[Emu]

Has this been pinned? If not, WHY NOT?

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This post has been edited by Emu: 23 June 2009 - 09:26 AM
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[Emu]

By the way, I've seen a lot of good ideas thrown up here in the last couple of days that would help willowbank and new racers out quite a bit.
Does anyone have a plan to get these ideas to Willowbank?
I think it would be a pretty cool thing to submit to them as a CruisingBrisbane initiative. What do you guys think?

[14nce]

I read somewhere, this thread or last thread Dave not recomending driving around the water...

iv been a few times in a few different cars. First car was FWD so did a skid in/out of the water.

second car was AWD so drove around the water. did a practice launch then staged. then destroyed a clutch.

this car is also AWD but wont have enough power to do any sort of skid. so should i be going through or around the water? The only way im going to get the tyres hot would be if they had a motorkahna in the staging lanes.

heading to the drags in a couple weeks.

This post has been edited by 14nce: 23 June 2009 - 10:01 AM

[Biza]

he was more referring to RWD cars, AWD sorta doesnt have the option unless you can switch to RWD for a skid as most gtr's do

[SUSPCT]

Emu, on 23 June 2009 - 09:48 AM, said:

By the way, I've seen a lot of good ideas thrown up here in the last couple of days that would help willowbank and new racers out quite a bit.
Does anyone have a plan to get these ideas to Willowbank?
I think it would be a pretty cool thing to submit to them as a CruisingBrisbane initiative. What do you guys think?

i think it would be a waste of time????

they make the rules, they would have thought of doing this if there was a need they have obviusly foudn there was no need...

Its up to the individual who is racing to worry about their own personal safety, if it was my first go i would either floor till half track then slow down to be aware of surroundings, i would ask many people where things are ie exit lane, who exits first, where its located, what happens if cant slow down, where does tack finish etc....

End of the day the track can be raced on safely in a 5second car, if some one in a street car cant stop whether it be because of impaired vision, failure of brakes in vehicle or just plane old brain fart it is the drivers fault not willowbank.

Which is precicely why you sign a form saying they are not responsible before you race...

Nothing can prepare you for your first time you can ask 10 different people, watch in car video's (i did this) look at track on google earth all sorts of things....

Until you do it your self you have no idea, why i suggest if it is your first time, dont try be a hero dont line up your mate to race them, take your time do a 1/2 track pass so you are aware of the layout before a full pass...

No one in the know will laugh at you for doing a half track pass you can back up on your time sheet why you ran a 22sec pass as you hit a beam at several point son track and can show you were full power to half track, its better then writing off you 30k car with no insurance because you were to busy flogging it to take in the other sights such as finish line and return road....


*attached is a google earth image of the track to look at so you can see how long you have to stop and where the return road is....

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This post has been edited by SUSPCT: 23 June 2009 - 11:51 AM

[14nce]

at QR, Lakeside, Morgan Park, mt cotton, grafton hill climb, autocross ,motorkahnas even every driver sits for a briefing, doesnt matter if you have been there before or not. if your late an official will run it through with you privately.

Nothing is stopping Willowbank doing the same thing, saying there is too many drivers is a poor excuse for safeties sake. there can be 70+ drivers at an autocross and everyone still recieves a briefing.

Saying that 5 seconds cars can stop. they are driven by experienced drivers who have been down the strip many many times before they stepped into that 5 second car.

[Biza]

mark, half your post is your own brain fart, If willowbank / andra didnt care about the saftey of the driver, i wouldnt have to spend a fucken shit load on protective gear making the car compliant, im sure if we put it too them they would take it seriously as others might not have said anything?

[SUSPCT]

Biza, on 23 June 2009 - 12:10 PM, said:

mark, half your post is your own brain fart, If willowbank / andra didnt care about the saftey of the driver, i wouldnt have to spend a fucken shit load on protective gear making the car compliant, im sure if we put it too them they would take it seriously as others might not have said anything?

Ok sounds good let me know what John Tetley's response is....

[SUSPCT]

If you guys think Willowbank run off is bad... Try racing at Benaraby in gladstone... even less time to pull up and it goes into a tiny run off at the end not a side return road with 100m+ of track to wash off speed if you miss the return road, Benaraby has a return road attached to the very end of the run off....

[Streetcruising Brian]

SUSPCT, on 23 June 2009 - 12:42 PM, said:

Biza, on 23 June 2009 - 12:10 PM, said:

mark, half your post is your own brain fart, If willowbank / andra didnt care about the saftey of the driver, i wouldnt have to spend a fucken shit load on protective gear making the car compliant, im sure if we put it too them they would take it seriously as others might not have said anything?

Ok sounds good let me know what John Tetley's response is....

John Tetley has nothing to do with Willowbank you fuckin dildo

He is Qld Raceway not Willowbank Raceway

Your post is moronic

[Streetcruising Brian]

Rob Oberg of Willowbank Raceway frequents www.dragster.com.au forum

I put a post up there with the suggestion Jamie - Best way I know to
get his attention - He will get it

[Marky Mark]

14nce, on 23 June 2009 - 11:59 AM, said:

at QR, Lakeside, Morgan Park, mt cotton, grafton hill climb, autocross ,motorkahnas even every driver sits for a briefing, doesnt matter if you have been there before or not. if your late an official will run it through with you privately.

Nothing is stopping Willowbank doing the same thing, saying there is too many drivers is a poor excuse for safeties sake. there can be 70+ drivers at an autocross and everyone still recieves a briefing.

Saying that 5 seconds cars can stop. they are driven by experienced drivers who have been down the strip many many times before they stepped into that 5 second car.

Agreed, for what they class as a "Premiere Racing Track" they really should have some sort of briefing for any driver who choses to race there.

Fair enough they may have a 400m stopping zone aswell. but think about it, a car traveling past the finish line at say 100mph for example, is traveling at a speed of 44m per second. 8 seconds and they run out of track and thats taking into consideration that they know where the finish line is.

IMO Willowbank is half arsed by having no briefing, and running the track while lighting systems are insufficient or out of order. They're leaving themselfs wide open to have a finger pointed at them if they ever do have an accident that causes a fatality or serious injury.

If a WHSO went out there im pretty certain they'd give the place a hiding.

I'll place money that the lux rating of the lighting system in the run off area is sub standard.

This post has been edited by Marky Mark: 23 June 2009 - 07:47 PM

[SUSPCT]

Keep up the good work!

[Streetcruising Brian]

bump

[Streetcruising Brian]

Just thought I would bump this thread again. I hope a few of you are still going out there and giving drag racing a chance.
It is still one of the cheapest kinds of racing to get into and everyone can have a go no matter what kind of car.

Not to mention, it is awesome fun