Micolour SAU-Vic DECA Motorkhana Saturday 3rd May 2008 Run & Won

8 May 2008 · Staff

Where : DECA – Shepparton, 145 Wanganui Road, Shepparton, VIC 3630
Sponsor: Micolour – Custom Refinishing, 7 Dissik St Cheltenham 3192, (03) 9555 8011. Photo’s by BigBird Jarrod, More here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25681729@N08/

Well another Skylines Australia (SAU-VIC) DECA has been run and won by the “opposition” a Subaru WRX STi!
Congratulations to Darren Golding for taking out overall first position against some very tough competition from SAU top guns, Chris Thomson in his White R33 GTR & Andrew Richmond in the Blue R34 GTR!

DECA for the uniniated – By Alan, saff_cossie on http://www.skylinesaustralia.com
A day at DECA Shepparton using the skid pan and the back tracks. Traditionally (cannot speak for this one), the back track has two variations, Long Wang and Short Wang which are timed against the clock in the morning. The skid pan is single use in the morning against the clock (by single I mean not against other cars but a passenger is permitted provided they have either entered or signed a waiver). The morning is split into 2 groups with half doing the back tracks and half doing the skid pan, then rotate before lunch.
The afternoon comprises or more “battle” type events with one car pitted against another on a run up the skidpan and back down again, kind of slalom type event. This takes us through from 9 until about 4.30-5.00pm. From there, we all meet up at Taco Bills for dinner and drinks before hitting the town.

DECA stands for Driver Education Centre of Australia.

For the Skylines Australia VIC club this weekend stands to be a jam packed motorsport event at some of best facilities VIC has to offer. These days have become the clubs “signature” motorsport / battle style event for all drivers & members of the club.

If you want to battle it out with another driver, take on a specific car or just see who you can beat ‘tournament’ style then the Skylines Australia VIC DECA days are for you. The days include a variety of events aimed to cater for all drivers and all types of cars. The events include skidpan manevouring, skidpan style battles, skidpan sprints, short track sprints and long track sprints.

All of the events are run under controlled conditions and include the standard safety systems to ensure driver and driver safety. The club has exclusive access of the facilities for the day and this includes, provided BBQ lunch, restrooms, pit area and spectator areas for the drivers, entrants and spectators.

Entry fee for the most recent Skylines Australia VIC DECA day is $75 approx which covers your entry fee in the car of your choice.
The requirements or “regulations” on cars cover the basic items and are fairly straight forward;

* Roadworthy car * Roadworthy/suitable/safe tyres (can be slicks, semi competition rubber or normal street tyres) * No loose items in the car * No loose items in the boot (tyre, jacks, tools, subs etc) No loose items in the engine bay

And a more detailed explanation here: http://www.sauvic.com.au/about_deca

Official DECA RESULTS – TOP 20 Shown below only.
For complete results got to:
http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Micolour-Deca-Wrap-Up-t217557.html

Car # Final Pos Name Car
8 1 Darren Golding WRX STI
25 2 Chris Thomson R33 GTR
1 3 Andrew Richmond R34 GTR
43 4 Chris Stacey R33 GTR
2 5 Brenton Homer WRX
15 6 Dave Lee R33 GTR
21 7 Aaron Foo EVO 9
35 8 Ryan Bell 180SX
12 9 Russell Cunningham R32 GTST
32 10 Nathan Lawrence R33 GTR
10 11 Gary Matthews WRX
34 12 Adam Newton R33 GTR
14 13 Peter Canfield WRX
11 14 Tim Williamson R32GTST
40 15 Troy Galt Team Datto
28 16 Aaron Coco S15
16 17 James McMahon S15
17 18 Lee Dimitrijevski 180SX
20 19 Mick Eichorn R32 GTST
5 20 Martin Sullivan Bluebird