Your Chance To Compete With Other Cars At Oran Park
May 14, 2008
grantgenyer.com
The “Need for Speed” event at Oran Park has been organised to provide an enjoyable days competition without the pressure of the big events. The event will cater for Road and Race cars and a Challenge Cup series of events for Aussie Racing Cars.
The event format will allow you to open up your road car and compete with all other cars sharing the on track sessions. Cars will be grouped in to various classes and trophies will be provided for classes. The sessions will be more like traditional qualifying sessions at race events rather than the 2 at a time sprint type event format. Aussie Racing Car drivers will be challenged to the max in an exciting time based format with computer gridding coupled to event positions.
All activities will take place from Pit lane with all cars sharing the Pit facility.
Prominent TV personalities including Grant Denyer, Greg Rust, Neil Crompton and others will be there to participate in the days on track activities. The event will give crews and mechanics the opportunity to have a run in the cars in sessions that will include personalities, Sponsors, TV executives and journalists. All attendees at the event will have the opportunity to get up close to the action on Pit wall.
A minimum CAMS L2S licence is required. Drivers who do not hold a licence or are not a member of a car club will be able to join the new Aussie Racing Car Club who will issue licences.
There is no restriction on drivers undertaking a competitive attitude with other cars on the track as all cars will be timed with the fastest laps deciding the winners in each class. This is your chance to show your mate once and for all you and your car is the quickest.
The event will be filmed for TV to be shown on Foxtel in the 1 hour program that will also include the races from the Wakefield Park Round of the National Series. Various cameras will be used including an innovative new radio controlled helicopter with a camera mounted on board that can follow cars at low level around the circuit. This innovative new camera will capture the on track action in a way that it has never been filmed before as the helicopter is able to fly close to the cars at speed and look in the window at the driver at work behind the wheel.
Around noon the event will host the unveiling of a brand new class of vehicle that is to be promoted in Australia by Aussie Racing Cars. These new cars are set to take the Motorsport world by storm on the back of the phenomenal success of the Aussie Racing Car category. They will create yet another level of opportunity as the cars will be available in kit form thus enabling those with the passion but not necessarily a big budget to get on to the track. The cars will be available for an up close inspection and attendees are invited to climb in and sit behind the wheel.
The TRD Toyota Aurions that just successfully completed Targa Tasmania will be at the track for passenger hot laps which will include the opportunity for 6 lucky attendees to jump in to the passenger side with Neil Bates at the wheel for the thrill of a lifetime. Toyota will also have the Australian Rally Championship cars on display.
