Hey Tom,
I'm mega keen for this... I had sooo much fun there last year and being a little later in the year it may not be quite as ridiculously smoking hot weather, haha!
Good events sometimes need a lot of driving. Peter (^ I hope!?) and I will be doing an 11+ hour trip to come to Toranafest later in the year, so it's only fair you drive down to Calder for the Optima weekend, lol.
The entry price is significant but this isn't the kind of event where you're sharing the track with other vehicles... cramming them into a crowded track to lower the entry price or only getting 3x 15sec runs down a drag strip. I do love the fact that it's multi-displinary with the varied tests throughout the event. I've never done anything else where you do multiple activities like this and found that super enjoyable, personally.
Because they've used my car in some of the promotions and stuff I've got a referral link for entering the event here, if you guys would like to use it:
http://tickets.oztix...ff?accessCode=3
Look forward to seeing some forum members there!
Cheers