OK you can be the big sister and look after all of us as your little brothers.
 

Thanks mate :-)
I wasn't feeling too good about it after it happened, but now I've moved past that and I can have a good laugh about it because there was no serious damage.

I think the photos from this years challenge deserve their own thread - who wants to start it?
 

We also need to start a new thread for the MR2 Wakefield Park Challenge 2018 or more accurately the MR2 Wakefield Park Challenge 2017 Mark II.
 
We have taken on board your comments about the heat and just to make sure I got the message, I spent a little over an hour in the ambulance room on Wednesday morning suffering from dehydration and with a resting pulse rate of 145 (normally 55-60 for me). Sorry for being so inconsiderate and not being around to say goodbye to a number of you.
 
Wakefield Park's calendar is quite crowded in the early part of next year and after discussions with a number of this year's entrants, very few wanted to wait almost two years till the end of 2018 for the next Challenge.
 
With that in mind, we examined temperature and rainfall charts for Goulburn over the last 30 years. Goulburn has a fairly low rainfall and it is distributed reasonably evenly throughout the year. Average maximum daily temperature in November is 23 C and we have secured November 27 and 28 for the next round of the Challenge.
 
The same hardworking group that brought you the January Challenge will be putting together the November event, and rest assured that we will be using our "ïmagination" to come up with a couple of innovative and exciting changes to the program.
 
Geoff Fear and Paul Brell have already indicated they will be back (with Paul especially appreciative of the potential for much cooler weather). Paul has also indicated that he may be able to entice another experienced MR2 mechanic or two which would free up Geoff Fear for more driver training. Win Win all around.
 
The website for the MR2 Wakefield Challenge 2017 Mark II will soon be up and running and we look forward to seeing you all again at Wakefield Park in November.

Yeeesss! You guys are awesome.

Is Nov 27-28 confirmed 100%? Should we go ahead and do our leave applications for work?

Sorry to hear about your dehydration problem on Wednesday Peter. That explains why Shaz and I couldn't find you anywhere.

Unfortunately there's no way i can get away at that time of year :( Looks like my Wakefield days are over...

Shaz

rikkir
Unfortunately there's no way i can get away at that time of year :( Looks like my Wakefield days are over...

😑 that's not good Rick. No chance at all??

On another note, if anyone from Newcastle or South of here is suspended, I'm available to get you & your car there. Hehehe.

As I work in retail, we have huge amounts of stock arriving in late November, and sales are at their peak in the 3-4 weeks before Christmas. As I need to allow 4 days travel on top of the few days at Wakefield Park, I'd need a full week off at our busiest time of year.... just not possible :(

Jaemus
That sucks Rick. Maybe someone is willing to share cars if you fly over?

Fantastic news Peter, and may I say again congratulations on a successful event. I'll get my leave application in for part II and start fixing my cooling system :)

While flights from Adelaide to Sydney are cheap enough, Ceduna to Adelaide is prohibitively expensive - around $200+ each way...