Ok guys, some might know me, most won't. My name's Eli, I'm the resident Gemini nut. I was trying to organise a private day on the 6th June at Tailem, but it ended up clashing with the first drift day, so I happily postponed my event and went to that instead.

 

Well, now it's time for my event. It was full, but postponing it and a few last minute deviations lost a few people - so to ensure it goes ahead, and to give you guys the opportunity to hit up one of Tailem's first events, I'm opening it up to the first people to confirm!

 

Here's the deal:

Grip, drift and burnouts will all be well catered for. Cars of and drivers any level, noob to pro, stock to hot, street to stupid. The normal basic scrutineering will apply. Don't worry if you've never been to the track before, or aren't a great driver, or if your car's slow. All are welcome, noone needs to feel pressured or stupid. Any "heroes", people that think they're ten times better than everyone else, or people who put others down, need not apply. I want this to be a friendly and welcoming event!

 

Across the day, the will be six 30 minute sessions for grip and drift, it should be driver's choice each run! That's three hours' session time - way more than other events give you for that kind of money. I'll be capping the event at about 17 people maximum, at this point there's 13 and likely to be a few drop-outs... So in short, you'll get as much track time as you can take! There will also be six 10 minute burnout sessions throughout the day, situated at the end of the main straight. If you can't fry your tyres in six sessions, you're doing it wrong! I'm mainly in for drift though.

 

Important notes (the good and the bad):

 

- Every driver on the track must wear an approved helmet, but helmet swapping is OK.

- If you need a helmet, go to Mr. Motorcycle Dismantlers on Smart Rd, Modbury (look for the bike up in the air), he sells them new for an awesome $80, all approved etc. I have one and love it.

- Spectators should be OK in a similar fashion to the drift event on the 6th. Doubt there will be a BBQ but there are plenty of food places nearby.

- Car sharing is OK! But every driver must pay their entry fee.

 

HOW MUCH?

Cost should be around $115 including a day's CAMS license, or $90 if you're already licensed. This will depend on numbers - if we have less than say 12, 13 people, this may rise slightly, but I'm sure we'll find the numbers.

 

Get your mates into it, I need to hear back from everyone like, yesterday, so reply ASAP and please only say you're coming if you mean it! If you're keen PM me your name, email address and a contact number if possible.

 

Here's a rough schedule:

 

9AM arrival guys! Scrutineering will start, as will driver registration and payment. I want everyone to be there by 9:30 at the latest!

 

09:00 arrival

09:30 scrutineering and driver registration for latest arrivals

10:00 driver briefing, track walkthrough etc

10:30 first grip/drift session

11:00 close

11:05 first burnout session at the end of straight

11:15 close

11:20 second grip/drift

11:50 close

11:55 second burnout

12:05 close

12:10 third grip/drift

12:40 close

LUNCH

13:30 third burnout

13:40 close

13:45 fourth grip/drift

14:15 close

14:20 fourth burnout

14:30 close

14:35 fifth grip/drift

15:05 close

15:10 fifth burnout

15:20 close

15:25 sixth grip/drift

15:55 close

16:00 sixth burnout

16:10 close

Events conclude for the day. Drivers and spectators welcome to gather for a discussion on how the day went, suggestions etc.

 

Let me know ASAP for an awesome day of grip/drift at Tailem! Each driver should get twice as much track time as last time, since there will be less than half as many cars, and only one "class" - plus some people will be there purely for burnouts I think. I'll be there drifting and possibly gripping (if I can find the self-discipline) in my orange Gem!

 

Spots are limited, so GET IN FAST!

 

However, guys, if numbers fall below perhaps 10 people the event will be at risk of cancellation.. so help me make this happen!

 

Eli/Arch/the "drift panda"!

Edited June 16, 201016 yr by archangel62

UPDATE: SPECTATORS NOT ALLOWED!!! Sorry people! But support and camera crew are welcome, or anyone who feels like helping me change tyres :lol: Will confirm it's all going ahead tomorrow evening... And the schedule might change a bit!

 

And here's a rough idea of the track...

 

 

Track 1 - Running anti-clockwise - and the track will start/finish at the far left point. Check out the other threads on Tailem Bend for more info. Also, we can take out one or two corners on the skidpan to make it a bit faster. We can basically play around with setups all day, there should be about six sessions for grip/drift so we can do allsorts!

 

Track 2 bypasses the skidpan and takes the wide outside corner instead. Will mostly to track 1 but can to the second one a few times too!

 

Will be an awesome day but WE NEED A FEW MORE PEOPLE!

 

Cheers

Edited June 17, 201016 yr by archangel62

TOMORROW IS NOW OFF!!! ;) :dance: :dance:

 

Guys I'm really really sorry, got the call from Jo on Friday and haven't had time to get to a computer, it's been postponed as they just ran out of time and didn't have the people-power.

 

I'm a little disappointed, but on the other hand it does give us all more time to get the cars ready. I know some guys had actually booked accommodation up there and had been pulling all-nighters to get their cars ready, they're not happy at all, but lots of other are actually relieved at the extra time.

 

So yes, VERY sorry everyone, tomorrow is OFF, will keep you all posted.. But it's completely out of my hands at the moment.

 

Eli