Congratulations Dangerous Dave - new all motor record!

Dasdubber DAS Resto Haus

5,746 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 1 Apr 2007, 8:45 am

#582348

Big congrats to Dave Butler who won the Mini Jam All Motor class at Willowbank last night.

After consistently progressing through the rounds with extremely accurate racing (eg. 11.431 on 11.43 dial in), he went through to the final against a 14 second Honda. Both Dave and the Honda broke out but dave broke out by less (11.40 on 11.43 dial in) and therefore took the win!

His 11.40 set the new All Motor record - best MPH was around 117 (or 118 from memory) - I'd say there will be other updates in the drag section!

Well done as well to Rod, Morgan and Col for getting out there and racing. Rod's best was a 12.2, Col achieved an awesome 14.87 with his 1600! (must have been the group effort with weight reductions and streamling (aka masking tape)). Commiserations to Morgan who (I think) threw a rod through the case which ended his day early.

Alan

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1,593 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 1 Apr 2007, 9:03 am

#582352

Well done Dave, was good to see you race again and take the win. Yes Morgan's bug throwing a rod wasn't good but these things happen, Rod's bug is always good to see in the flesh and down the qaurter, Cols car is just mad for what it does with the engine it has, must be all the colours having a weird thermal effect and disrupting the boundary layer of airflow over the car:P. Damo.

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Dasdubber DAS Resto Haus

5,746 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 1 Apr 2007, 9:21 am

#582356

Nah Damo - Col's advantage was his "90mph" race tape!

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5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 1 Apr 2007, 10:18 am

#582369

Good work folks :thumb

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kroozzn63 Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,005 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 1 Apr 2007, 10:40 am

#582371

sweet , question is there a 1600 catergory wats the limits on the motor to take part?

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1,405 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 1 Apr 2007, 10:49 am

#582373

Congrats.
I was hoping to get there but alas i got stuck at work !!!
Still there is always next time 🙂

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Dasdubber DAS Resto Haus

5,746 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 1 Apr 2007, 11:03 am

#582375

kroozzn63 wrote:sweet , question is there a 1600 catergory wats the limits on the motor to take part?

No 1600 category to my knowledge. Dave (or others) may be able to explain in more detail but all motor is just that (no power adders such as turbo/supercharger etc).

Capacity varied from col's 1600 to Rod's 2275 to Morgan's 2332 to Dave's 3 piece case 2.?L (can't recall details).

Being bracket racing it all depended on dial in....that is why Dave (11.43 dial in) was racing a Honda in the final (14.0 dial in)....this just reiterates what a lot of the guys already racing have been saying over and over:

"You don't have to be fast to race!" - Consistency is the key....but its all about just having fun. I'm keen to get the oval on the track as soon as I can because it looks like too much bloody fun to miss out on!

I say get more volksies on the track whether you are fast or slow!

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kroozzn63 Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,005 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 1 Apr 2007, 11:13 am

#582377

after watching the dsk boys on the track
http://www.dsk.com.au/dsk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3789
it looks like a ball we should organise a night for sure

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ByronBug High Priestess of Unequaled Coolness & Flower Child

1,446 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 1 Apr 2007, 1:51 pm

#582402

:thumb well done guys!!!... ....love to hear you bet a Honda!
Just goes to show what can be done in a VW.
Congrats Dave & everyone.. great to see you up at Wilowbank & doing so well.
Judy :thumb

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1,102 posts · joined Mar 2004 · 1 Apr 2007, 4:03 pm

#582423

that fast for a 1600 wow standing ovation:thumb

the drags are awsome fun even more so when you grow a mullet, we will be going again shortly i hope to crack 19 next time best fun i have had in my bus

congrats on the record

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2,534 posts · joined Mar 2007 · 1 Apr 2007, 5:21 pm

#582431

Col's 1585 baby monster got plenty of attention with his stickered rear guards and multicolour paint job. Heard a few sniggers about the times he was doing then i told them the size of the engine and how much it roughly cost him and the snigger soon disappeared.

The funny thing was that the marshalls would come and tell Col when we were next to race after walking right past Dave, Rod and the other well known all motor competitors!!!!

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4,523 posts · joined Mar 2003 · 1 Apr 2007, 7:23 pm

#582457

What a top day...and what a top result for team Dangerous and team Col for that matter.

I've got to hand it to ya Dave, after crewing for ya for a while now you never seem to get too phased. Always happy to talk to anyone who wanders along and wants to talk volksies. As a matter of fact that goes for all of those who were out racing on the weekend. Great to catch up with everyone who was there, and although I haven't got a lot to add if you want to learn stuff about how to make a volksy go fast then these are the dudes.

As soon as I dissect my footage from 3 tapes, i'll stick some up on youtube.

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3,616 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 1 Apr 2007, 7:54 pm

#582470

Congrats Dave.

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5,901 posts · joined Jan 2005 · 2 Apr 2007, 6:59 am

#582533

Thanks for all the nice words of encouragement.
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1,171 posts · joined Sep 2003 · 2 Apr 2007, 8:53 pm

#582659

Dasdubber wrote:....this just reiterates what a lot of the guys already racing have been saying over and over:
"You don't have to be fast to race!" - Consistency is the key....

hehehehehehe absolutely!
Check out my lap chart for the 10 lap Formula Vee final at Symmons Plains last sunday.

1.19.0500
1.13.2300
1.13.2600
1.13.3200
1.13.5600
1.13.4600
1.13.3600
1.13.3600
1.13.1000
1.13.1700

Not drag racing but I thought pretty consistent!:P
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Im not a complete idiot, quite a few parts are missing....

Keith Haeusler Seriously Crusin Dubber

168 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 3 Apr 2007, 1:07 pm

#582737

Dave,

Well deserved! Congratulations again.

Regards, Keith.