Barbagallo come and try day

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A great event to get new people involved in motorsport.
Note that as the event is aimed at first-timers, unfortunately your entry will not be accepted if you have held a full CAMS licence before.
If you are a genuine first-timer, read on…

The motorkhana is free; the track and hill climb require a licence purchase.
You are not obliged to do all three events.

As per the posters, if you do not hold a CAMS licence you can purchase the one day licence for just $25! Note that the licence is not required for the motorkhana.

Also note that you need to book ahead so get cracking!

Please feel free to share these posters with anyone or group you may feel will be interested – be it on other forums, websites or Facebook.

PLEASE DIRECT ALL QUESTIONS TO FIONA, WHOSE CONTACT DETAILS ARE ON THE POSTERS

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It is untimed and not really aimed at driving 10/10ths...I'm sure you could take whatever you want and have a ball.

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Not sure if they are supplying them but it would be AS1698 which is pretty much any helmet you can find. An open face helmet starts at about $60 from a motorbike shop.

I think the other half wants to go and have a drive of my car, if so I can take my spare helmets.

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Okay me and the missus are going to be heading along.

As I already have a race licence and compete regularly I will be there to volunteer some help in return for cutting some laps for myself.

Apparently they have some helmets available.

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We are there for the AM session. I think sign on is 8am but I will aim to be there a bit earlier to swap wheels over etc.

Have a go at the Motorkhana pommygranite...it is 'round the cones' stuff. Nothing to hit and is generally low impact on the car, I have seen a tradie ute complete with toolboxes do a motorkhana before!

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Still coming for a go?

I will be instructing and should have opportunity to do some hotlaps in my car.

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Bibbs said:

Big things to James for the heads up for this. Was an awesome day out, shame that my brakes wouldn't last a whole session lap.

Now trying to find photos from the few photographers that were floating about.

And have an ask on the forums about getting some brake cooling ducts in.

EFA

I think some of the photographers were from the WASCC so keep an eye on the WASCC Facebook page.

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It is a track that is particularly hard on brakes, especially with the speed you can build up on the downhill run. Did they grumble much on the way home?

If you want to do more track stuff Carbotech, Pagid, Endless and Project Mu all do some very decent brake pads. I use Carbotech XP12 (front) and XP10 (rear) in my car. XP12 is a full race pad which you won't want but maybe look at the XP10 and below.

An oil cooler goes without saying. Personally I would not hit the track again without one. I know that Harrop and Walkinshaw and a few other companies do a complete kit specific for the car with all the brackets and hoses but they tend to be $700+. If you feel like learning to make hoses and knocking up some brackets you could do it for half that.

Other than that you drove very nicely and managed the brakes and tyres well, especially in the last session where you fell in to a nice smooth rhythm....notice I didnt have much to say by then!

I found a couple of pictures on the camera that Kym snapped, click for fullsize:

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Aaaaand now he is hooked...my work here is done