LAKESIDE RE-OPENING SOON

[rich_86]

if any u qld ppl read the news paper it says the owners of QR have signed the papers with pine riwers shire for a 30yr contract...also said 1.2 mil will be spent bringing the track back up to standards and opening date will be around june 08....good news for us northsiders to lazy to drive to QR cause its too fucking far cheers rich

[samuel]

Good stuff

Its about time!

I used to go to Highschool at Dakabin (just over the road from Lakeside)

On a friday arvo we used to be able to hear the V8 Supercars warming up

This was back in like 1996 or 1997 before it got shut down

[PuGZoR]

I remember hearing about this at least six months ago... It's good news, but I don't know the layout of the track. Is it any good for the dorifito?

[samuel]

Does nobody just circuit race anymore?

[orange32]

shit, who cares if its a bad track for drift. Any sort of motorsport complex opening (or re-opening in this case) is good news.


I wondor how much it would be to hire it out?

[DavisJD]

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Does nobody just circuit race anymore?[/b]

Racer checking in

[AsleepAtTheWheel]

I was going to post this up in a seperate topic last week, but it slipped my mind. I guess here is as appropriate place as any now it has been raised.

I received this email through the Westfield Club of Queensland last week:

John Tetley from Qld Raceway is trying to resurrect Lakeside at as low a cost as possible which ultimately benefits future users like us.

He will be organizing working Bs to clean the place up and is looking for electricians, carpenters, glaziers and just plain old labourers like me who can paint and remove rubbish etc.

I imagine it would be good if we can get people along with mobile generators, power tools etc, utes/trucks to cart to the dump.

Send your name and email address to QR (qraceway@bigpond.net.au) so John can contact you next month when he has worked out a bit of a roster and organised stuff.

hi everyone,

Firstly, thank you all for registering and/or offering to help us in some way to get Lakeside up and running again. The size of the job in front of us should not be underestimated and it will take many hands just to get the place cleaned up ready to start putting things back together again.

At this time it wouldn't be fair to ask anyone to start work out there because we have no working toilets, no drinking water and nowhere to sit and eat lunch or relax for a minute. Power is either disconnected or dangerous so we can't even boil a kettle! The other issue right now is lack of equipment so I am going round the auctions looking for materials and machinery; there is probably no worse time of the year to be looking for that sort of stuff.

The vandals and neglect of Lakeside is very heartbreaking but it will come good again.

I am working on getting all of this together by 2nd week January so I'll be back in touch then but if you know where the pipes are etc I would appreciate a call. Our first major job will be to get the tower cleaned out, reglazed and ready for use as the works office. Temporarily we are making the old blue corporate facility usable as an office so that will be the initial centre of operations.

In the meantime we wish you and yours the best of Christmas cheer and look forward to seeing you in 2008.

Thanks again,

jt


Soooo, if you want to volunteer and make a difference to circuit racers like ourselves, get yourself on this register. I'm all up for some cheaper track time, whether it be grip or drift, and who knows what sort of contacts you can make out of it. I've found out heaps of stuff for the clubbie and keto before by talking to the dudes who turn up to this sort of things so do your self a favour, break a sweat and get out there!!

(y)

[PuGZoR]

Registered. Nick, I'm happy that Lakeside is up and running, but any track that can double as a good grip track and a good drift track is doubly as useful. Fast corners are still fun. (y)

[samuel]

Don't get me wrong, I don't hate drift

But I get sick of every time a new track is opened, all anyone cares about is the drift :(

Lakeside has a huge racing heritage, and I think for it to be used (abused) with a major emphasis on drift will

A. Get it shut down due to noise (again)
B. Be a waste of a historic track.

While I understand that to cater for "the market" they might have to open it up to drift, I think that the people who remember what it once was, it should try and stay the same way.

[verm69]

i'll hopefully be giving drift, grip and hill climb a go when my beast is up and going

it's a shame the rest of garage shanty and i don't live closer! one is a plumber, one is a sparkie, one is a tyler, one is a chippie... and i do computers :( hahaha

[raceAE86]

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Does nobody just circuit race anymore?[/b]

Racer checking in
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Another racer checking in. grip,grip,grip

[ke70dave]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Nick @ Dec 21 2007, 11:30 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=455988)</div>
Don't get me wrong, I don't hate drift

But I get sick of every time a new track is opened, all anyone cares about is the drift :(

Lakeside has a huge racing heritage, and I think for it to be used (abused) with a major emphasis on drift will

A. Get it shut down due to noise (again)
B. Be a waste of a historic track.

While I understand that to cater for "the market" they might have to open it up to drift, I think that the people who remember what it once was, it should try and stay the same way.[/b]

with ya on that one nick!

i woudlnt mind giving circuit racing a go, be alot of fun i reckon!

anyway heres the track

http://www.lakesideraceway.com/lakesidecircuit.jpg

[puzzigully]

would you WANT to drift it even if they allowed it, theres no run off room and no sandtraps

[samuel]

Yeah the ripple strips are a bit extreme too :P

[burado]

LOL Racer checking in
**Puts hand up as well**
Iv'e done heaps of laps around lakeside in an F2 Ralt and won the '98 QLD state championships there. It is truely an awesome track. Every corner is better than the last
I recon i enjoyed it more than Phillip Island.
I think Chris O and a few others on here that have run there before would love to run there again.

[skin]

Any drifter can grip :lol: :lol:

[Driftspec]

Drift as Lakeside is a big no-no. I've chatted to the lads from QR in the past, and they plan to use it for track days, historic tourers and other circuit events, but because of the tracks layout, height changes, and lack of run off.

There would be plenty of people (myself included) that would love to go out an spectate or drive in circuit events, either private track days or part of a comp. Not to mention the skid pad area that will hopefully be opened up to 'get kids off the street' (don't quote me on that one though). I can't wait to see it open, I'll see if I can put my hand up to help out as well, because I would love to see racing happening again at Lakeside sometime soon.

[24 yr old Two door 86]

(checks the slicks are still good)

[driftke70]

i love drift as much as grip, but my grip driving usually leads to sliding anyways.

the track itself is pretty marginal for drift, the track next to it on the other hand.

will have to take the ole sr20det powered lotus 7 out for a blap.

[DRFTPG]

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i love drift as much as grip, but my grip driving usually leads to sliding anyways.

the track itself is pretty marginal for drift, the track next to it on the other hand.

will have to take the ole sr20det powered lotus 7 out for a blap.[/b]

i was sitting here goin hmm i wonder what ctrl w does after looking at your sig
so i tried it and FUCKKK devostating results hahahaha

[COS61AE86RACER]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Nick @ Dec 21 2007, 08:49 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=455937)</div>
Does nobody just circuit race anymore?[/b]

A previous Lakeside racer checking in

Been waiting for this day to come for quite some time, will be great to get back out to Lakeside again

Its such a great place to race and so rewarding if you have a "real good go"

Clemmo you think we can get 2x 86's through the kink flat out ??

Cheers
Chris O

[Gunner]

The kink will be piece of piss mate, I thinking side by side flat out under dunlop, through hungry, round easter loop then drag race to the kink..
Iv'e raced at QR, Morgan park, Stanthorpe, Eastern creek, oran park, wakefield park, Sandown, and Phillip Island and Lakeside would have to be the most exciting track to drive around, the other tracks are all good but Lakeside was just special.
Can't wait to have another speed there :2thumbs:

[sideways_ae86]

hey guys here is a birds eye picture its pretty mad we went there last year there was a thing on for dominos pizza we sponserd craig lowndes and he took some drivers out to the track one of them was my brother in his R32 GTR 12 sec car and yeah he said it was beautiful lap track. lowndes drove my brothers GTR and said it was a awsome car and the track is really good for its age he said it was a good lapping so yeah heads up it could be good for drift lap time attack everything best i like 5 mins down the road :P

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[driftke70]

then you woke up

[ae86 drifter]

nice to see another track reopening,im from NSW but ill be sure to come for a drive one day to take alook

[samuel]

No, he is for real

Craig Llowndes also drove my old housemate's Subaru Liberty round lakeside also.

Dominos have sponsorship of the V8 supercars or something and they do run track runs for the Dominos drivers


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then you woke up[/b]

[AsleepAtTheWheel]

Dominos used to sponsor Triple Eight Racing back when they were the Betta Electrical cars. I seem to recall small Dominos logos on the rear spoiler uprights. I see if I can find a pic...


EDIT (thank you Google Images) :P

http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/4/8/4/3/162346.jpg

They went with the Vodafone Racing refit...

[samuel]

Yep, it was 888 racing

[BIG RED 70]

yeah dominos used to sponsor 888 racing... i dont think they are sponsoring any other racing teams at present

[sideways_ae86]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Nick @ Jan 10 2008, 12:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> (index.php?act=findpost&pid=466124)</div>
Yep, it was 888 racing[/b]

thanks nick for helping me out for that one!

[sideways_ae86]

here is more proof of it for you guys[attachment=20931:CraigLow...Delivery.jpg][attachment=20930:craig_lowndes_01
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[sideways_ae86]

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