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Old 02-10-2006, 06:30 PM   #31
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How much wear would there be on a skid pan? I wouldnt think all that much...
more than rock hard 175's on grass mate
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Old 03-10-2006, 06:50 PM   #32
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Awsome driving mate!!! Would you happen to have any footage from outside the car??
No I dont. I wish i did. When I go again i'll go with some mates and get them to film.

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How much wear would there be on a skid pan? I wouldnt think all that much...
I didnt notice any at all. The circle was half wet / half dry because the water truck ran out of water and I was last to go round. So even with it quite dry it didn't wear much at all.
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Old 03-10-2006, 06:57 PM   #33
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That looked like a ship load of fun man! Plus some really good driving!

Well done mate, thanks for that!
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Old 03-10-2006, 11:11 PM   #34
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That looks like a lot of fun! Great vids!
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Old 03-10-2006, 11:25 PM   #35
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About a year ago I did Stage 2 of the Ian Luff advanced driving courses. It involves going sideways and having lost of fun

The Big Circle (lots of sideways action. I hit full lock left quite a few times, so its quitesideways )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBl2Gbvuo-c

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So they taught you how to do wide donuts hey, I wanna do this course now!
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Old 23-10-2006, 05:18 PM   #36
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Here are a few more videos. You may have seen them...

Sideways on a Wet Wakefield Park track (with a bit of voice over from Citric XR6 )...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBGvIN4XgWk

A damp lap of Wakefield talking you round...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwVK74L2__w
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Old 24-10-2006, 10:18 PM   #37
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hahaha mad dude

im going to see if I can get to a driver training thing here in Qld, BI6TIM reckons its great
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Old 25-10-2006, 07:15 AM   #38
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ROFL "Can we do it again"

Good job. i'm booked in for a stage one at calder.
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