I did hear that saying once or twice over the journey! One instance that springs to mind was back in 2000. We’d completed the Oran Park weekend and had a ride day scheduled for the Tuesday at Wakefield Park, near Goulburn. Now, I’d been there before (can’t remember why – but it was for a high-performance day of some description) so I’d done quite a few laps around the joint.
I love the Wakefield track – particularly from a teaching/training point of view. It has some lovely corner combinations and the loop at the top of the hill makes you think about single or double apex approaches and the like, plus it’s forgiving in the case of someone running out of talent!
We arrived down from Sydney early afternoon on the Monday in a couple of Avis’ finest Holden Commodore Executive sedans – complete with Ecotec V6 and auto slush-box. Mark Skaife uttered the track direction/lap record question so, we set out for a lap or two of ‘orientation. I was driving the other Commode and followed ‘His Legend-ship’ onto the circuit.
All went fine until we arrived at the left-hander after the loop – which tightens considerably on itself – when I saw
