Nissan Skyline GTS-X HR31 at Rd 4 EZIUP & GO Victorian Hillclimb Championship Bryant Park Hillclimb
Nishimachi Photography - Michael Finger
[{'start': '24.080', 'end': '28.160', 'text': 'This is round four of the EZIUP & GO\xa0\nVictorian Hill Climb Championship.'}, {'start': '28.160', 'end': '32.560', 'text': "We're at Bryant Park in Yallourn."}, {'start': '32.560', 'end': '36.720', 'text': 'This is my 1987 Nissan Skyline GTS-X.'}, {'start': '36.720', 'end': '46.880', 'text': 'Getting ready for my first run.'}, {'start': '46.880', 'end': '50.240', 'text': 'Got my gloves here and my helmet.'}, {'start': '50.240', 'end': '54.000', 'text': "And I'm going to be mounting this\xa0\ncamera on the side of my helmet."}, {'start': '54.000', 'end': '58.000', 'text': "Let's take a stroll around the\xa0\npits and check out what's happening"}, {'start': '152.640', 'end': '158.080', 'text': "This is my first run of the day. The track\xa0\nis slightly wet in places and I've never run"}, {'start': '158.080', 'end': '164.160', 'text': 'this track (layout) before so I wanted to get an\xa0\nunderstanding of this figure of eight formation.'}, {'start': '164.160', 'end': '171.440', 'text': "So I'm a bit tentative going around this being my\xa0\nfirst time. It's a first gear right-hander so the"}, {'start': '171.440', 'end': '176.240', 'text': "car is already stepping out sideways. Second\xa0\ngear to a left-hander which you can't see,"}, {'start': '176.240', 'end': '181.600', 'text': 'and then it opens out where you can actually\xa0\nsee a slight straight into this right-hander,'}, {'start': '181.600', 'end': '189.760', 'text': 'for a quick left into a right through the\xa0\ncrossover, short straight left hand uphill'}, {'start': '189.760', 'end': '196.320', 'text': 'and over a crest which you cannot actually see\xa0\nyour braking zone or the apex for the left-hander,'}, {'start': '196.320', 'end': '205.040', 'text': "and then you've got a right which you can then see\xa0\nthe left-hander through a dip, and then uphill."}, {'start': '205.040', 'end': '209.440', 'text': 'Once you get over the crest you can then\xa0\nsee the next left-hand corner which I just'}, {'start': '209.440', 'end': '214.640', 'text': 'broke too early for but I was being a bit\xa0\ntentative in my first run. Straight into'}, {'start': '214.640', 'end': '220.720', 'text': 'a right-hander up over this hill, and the\xa0\nroad starts to open out getting close to'}, {'start': '220.720', 'end': '225.120', 'text': 'the top of third gear before breaking\xa0\nthrough the right-hander, down here.'}, {'start': '225.120', 'end': '232.720', 'text': "After this right-hander you can see the entire\xa0\nleft. It's a hairpin left, and I'm trying to"}, {'start': '232.720', 'end': '254.480', 'text': 'get as much traction as possible, then the\xa0\nright-hander up the hill over the finish line.'}, {'start': '516.960', 'end': '519.040', 'text': "I'll take you for another\xa0\nwalk through the pits just"}, {'start': '519.040', 'end': '523.760', 'text': 'to show you the crazy variety of competitors here.'}, {'start': '523.760', 'end': '529.120', 'text': 'Old, new and anywhere in between really.'}, {'start': '530.000', 'end': '537.798', 'text': 'Factory, showroom kind of cars, right through to highly modified cars with engine swaps and purpose built things.'}, {'start': '963.840', 'end': '967.520', 'text': 'Completing the second run\xa0\nof the day, I got a 71.61'}, {'start': '967.520', 'end': '974.240', 'text': "so I'm definitely improving although it\xa0\nwasn't a lot quicker than my first run."}, {'start': '974.240', 'end': '982.640', 'text': 'This is the beast. 1987 Nissan\xa0\nSkyline GTS-X, HR31 chassis.'}, {'start': '982.640', 'end': '990.240', 'text': 'Relatively standard spec, running\xa0\ncoilovers, R32 GTR front brakes,'}, {'start': '990.240', 'end': '999.040', 'text': "it's running an RB25DET NEO, R33 turbo,\xa0\n3-inch exhaust and a larger intercooler."}, {'start': '999.040', 'end': '1007.680', 'text': 'So that brings me to running class C9 which\xa0\nis improved production 2WD 3001cc and over.'}, {'start': '1007.680', 'end': '1015.280', 'text': 'Thanks again to Aidan for this clip.'}, {'start': '1122.800', 'end': '1128.080', 'text': 'I really pushed myself a bit harder on this\xa0\nfinal run. Wanted to carry more corner speed'}, {'start': '1128.080', 'end': '1133.920', 'text': 'and shorten my braking distance, and as you might\xa0\nhave heard I had a couple of brake lock ups there,'}, {'start': '1133.920', 'end': '1140.320', 'text': 'just really pushing a bit deeper into the\xa0\nbraking zone so I can make up a bit of time.'}, {'start': '1140.320', 'end': '1153.600', 'text': 'Clearly that paid off at a 68.59\xa0\nand that got me third place in C9.'}, {'start': '1160.640', 'end': '1166.880', 'text': "So that's another 15 points to add to my\xa0\nchampionship campaign after four rounds."}, {'start': '1166.880', 'end': '1172.080', 'text': "There are two more rounds to go and I'm hoping\xa0\nto score better in those two final rounds."}, {'start': '1172.080', 'end': '1174.880', 'text': 'Thanks again to Falken for supplying the tyres.'}]