DownShift Meets

Re:DownShift Meets (Domma_aw11)

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:53:27 GMT

Ah cool. Just replied on the ds forum.. there doing a norwell track day next month. Might be a bit rich for me but il see what happens. .

Re:DownShift Meets (Millsy101)

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:54:49 GMT

I'm such a idiot for not checking on here earlier.

Yeah domma thats me, Like to be fair to you we never got a good go at it :) there was always someone in the road.

Yeah bustin, I parked near you, its all good i just love to get a good group of twos together. To chat and maybe plan an event to go for a cruise.

C&C (circuit and coffee) I was expecting powercruise but i got way more than I bargained for. No speed limit, lots of rain and well just a great atmosphere of good mainly jdm drivers. Deffs a recommend for anyone who hasn't been to a track and to get there feet wet.

This is a video of my friends which a good friend of mine made. We do DS meets and what not and starting our own website and what not soon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0u7Jtv_lUo&feature=youtu.be

Re:DownShift Meets (Domma_aw11)

Sat, 02 Mar 2013 12:01:20 GMT

Well i saw a green sub, got beaten by him twice... Didnt get a chance to chat to him or ask him if hes on the forums

Re:DownShift Meets (Ddubtoille)

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 22:16:30 GMT

I'm not I need to save my money for a bit so I can finish up the exterior of my car :/

Re:DownShift Meets (Domma_aw11)

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:41:46 GMT

Well im going to this, anyone else?? If so, can arrange a meet point to go up in?? And have a coffe afterwards...

Re:DownShift Meets (bustin)

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:36:05 GMT

Ok cool. I'm pretty familiar with the area so I should be able to find a suitable meetup spot.
Circuit and Coffee sounds good too. And I don't even drink coffee." />
Was that you that parked near me millsy101? Sorry if I seemed a bit stand offish.

Re:DownShift Meets (GrahamHeadley)

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:58:41 GMT

I would be very keen to get my 2 out on the track! And have been contemplating going to a downshift meet but never had the time or the effort to get down there yet! haha! But this actually sounds plausible!

Re:DownShift Meets (dennis the menace)

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:22:59 GMT

March 2nd - Excellent! That doesn't clash with the Mt BawBaw Test day . . . it clashes with the Mt BawBaw Rally " />

Hope you guys go along, see what it's like then make me turn 17 shades of envy green hearing about it.

Re:DownShift Meets (Eric)

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 07:22:59 GMT

This too was my first downshift meet and I liked it! everyone was asking about the car and seemed to like it.
I think we deffinetly need to start going as a group, then we can all park up together and pop the fronts and listen to confused comments ;)

Not to mention that if other mr2's rocked up, then they would be able to join up with us and we could tell them about the club :)

Re:DownShift Meets (Ddubtoille)

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:38:30 GMT

Yeah I don't think you will have any friends if you go off the track lol

Re:DownShift Meets (Domma_aw11)

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:26:20 GMT

Ur right, just copyed the rules of the trackday, no mention of speed what so ever, they just say not to run off into the gravel..

Hey guys,

We're going to run another Circuit & Coffee event out at QR since the last couple went well. Same style as the last one. Almost all the details are exactly the same, so if you missed the last one or enjoyed it, get on it and buy some tickets! Some changes are in RED below.

We've hired Queensland Raceway for an hour between 7:00 - 8:00am on 2 March 2013. We have to be off track at 8am on the dot, because there is another group after us again. That still gives us an uninterrupted 60 minutes in which you can go nuts and race your friends, cruise, skid down the straight, pretty much whatever you like, within reason.

If you want in, click here and book: http://downshiftaus.bigcartel.com. Would prefer you do it here rather than cash on the day, it takes just a bit too long to get through everyone, and I don't want people to miss out.

Some rules:
* Spectators are welcome to spectate for free
* ONLY street-registered vehicles permitted
* No protective gear is required such as long sleeves or helmet
* Let faster people go, don't hold anyone up
* Use your common sense
* Track layout will be the National Circuit, which is 3130m long. HEAPS of space.
* If anyone goes into the gravel on the back straight however, layout will be changed to Sprint Circuit (1930m). So DON'T COME OFF ON THE BACK STRAIGHT!!!
* Drivers and passengers are required to be THERE by 6:45am. This is because drivers' briefing is at 6:50am, to be on track by 7am.
* It's crucial to be on time guys, we absolutely have to be off the track by 8am SHARP, due to another group having a track day just after us.

National Circuit

Re:DownShift Meets (Ddubtoille)

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:15:34 GMT

I just checked with my brother he went in is stock 89 prelude so its slow but he wasn't watching the spedo but he did see atleast one time he was doing 140 and he sat as a passenger in my friends BMW and they did 170. I asked him if he remembered them saying anything about a speed limit and he said "they said you can go as fast as you want as long as you can stop before the turn" which is basicly word for word to what I just said so yeah I would be shocked if there was a speed limit cause I was pushing it as hard as I could probably doing 150-170 and having cars just walk on pass me as If I was sittin still (mainly this green Porsche thats a track car and a 1000+ hp skyline)

Re:DownShift Meets (Ddubtoille)

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:41:36 GMT

They never said anything about speed limits when I went, they said we can push it as hard as we want as long as you can still stop at the end of the straight. I definitely was doing over 130 and I had heaps of cars passing me

Re:DownShift Meets (Knightrous)

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:06:25 GMT

Ddubtoille

There's no speed limit just when you go around corners you can't overtake and you can't loose traction. So it isn't as fun as a lot of other ones but for the price it isn't that bad you get to go as fast as you can and race skylines, common whores, civics whatevers there, for people who go to the track regularly yeah I can imagine it isn't that great but for people like me its awesome

Must be some kind of enforced speed limit as I don't see QR allowing you to cannon ball around their track at 200km/h without a helmet on. I know at Power Cruise they have sections on the straight you can do "130km/h" but they are all between markers and outside of those zones it's all <80km/h and no over taking. This allows em to do street drags and crap without crashes.

You can see the zones as per this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUApn2joU3I

Re:DownShift Meets (Ddubtoille)

Mon, 21 Jan 2013 18:27:23 GMT

Due to the success of the last C&C meet, we're putting on a morning breakfast and happy laps meet at Queensland Raceway on the morning of Saturday, 3 December 2013. Same deal as last time, get out there and give your car a good thrashing in a safe, legal way!
Track time is between 7:00 and 8:00am sharp, since there is a group on-track after us. MAKE SURE YOU ARRIVE AT 6:45am for drivers' briefing at 6:50am SHARP.

Just so everyone knows I made a mistake about the month it's march not feb (I was at work while I was typing and didn't bother to check I just didn't expect them to set it up this far in advance) its march 2nd or 3rd there seems to be a bit of confusion on the site also its not December obviously as it says above and on the site. I've sent a message to matyi checking, he is one of the guys in charge of downshift.