SPEEDHUNTERS: SUNDAY DRIVER: TRACK LAPPING NZ STYLE

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原贴：By Brad Lord
http://www.speedhunters.com/2013/05/sunday-drivers-track-lapping-nz-style/


While there might not be any substitute for driving your car enthusiastically through a perfectly carved mountain or canyon road, we all know that the only place to enjoy the upper limits of its performance is to flog it around a race track. Track days are nothing new of course, but over the past couple of years their popularity in New Zealand has definitely been on the increase.


With that in mind, I thought there was a good opportunity to head along and check out a regular event held at Pukekohe Park Raceway called NZ Track Day.


Unlike most local track days which are operated by the track themselves or their associates, the guys behind NZ Track Day simply hire out the venue to hold their events. Originally it was just a small close-knit group of friends that brought out their cars, but it’s much bigger now.


For the most part though, everyone is still connected by friendship, which goes some way in explaining the relaxed atmosphere. The event organiser, Henry Choi, always manages to get a few laps in, in his Motul Honda Cup car too.


Although the majority of the cars that attend are of Japanese origin – the UK-assembled EP3 Civic Type-R technically an exception to the rule in this photo – there’s plenty of variety within the ranks.


There’s definitely no shortage of BNR32 Skyline GT-Rs in New Zealand, unlike the ST205 Celica GT-Four, which are few and far between now. Judging by the elevated rear wing, this one could be the desirable WRC/Group A Rallye variant.


On the subject of Celica GT-Fours, considering that I haven’t seen one on the street for a long time I was very surprised to see an original ST165 out lapping the track. Given that the rally-bred model is fast approaching 30 years of age and rust wasn’t their friend, it’s understandable.


Hondas, however, were in abundance – especially Type-R grade Integras. Of course, considering how much car you can get for such little money these days it’s not hard to see why. I really think I need some ITR in my life...


It was the first time NZ Track Day had used the Pukekohe circuit after its upgrade for the Auckland round of the V8 Supercars which I covered last month. Although the back straight is a bit shorter now, thanks to a new deviation that adds three extra corners, you can still get plenty of pace on


The end of the front straight is pretty quick too, and you definitely need to be in the right spot on the track for the fast-approaching right-hand sweeper, if you’re hard on it. The passenger in the Nissan Pulsar VZ-R behind the DC5 looks like he’s ready!


One of the best sounding, and arguably coolest looking cars was this V8-powered ’84 Corolla DX wagon. I didn’t get a chance to take a look under the bonnet, but it looks like there might be a 1UZ-FE quad cam strapped up front.


There were some sweet sounds emitting from this naturally aspirated and peripheral ported 13B RX-7 too. It might only be a replica of the Moffat/Katayama Group C  machine, but it’s a damn good one.


This DC5 Type-R looked quite quick out on the track, and after a close inspection in the pits I found out it was running a JTune K24 engine upgrade and full slicks.

野牛

对车有什么要求？ 费用多少啊？

sky9

野牛 发表于 2013-5-26 10:17
对车有什么要求？ 费用多少啊？

你可以看我们下次聚会

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casanova

ding ~~~ new puke track makes races a lot more interesting 前天 看 v8 一大群 spun out

sky9

need more practice ~!