UPDATE AS OF FEB 25th 2011
Well we are committed to this event as money was put on the table today. Lakeside is booked for May 21.
The programme for the day will be as follows
Breakfast from 7.15am to 8.15 am, Happy laps from 8.15am to 8.45am. This is separate from LAPZ 2011 and is $20 per person.
Private Practice and Drivers Briefing from 9.00am to 12.30 pm
Sprints from 1.00pm to 4.30pm ,
Looks as if we may have a large number of spectators from other Jap clubs present at this event.
Entry forms will be available soon .
LapZ at the Lake 2011 - Expressions of InterestSaturday - May 21st 2011Firstly, Thank you again for your support at last year’s event.
Lakeside is undoubtedly one of the best racing tracks in Australia.
This year will see the Z Car Club Qld running another “LapZ at the Lake”. With your help and support we want to make it bigger and better.
This year we will have the track to ourselves. We will be running our own Open sprint session at Lakeside Raceway on Saturday May 21st 2011 separate to any of Lakeside's normal sprint sessions.
As some of you may already know, QR/Lakeside have changed their pricing structures and sprint format. It now consists of only 3 sessions of 5 lap sprints in the afternoon with practice, at an extra cost, in the morning.
The cost for this through QR/Lakeside is $145 for a street sprint plus $60 for practice or $175 for an open sprint plus $60 for practice and Track Attack charges a similar amount. That’s over $200.
This Year for LapZ we intend to have practice in the morning from around 9 to 12 (untimed) and have 3 sessions of 5 lap timed sprints in the afternoon.
Practice will more than likely be in our groups and will be untimed laps. It will probably be 2 sessions of about 4 laps, but this is yet to be confirmed!
Hopefully you will actually get more track time than last year with this format. We will be running 5 or 6 groups with a maximum of 15 cars in each group (instead of 20 last year) which means a bit more room on the track this time.
We will be charging around $160 per entry (yet to be confirmed) which includes carport hire, practice and sprints. As you can see the price will be a bit more than last time but still much cheaper than what QR/Lakeside or Track Attack would normally charge you. Once again we will try and keep this as cheap as possible so you can enjoy some good value, club based motorsport.
License fees are not included in any of the prices listed above. -- Annual AASA Clubman Licence $55.00 -- AASA Clubman Day Licence $20.00
This event is open to everyone with all makes and models but, as we are the Z Car Club of Queensland, we would like to see lots of zeds and Japanese manufactured cars there again. (please do not be discouraged if you are not running a zed. We will accept all makes and models)
I have just watched the DVD from last year’s event (which I highly recommend you purchase - it shows all cars in the film with drivers names – looks great – really well done) and it really did make the hairs stand up on the back of my neck to see so many zeds in the one place at the one time.
This will be first in best dressed. We can only accept up to 90 entries. I will keep a few names as reserves if someone can’t make it.
Acceptance of entries will be at the organizing committee’s discretion.
From what I have been told last year’s LapZ had the most zeds ever seen at an event in Qld … so be a part of history again and join the fun.
This event is open to all ZCCQ members and invited guests and is intended to be a social track day not a competition race day… FUN is the objective !!!!
For those who have never raced before…
A lot of us spend quite a few weekends a year racing our cars and have a lot of fun doing it but now we have a chance for YOU first timers (that may have been thinking for years that you would like to give it a go) to get out there on the track and drive your cars at whatever pace you are comfortable with.
Having 5 or 6 groups will enable us to have cars entered with 2 drivers (if you need to share a car) and also to put slower cars and inexperienced track drivers in a separate group to the full race cars so there is no pressure on you at all.
We will also try to have a couple of our more experienced racing drivers in the group in your practice sessions so you can follow them around to improve your skills and many of us will be on hand to answer any questions or help in any way throughout the day.
This year there will also be an early morning Breakfast session for people who do not want to compete in the main event and just want to run their cars around the track at a controlled speed. A quick description - $20 will get you a cooked breakfast and 30 minute to drive around the track in your registered car with a passenger at a controlled speed (no helmets). This will be a good chance to take friends. Only people who paid for breakfast will be allowed in the cars. Numbers will be limited !!!
More details will be available shortly!
Please email me with expressions of interest duz@tpg.com.au …. Or send him a text on 0405 124 045
Also it would be appreciated if you could shoot me an email if you definitely can’t make it.
Entry forms will be available in early March. Entries will close around before the end of April.. (Date to be decided)
Anyone on this email list that would like to be removed from the list please let me know.
Feel free to pass this onto a friend
The more entries we get the cheaper we can make it!!!
