Levin Paddock grasskhana March 26th

[Leon]

Harbour Capital Car Club invites you to join us for a "Motorkhana" on March 26th (Sunday)
Donnelly Park Levin
9:30 turn up, with hopefully the paperwork out of the way by 10:15 - 10:30.

It won't be a stupidly easy event, so make sure you're mentally prepared for some courses with changes of direction, driving into "garages", and slightly more demanding courses than just doing ever increasing circles and stuff like that.

You won't be bored You might get a little bit lost from time to time, but you shouldn't be bored!

What the hell is a Motorkhana? Basically we set up a course with cones, that will be low speed (usually just first, and reverse gears). You go out there by yourself, and compete against the clock. You get two runs at each course, and your fastest attempt is recorded. If you displace a cone, you get a 5 second penalty against your time. If you do not complete the course, you get allocated the slowest time achieved in that course + 5 seconds.

You will start with your bonnet in line with the start cones, and you will finish when you come to a standstill with one set of wheels over the finish line and one set of wheels behind the finish line. eg: Front wheels over the line, rear wheels behind the line.

What do I need?
$20
Car in reasonable condition (wof and reg not required)
If you have already competed in two events such as this, you must belong to a MotorSport NZ car club. Harbour Capital Car Club is $30 per year to join, and we can join you up on the day.
What can't I have?
Bad attitude
Rally tires or Mud and Snow tires (they rip up the ground too much)
Idiot friends who might do wheelies or anything stupid at, or outside the venue. Anyone does anything silly, we call the cops, and make damn sure there is a prosecution. A good reputation is everything to a car club.
No booze at venue, zero tolerance.
What don't I need?
Don't need helmet, overalls, or a competition licence for this type of event.

We will do six tests during the day (two courses set up at a time), and they will look like a selection from THis Link Here

The paddock is relatively road car friendly, but will be a bit bouncy.

[B1NZ]

i will be there as usual

[gurutasker]

I might be able to be there to help out if you need it, depends if my hands are needed at Autosalon or not

[al_baru]

I will be there in my rusty 'My other car is an STI' Corolla. The A-frame is taking shape nicely i.e. in the shape of the letter...

[Leon]

Looking forward to seeing the rust bucket

[Leon]

I might be able to be there to help out if you need it, depends if my hands are needed at Autosalon or not

That'd be good if you were there. Either holding a steering wheel or a stop watch. About time you did some driving, considering how many events you come up for

[gurutasker]

About time you did some driving, considering how many events you come up for

It's lighter on my car (and on my pocket) to just help out The suspension on my car at the moment is not amazing.. but soon to be fixed if this job comes through

[pc]

It's lighter on my car (and on my pocket) to just help out The suspension on my car at the moment is not amazing.. but soon to be fixed if this job comes through

sounds like excuses to me, your car just needs to more forward and backward under its own power for these events. If your car has a WOF it is already 'over qualified'

[Distrb]

sounds more like the driver is chicken to me

im going to try have my car fixed for this one, havent played on grass for a while

[2LTR Rona]

im going to try have my car fixed for this one, havent played on grass for a while

D - Was it only the fuel pump in the end or did other things contribute ?

Leon, might rock on up for a look see

[Distrb]

im going to try have my car fixed for this one, havent played on grass for a while

D - Was it only the fuel pump in the end or did other things contribute ?

Sadly i've had 1001 non-car related things that need tending to at the moment, so i havent even touched the car to see if indeed it is the fuel pump, or if there is more than one problem...

I know i also need to sort out the cause of my complete lack of hand brake as well... that one puzzles me.

[FXGTV]

im going to try have my car fixed for this one, havent played on grass for a while

D - Was it only the fuel pump in the end or did other things contribute ?

Sadly i've had 1001 non-car related things that need tending to at the moment, so i havent even touched the car to see if indeed it is the fuel pump, or if there is more than one problem...

I know i also need to sort out the cause of my complete lack of hand brake as well... that one puzzles me.

Apparantly thats a very common ae82 FX problem... (the hand brake that is)

[Leon]

The handbrake in my AE82 was awful. Even after I replaced the handbrake cables.

[gurutasker]

sounds more like the driver is chicken to me

*Shrug* Maybe I am... doesn't bother me.

[neo]

so .. will the courses.. be based on those pictures, or will we be following them... just so the directionaly compared can prep...

[Leon]

I will be choosing from that list of diagrams, so it will be from those diagrams for the directionally challenged

[neo]

sweet.. so I'll print em out.. hopefully this will work better than the "Ill draw it on my arm and reference it whlist going around cones" idea I had a another event =P...

[Mr Revhead]

pencil me in for this

[gogo_happy]

Apparantly thats a very common ae82 FX problem... (the hand brake that is)

yup mine is bung too... but still works resonably enough for it to sit on a hill every day

unfortunatly i wont make it i have work, id love to take the car out for some paddock bashing sometime soon though

[Inane]

im keen..