I had my first track day of the year this week, which was booked to test a couple things: a new seat harness (which took 6 months to get delivered), new braided brake lines and some new timing equipment bought from AIM Sport Systems. The day was booked through Driving Solutions at Eastern Creek, west of Sydney and was well organised - I have been to many of their days and they … [Read more...]
Track Time in July
Last week I attended a half day track day at the Sydney MotorSports Park at Eastern Creek. It was run by The Formula Company and the team managing the day were the same as the Driver Experience Day I had attended a month or so ago. The day was split into the morning used for full race cars and the afternoon for road cars and there were two groups: blue and orange. I was part … [Read more...]
The Case for Using Electronic Stability Controls at a Track Day
I read a couple of great articles in the US based Road and Track magazine recently about the use of electronic stability controls on track days. The author, Jack Baruth, is a highly experienced BMX and auto racer who regularly competes - and from the articles, clearly attends track days to help drivers not only enjoy their time on the track but to get faster. I related to … [Read more...]
Wakefield Park Track Day
Last weekend I had the pleasure of squeezing in a track day at Wakefield Park, south of Sydney - and getting home with 5 minutes to spare before the Grand Prix started! Wakefield Park is near Goulburn about 2.5 hours south of Sydney and is an easy drive to get there. This was my first visit to the track for 11 years and as the venue opened around 7:30am, I decided to head … [Read more...]
