Rick Bates Skid Pan Day - 21 June 08

big.glenn · 05-06-2008, 10:07 PM

As mentioned at the last couple of club meetings, a Skid Pan Day has been organised for the 21st June. Initial indictations was that we would fill the 18 spots available but the financial committment has been poor. Here is your chance to grab a spot.

The day will include:

- Theory on car control - the how's and why's;
- Causes of skidding and it happens;
- How to get out of a situation; and
- Have some fun using throttle control to control skids (not do doughnuts).

An overview of the course can be found at http://www.batesadvanceddriving.com/...arcontrol.html

There'll be two sessions, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. For the morning session, you will need to be at the Sutton Road complex no later than 7:45am. Those attending the afternoon session will need to be at the complex by 12:15pm.

Cost is $132.00 per person GST Inc. The registration form can be found at http://www.batesadvanceddriving.com/...entFormweb.doc. Final numbers are required by Monday 9 June at 6pm. Get your names in now, and arrange to have you registration form and money to Jim by the deadline. Don't hesitate to PM Marty (Pursuit250) or the committee (info@fpvxrclubact.com) for more information.

big.glenn · 05-06-2008, 10:09 PM

Attending

Morning Session

1. Jim
2. Marty
3. Dave C
4. Pete
5. Dave H

Afternoon Session

1.

Phoontastic · 05-06-2008, 10:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by big.glenn

A Skidpan day is organized 21st June

....and where might this be Glenn?? (Every time it rains it's a skid pan day with the Dunlops on the back!)

big.glenn · 05-06-2008, 11:54 PM

Attending

Morning session to be filled first 8 - 10 places in each session only

Morning Session

1. Jim
2. Marty
3. Dave C
4. Pete
5. Dave H
6. Big Glenn

Afternoon Session

1.

FANTASY · 06-06-2008, 05:24 PM

Attending

Morning session to be filled first 8 - 10 places in each session only

Morning Session

1. Jim
2. Marty
3. Dave C
4. Pete
5. Dave H
6. Big Glenn
7. Bob

Afternoon Session

1.
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Pursuit250 · 06-06-2008, 06:19 PM

Cath from proUTES has confirmed two positions.

Attending

Morning session to be filled first 8 - 10 places in each session only

Morning Session

1. Jim
2. Marty
3. Dave C
4. Pete
5. Dave H
6. Big Glenn
7. Bob
8. Cath
9. Cath

Afternoon Session

1.
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YTE-017 · 06-06-2008, 09:36 PM

Hey Glenn. I have another committed to Saturday morning (Con the new member). Looks like the morning session is full with those nine above. Yes?

YTE-017 · 06-06-2008, 09:38 PM

Sorry, that was you Marty (a senior moment). jim

Pursuit250 · 07-06-2008, 05:59 PM

Cath has now only confirmed one position. I've added Con to the list.

Attending

Morning session to be filled first 8 - 10 places in each session only

Morning Session

1. Jim
2. Marty
3. Dave C
4. Pete
5. Dave H
6. Big Glenn
7. Bob
8. Cath
9. Con

Afternoon Session

1.
__________________

GeeDubF6 · 08-06-2008, 12:38 AM

Morning Session

1. Jim
2. Marty
3. Dave C
4. Pete
5. Dave H
6. Big Glenn
7. Bob
8. Cath
9. Con

Afternoon Session

1. GeeDubF6 (if morning is filled)
2.

Pursuit250 · 08-06-2008, 10:59 AM

^^^^^^^^^^^

There are 10 spots available for the morning session so I've moved you into that session.

If there are more interested, then post up here. There are a number of people who were flexible against which session they went on so we will start splitting the numbers.

Attending

Morning session to be filled first 8 - 10 places in each session only

Morning Session

1. Jim
2. Marty
3. Dave C
4. Pete
5. Dave H
6. Big Glenn
7. Bob
8. Cath
9. Con
10. GeeDubF6

Afternoon Session

1.
__________________

appwkc · 08-06-2008, 09:49 PM

There are 10 spots available for the morning session so I've moved you into that session.

If there are more interested, then post up here. There are a number of people who were flexible against which session they went on so we will start splitting the numbers.

Attending

Morning session to be filled first 8 - 10 places in each session only

Morning Session

1. Jim
2. Marty
3. Dave C
4. Pete
5. Dave H
6. Big Glenn
7. Bob
8. Cath
9. Con
10. GeeDubF6

Afternoon Session

1. Wayne
2. Wayne's Partner Kirsty (VW GTI)

big.glenn · 16-06-2008, 06:31 PM

Just wondering if their is still the 2 secessions. Jim can you conferm this for me. What numbers did we end up with

Pursuit250 · 16-06-2008, 06:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by big.glenn

Just wondering if their is still the 2 secessions. Jim can you conferm this for me. What numbers did we end up with

Only one session Glenn. Didn't get enough to run the second session.

walshys · 16-06-2008, 09:58 PM

Are spectators allowed, for club photos that is.

big.glenn · 20-06-2008, 06:05 PM

Yes Walshy spectators are welcome...

Tomorrow is the day...

For the morning session, you will need to be at the Sutton Road complex no later than 7:45am. Those attending the afternoon session will need to be at the complex by 12:15pm.

Rick advises the program will include:

Theory on car control - the how's and why's;
Causes of skidding and it happens;
How to get out of a situation; and
Have some fun using throttle control to control skids (not do doughnuts).

Rick also advises this will also include traction control on and off for those whose cars have it.

I will see all those in secession 1 between 7.30 & 7.45 in the morning

Cheers

Big Glenn

big.glenn · 21-06-2008, 11:49 PM

What a great day......

Everybody had heaps of fun.. I hope as I didn't see anybody without a smile ear to ear...

Thanks to Rick & John for all their instructions on car control... it was a great help for some.. But for others ... well no amount of instruction can help me/them...

Thanks to Jim for organizing the day....

The only draw back was the condition the cars ended up in... my ute has never been so dirty in its life...

Heaps of pictures were taken on the day as well as video of each car I'm sure that these will come when the shutter bugs have done their stuff.

Thanks everybody for a great day

Big Glenn

FANTASY · 22-06-2008, 04:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by big.glenn

my ute has never been so dirty in its life...

And neither has my car.
Anthony had the rear window down a bit to do some filming and road dirt has gone into the car and onto the rear window. Took me about an hour to clean the car this morning.

davo61 · 22-06-2008, 07:47 PM

same goes from me it was the best fun you can have with youer clothes on.
put my name down for the next one now

: yep but the only bad thing to come from the day is the cleaning . went to footy today with the car as it was yesterday people couldnt belive i let my car get that dirty theyd never seen it dirty before. and as glen said thanks for the poeple involved in organising and running the day.. :eclipsee_ cant wait to see some of the footage Marty will have on vid.

xargon · 22-06-2008, 09:32 PM

Having enticed my daughter and son to undertake the Defensive Driving Course at this venue, which included a session on the skid pan (although the EF didn't need a skid for the rear end to step out), I can now understand why they enjoyed it so much. Thanks to everyone for a great day especially Walshy, Marty and others who unselfishly captured the events for us all to reminisce. Thanks Jim for getting us there as I am sure another visit to the Pan is on the cards.

Pursuit250 · 22-06-2008, 11:49 PM

Thanks for the great day guys. Enjoyed every minute of it all (the giggles throughout the video are testiment to that). Highlight of the day, hub caps flying across the track. What did you tell Kerry Dave?

I'll get some footage of everyone on YouTube real soon.

Pursuit250 · 23-06-2008, 12:03 AM

Here some footage of the Pursuit doing a bit of sideways action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THOTfSqY0pA

**data_mine** · 23-06-2008, 01:30 AM

So when's the next one? (I missed out unfortunately)

I'm sure we'll have no problems getting numbers together again.

xargon · 23-06-2008, 10:24 PM

[QUOTE=Pursuit250]Thanks for the great day guys. Enjoyed every minute of it all (the giggles throughout the video are testiment to that). Highlight of the day, hub caps flying across the track. What did you tell Kerry Dave?

Thanks for that Marty. I had to wash the car ($7.00), buy a new set of imitation dress rims ($18.95 set of 4) and two new Michelin tyres for $266.00. So the day cost over $400.00 but was worth every cent. And of course Kerry is happy, for the time being anyway!