EOI: Private Drift Night - SMSP

[froop]

Hi guys,

I'm looking at organising private drift nights at the skid pan at Sydney Motorsport Park at Eastern Creek and I'm looking for expressions of interest.

Date/s: TBC

Time: Most likely 6-10pm either on a weeknight or weekend

Attendees: 10 or less people

Requirements: Roadworthy car, helmet, CAMS L2S License. It's possible that a CAMS membership could be organised for the day however the cost is $65 for a day and $105 for an annual license. You need to be with a CAMS registered club however.

Cost: Most likely it will cost around $220pp. This would be the cheapest that I can make it based on the costs involved in booking the skid pan, security, licenses, public liability insurance etc. The cost will include dinner, drinks and snacks.

How is the night run?: Everyone will be taking turns on the skidpan (one at a time only) for 3-6 minute sessions (yet to be decided on) on a rotational basis until our time is up. There will be a circle (or two) of traffic cones set up on the skidpan to attempt to drift around.

The reason I am trying to organise this is because drifting is a lot of fun and unfortunately there aren't many options to do this in a safe and forgiving environment. The Formula Company do run a very similar night with an instructor and whilst they don't require a CAMS license they charge $300 a night. There are drift clubs around which charge approximately $180/day however for these you also need a CAMS license and there are about 40+ attendees. With these you also usually go out on the skidpan in groups of 4 which is a bit daunting and also involves much more risk.

If you are keen on attending something like this, please let me know via pm, mobile, email etc and I'll put your name on some kind of mailing list. The only way I'll be able to organise this is if I get pretty much at least 9-10 people for each night so I need a good idea of who would be keen on coming before I book everything.

Alex

[Kirst]

Man if this just happens to be organised for sometime during October it would be awesome.

[froop]

Originally Posted by BMWlady

Man if this just happens to be organised for sometime during October it would be awesome.

Are you coming down to Sydney in your car?

[05C4R]

sounds good, how much without dinner snacks and drinks

[froop]

Originally Posted by beemer

sounds good, how much without dinner snacks and drinks

It's kinda included in the cost haha. Just was going to bring some water, soft drinks, snacks and then order pizza for everyone.

[skyscraper_g80]

Would be interested in this if its held on a weekend

[Kirst]

Originally Posted by froop

Are you coming down to Sydney in your car?

Indeed. Will be down for WTAC

[froop]

Originally Posted by BMWlady

Indeed. Will be down for WTAC

Awesome! Competing?

[froop]

Originally Posted by evolution42

Would be interested in this if its held on a weekend

I'll ask if the weekend costs the same as the weekdays. Saturday night would be great.

[Kirst]

Originally Posted by froop

Awesome! Competing?

Not this year lol we just go to watch every year

[froop]

Hey everyone, I just realised that a lot of people would be quite worried about the toll that drifting would take on the car and tyres. To reassure everyone, the skidpan is made from polished concrete and during the night will be completely wet. There is no tyre squealing or smoke so there is minimal tyre wear. No need to buy an extra set of rims and/or cheap tyres!

[UR25IO]

I might be interested, just need to know when so i can save my penny up for it

[flinchy]

Originally Posted by froop

Hey everyone, I just realised that a lot of people would be quite worried about the toll that drifting would take on the car and tyres. To reassure everyone, the skidpan is made from polished concrete and during the night will be completely wet. There is no tyre squealing or smoke so there is minimal tyre wear. No need to buy an extra set of rims and/or cheap tyres!

does this one get diesel poured over it to help with the slipperiness?

the mt cotton one up here does, and while it is GREAT for lack of traction and tyre wear, is terrible for filthying up cars.

[froop]

Originally Posted by flinchy

does this one get diesel poured over it to help with the slipperiness?

the mt cotton one up here does, and while it is GREAT for lack of traction and tyre wear, is terrible for filthying up cars.

No diesel, just water!

[flinchy]

Originally Posted by froop

No diesel, just water!

damn, could have resulted in a post-skidpan carwash adventure haha

i guess the polish removes a lot of the need for the diesel. nice.

[Cam 130i]

I would be interested.
For those who have not done SMSP skid pan it is a lot of fun and not too hard on your car.
I have done a few with the BMW Club over the years and look forward to the next club day there in September

[martymil]

Never done one, should be fun count me in.

[Anthony B]

I'd like to express my interest, I'm in the midst of getting my cams license. Should be a good experience to learn my e82 cause it's a whole different kind of beast to my e30

[_Ryan_]

There is a club that runs drift 101 days; plus SAUVIC run DECA motorkhanas at DECA in VIC. It's in Shep, few hours from Sydney I believe(I know some sydney people have come down before). It's $70, plus $100 for accom.

Check it out. Also, Winton have regular drift days.

[saurabh_turingMS]

I'm down for drift night at SMSP