[WA] AHG Motokhana, 31/5/08

Current forecast remains

"Saturday, Showers. Min 12 Max 21 "

 

hey steve

my car is not in good shape, so I am out but might come in to check out other zedders

 

Rov

Sure mate come along, there is a good viewing area.

The drivers were confirmed a while ago so theres no extra places available this round anyhow. Get everything in order for the next one in a few months ah

 

Weather Update

"Saturday Showery periods."

Better than before i guess.

 

WRONG

bring the rain :thumbup:

 

u suck ugame... if you have ever been there before.. it will be cancelled if it starts raining hard dude!

 

Huh? its never been cancelled before due to rain. Put the pipe down!

 

oh ok

Sorry I didn't realise

I was just looking forward to learning how to control my car in the wet sideways

Rather piss about and have fun doing it at such an event than on the streets where people get hurt.

Hopefully I suck less in your eyes now that ive explained my reasons?

I dont like sucking in other peoples eyes.
Tastes like chicken but feels like egg. Very odd

 

When talking to an employee they mentioned they had only cancelled a few times due to poor visability from heavy rain being a safety issue, not the water on the track itself.

Regardless the dry is where its at, the course isnt setup for corner drifiting and sliding, if you dont have traction it is difficult to really do the course. Salam is not any fun in the wet... you would have to be going at a snails pace or else just destroying the cones and taking the instructors times to rebuild the course.

Wet drifting is all fun and cool if the course allows for it... but this is not that.

 

ah ok. Thanks for the clarification

I certainly dont welcome "heavy rain" anyway. My targa leaks like a siv. Might as well take it off and use an umbrella

 

tell that to Silvia WA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjOawrQ1BHk

 

Does any one know if there is a compressor at the track?

or should we do tyres before hand?

Cheers

 

Air Compressor

I never saw an air compressor handy for the drivers, i would advise getting the tyres sorted prior to arriving. In saying that they did have a workshop for their own cars in which they would have one but not sure if it was available.

 

no worries

THREE BIG SLEEPS!!!

:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

 

1 big sleep

Im gonna fall asleep at my desk tonight so it looks like im at work, and then wake up on sat AM

 

Yeah... Definately still good in the rain!

I have been there in both (I think this is like my 5th time...) and I actually enjoyed the rainy one better than the dry ones... It is actually quite a reasonable course to drift (dunno what number courses you had setup whiteknight, but the ones I did were great) Best thing about the course being wet is they are much more tolerant of getting the car crossed up intentionally. The main reason they don't allow drifting is that it damages the surface which means its then no longer as good for the supersprints and other events they hold there... When its wet though the surface is much less likely to be damaged so its game on!

Also there is an air compressor you can use at the track, its in the shed, just inside the big garage door but the hose easily reaches out to the little driveway thing they have leading into the shed.


Sample of enjoyment during wet AHG session:

 

Awsome man.

I didnt mention anything specific about the courses to be setup. I had assumed they would make the same 4 courses i had when i was in the MR2. I guess we can request or find out on the day.

A bit of water doesnt look too bad now

 

Courses

Yeah, there is like 16 different courses you can choose from... I like the ones with lots of hairpins.

 

yeah, apparently they wwere gonna bust that silviaWA dude on the clip above, but didn't purley coz he did it so well lol
(or so im told)

 

he asked if he could do it drifting....but once only....