Track Days/Motorsport | Page 339 | FerrariChat

Track Days/Motorsport

Discussion in 'Australia' started by b27, Apr 8, 2011.

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, Skimlinks, and others.

  1. simon klein

    simon klein Two Time F1 World Champ
    Owner Silver Subscribed

    Feb 25, 2009
    28,802
    North Qld
    Full Name:
    simon klein
    'Zackery!
     
  2. Arvin Grajau

    Arvin Grajau Seven Time F1 World Champ
    Silver Subscribed

    Jun 7, 2006
    76,935
    Wurundjeri man.
    Full Name:
    Arvin Grajau
    I've been down there in winter (Tasmania ) there not roads I wish to drive quick on .
     
  3. simon klein

    simon klein Two Time F1 World Champ
    Owner Silver Subscribed

    Feb 25, 2009
    28,802
    North Qld
    Full Name:
    simon klein
    Partially agree in the wet,in the dry;gimme gimme gimme!
     
    Arvin Grajau likes this.
  4. Maranello550

    Maranello550 F1 World Champ
    Owner Silver Subscribed

    Aug 25, 2011
    12,324
    HongKong
    Full Name:
    Gary
  5. Aircon

    Aircon Ten Time F1 World Champ
    BANNED

    Jun 23, 2003
    100,524
    Melbourne, Australia
    Full Name:
    Peter
    So, this was a long time ago, but it's what they were doing. Looks like GAD except with no white lines.

     
  6. greg246

    greg246 Two Time F1 World Champ
    Owner Silver Subscribed

    Jun 2, 2004
    25,478
    Sydney,Australia
    Full Name:
    Greg
    looks fast, must have had Simon up their arse trying to get by :p
     
    Maranello550 likes this.
  7. simon klein

    simon klein Two Time F1 World Champ
    Owner Silver Subscribed

    Feb 25, 2009
    28,802
    North Qld
    Full Name:
    simon klein
    #8458 simon klein, Apr 25, 2021
    Last edited: Apr 25, 2021
    Sorted and nup way to fast for me.
    It's one of the first day stages Legana perhaps.....hmm they say Paloona,Pat?.The first day used to be a sort of settling in day.
     
    greg246 likes this.
  8. greg246

    greg246 Two Time F1 World Champ
    Owner Silver Subscribed

    Jun 2, 2004
    25,478
    Sydney,Australia
    Full Name:
    Greg
    There sure are loads of trees towards the end :eek:
     
    Arvin Grajau likes this.
  9. simon klein

    simon klein Two Time F1 World Champ
    Owner Silver Subscribed

    Feb 25, 2009
    28,802
    North Qld
    Full Name:
    simon klein
    Mate Tassie knows how to grow trees close to the road don't you worry about that!

    Little perplexed as to what they've called the stage though.
     
  10. Aircon

    Aircon Ten Time F1 World Champ
    BANNED

    Jun 23, 2003
    100,524
    Melbourne, Australia
    Full Name:
    Peter
    Sorry about the terrible noise.

     
    IanB likes this.
  11. IanB

    IanB F1 World Champ
    Owner

    Jun 15, 2006
    15,624
    Sydney
    The White boys are very quick, have won the event outright 7 times I think.

    They were the guys who got airborne on a crest in Rally Tasmania in a Nissan GTR R34, arrived at a t-junction while flying, cleared a fence and ended up several hundred metres into the paddock.

    The front wheels punched up into the footwells when it landed, breaking the drivers ankle or leg (I can't remember which).
     
  12. simon klein

    simon klein Two Time F1 World Champ
    Owner Silver Subscribed

    Feb 25, 2009
    28,802
    North Qld
    Full Name:
    simon klein
    Yeah pretty crappy,you should email Simon Kidston..he'll find some teriffic music to drown out that unsavoury rubbish...
     
    Steve355F1 and Arvin Grajau like this.
  13. Ferraridoc

    Ferraridoc F1 World Champ
    Owner Silver Subscribed

    Jun 20, 2012
    16,070
    Gold Coast, Aust.
    Full Name:
    Patrick
    Paloona
     
  14. simon klein

    simon klein Two Time F1 World Champ
    Owner Silver Subscribed

    Feb 25, 2009
    28,802
    North Qld
    Full Name:
    simon klein
    Yep I see that,is it on what used to be the traditional 1st day?

    TT sometimes changed the names.
     
  15. Gizzi

    Gizzi F1 Veteran
    Owner Silver Subscribed

    Dec 3, 2011
    5,182
    Brisbane, Australia
    Full Name:
    Gezim
    The first day isn’t what it used to be. No more Georgetown. Only the first stage is the controlled stage. After that it’s mayhem as normal.


    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
     
  16. simon klein

    simon klein Two Time F1 World Champ
    Owner Silver Subscribed

    Feb 25, 2009
    28,802
    North Qld
    Full Name:
    simon klein
    Georgtown was a day by itself,qualifying so to speak.....back in medieval days.
    The next day,start of the following 4 was the first day and included the stage I noted.
    The stage the White's did looks a shipload like it in a lot of places.
    Unfortunately I've thrown or given all my roadbooks and can't check.
     
  17. simon klein

    simon klein Two Time F1 World Champ
    Owner Silver Subscribed

    Feb 25, 2009
    28,802
    North Qld
    Full Name:
    simon klein
    Devonport,I knew I recognised it...thanx Pat!
    Great to talk.
     
  18. robbo mcs

    robbo mcs Karting

    Nov 2, 2005
    204
    #8470 robbo mcs, Apr 26, 2021
    Last edited: Apr 26, 2021
    Paloona, one of my favourite stages. What you don't get a sense of from the video is how steep some of those downhill sections are. The bit coming up to Paloona power station (5:30) takes a lot of committment. In my car you could hold it flat in 5th gear through the left kink (probably doing 100kmh less than the lambo:p).

    YT can certainly steer pretty well, and doesn't hold much back;)
     
  19. Arvin Grajau

    Arvin Grajau Seven Time F1 World Champ
    Silver Subscribed

    Jun 7, 2006
    76,935
    Wurundjeri man.
    Full Name:
    Arvin Grajau
    Quick.
     
  20. simon klein

    simon klein Two Time F1 World Champ
    Owner Silver Subscribed

    Feb 25, 2009
    28,802
    North Qld
    Full Name:
    simon klein
    They changed the name,as is their wont,I did '94,'96,''98,'99 and '01.
    Back then it was pretty much the same track year in and out with the addition and subtraction of some on a sort of rotation.
    The 5 days were also the same and you always ended with the crescendo a being the West Coast from Burnie to Hobart,a little like a big workout with Mt Arrowsmith being the peak then a couple of cooldowns before heading to the finish in Hobart....it was a sort of romantic(if that's the term) notion of the originators,John Large and Max Stahl.
    It was also the same
     
  21. robbo mcs

    robbo mcs Karting

    Nov 2, 2005
    204
    Yep, they randomly change the names of stages all the time, that stage has been Devonport and Paloona back and forth a few times. More confusingly they then name a new stage the same as an old stage in a completely different location (eg Sheffield).

    When I first started the course was pretty much the same. You used to do the North East stages day 2, then have a long drive down the East coast to Hobart, only stay 1 night, then a long drive back up to the North. Then go down to Hobart again day 5. There used to be a lot more town stages too, which have all but disappeared. Georgetown, Longford, Ross, Triabunna, etc.
     
  22. psw

    psw Formula 3

    Nov 17, 2005
    1,872
    AUSTRALIA
    Full Name:
    Peter
    Just watching that video, personally I think he is well within the car limits & his obvious talent, I didn’t see once any oversteer slide correction or worse any big understeer moments going past an apex. He would have exceptional pace notes, a great navigator & he’s probably driving 8/10ths of his capacity in exceptionally well set up cars.
    The bad accidents & tragic deaths every year are IMO people who’s skill level is not up to the speeds they’re doing.
    I remember speaking with Jim Richards about Targa one time & he said be never drove greater than 8/10’s, however his & Whites 8/10’s would be faster than the majority of driver’s down there's 12/10’s.
    Pro drivers are disciplined enough to keep within their limit, all the weekend warriors sadly, the red mist drops & they exceed their skill level.
     
  23. robbo mcs

    robbo mcs Karting

    Nov 2, 2005
    204
    Interesting comparison. Here is an in car clip from Matt Close/Cameron Reeves in the GT3 RS on the same stage, the year they won. Man, the porker revs its nuts off:p Sometimes it doesn't look so fast, and they you look at the speedo :oops:

     
    Maranello550 likes this.

Share This Page