this is the only video I have of the day. A mate who also turned up at Grafton on Sunday to compete went to video my last run of the day, and here it is...

burn out 4MB full size

15MB version of the run - full screen

2MB version - resized

Basically what happened was I lost hold of the steering wheel in the middle of the esses for a moment with the amount of wheel work that was happening, and ran out of road on the exit as a consequence. I'm still struggling to come to terms with the steering ratio of the 1200 after getting used to the quick rack in the GTR I guess. I was trying pretty hard to make up a bit over a second on my last run to catch the last WRX that was beating me, and tried to link the previous RH corner into the esses with a bit of an opposite lock slide... it was all going pretty much to plan until I lost hold of the wheel. if you listen closely you might hear a few people starting to clap just before I stacked it

No real damage, just a few scuff marks on the paintwork from the tyre wall, and a bruised ego. But its a great little track - that dipping S bend is pretty challenging as are a few other parts of the course - the uphill start line is something different for me, the 1st turn is weird - very cambered at the start and flattens out as it rises sharply on the exit, and the join from the 1st hill section onto the go-kart track at the top is a very sharp crest which can get you all out of shape. Then just after where I put it in the wall is a tight technical series of 90 degree corners, and you join back up on that short straight for the third time and leave the track halfway through the following RH turn for the finish line. I'll definitely be back there next year - I had a ball down there!

I was still the 2nd fastest car there which is not too bad for my first time there, and considering the quality of the competition. there were a few modified WRXs and an Evo 8 or 9 (I can't tell them apart) and a very fast V8 240Z in my class, all within about a second of each other, and one very quick WRX that was out on his own about 1.5 seconds faster than that group. I'll be out to get him next time! bloody WRXes!