Drag racing

[NOZ]

I love most motor sports, but above all Willowbanks drag racing is my fav, I have raced their for many years. however those days are on hold while we do the parenting thing with the 4 kids.

Anyone else venture to the drags ??

[sclarke]

Is that when you dress up as a woman and race around????

lol....

Not me, but i have run my old rally car over the 1/4, 16.1

Mmmmm Reminds me... No one guessed who is the Father in law and brother in law of Darren Morgan....

[NOZ]

Well there you go, thought I would a few replys before womens clothes came up

Best I have done was with my 454ci HQ 10.56 @ 125MPH

[sclarke]

I was brought up in a racing enviroment. well kind of
2 Sisters that had boyfriends with fast cars....

1 boyfriend had the following, some still exist. circa about 1982-1986
HK Bathurst Monaro
LC Torry with 283 Chev. 12 sec car
HQ with Bigblock, 13 sec. i can remember being in it at 120kmh and Gunny punching it and it frying the tyres off. was scary as a kid...
LH Slurpi with 350 in it.

Then others sisters BF had a HD, XT GT my sis crashed it into a lamp post, slow but dinged it bad. EH.... list goes on..

Then the BF that had the HK migrated to a HT Monaro drag car, then Altered, then worked for Cowin, now drives for Lamintina.......

i like drag racing but it does not last long enough... Rally was more my scene. i could talk forever about events i've been in and drives and nav jobs ive had....
Best fun..... Naving in a Cortina GT 500, ex Harry Firth Race car. not the quickest but is was a damn angry little car that was noisy as hell. i loved it. 5 days of Tarmac Rally..... ahhhhh.
Then he built a Lotus Escort Mexico, nice and quick
Naved in a Midget, Porsche 944 and 968CS, Escort, Cortina, Volvo 122, Volvo 1800, Drove My Volvo 164, Naved in a Volvo 144, Lotus elise and....... a Renault Alpine, Datsun 240Z, Pug 404, XWGT think that is it... ohh Subby in 1 stage as he crashed 2nd corner.... forgot to brake.

[NOZ]

Yes 1 race is short time span, but I cant beat that feeling of being pushed hard back into the seat and then trying to reach forward to shift gears.

Love it, it is a very expensive hobby ( habit ), Although I am finding Landrovering can be a tad on the expensive side from time to time

[VladTepes]

Never participated in drag - racing becuase between Land Roving and shooting I have enough ridiculously expensive hobbies as it is :!:


Do love going though - anyone who doesn't get a huge grin on their face when those top fuellers spit flame and noise into the air and race down that track like lightning...


well, there's something wrong with them, isn't there :!:

[NOZ]

Yes fuellers are amazing , as they say after the first 60 feet you are there for the ride.

[Ace]

I venture to WSID when i can havent been for a while because of family things, but i dont race i spectate.

[PSI250]

I try to get out to Calder Park to watch the street meets every now and then and whenever my mates are racing.

Haven't raced my car (XE fairmont Ghia, straight LPG, turbocharged 4.1L approx 260rwkw) yet but plan to when it hits the road again, was always worried about braking something as i needed the car to drive to work.

[Diff]

Raed at willowbank BC (before kids) in street from about 88 to 92?
XD work ute 12.7@ 109mph had the ANDRA licence whole nine yards. Had a ball. You find alot of guys go from fast cars to 4wd. After all breaking stuff is still breaking stuff.
Would love to get back into it but the wife is happier with me playing with range rovers. The TDI really doesn't really do it. Do you think she would notice if I put the 351 into the rangie?