VW Warwick 2008

Hi Everyone,

Welcome on board Vollkommen Art for VW Warwick 2008. Although George and Nick have not quite yet decided which car will be competing, rest assured there will a Speed & Style car on the grid. And this is another car all the way from Victoria.

It has been pointed out to me that the printable version of the entry form does not list a postal address. There is a reason for this (ie, a post box full of junk mail from non-VW web crawlers), so please post to:

VWMA
PO Box 3551
Loganholme
Qld 4129

It would also be useful for the tower commentator if you could supply a photo or perhaps additional information on your car and yourself for the weekend.

The VW Tappet Cover race track is already to go and has been supplied by the VWDCQ club here in Queensland. The track is a purpose built marine ply, two lane track, covering a distance of approximately 12 metres. There is a manual starting gate and full length track barriers. The track will be setup in the main marquee. Please refer to the latest issue of VWMA for the rules and conditions. The competition will commence at 8.30pm after the evening dinner on Saturday.

Coverage of VW Warwick will be in the November issue of VWMA, which will be released three weeks after the event, so the weekend will still be quite fresh with everyone who competed or attended. Hot Rod Matt Sherwood will be the official VWMA and Warwick photographer again this year, so make a point of smiling when the camera is pointed your way.

4 weeks to entry cut-off. No late entries accepted. Field is looking impressive at this stage. Gate passes, etc will be posted this week to entries received so far.

See you at Warwick.

Cheers
Craig Hughes

bugger... I'm sure I'll get to one of these events one day... Will be in Tassie with the family on this weekend 😬

shore you will reuby

Some nice shots of my uncle's Vee there Craig!!

First official entry (001) goes to Lindsay Inch in the V8 powered Beetle. He's looking forward to a re-match with Aaron Roberts in the VW Bodied Other Engine Class.

VWMA Editor wrote:First official entry (001) goes to Lindsay Inch in the V8 powered Beetle. He's looking forward to a re-match with Aaron Roberts in the VW Bodied Other Engine Class.

I hope he has found another 200 or so Hp to compete against Aaron. I know Aaron has a few more ponies in the back of his bus.....

Time is moving on quickly ! Made our accommodation this week and we couldn't book a room at our normal hotel (centre point ), all booked out . Again was told that other events are on in town that week-end again ,so I'd say you better chase up your accommodation if you plan to stay in town !
This year is looking to be bigger & better again with car up grades and new rides being built .😊
Maybe we can start a list ,on who plans on entering ?
Peter Page
Rod Richardson

Regular updates will begin from July.

John Barrett (Manx) and Aaron Roberts (Kombi) already on the official entry list.

Leon's twin turbo trike is also ready to race.

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Leon's twin turbo trike is also ready to race. [/quote]

Jesus, hold on Leon.

It is 2400cc with comp eliminator heads, CP pistons, Autronic etc.
Madness!

Less than 3 months to VW Warwick. See first updated post for details.

Accomodation booked and ready to go. Looks like I might run my van this year for the hell of it!!

a friend is geting married on the monday after the weekend so not sure if i will have a car there- will fly up and watch no matter what- i have missed 2 many weddings over the last couple of years due to vw and motorsport stuff i am going to end up with no friends left-but still hoping to find some transport for the car so ican race
adam deb

I'll be there again this year , hopefully some more waterpumpers will turn out this year !



video from last year , hoping to get into the low 8's this year , and also gonna shed some more weight from the car , it currently weighs 1430kg !

Updated first post.

i see mick motors is also a sponsor - any word if they are going to run the green machine this year?

Mick Motors is one of the major sponsors along with Volkswagen Group Australia.

I know that work has begun on the car of late...

about time!! first thing will be a damm good clean to remove a thick layer of crud.

Be good to see it finally run.

The Minster for luv and finance has just booked accomodation for Warrick....

The Coachman's Inn....91 Wood St Warrick....Phone 4660 2100...These Guys still have 12 rooms left for the Warrick Drags weekend...FYI...

LIFE IN THE LOW LANE wrote:first thing will be a damm good clean to remove a thick layer of crud.

Be good to see it finally run.

First thing will be to have a car that is running.......BRENNDEN!!!😂

Forget the shiney stuff, concentrate on performance!🤓

But yes, it will be great to see the car at the track,

runnning, or not,

clean, or not.

Any Volksy is a good Volksy!
👍

thanks for the accomadation tip.all sorted.
i agree dave,just get it there,running or running.not shiny.shinny is not an option.

we be there , its a great weekend away, the racing is great and nice friendly people in the town tooo,
dont forget to check out the pretty roses in the main street pretty 😂

Yep Rose is pretty wherever she is.

dangerous wrote:Yep Rose is pretty wherever she is.

this sort of rose not rose

Hi Craig

When I spoke to you at Valla I thought you said that you only needed to be over 16 to compete, on the VWMA website it says that they must be over 17, did I misunderstand you?

Steve

Hi Steve,

PM sent.

Also, I broke the motor in the drag rat yesterday. I think I got too excited on the twisty stuff at Valla, and on Leon's Motors new 600hp dyno, we found the limits of a well thrashed engine. Oh well, better now than Warwick, but I wouldn't have swapped the Valla racing fun for quids. Rod Penrose will have a replacement block together for me shortly.

VW Warwick updates next week.

NICE DElortos ROse

vw54 wrote:NICE DElortos ROse

They are and there on my car now. I will take it for a run over the weekend to see if they make my car go any better if not I will put the webbers back on. Also put electronic ignition on as well just the other day.

I will be racing my oval at Warwick for some fun don't laugh at me if I stall it.

Warwick update as per first post

First post update.

Just a bit of inside info.

RAAF Base Amberley is holding a huge airshow the same weekend as Warwick. Although unfortunately we will be far enough away to miss the action in the sky, I would imagine that the roads to and from thr RAAF base will be pretty busy Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon. You might want to think about leaving earlier on the Saturady or even taking the scenic Toowoomba route.
I say this because I work at the base and sometimes through normal traffic movements traffic banks up down the Cunningham Hwy around the base and Willowbank.

Of course I could be wrong.

JUST A NOTE:
LAST NIGHT
WESTI & THE JUNKA
WERE OFFICIALLY
ENTERED.
SO WE'LL SE YA'S THERE

Hi Craig, as you probably allready know from talking with Wayne i am going to be coming up to Warick in the "Vee" . I Am currently working on the vee with Wayne to get a little more out of it , it will be a lot of fun. Are you bringing your new Vee down or will your grey beast be fixed & ready ...Cheers Chris

Hey Chris,

Good news that you've sorted the mods on the Vee for Warwick.

At this stage, it's the drag rat, although I'm keen to bring the Vee up if I can tidy a few things before the event.

Cheers
Craig

unfortunately the mods didnt happen for this year ... but i will be there in stock race trim ... see you soon...Cheers ...Chris