[VIC] - All welcome. Sandown June 8th

[Gordo]

Hi guys. If you’ve ever wanted to track your car this is your chance. On Saturday June 8th there is a Tampered track day. 

You don’t need a Cams licence. Your car needs to be in good condition and empty of all loose items. Passengers are permitted.

Entry $230

Enter on the day. Extra $30

All drivers need to buy a one day licence at $20

Passengers pay $20

this is run as a sprint event. Groups of about 20 getting 10 to 15 min sessions all day.  Two Zeds already entered

PM me your email address and I will forward the on line entry. It’s very easy to enter.

[C.A.R.]

I've entered!
If anyone else wants to have a run in their Zed, Gordo and I are more than happy to give advice

Edited May 28, 2019 by C.A.F.

[260DET]

Curious as to who/what is organising this, sounds great.

[C.A.R.]

3 hours ago, 260DET said:

Curious as to who/what is organising this, sounds great.

http://tamperedmotorsport.com.au/

[Gordo]

Use this as a drive day.  Good chance to sort your cars handling out  . do the first session and have a de brief with all the guys, what its doing and what its not doing. try a few things out for the next session .Or  go as a passenger to feel what other cars go and handle like.

like a drive day. Meet at Sandown 7.30am, do some laps, have coffee. do some more laps and have more coffee.

[OdinZ]

I am planning on coming down to watch & have coffees, didn't even think of the passenger idea.....maybe I should finally buy a helmet! 

[Howdy]

These are very well run events, always plenty of track time to use your brake pads and fuel up. 20 min sessions, usually groups A to F, 100 cars max, minimum of 4 runs, only stopping to remove cars from sand traps etc. Any type of car can enter, from bog standard to GT3 cup cars (damn freaks of nature). Self scrutineering (yep that's correct - tick off a checksheet). I find the runs come around too quickly to be honest. If you want a garage get there early, most can fit 2 cars.

I'm planning on going, probably will check the weather forecast 7 days out in case of torrential rain. Been playing with the fuel and boost maps again so will be using it to test that out and fine tune some more. Will be good to catch up with some of you Guys.

[KatoKid]

Soooooo tempted

[OdinZ]

5 minutes ago, KatoKid said:

Soooooo tempted

[C.A.R.]

3 hours ago, KatoKid said:

Soooooo tempted

Some 3M Clear Paint Protection Film around the arches to protect the paint, and you'll be good to go mate!

[Gordo]

Weather forecast fine and sunny. Not to late to enter. You Don’t need to be a member of a club. Hopefully we get a few Zeds out there. Or come out and see if you can score a ride as a passenger.

[ZED83]

Theres another event like this in September id be interested in. I need to sort safety gear first as i dont have anything. Definitely love to track my zx, see how bad it handles lol

[Howdy]

Entry in, ready to go. Anyone want to share a garage? I'll try to get there early and grab one - $25 each.

ZED83, what do you need? I got spare helmets, fire ex you can borrow.

[C.A.R.]

On 6/2/2019 at 2:12 PM, ZED83 said:

Theres another event like this in September id be interested in. I need to sort safety gear first as i dont have anything. Definitely love to track my zx, see how bad it handles lol

I also have a spare lid and extinguisher, Owen - the extinguisher is the special yellow motorsport type  

[KatoKid]

I'm in.

Any suggestions on what to bring with me and specific prep other than the obvious?

[C.A.R.]

16 minutes ago, KatoKid said:

I'm in.

Any suggestions on what to bring with me and specific prep other than the obvious?

Awesome!

I'll be bringing my race box, so I'll pretty much have anything else that people may require. 

[KatoKid]

Thanks Lurchos

[Howdy]

Great, can't wait to check your car out, absolutely love the build. Just read the speal re non flammable clothing, helmet, fire ext, seat belt etc. Bring a tire gauge, compressor if you have one (I have one you can use), plenty of fuel (I use about 80L usually), food drink, gopro, laptop, jack, tools?? I bring the kitchen sink because if I don't bring it I'll need it for sure. 

[KatoKid]

I'm going to drive to and from (hopefully) so no trailer or room to bring much other than bare essentials.

Planning on taking it easy and feeling my way into it so assuming nothing breaks.......I should be good

[Gordo]

Fantastic Dave. Looking forward to see how all the Zeds go. This is going to be a fun day.

[Gordo]

I can feel a group photo coming on. Even if your not entered come down to Sandown and see if you can score a ride as a passenger. Or get your car in the group photos.

[OdinZ]

Weather is looking great, will coming down in the Z to watch and get rides! 

[C.A.R.]

Cracking day out, today!

We were greeted with a clear, cool morning with the cloud burning off around 10am.
Gordo, Dave (Kato), Howdy, Chris O and myself enjoyed a brief social before drivers briefing at 8:45am, and we hit the track at just after 9am.
I'd invited my best mate Alex to duel enter with me, and it was his return to Sandown for nearly 20years(!), so he was out first - having a great dice with a VF2 GTS Dunnydoor, and a C55 AMG Black addition - reporting back that it was VERY slippery out on the track.

It's was out a couple of groups later - fortunately the track was warming up, and after I pirouetted into turn 1 on cold tires (puckering moment!), I got suck back into it.
I got down to a 1.27.7, but unfortunately, this was the only session of the day I would get...

Alex then went out for his 3rd run with his Dad as passenger, but after a few laps I noticed him slowing...
On returning to the pits, 'No Clutch' was reiterated to me - bugger!
Up on the jacks, clutch cylinder was bled to no avail - it was all working as it should. A call to 'The Guru' and the discussion revealed that the clutch had probably shat the bed.
Day Over

Howdy also had a bit of an issue, but I hope to see him back out again soon.
Gordo blew a heater hose (easy fix)and Dave nearly popped a radiator hose off, but this was also easily fixed.
Chris O ran trouble free!
Sinisha even turned up(!) but was unable to compete on this day.

Tampered Motorsport ran a great casual event, and so I reckon I'll attend another of their events again in due course.

Thanks to Ned for the photos!
 

[KatoKid]

Yep, awesome day Lurchos.

Great to catch up with everyone and I really enjoyed my first ever track day but also in awe of how fast you guys are!!!! Well done to the Z brigade made a lot of late model hot rods look pretty slow. 

[Gordo]

Another great drive day, albeit at  Sandown