Hey all! Went to QLD raceway today to see how the XR6 would go on the track. I had the APS Phase II kit plus upgraded brake pads to EBC Reds and better brake fluid. Everything else was stock. Was a pretty hot day, but posted a pb of 1:10.6 seconds, which wasn't far off my time I placed in the starlet.

Another guy with an XR6 n/a posted a 1:08.6.

My 19's (read heavier rims) plus nankang rubber were clearly not the track choice....

There was also a mad XR5 turbo that was dominating the group it was in. Hope to see more XR's next time around!

Finally there was a silver F6, stock from what I heard, but looking pretty good down the straight.

Pics of the day:

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Looks like lots of fun. How much did it cost? What type of license do you need?

Thanks for the invite!!

I wanna come!

Yeah it is heaps of fun. Cost is $75 for the day, plus either $20 for a day licence or $55 for an annual licence. Anyone with a road registered car and a drivers licence can race.

awesome, well done.

how did jeff go in the xr5t?

i think the na xr6 was scott - I work with his wife.

I forgot it was on, was going to come out and say hi.

michael

Sounds like a lot of fun to be had. When is the next one on?

Big AL

The next one is the 18th of November, then the 9th of December. The idea is not to race but to see how fast you can go against the clock!

Also good race rubber makes a huge difference, road tyres just don't get soft enough as they're designed for dry & wet conditions.

If you were serious about doing sprints I'd be looking for some used slicks or race tyres, some of the race tyres get faster the less tread they have!

Was the F6 a Mercury Silver?? It wasn't Jeff Watson was it??

When's someone gonna cage one & give the turbo awds a floggin at a Topgear event?


Russ

The Xr5t did really well from what my friends told me. He seemed to be dominating his group, but I think he was just before my group and we were busy waiting to go out on the track, so I didn't get to see him much.

The other guy was scott, and he can really drive the XR6! He posted a better time than me, though I would rather have had his rims and rubber for the track.



The F6 was silver! I don't know the person, but yeah it was silver. He looked pretty quick though.

Race rubber would make a huge difference, but again you can still have fun on the normal road tyres. You would be a serious racer to want to go Semi slicks or full slicks, but on the sprint track you could probably pick up as much as 5-10 seconds per lap if not a little bit more.

Yes it was jeff watson russ he was having abit fun said he could go better as he has not done it before.


Ian

I would love to have a go at this but I think I would need to get upgraded brakes before I would take my car to the track.

Well I can say that if you upgrade the brake pads to ebc reds and the brake fluid to something better, then the car will run for 5+ laps on the stock brakes no worries! I did that pulling up from about 170Km/h on the main straight to about 120km for the first corner, and the car held up fine. ebc red pads are the way to go!

How much are they?

Thats me in the XR5 :) got a PB of 1:05.33 very happy with that with the heat on the track.

Thanks for the photo's

some in car video.....

http://fordxr5turbo.com/premiummembers/vid...hSessionone.wmv
http://fordxr5turbo.com/premiummembers/vid...hSessiontwo.wmv
http://fordxr5turbo.com/premiummembers/vid...essionthree.wmv

around 60mb each.

i'm still running around with ESP on so i'm not getting onto the front straight as quick as i can....

well done geoff! downloading now

mate - i will upoad the vids of you at the drags from the other week too mate!!!

Michael

Thanks Ian, Wattos getting right into circuit racing now! He came out to Warwick last year to watch me race in the Gemini Series & loved every minute of it!

If anyone is after used slicks/race tyres I suggest you log into the IPRA forum & put up a post, a used set of Yokohama A032 tyres are as good if not better than new A032 tyres & you may get them for next to nothing!

If anyone's interested I've put up a complete Gemini race from last year on youtube, this is the cheapest form of circuit racing & one of the most competitive in Australia.
Qld Gemini Racing Rnd 5, 2005

Also GEAR you can get that time down a fair bit by following someone around who knows how to arce around there, a Gemini with 100HP will do 1.06 around the sprint circuit, a top notch WRX/EVO 8 will do 58 Seconds on race rubber!

I'll be there next time with 1 or 2 race cars for the sprints & topgear event the next day!

Cheers

Russ

They cost me about $240 for the pads plus better brake fluid and labor, so all up probably about $280-$300 - and much better stopping for street.



Well done Jeff! that is a great time, and look forward to seeing you improve on it. From what I hear you drove pretty well :)