Tassie Track Day pics

[TassieGTi]

A few of us went out to the local race track (Baskerville) for a bit of a squirt today :) Dom has some great in car video footage as a passenger in Benny's Mk2 GTI and my Mk1 20vt :eek: The little orange beast did the rounds, with Ed C letting everyone have a turn behind the wheel throughout the day.

Here is a small selection of pics :biggrin:

The line up:
James: Mk3 2 door VR6
Ed C: Orange Mk1
Benny: Black Mk2 GTI
Dom: Beige Mk1
Me: Silver Mk1 GTI 20vt (no pics as I was driving it) ;)

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[TassieGTi]

The sound from this thing at full hook is amazing :bowdown: Ed C at the wheel giving wringing its neck :biggrin:

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Cheers

Mike

[Jarred]

Looks like fun.

That orange mk 1 looks, slightly familar; but really neat. Specs?

Also who claimed the braggin rights?? :D

[TassieGTi]

Ed C and I have been round Baskerville millions of times, but for Benny, Dom and James, it was thier first time......they picked it up pretty quickly, too :driver: Now that they are all signed up with the Hobart Sporting Car Club, we'll have to organise another outing soon after Christmas :)

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[rayray086]

Nice pics! Fantastic that you guys washed your cars before going on the track too!

[GoLfMan]

looks like a good day mate :)

[TassieGTi]

That orange mk 1 looks, slightly familar; but really neat. Specs?

Specs on Ed's orange Mk1 :) Tis a great little package......handles really well :biggrin:

Based on a 77 GLS 2 door very very neat/mint rust free body
Top adjust Konis Eiback springs
Neuspeed swaybars, tie bar,neoprene bushes
GTI vented brakes,big booster
1.8 ,solid lifter head,sports cam,adjustable cam gear etc
Extractors full 2 in system
Downdraft Dellortto
Mod distributor
Close ratio 5 speed
Quaife torque biasing diff
Simmons 3 piece 15 inch wheels
Toyo tyres
Cobra race seats FIA approved
race harnesses
Sports wheel
Fire ext,extra guages etc

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[Water Boy]

Mike that gets me inspired i cant wait to get my Mk3 on the track... :biggrin:

[BlueVR6]

What can i say!
Great day lads
I think Tassie boys do it best
:biggrin::biggrin:
. . . Next weekend????

[Oneofthegreats]

Look's like you all had an awesome day at the track.

Would've loved to get my car down on Baskerville, but due to a change of plan's, I was stuck with Symmond's Plains.

Thanks for sharing the pic's fella's.

How much does it cost to run your car on the track down there?

[TassieGTi]

What can i say!
Great day lads
I think Tassie boys do it best
:biggrin::biggrin:
. . . Next weekend????

Was a great day, Ricey :biggrin: Haha....next weekend, hey! We'll have to organise the next one pretty soon :) Thanks for the drive, mate......I'd forgotten how well the beast went :eek:


Look's like you all had an awesome day at the track.

Would've loved to get my car down on Baskerville, but due to a change of plan's, I was stuck with Symmond's Plains.

Thanks for sharing the pic's fella's.

How much does it cost to run your car on the track down there?

Yeah...I'd much prefer Baskerville for a bit of a blat.....suits the little Golf, too:) It's pretty cheap to use the track down here! If you are not already a member of a car club, it's $60 annual membership and then $60 every time you want to use the track :biggrin: So for the guys who joined up yesterday, only $60 next time ;)

There were quite a few out there yesterday! One group of guys had a track day comp where they have to go and and buy a car for $1000 and then they have a $1000 spending limit to get it track ready :eek: The silver Volvo 240 running around was a classic :driver:

[gtimk5]

Looks like a great day was had by all. Well done. The weather was kind and I imagine the grip levels would have been good too.
I plan to get to the next one, if there is one and I reckon I can organise a few of my late model customers to come along too.

[FJ Steve]

So many memories....

great to see that the ol' track is still in good condition. I can't remember what times I used to get in my Datto 1600 (half a P510)...but would be keen to know what times you guys are doing.

My best time at the Plains was (I think) 1' 30" something...

Standing 1/4's were mid 15's

[alex g]

looks like a good day was had, are we going to see some of that onbaord footage??

gee i like the look of benys mk2 so nice n clean

[86gti]

Yay! Was a great day, and Much fun had by all.
Like Mike said, it was my first time (in a car) on a track, and I can't wait for next time. I have done a few laps around "the plains" on a bike...But i have to say with baskerville a newbie has to be really thinking about what they are doing...lol
Antdragonist (Dom) should have some more pics and vids up soon....
Thanks for a great day ppl :biggrin:

[BlueVR6]

My best time at the Plains was (I think) 1' 30" something...

Standing 1/4's were mid 15's


As it was my 1st time on the track i dont think my times were all to be desired, but that didnt worry me in the least!!

Although Ed did take my car around for a squirt and i timed him in one lap where he was not giving full stick recorded a 1:15. we thought if he gave it to her that might be brought down to a 1:10. who knows!

Not bad seeing it was running street tires at normal pressure, street fuel and very factory brakes :)

i have a family member who races HQ's around and said his best is a 1:06. i know they are an old clunker but the thing is fully. . . and i mean fully race set up! go figure.

be so scary what a race tuned vr6 would do :biggrin::biggrin:

p.s. i love Germans haha!!

[TassieGTi]

Although Ed did take my car around for a squirt and i timed him in one lap where he was not giving full stick recorded a 1:15.

Ha-ha....you're being a bit harsh on the blue beast.....that was his cool down lap, Ricey :biggrin:

It's all about set-up around Baskerville and maintaining a smooth consistent lap....especially in a car without huge pull. My little Cyborg RS (Mirage Cup Car) went round Basky in 61.7, which for a 1600 MIVEC, was a pretty quick time :eek: Sensational little package, though!

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From riding in the silver beast compared to the other cars out there, you'd have to agree that it's hard to keep it smooth and consistent with so much grunt and a road set-up ;) I'm sure Dom's footage would show this if he can get it loaded :) For having a bit of fun on a private practice day, you just want a bit of a compromise.....don't want to stuff around with your road set-up too much, James ;)

Mike

[TassieGTi]

My best time at the Plains was (I think) 1' 30" something...

Would have been quicker than that I would have thought, FJ Steve :???:

My old big fat and heavy MK4 GTI went round Symmons in 73/74 from memory....and they don't perform by any stretch :wasntme: ;)

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Mike

[FJ Steve]

Mike...we are talking of the mid - late '70's :duh: (memory is not THE best)

Set up for the Datto was:
1970
1600cc, twin 1.75"" SU carbies
Monroe "air" shocks (rear)
datto 1200 diff (didn't find out about that until I was selling the beast)
Aunger 16 x 5.5JJ "Hotwire" mags
Kleber V12 low profile rubber

I always had great tussles with comparitive lap times with Benny Parsons
(1973 HQ 4 dr 202 column shift)...Benny was Motoring writer for the Advocate at the time. Maybe I have the lap times wrong....happy to have them altered:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

[BlueVR6]

For having a bit of fun on a private practice day, you just want a bit of a compromise.....don't want to stuff around with your road set-up too much, James ;)

Dont worry Mike, i'm not changing anything! well . . much hehe!!

[Antdragonist]

hey all,
yeah it was a great day, and we were very lucky with the weather down in the south.
it was a great experiance and we will definately all be keen to do some more!
going in mikes 20vt around the track was one of the most exhillerating experiances of my life!
and the girlfriend had a good time too, old ed c took her for a spin in the little orange beast
anyway, heres the pics from my camera, will have to get the video clips to ben this week so he can have a fiddle and get some stuff on youtube.

cheers to ed c for organising, mike for turning up in the silvery hellraiser, ben and james for the drive down, the good lord above for not "weeing" on us whilst on the track :biggrin:

cheers lads,
- D.

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[Antdragonist]

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if youre gunna make a pitstop, you might aswell make the most of it

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haha ^^ after we got down there, none of us were 100% sure about getting to the track, ricey said was 90% sure so me and ben followed him, and we missed the turn off at first lol.
not to worry though son, all i can say is lucky i wasnt lookin for the track by myself! haha

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[Antdragonist]

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turned up a little earlier than ed, and decided to hang outside and watch the action

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some interesting and unlikely track cars showed up!

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i had the old hand pump trying to get my tyre pressure up, talk about a battle! the bloody thing had a tiny hole in it which let air out depending on what angle you used it on hahaha

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[Antdragonist]

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haha, Ed C aka Mother Goose leading the little goslings around for the first time hehehe

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not that you can see it, but mike was whizzing around that corner in the background screeching as he went!

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mike and ben coming back from a couple of laps in the 20vt beast

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ricey loved taking the vr6 out, and by 5pm it wasnt looking like he was going to come back to the pits! lol

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me and ben setting off in his mk2 gti

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what a ripper day, hopefully we get a couple more blokes turning up next time.
catchyas!

[TassieGTi]

Great pics, Dom ;)

[TassieGTi]

Not the best footage (not sure what happened at the end), but Benny managed to put together a litle vid of Dom's beige Mk1 and my silver Mk1 out at Baskerville ;)

240 ponies under the hood sure makes for a big arm workout :eek:



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[Golfwise]

Geee didn't Bert and Ernie have the ride of their lives.
And wasn't the VR6 on the move at the beginning.

[tassie_euro_mk1]

why must i be continually haunted with this!!!!

wish i made it. but next time guys. fotage is pretty damn cool too:biggrin:

[Mischa]

that looks like lots of fun, wish i was there.

PS to get youtube vids in better quality, add &fmt=18 to the end of any video (like this http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=oxuu6TYGwqQ&fmt=18 )

[SMOK]

great cars! good to see those babies cornering better than hollywood hookers.