Not stopping for the police

[RSgerry]

Had a great experience on the weekend. I was driving along the main street of a country town, weaving all over the road, nailing the car to about 100kmh and then braking really hard, and to cap it off, going hard around the corners with a bit of tail out action. All the while trying to catch a mate in a modified Cortina.

While I am at this, I have a police car behind me with flashing lights, and I wasnt going to stop.

It was my first around-the-houses racing event and the police car was the back up safety car tailing the field around the track :voldar02: Oh, and it was only a V6, so he didnt have a chance at keeping up with me :-)

An excellent experience. WA is the only state that still has this format of motor sport (apparantly) and it is a huge buzz racing on streets with very large concrete barriers all around. I ended up doing very well and also setting an excellent time, especially for a car that gets driven to and from events. A couple of guys got carried away and nudged the concrete, sadly a very nice Mini Cooper knocked his wing about, but nothing that cant be fixed.

Also did a hillclimb on Saturday and the rain was a great equaliser. One car managed to fall off, a truly insane little old Fiat with a giant modified rotary hanging off the back, but I discovered how slippery the track was and was not going to risk doing the same.

Honestly, if anyone is interested, get yourself some sort of car and join a club and get invloved in racing, hillclimbs, track days, autokhanas etc. It is a great way to get to know your car and have a ton of fun. Regular scruntineering also means that your car, and everyone elses, is as safe as it can be.