Whoop Ass Wednesday Autocross

[Kilma]

Pulled straight from the Quit Motorplex site (http://www.motorplex.com.au/news/2006_11_06_08.html)


The Perth Motorplex and the West Australian Car Club are proud to announce a new and exciting motorsport series, the Whoop Ass Wednesday Autocross.

To be run on Wednesday evening’s in conjunction with the very popular Genie Exhaust Whoop Ass Wednesday street drags, the Autocross will be run on the high banks of the Speedway track.

Competitors will get the opportunity throw it sideways around the Speedway weaving through chicanes and deviations.

Autocross is open to Rally, Off Road, Autocross and Street Cars. Rally and Off Road drivers will have the opportunity to use their cars over the summer months and the Autocross and Street cars will have the opportunity to test their skills against some of WA’s best rally drivers.

Dates:
Wednesday 13 December 2006
Wednesday 10 January 2007
Wednesday 14 February 2007
Wednesday 14 March 2007

EVENT DETAILS
Competitor gates open: 5:00pm
Scrutiny: 5:00pm
Racing: 6.00pm to 9.30pm
Cost: $70.00 or $60.00 Juniors (14-17 age)
Requirements: Membership of a CAMS Car Club*
CAMS Licence Level L2S or L2SJ or higher**
Vehicle that meets the CAMS Vehicle Requirements Schedule A & B

* To join the WA Car Club phone Julie on 0408 927157
** Current CAMS National Rally licence holders are reminded that they will expire on 31 December and should
arrange their new 2007 licence now. Level L2S and L2SJ are available from the WA Car Club or other CAMS Clubs.
Supplementary Regulations available on www.motorplex.com.au

For More Information Call:
Ross Tapper (WA Car Club) on 0418 950022 or
Gavin Migro (Perth Motorplex) on 9439 9406 (business hours)

Sounds like it could be interesting to watch. Don't think I will be throwing the Falc in there though.

[[RX2]]

cool something els to watch !

[gerrin]

woo hoo is this the end of speedway
i reckon they could make a killer drift track and a massive burnout pad in that area

[doriae86]

would this **** ya car up, ie thrashing around on that clay **** ?

[Volatile Rob]

LOL.. sounds like fun, but i might have to remove my snow plow (front bar) to enter...

Rob

[Tre-Cool]

only problem with this is all the bull**** requirements just to trash your car on some dirt. Fark that!

[FranZ]

What, a fire extinguisher????

Other than that, it has to pass regular scruitineering! Have working seatbelts, brakes etc!

[S133LTR]

does that mean you require a CAMS lic OR a WASCC membership or do you require both?

[joshg123]

Both, WASCC is a cams affiliated club

[FranZ]

Well, kind of both - for your cams license to be valid, you need to be a member of a CAMS affiliated car club. WASCC is one, AFARCC is another and a cheaper option if you're not planning to do tuning days at Barbagallo raceway.

[Tre-Cool]

What, a fire extinguisher????

Other than that, it has to pass regular scruitineering! Have working seatbelts, brakes etc!
What i meant is to even compete your gonna need to be apart of a cams affiliated club = $$$, then buy a cams license = $$$, then pay entry fee = $$$

Compared to say competeting at the drags =$40.

[FranZ]

Its all part of insurance! Cams license is $90/year - cams affiliated car club can be as little as $12/year. Then entry fee to events.

Id gladly pay that to drive corners and actually be challenged rather than simply driving in a straight line! - note: only abuse me and say its not easy to drive down a drag strip if your car does sub 10's.

[zeroyon]

Id gladly pay that to drive corners and actually be challenged rather than simply driving in a straight line! - note: only abuse me and say its not easy to drive down a drag strip if your car does sub 10's.

Nar we'll all abuse ya anyhow :P

Your evo 60ft was a bit slow, perhaps improving that could be a "challenge" for you ?

[FranZ]

Could be a challenge - but any monkey can dial up 7000rpm and let the clutch out quickly - thats all I did!

1.79 60' on a stock clutch with street tyres running street pressures, I feel I've met the challenge and succeeded.

[Kilma]

note: only abuse me and say its not easy to drive down a drag strip if your car does sub 10's.
Its easy to keep the front wheel/s down in a car. :shake: :lol:

[wadragracing]

Its all part of insurance! Cams license is $90/year - cams affiliated car club can be as little as $12/year. Then entry fee to events.

Id gladly pay that to drive corners and actually be challenged rather than simply driving in a straight line! - note: only abuse me and say its not easy to drive down a drag strip if your car does sub 10's.
Plus you're not talking about actual competition like in dial-your-own where plenty of skills is required.
I'll leave it at that though. :)
Plus anyone can turn a steering wheel right? :shake:

[FranZ]

How is plenty skill required for dial your own? You just keep repeating what you did the previous run to keep running the same time. Hell Ricey has no skills and nearly won DYO a few years back in his Sigma! hehe :p

Yes, anyone can turn a steering wheel - just like any monkey can drop a clutch and nail the throttle and then shift fairly quick - like I said we're talking +10sec 1/4 mile cars here - I understand and respect that its not easy to go faster. Fact in autox or any other disipline of motorsport you'll find that its not just nailing a throttle and heading down a straight relatively flat bit of road; its balancing the car using throttle, brakes and steering - you can't argue that DYO or general +10sec 1/4miles require more skill.


And I thought that I said to only abuse me if your car does sub 10's :p hehe


PS. Love you Ricey! hehe

[[RX2]]

abuse abuse abuse

wah wah

[wadragracing]

How is plenty skill required for dial your own? You just keep repeating what you did the previous run to keep running the same time. Hell Ricey has no skills and nearly won DYO a few years back in his Sigma! hehe :p

Yes, anyone can turn a steering wheel - just like any monkey can drop a clutch and nail the throttle and then shift fairly quick - like I said we're talking +10sec 1/4 mile cars here - I understand and respect that its not easy to go faster. Fact in autox or any other disipline of motorsport you'll find that its not just nailing a throttle and heading down a straight relatively flat bit of road; its balancing the car using throttle, brakes and steering - you can't argue that DYO or general +10sec 1/4miles require more skill.


And I thought that I said to only abuse me if your car does sub 10's :p hehe


PS. Love you Ricey! hehe
Fast Friday next week - game on. If it is so easy you must be able to beat me right?
That said I did go out first round at the last one haha.
My point is that they require different skills, Franz. I appreciate the skills required to go fast around a circuit, and maybe you can appreciate the skills (which are not neccessarily so much driving as strategy based) in drag racing.

[FranZ]

I would if you sponsor my Evo a new clutch! Saying that, I've run my cars and I know what they can do - I don't see the point hurting my car and not really testing much else time and time again especially without modifying anything! It just doesn't interest me that much.

Yes, I can appreciate the skills required - which is why I made point of the sub 10 comment. When talking strategy its not really testing driving ability or skill as you've pointed out so therefore I don't think rates much into this argument/discussion/topic!

[Lump]

Its all part of insurance! Cams license is $90/year - cams affiliated car club can be as little as $12/year. Then entry fee to events.

Id gladly pay that to drive corners and actually be challenged rather than simply driving in a straight line! - note: only abuse me and say its not easy to drive down a drag strip if your car does sub 10's.

^agreed, wanners best $ value around :lol: but each to there own..