A NEW GENERATION OF VW RACERS EMERGES

hypo-vw · 2007-03-18T12:34:17+00:00

At the tender age of just 14 years , my son Dean has acquired his CAMS licence to compete in Hillclimb events . 5 weeks ago Dean had his very first race meeting at Huntley Hillclimb , Dapto and he enjoyed it immensly . Dean drove his own 1961' ragtop beetle which is powered by a very stock low compression ULP engine that Dean himself assembled last September . His only critisism of the whole experience was that he never had enough power !! Dean drove really well and kept his beetle on the bitumen , which not only pleased the officials , but also his panicing mum too . pic 1 - Dean is adjusting his tappets and servicing his engine prior to racing his beetle at Huntley Hillclimb the following day . pic 2 - Dean is anxiously waiting in his beetle , for his first run up the hill . pic 3 - Dean waiting in the dummy-grid for his turn to challenge the hill . [ Edited on 18-3-07 by hypo-vw ]

hypo-vw Australias 1st 10sec street beetle (Jan 2007) 10.49secs@132m

2,151 posts · joined May 2004 · 2 Apr 2007, 12:47 am

#582525

Well Huntley was held today and Dean was not able to participate as he has been quite un-well for the past week . Last Saturday he decided to go bike riding and he wasn't too well at the time . He rapidly developed flu like symptoms and Lisa had to get him to the doctor for a check-up.
He has been on a nebulizer every 4 hours for the past 5 days to keep his lungs clear so as he doesn't develope pnumonia .
He is slowly getting better and the racing will have to wait till the next round of Huntley in a couple of months .

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5,901 posts · joined Jan 2005 · 2 Apr 2007, 5:43 am

#582532

Sorry to hear that Dean has been unwell.
Get better soon you young whipper-snapper.
Looking forward to see you on the track soon!
Chin up!

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2,534 posts · joined Mar 2007 · 2 Apr 2007, 12:52 pm

#582577

I know what that feels like. I've had this flu type thing for just on a week and I can't shake it even with medication. the boys at mini jam witnessed me first hand coughing and spluttering all day and night. Sunday wasn't good as being out in the night air till 11pm has kinda killed me big time. Today at work isn't really pretty either!! Lucky the boss is away so I can just cruise through the day and take it easy.

Get well soon mate. I can relate to first hand and it sucks!

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3,029 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 3 Apr 2007, 10:34 pm

#582874

Pity you both missed out. It was a huge day. 52 starters and 6 runs.

1 broken driveshaft, 1 stripped 2nd gear, 1 damaged rim/tyre but no stacks though some people had more success in staying on track than others.

A pretty good effort by the club to get a full grid of 52 with only 2 weeks notice, yet the NSW championship series has only 70 odd entrants.