The first thing you all need to know, is that this can only happen if you put your money where your mouth is. In order to book the venue for the only remaining date until december, we need to lay down a significant deposit. That means we need YOU to either give us a deposit, or pay in full ASAP. If this doesn't happen fast it is very likely the venue will be booked by someone else, which means we miss out. Keep in mind this event will be capped at just 20 participants, so that participants who do attend get the maximum skid pan time possible. That means that this is likely to fill up fast and of course the only fair management of places is first payed, first served and that is exactly how it shall be.
So, with that very important detail out of the way... here are the details:
"Huh? What?"
Skid Pan day! The Skid Pan is 2 ΒΌ acres (148m x 61m) of polished cement, automatically flooded through steel grates with water pumped from a dam. Even my Mums Elantra could get sideways! There will be various courses setup (using witches hats) throughout the day for you to test and develop your skills. So basically, get sideways and dodge the orange things! Also there will be at least one driving instructor on hand from Auto-Motion Australia to help with slide control and help you learn the boundaries of grip if you wish. Note that the Skid Pan is limited to one car at a time for this event.
"Where?"
Eastern Creek. You get there by entering Eastern Creek through the rear entrance and driving through the tunnel to the centre of the track. The entrance to the Skid Pan is oppisite the medical centre. Please leave room for other participants when parking, but don't park on the skid pan. There should be sufficient parking space if some people park on the grass.
"When?"
Sunday July 16th, 2006. We should be able to start at 9:00am, which means a meeting time of 8:30am. This will go all day so don't plan on leaving before 5:00pm, because you wont want to. These times will be confirmed closer to the event.
"Do I need a CAMS Licence or such?"
No. This is a fun-orientated driver training day. As such you just need yourself, sensible clothes, your money and a roadworthy car. No helmet is required.
"Wont I get hungry?"
More than likely! There are food vendors at Eastern Creek which will be open on the day and if you don't trust them, there are other options reasonably close. Also there is a fridge you can store you lunch in if you wish to BYO.
"Thirsty?"
Of course, as always there will be cans of soft drink made available at $1 each. We'll even have a fridge this time!
"Why would I want to ....?"
"Yeah ok... but how much?"
$185.00
I have personally attended a Skid Pan event where there were some 45 odd people participating and as well as operating extremely smoothly everyone got plenty of time on the Skid Pan, it was a fantastic day and everybody had a great time. This event will be unique in that there will be driving instructors available and anyone can give it a go. Spectators are of course welcome, this is a friendly SilviaNSW event just like any other.
"Alright, I'm in! Now what?"
Well as mentioned straight off the bat, we need deposits or full payments in order to make this happen. Prefered payment is internet transfer but you can also deposit at any CBA branch or pay by credit card if you wish (direct to Auto-Motion). As soon as we have the required deposit the venue will be booked (and this will be announced), but if we happen to miss out full refunds will be given to everybody. Email imskitzoandsoami@silviansw.com for bank details (or if you wish to pay by credit card - in which case I will provide Auto-Motion contact details) and I will reply with both bank details/instructions and a .doc form to supply me with your contact details to make sure we can contact you.
Please don't PM me about the skid pan day, by all means email me though. It's just so I can get details to people without logging into the forums at work. By all means PM me about any other matter at any time.
If anybody has any questions, please post away. If there are any queries I'd rather answer them here for all to see
Looking forward to this guys, I hope we can make it happen!
Graham.
edit: badhairdave,
We have had a few issues with double bookings please check page 4 for details
16/7/06 will only be possible with 1/2 skid pan, 1/2 skid circuit. 23/7/06 can be booked for full day skidpan
