Motor Australia – May 2019

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M LONG TERMERS

MONTH

WHAT?TRACKDAY

WHERE?PHILLIPISLAND

COST$285

FUNFACTOR5/5

O3

5. 2019 CAR ON FLEET WE TRY BEFORE YOU BUY

ISLAND TIME

A visit to Australia’s finest racetrack with surprise results

BELOW

First job for any track

day, stake out your

patch. Renault and

BRZ closely matched,

black Evo spat flames

TRACK DAYS are one of the most

popular club-level motorsport

activities. If you want to let your car off

its leash and find out what it can do,

the most obvious place to do so is a

racetrack. There are many options and

a quick Google search should result in

a number of tracks to choose from.

I tagged along to an Evolve Driver

Training event at Phillip Island, which

is usually one of the more expensive

options due to the track hire fees, but

Evolve’s ‘car club practice’ option was

a very reasonable $285 and offered

15min of track time every hour. More

than enough. Prices and track time can

vary considerably depending on the

circuit and the organiser, so give them

a ring if you’re unsure.

Phillip Island was chosen very

deliberately. I know from previous

experience that the Subaru BRZ is a

blast at Winton, however, would it

feel underdone and a bit, well, dull on

PI’s fast, flowing layout? No, as it

turns out, not even slightly. In fact, the

day spent at Phillip Island was one of

the best motoring experiences

I’ve ever had, both in terms of

enjoyment and education.

The Subaru BRZ is the perfect

example of why outright speed

and driving fun aren’t necessarily

correlated. I’ve been lucky enough to

drive at Phillip Island in everything

1998cc inline-

4cyl, RWD,

152kW/2 12Nm,

1255kg, $39,894

SUBARU BRZ tS

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