Have you done it?

[Ako]

And more to the point - do you still do it regularly?

I'm referring to track racing - it seems to be the only "cool" use for a car on this particular forum, and it seems that drifting isn't counted either with some people

And drag racing seems to be a bit too neanderthal for some to get their head around too.

So come on, spill, I'm curious. From reading on here I get the impression that half the forum lives at the race track and spends all their money on brake pads + tyres!

I've drag raced - a lot - but never actually track raced anything properly. Mainly for reasons of cost and I'm afraid of hitting armcos!

[Punter]

Been to a couple of track days, plan to go to alot more. (another 2 lined up this year).
Have done a bit of rallying in the past (co-driver only).
Would like to go to the drags, but can't see much point (I only have a 20v)

[MNT]

Used to drag regularly when i had my 1300 corolla (85), this was about 5 years ago, just as the night drags were starting off and the quickest imports were only running 10s

Just started going to the drags again in the STi, its good fun to give the car a bit of a legal thrash every now and again. (heading out next sunday again)

went to my first track day at manfield last month with clubSUB and had a blast, now i figure that i may as well start living life a bit and am saving and looking for a race car so i can participate in track days more often without worrying about the possibility of damage to my daily car.

[Snoozin]

I used to do the occasional Intermarque, AROC NZ meetings and a lot of the Manfeild open days in the Alfa before I moved down to Chch.

Now I'm back, I'm too scared to bend or break the Alfa on the track as they're getting rare now.

Track car is on the cards in a couple of years.

[Meadzy]

driven in 1 trackday, im down at Pukekohe track almost every weekend though, drift!

[pc]

Closest track is 2 hours away (Manfield) and it costs about $300 - $500 for a day at the track (all running costs, no breakages)

So I don't go as often as I would like

[mr pad]

Once the fxgt is going that going to be used to get me to work, and to the track.

[Jebus]

Been to the drags a few times in different cars, been to a couple of track days. Will be spending a bit more time at the track once my car is sorted.

[MR2SIK]

Everytime I express an interest in going to a trackday my car decides to die, plus the nearest track is 4 hours away so makes it kinda hard to get back if something goes wrong.
In Nelson, drag racings all we got

[Emperor]

I can say, i've never been to a track day

Which is why the next 2 months are gona involve a lot of practises, and attending them.

Pro7 season starts in October, nervous as hell

[Dell'Orto]

I used to attend the old Manfeild open days a few years back in the RX7, havent really done much since.
Hopefully I'll have the sedan ready for the upcoming seasons motorsport.

[DRFTIN]

i'm definitely in the "live there" group. I did about 45 car club events last year... and that doesnt include all the drifting i did as well
Thats why i'm broke now

never actually track raced anything properly. Mainly for reasons of cost and I'm afraid of hitting armcos!

$40 for a speed event... and theres 1 corner with a wall outside it
plenty of road cars there every month and almost never any crashes

[Trls250s]

I got cane my car out the back of whiteford, and drift in the industrials around east city every other weekend.

Would love to go to a track day, but would rather spend $200 on my car then going to a track right now (needs a little love)

[86_rolla]

im too scared to, i want to but im scared. Im scared that im not gonna no someone is coming up on the inside and were just gonna have a big fukin crash. Then im gonna get my beats from the other driver na get hated on haha.

But id love to do it someday

[Cahuna]

Tarmac is for pussies, give me gravel any day

I'm in the "live at" group, albeit not at the track. I did around 20 club events last year (Hillclimbs, Motorkhanas and Autocrosses mainly) and helped with organising a number of them. $15 for a day of skids in a grass Motorkhana in my roadie can't be beat in my books!

[fangsport]

anyone who tries to bullshit their way out by saying it's too expensive is a waste of time and effort.
NZ is one of the few countries in the world were even an unemployed person can compete (as long as they have a car), most other countries, you need to either own a decent business, or be sponsored to the hilt.

do the math:
club membership >$100 annually
club licence $55 annually
event entry $15-60 depending on type of event.

fine for excessive speed/loss of traction/ being a retarded tosser <$150 plus loss of licence .


sorry. my logic is seriously flawed, go out and race on the roads and kill yourself..............far cheaper.........aye

[matt dunn]

I have been racing for years. Started racing karts at 5.

Done lots of sealed hillclimbs and club racing.
I did 2 rounds of OSCA series a few years ago,
but that did not really count as I was only there to run our second car to Chris my brother who was racing for the championship.

This year I will (hopefully) compete in a full season of Sports Saloons which is a Ntaional Championship class. Have raced against quite a few of them at levels and yesterday was within a second of the class lap record,
but I put that down to home track advantage. Only done ruapuna once years ago, and never been to Teretonga so I guess i will find it hard at those tracks.

Check out this link before it gets updated.
http://www.southcanterburycarclub.org.n ... ecords.htm

Matt

[Truenotch]

I've been constantly driving at the track since I was 15 doing basic clubsport events mostly, usually once a month in winter and a little less often in summer due to not having opendays.

And then you start wanting to make the car faster on top of just driving it... Strutbraces, brakes, tyres, engine stuff, shocks, springs etc and then it starts to get a wee bit pricey... It will only get more expensive, but I can live with that.

[RedMist]

Started when I was 19 racing offroad in a frame buggy driven with a 40hp 1200cc VW engine. Enough power to get you into a tonne of trouble.
Spent some time in a Formula Ford. Left for England and there bought myself an AE86 rally car. Did some club level events but found it only to be a patch until I got back into offroad racing in NZ.
Bought a Cougar 4age driven offroad race car with which I had some serious fun. Then bought the bloody Bunderson. It's been a nightmare with the custom Rose gearbox and Summers Stub axles giving trouble at almost every event. I bought a second AE86 but found the events not to give the same level of excitement as offroading and quickly sold it again (just before they became popular). Have kept sporadically racing the Bunderson, however its costing more and more to race less and less time. I also wanted to scare the hell out of someone else and offroading doesnt have any concessions to dragging around the extra weight of a two seater. As such I've recently purcahsed a Lancer GSR RS rally car. So with a considerably bigger budget than when I raced the AE86'es hopefully I'll be involved in some events that stop me from sleeping the night before!!

[Distrb]

Am building/have built (are these sorts of things ever finished?) a car dedicated to track/club use.

Have attended/competed/scruitineered/marshalled at many sprints/motorkhana/autocross events run by MSNZ Car Clubs, and do so as often as is practical

Controlled environment is the only way to do it IMO