In order to compete in a Supersprint, you need to hold a CAMS (Confereration of Australian Motorsport) speed licence. You also need to have stickers on the car to tell officials where your battery and tow hooks are in the event of an accident. The organisers also expect that you have a secondary restraint on your bonnet (i.e something in addition to the latch), so i've sourced some bonnet pins to keep it nice and secure. The old owner already had a fire extinguisher mounted in the cabin, so check that one off the list.
Inside the car, i've decided to have proper harness mounting points welded into the parcel shelf. A harness not only provides additional safety over a lap sash seat belt, but also keeps you securely in place during cornering, meaning you can focus all your attention on driving rather than trying to brace yourself as you slide around in your seat. I'm really happy with the setup, should hold me perfectly (see pic).
On the car itself, i've had an oil temp sender installed to keep a close eye on those oil temperatures, and also purchased some new race tyres which should see me through 2010. I've chosen the Yokohama A048R (see pic) - it is the control tyre of the Improved Production Racing Series and the V8 brutes. It's not the grippiest semi slick on the market, but the price was right and it will be plenty adequate while I continue to learn.
And last but not least, my brother and I designed a simple little device to mount a video camera on the passenger side of the parcel shelf, so hopefully I will have some video to share of the first outing! We dismanted a tripod, and secured it to the child seat point using a lengthened bolt and a few washers. Very simple, very effective!
Until then, it's time to study a few more youtube clips of Eastern Creek, and get those lines in my head so the course seems like second nature. Can't wait for the 14th February!
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