(Un-Official) General Practice Session - Pre MR2 Nationals AHD Event June 6th

 
This is for all those coming to the QLD MR2 Nationals that have booked and paid for the AHD, this is the track event held at Queensland Raceway on June 6th. If you haven’t booked and paid for the AHD and were interested in some track time, still have a read of this thread as there is the opportunity for you to get some track time, but at a slightly higher price than those of us already booked and paid for the AHD.
 
As it stands right now the AHD day consists of us being entered into the sprint session the afternoon of the 6th running from 1pm to 5pm. There is around 20 of us MR2’s battling out for best times around Queensland raceway in a sprint format. This event does not include any open track time or practice on the track, it’s a sprint event only.
 
For those who wish to get some open track time to practice before the event and get to know the track, there is a really good opportunity available for very little money.
 
Queensland raceway have an open practice session on the same day June 6^th running from 8am to 12:30pm. I spoke to the folks at QR this morning and for all those that have paid for the AHD sprints in the afternoon, we can also gain entry into the open practice session the morning of the 6^th for just another $55. This is extremely good value for what will be around four and a half hours of un-interrupted practice time on the track before our sprint event starts in the afternoon.
 
There is only a couple of conditions for entry which I have listed below.
 
(Clothing) Must be if not wearing a fire suit, long sleeve shirt, long pants, closed in shoes.
(Safety Gear) Helmet
 
The payment is made on the day at the track, no booking is required.
 
For those that did not make it into the AHD sprints, or just didn’t decide in time and now wanted to get some track time, the open practice session can be bought for $120. As above this price is only for those that didn’t pay and make it into the AHD sprint session, if you booked and paid for the AHD sprints the practice session is only $55. So there is an opportunity still there for people not in the AHD afternoon sprints to get some track time.
 

dave_101
 
As it stands right now the AHD day consists of us being entered into the sprint session the afternoon of the 6th running from 1pm to 5pm. There is around 20 of us MR2’s battling out for best times around Queensland raceway in a sprint format.

After chatting on FB, I've been talked into keeping my spot.
hehehe............ Battling out for best times.  is there a prize for slowest lap? lol.  Even my quickest lap will quite probably be slower that everyone else's slowest lap, if my go-carting effort a few weeks ago, is anything to go by.
 
While practice before the sprints sounds good, I think I'll give that a miss tho due to there being so many cars on the track at the same time.
 
Thanks to the committee for considering all variables for those coming from interstate.  Cost & the need to be able to get back home, etc. 

Not worried about lap times at all.  Hopefully tho, I will get a little quicker between the first & last.
My "happy lap"  experiences are mostly from the passenger seat.  woooohooooo. lots of fun.  The "cruise laps" around Wakefield were very much speed limited,  Altho, the first year, with someone in the passenger seat telling me not to back off, I did take some of the corners a little quicker than I otherwise would have.

Must agree, I have done the Happy Laps thing at QR and there were so many cars it was crazy. I videod the whole thing, must find it to show you guys, but we were allowed to go like hell on the straights and had to slow down and no overtaking in the corners. So, i found myself zipping past V8's in the twisty bits , and them passing me back on the straights. Looking forward to the AHD I think it will be so much better.

If my original post wasn’t clear enough sorry about that. What I have posted about is *not* an official part of the Nationals AHD event the same afternoon. It’s also *not* in any way meant to be a competing event either.
 
This thread is just a friendly notice to people entered into the official Nationals AHD event that are more motorsport orientated if they wish to get some general practice in before the official event they can. For those wanting to take a competitive stance to the AHD event in the afternoon, a general practice prior to the event may be something they are interested in, especially those from out of state that have never driven the track before. Also for those not entered into the AHD, but are familiar with general practice track events and wanted to get some track time in while they are up here for the nationals they can.
 
Spyder, this is actually not happy laps as Aaron also pointed out, Walter got a little mixed up there. Happy laps are sessions like Downshift, Torque Time, they are sessions where no safety equipment is required and just cruising around the track and no racing. These happy lap sessions you do still get some speed up, but it’s not like general practice which is more serious.
 
General practice requires helmets, long sleeve shirts, jeans, closed in shoes. It’s a mix of street cars and race cars allowed to properly practice on the track.
 
The few times I have seen the beginnings of general practice sessions there was considerably less cars out for them compared to Downshift or Torque time happy laps, the happy laps stuff does tend to have a LOT of cars on the track at once. Not saying that won’t also be the case on the day for us at general practice, impossible to predict, but it should have a lower density of cars compared to a happy laps sessions. This general practice is going to be more for those who have had track experience before and wish to get some real practice in before the official AHD event, or if not booked into that the opportunity to get some track time in while they are here for the Nationals