res clips (640 x 480) to download.
Clip 1 - Chasing Neil Griffith's supercharged Soarer
(DivX 12MB) Note: If you get sound but no video, download the DivX 5.2.1 codec here (7MB). The latest version is 6.6 but that's 23MB from www.divx.com.
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