I wanted to firstly thank Caz for putting on such a great day we had top weather and the whole thing was first class. It was great to catch up with Franz again before his return trip home on Sunday, have a safe trip Franz. Thanks to Aaron Macgill for teaching everyone car control today it was an eye opening experience to say the least. And thanks to the other instructor (sorry forgot names again) it was very laid back and enjoyable. Franz was ripping it up in various cars at some 70 odd degrees continually well done. All of us seemed to get better as the day went on and cannot wait until the next one. One driver had a slight altercation with a barrier but was okay and only suffered a bruised ego . Quite a few of us clipped the cones and spinouts were very common. So thanks all who made today happen and lets do it again real soon. Jason
By the way if anyone has some good photos or video of ZX2NV can you send them to me at jason@oasisairservices.com.au Cheers J
Thanks Caz for organising a great day. 28 degress was warm for those from the ACT. Still I had a great time. Some rough Pics, others will have better: Cheers, Peter
Cheers Jason. I had an awesome time. BIG BIG BIG thanks to Caz for organising the day, supplying the food and drink and for trusting me with her zed. Was my first time on a wet skid pan and I enjoyed it thoroughly, wear and tear on the car is kept to a minimum and fun is always on the maximum! Just a shame the water flowing across the concrete wasn't even making big differences in grip levels depending where on the skidpan you were. After not driving spirited since last year it took me a bit to get back into it, but damn it was good fun. Gotta love those figure 8's. The barrell challenge at the end was awesome, building competition amongst the guys that hung around til the end. Just a shame we couldn't run an eliminator type event to finish the day off. BIG thanks must also go to Grant (StrokeMeCefi), Geoff (Tokyo Geoff), Brett (Not on the forum, but I'll refer to him as Little Wizard!) and finally again to Caz (Caz1) for letting me drive their pride and joys. I'll definately be back and with my own car next time!!! I'll post pics when I go through them and when I'm back in Perth. Cheers.
Ho hum, just like another day at work No good fun day had by all, great to see everyone improving their skill level as the day went on. Big thanks to Caz for organising the day, well done. Easiest days motor sport you can do, easy on the driver and easy on the car, as your not chewing up the tyres or over heating the car with plenty of rest time in between. Thanks to son Brett (Ring-in-180) for letting me tag team the 180sx with him, as mine wont be ready for some time yet, they are an awesome car, it was out in every session and just keep on keeping on. Good to catch up with Franz again, hope you enjoyed your time east, have a safe trip back and will see you next time your over. So yeh thanks again Caz, and to everyone who missed out, make sure you get in early next time. Good reason to keep the window closed.
Firstly, The sunburn... WELL worth the fun I had!!! Concrete + Water + Power Over = Smiles all round... Everyone spun at least once, but who cares, everyone got more in touch with their car and the experience although at times, talking while driving was difficult, was invaluable, so thanks to our instructors and of course Franz, for giving some of us some tips on the day. The company of all the people there and the added company of the Carrera Cup cars and what could only be described as orgasmic sounds of the Ferrari F430 Race car screaming round the track was mind blowing!! So for now... below are a few pics that made the album. Didn't really take many, just was enjoying the day too much!!!
Yeah the sunburn got pretty nasty! But awesome day out, heaps of fun. Thanks Caz. Some more pics from the day. Higher Resolution available for anyone that wants copies. Franz got some excellent figure 8 work happening in the Cefi too, anyone get some video of that? Ben
Im so glad everyone had a great day ... Its just so much fun and a great platform to learn more about our cars and their behaviour. Some great pics there guys. Keep them coming.. Congrats to Nathan in the R32 Skyline(Bezerkly's young mech apprentice) for taking home the $200 prize money put up by 'Rational Racing' for most improved driver over the day. There were a few drivers mentioned by the instructors as having exceptional skill with their cars , Jesse aka ZBOOST in the Red Zed with the drift wing was certainly a standout, well done Jesse Franz, what can I say.... just awesome driving, you made my car look sweet out there :zlove: :zlove: Huge thankyou to all who participated :zlove: Next one we might do an evening session 5pm to 9pm, that would be sweet for our cars as the weather warms up. Cheers, Caz..
Heya All ! Hey Guys, what fun that was huh! Coming onto a Double merits wkend and we're all out going absolutely wild! Great Event Caz thanks heaps =) By the End of the Day everyone had gained a 'level' or 10 haha Grant you were Carving it up nice by the days end i was enjoying watching the Cefi round those figure o 8's perfectly! Geoff, i loved your enthusiasm every time u entered the pan with a massive burnout! Caz u were pulling out some mad drifts n told u i got a good pik of one (see below) And Mr Gen 3 woo wee I have never seen a big ol commy drift like you got it going niice hope the taping i did for you turned out ok, Franz... Well you've come straight from the set of the fast n furious havent you! no matter wat car u jumpd in (whore) u ripped it up giving a constant wave of water good shiz! and i was hoping u and i could of had a run in the cone race but hey i think we sorted it out on the highway lol!! j/k everyone was jus going of tap i enjoyed watchin every bit well done! AND!! jus got to add, did them v8's sound nice on the pan or wat! WOOP WOOOOP WOOOOOOOP jus awsome. Guys who didnt get to go, If you get a chance to Skid on the Pan one day GO FOR IT! not only is it great for improving your skills ( u never know when u'll need them cause gutters arnt friendly ) but its jus plain fun 2 !! Soz i 4got a few names and i really got bugger all piks but heres a few! N As always the z crowd were a happy fun bunch to be around Take care all Jess
haha looks like you all had good fun. did any1 have any problems with water getting through the vented noses?
Heya All ! I 4GOT the piks.. delete the other one if u can Mods.. meh anyway! Hey Guys, what fun that was huh! Coming onto a Double merits wkend and we're all out going absolutely wild! Great Event Caz thanks heaps =) By the End of the Day everyone had gained a 'level' or 10 haha Grant you were Carving it up nice by the days end i was enjoying watching the Cefi round those figure o 8's perfectly! Geoff, i loved your enthusiasm every time u entered the pan with a massive burnout! Caz u were pulling out some mad drifts n told u i got a good pik of one (see below) And Mr Gen 3 woo wee I have never seen a big ol commy drift like you got it going niice hope the taping i did for you turned out ok, Franz... Well you've come straight from the set of the fast n furious havent you! no matter wat car u jumpd in (whore) u ripped it up giving a constant wave of water good shiz! and i was hoping u and i could of had a run in the cone race but hey i think we sorted it out on the highway lol!! j/k everyone was jus going of tap i enjoyed watchin every bit well done! AND!! jus got to add, did them v8's sound nice on the pan or wat! WOOP WOOOOP WOOOOOOOP jus awsome. Guys who didnt get to go, If you get a chance to Skid on the Pan one day GO FOR IT! not only is it great for improving your skills ( u never know when u'll need them cause gutters arnt friendly ) but its jus plain fun 2 !! Soz i 4got a few names and i really got bugger all piks but heres a few! N As always the z crowd were a happy fun bunch to be around Take care all Jess Sliders Are Smilers! Ready for Business ATT. This is how u Drift!! ATT. This is how u massage ur shoulder straight after! It is hard work after all! And here is moses parting the water... but soon after she had passed and the water was back! Just Gorgeous ' Im an Instuctor, u know wat i mean as i do my little pose on the skid pan' And Again another great example of a drift! And a not such a great example of a drag queen.. And Wat an awsome team looking after the Canteen! Onya Kids!
No problems with having no nose at all on... I have found that both times on the skid pan my car is much happier temp wise with the nose panel removed.
hay all it was a good grate day a lot of fun thanks alot caz still carnt get the smile off my face has any got any more pics or vids of the day??? cheers brett
Hehehe... Lazy A$$... I mean seriously... it surely doesn't take _that_ long to go through 3 gig worth of pictures... I mean 1500pics... isn't _that_ many... But I guess we can forgive you for taking so long... you need to unwind after your holiday and get back to... :zlove: :zlove: :zlove: Allllll Riiight!!
Very jealous yet again. This would probably be the thing I most want to do in my Z in terms of track work. I don't feel at all confident sideways.
Finally done the pics... my apologies for those not on broadband, but lets face it, broadband isn't expensive these days! Big thanks to Jess who took the majority of those photos. I don't think she did too bad with the camera! Caz sideways One of the guys from Bezerkley, I don't remember his name. Sorry Pete carving it up Caz hitting a cone! Brett or Ron throwing some water up Jesse thinking he can do better... Not sure who this is, but thank you very much for the fruit you brought Ben throwing the zed around Grant spinning out Check out that front inside tyre!!! Thats me in Caz's zed btw! hehe Jesse creating some spray Liek father like son! Jason took a bit of time to get into it, but he started turning it up as the day went on Jason again The biggest improver of the day! Geoff looked like he had awesome fun throwing the big girl around Brett sideways Grant finally getting over the understeer and into some sideways time! Ben throwing more water up Grant concentrating hard Is that inside tyre in the air? Was good fun out there - there was no more lock! Big fella in the Falcon (sorry I didn't get your name) really sideways! Looking at where Im going through the passenger window - and no, I didnt spin out then! Carerra Cup Car circulating around the track F430 racecar - this thing has got to be one of the best sounding things EVER! As the day went on, people started getting more and more sideways without spinning out Jesse having more fun - this guys got some talent! Ben - still sideways Not sure if this is Grant or me! *shrug* Grant, again fighting the understeer - clutch kick is your friend dude!! Hitting cones with the FMIC is not good though Tom, Caz's son even got a go on the pan! - and failed to see all of us trying to wave him in after a long time! Tom again Me having some fun in Brett's 180sx. They are just so much fun and so nicely balanced! Ahhhh, good times! End of the day competiton. Barrel racing. Was heaps of fun - good to see that Holden vs Ford competition is alive here too! Thats about all. There are a heap more photos but they are very similar to whats above. Thanks again to Caz, Brett, Geoff and Grant for letting me have a go of their cars. Thanks to Caz for organising the day, it was greatly greatly appreciated. Final thanks to Jess for taking pics when I was off talking to people and/or having fun on the skidpan!
Damn! Not Only did that camera look the goods it produced!!! Awsome Pictures guys, Even the track cars look like they were piks for a magazine! Take it easy n i expext to catch up wit u if i ever head ova that way Mkay! Jess
Great Pics Franz Or should i say Jess, Realy captures the spirit and the fun everyone was having. and shows the level of skill reached by all at the end of the day. Great fun and something everyone should try at least once in their life.
