Gymkhana Sunday, This Sunday!

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 8:50 pm

Anyone going?
I am!

At Hampton 830 on 27th Sunday April.

Mr. Shine · Post by **Mr. Shine** » Fri Apr 27, 2012 11:36 pm

I'm considering it, friend of mine is trying to drag me into it. Need to get myself a helmet though, anyone have any recommendations?

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 8:11 am

I just got a $120 bike helmet,

Mad Kiwi · Post by **Mad Kiwi** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 9:56 am

what are the details...?

how much to enter, what is the day, skid pan?

I am very keen.....

Mad Kiwi · Post by **Mad Kiwi** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 10:34 am

Okay, checked out the details. $30.00 starts at 10.00 till 2.00.

They say "soft top convertibles" need a roll bar, does anyone know if a hard top also requires a roll bar or if that will be okay?

Mr. Shine · Post by **Mr. Shine** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 12:49 pm

I've emailed them about it, hopefully a reply soon enough.

Donovan · Post by **Donovan** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 1:09 pm

Hardtops need a roll over bar as well, they run the same rules as going on the track as far as roll over protection, don't think you need a helmet but, well I never used one for the skid pan, but they got a bit worried when some guy in an old RWD Starlet put it on it's roof.

Still not sure how he did that, as you have buggar all grip on the skid pan.

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 2:12 pm

Its the Advance Gymkhana day details:

COST: $30 FOR 5 TIMED RUNS (Extra untimed runs available if time allows)
Registration is from 830 till 915 I think, we usually start 930
TIME: 10.00am till 2.00pm
Skid pan events have proved very popular & you can pay on the day for this event.

RULES FOR OPEN CARS
All open cars (i.e. soft top convertibles) must have roll protection, either factory, eg Boxter, S2000, Z3, Z4, 350z, 370z & Elise etc. or suitable aftermarket roll protection if not factory fitted.

Helmets are compulsory and are available to hire at Hampton Downs at $20 each.

Gates open at 8am - please be registered by 9.30am.

Both times I have a been just a Hardtop has been fine. As with other MX5s there.

You do need a helmet.

Mr. Shine · Post by **Mr. Shine** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 3:44 pm

Yup, got a prompt reply from Theresa Knight:

"Hi
Yes that will be fine, thanks for enquiring. To make the most of your day we advising registering between 8.30am & 9.15am.

Cheers
Theresa"

Mad Kiwi · Post by **Mad Kiwi** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 5:29 pm

Sweet I am in. Anyone else? can have a little mx5 club going, plot our revenge Donovans car builder, keeper guy....

Oh and do some skids while we are at it...

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 6:33 pm

Im definatly in, Dont know how well we will do.

My first time out it rained and was icy as and I got 2nd in RWD.

Last time it was dry though and I got 4th in RWD.

Ive only done it twice now so someone with a better car(Stock NA6CE with stuffed shocks) could easily give them a run for there money!

Mr. Shine · Post by **Mr. Shine** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 7:32 pm

I'm iffy, depends how the weather is if I can haul my ass down to Hampton and back

It'll be my first time though, so hoping the weather is at least average and conditionally looking forward to it!

Mr. Shine · Post by **Mr. Shine** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 8:39 pm

Anyone keen to possibly meet up before we head down? Like 8am at McDonald's Greenlane or something?

Mad Kiwi · Post by **Mad Kiwi** » Sat Apr 28, 2012 9:36 pm

Normally I would be keen but I suspect i'll be running late in the morning...Will see you there.

Donovan, bring your subie down?

Mad Kiwi · Post by **Mad Kiwi** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 7:48 pm

WELL, that was fun!

Bloody hell it's a lot harder than it looks! Need much more practice skidding around me thinks (and remembering the cone layout!).....

Thank you for your help today Furai (sorry, i didn't catch your name..), it was much appreciated!!!

Mr. Shine · Post by **Mr. Shine** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 8:18 pm

I certainly had a great time, but didn't manage to get any pictures unfortunately. Did manage to catch a couple of videos of the red E30 as well as the black facelift S14 I was hanging out with. Definitely keen to get back out there, was a great first time.

Mad Kiwi wrote:(and remembering the cone layout!)

Amen to that! Was pretty tricky they kept rearranging the gaps between cones, and with cones going up and going down, just remembering the layout was pretty deceptive at times!

Not to mention when we got a bit of drizzle on the skid pan...

Donovan · Post by **Donovan** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 9:19 pm

So who was running this one, was it Hampton itself or one of the other places that run events down there.

Just surprised about the helmet thing, I have done about 6 or 7 skid pan events down there, and never had to have a helmet. In fact in a couple of them, have had my 6yr old daughter in the passenger seat, or a car full of people in the STi, even ran one with my 3 yr old strapped in with someone else in the passenger seat.

I couldn't make it down, big night out last night, so wasn't feeling the flashest this morning.

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Sun Apr 29, 2012 11:02 pm

I have 2.5Gb worth of video so I will get that up over the next few days.

Yeah the cone layout was abit of a pain but still good fun! Makes it a bit more challenging.

Everyone is always keen to help out others and its good to see someone elses technique!

Donovan Advance run them, I guess its just the way they want run them I guess?

Mr. Shine · Post by **Mr. Shine** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:17 am

Furai wrote:I have 2.5Gb worth of video so I will get that up over the next few days.

Looking forward to this!

Yeah the cone layout was abit of a pain but still good fun! Makes it a bit more challenging.

Everyone is always keen to help out others and its good to see someone elses technique!

I think I need to take a ride in your passenger seat next time. I've no idea how your times were, but you were giving it tits out there and really doing a great job.

One thing I saw on some other videos I've seen around the world is marking cone base positions with chalk for ease of replacing them when they fall down. Something to keep in mind for anyone planning to organise similar events in future maybe

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 3:51 pm

I should probably be a bit nicer to baby, I was sitting around 7,000RPM trying to get the viscous to kick out.

I was throwing it around a little but onnly came third. Need to beat Christo in the white MR2!

I did a 32.87 was my best what about you?

Oh and I took a few people for rides so next time just ask

Mr. Shine · Post by **Mr. Shine** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 4:29 pm

I've got plenty to improve on, as I think my best was something like a 38.42, though I only got two good runs I think, with my third run ending up spinning out backwards in the wet and a couple of DNDCs due to my cone confusion

Really looking forward to the next event like this though. Hopefully getting a set of RE001s fitted this weekend along with a long-overdue wheel alignment. Hasn't been done since I bought the car in February last year and adjustable suspension installed in February this year

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 6:55 pm

Yeah I need to improve on my handbrake turns, Doesnt really help that my viscous is crapping itself.

Next one should fun! Hopefully people arent laying down rubber on the skidpan the day before, might make it a bit easier!

Yeah I have a list of things I want to do to, I hade mismatched wheel/tire combo on the day and put my directionals round the wrong way

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 7:55 pm

Vids are slowly going up but they take a good 30mins each. (I have about 15, 4 of Em for some reason)

http://youtu.be/YRkslcjNPKM

Mr. Shine · Post by **Mr. Shine** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:16 pm

Hope you missed my damp run

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Mon Apr 30, 2012 8:17 pm

Im pretty sure I got all your bad ones

Dont worry the one where you got lost is up next.

http://youtu.be/BBu3l_8UEJ0

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