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Old 12-29-2005 | 04:45 AM
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I am also in a Wheelchair & the only tracks I have been to that are wheelchair friendly is Brendale & Murwillimbah in QLD. Not a lot of good to you racing offroad in Sydney. I only race onroad so I havent been to any offroad tracks. I am lucky enough to have some very good mates that carry me up onto the drivers stands at the tracks. I have also found at most places the guys that dont know me are also willing to help out. I guess the best thing to do would be to check out the tracks & have a chat to the organisers & see if they can help. My home club is PDNR at Penrith & we cater to offroad nitro vehicles (running on the onroad track) we race every Tuesday Night & there would be plenty of help for you if required. You can see the track OK from in a chair or someone can lift you onto the stand, it is only 2 feet up & one of the guys made up a bracket & I hang off that like a scarecrow. It works well. I can also stand & walk a little bit which helps. It would be good to see a few more guys like us at the tracks & accessability may start to improve. It surprises me that there isnt more because it is one of the few things that you can do & compete on level ground with anyone else, once you can see the track anyway
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