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- brumbyrunner
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Hyden
For anyone interested (or couldn't make it ) I just learned that
Hyden will be on Speedweek on SBS on Sunday 9th May.
Hyden will be on Speedweek on SBS on Sunday 9th May.
Settlement Creek Racing
- brumbyrunner
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I've nominated for the Lockyer 300 on the 26th October. If any forum members are going, don't forget to look us up. Link to the event here http://www.aorc.com.au/lockyer-valley/
Settlement Creek Racing
- brumbyrunner
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The Lockyer 300 was a lot tougher on cars than we all expected. Not a single Extreme 4wd, Extreme 2wd finished the event (including us), only 1 UTV, 1 Performance 4wd and 2 Performance 2wds completed the entire course.
We had a canister hose on the pass. side front shock rub on the bonnet and lost all the oil about 7km into the first section on Sat. Had to drive the next 93km with no dampening on that corner. We lost a fair amount of time because of it and were 19 min behind the leader.
The crew did a fantastic job servicing the car and getting us to the start line for section 2 on Sun morning and we took 4 min off the leading class 8 on the first 50km lap.
Then disaster struck while trying to overtake the remaining class 7 competitor in the dust. The pass. side front control arm folded back on itself, pulling the lower balljoint apart and with nothing to locate the hub, it moved back into the firewall forcing us to stop. We had no chance of repairing it before the final stage so that put us out of the event.
Fortunately we only needed the points from the first section to give us an unbeatable lead in the AORC and so we finished 2013 as class champions. Next time you see the gold brumby racing we'll be wearing 801!
Huge thanks to Brett, Megan, Dane & Dan. Jeff from ********* and John for building the gearbox. Top effort guys.
We had a canister hose on the pass. side front shock rub on the bonnet and lost all the oil about 7km into the first section on Sat. Had to drive the next 93km with no dampening on that corner. We lost a fair amount of time because of it and were 19 min behind the leader.
The crew did a fantastic job servicing the car and getting us to the start line for section 2 on Sun morning and we took 4 min off the leading class 8 on the first 50km lap.
Then disaster struck while trying to overtake the remaining class 7 competitor in the dust. The pass. side front control arm folded back on itself, pulling the lower balljoint apart and with nothing to locate the hub, it moved back into the firewall forcing us to stop. We had no chance of repairing it before the final stage so that put us out of the event.
Fortunately we only needed the points from the first section to give us an unbeatable lead in the AORC and so we finished 2013 as class champions. Next time you see the gold brumby racing we'll be wearing 801!
Huge thanks to Brett, Megan, Dane & Dan. Jeff from ********* and John for building the gearbox. Top effort guys.
Settlement Creek Racing
brumbyrunner wrote: Fortunately we only needed the points from the first section to give us an unbeatable lead in the AORC and so we finished 2013 as class champions. Next time you see the gold brumby racing we'll be wearing 801!
Huge thanks to Brett, Megan, Dane & Dan. Jeff from ********* and John for building the gearbox. Top effort guys.
Well done to all..
Back in a Subaru, 03 Forester XS:D
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