Taupo Fun Day

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Need, more, 5-ing, time....
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Taupo Fun Day

Post by MN » Tue May 02, 2006 9:52 pm

I went to the MR2 Taupo Fun Day last Monday who had hired the full track. 40
odd cars appeared including 2 turbo'ed "5s", a red one from Tauranga and a
white one with a very nice body kit. Anyone going on the upcoming MX5 Driver's
Day is in for a treat - well during the hot lap session anyway. The track is
fabulous, TV doesn't do it justice. The width of the track gives you so much
more confidence to try different lines and braking points. A couple of the
corners are off camber and slightly downhill which makes for interesting
apexing. The right left leading onto the front straight is quite tight as is
the right onto the old hairpin. The one turbo'ed 5 I timed was doing 2mins 7
sec laps first out so would have improved during the day, and on road tyres,
so I would think sub 2 minutes from FI on "proper" tyres would be easily
attainable.

If anyone wants to have a full days fun then the MR2 days at Taupo and
Manfield are the place to do it and they particularly welcomed the MX5's. No
need for roll protection either and plenty of track time, the single driver
cars on Monday would have got at least 12 sets of 3-4 laps.
cheers,

Mark

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