Entries are closed. 83 cars will enjoy two days of drag racing for VW Warwick '09. Well done girls and guys.
Once I have finished the list, I'll post the drivers and cars sometime over the weekend.
Cheers
Craig
RISKYBUG ·
GREAT GREAT GREAT
so now i have to get my finger out and build my buggy !!!!!
if im lucky i will have it running 2- 3 weeks before event or if im not the night before !
polak ·
hahaha, i foresee the same issue, i think ill be tightening things up during petrol stops on the way up there 😂
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE ·
Don't forget Dyno Mania July 25th dyno day and test and tune at night. Good chance to iron out some bugs with driver and car before Warwick with other volksy drag racers and enthuiasists!!!
sauron ·
Craig as Victoria is basically a non ANDRA state, what's the quickest we can go at Warwick without a full ANDRA licence?
VWMA Editor ·
Most that race at Warwick only require the ANDRA event licence that is included as part of your entry fee for the weekend. It covers both days of racing.
There are exceptions, but these drivers/cars fall into a category of 'proper' race cars that require ANDRA licences and tech inspections. If you feel that this might be you, I can put you in contact with some VW racers who can confirm what you may need. As a loose guide, cars that are quicker than 11 seconds for the 1/4 and 7 seconds for the 1/8th usually fall under this bracket.
Can some of the ANDRA racers confirm this please?
vw54 ·
sounds good
FROSTY ·
IT'S 6 WEEKS NOW, WAHOO!!
STOCK ·
I TOLD BRAD (WESTI) I'D MAKE AN ENQUIRY FOR HIM
HE WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE WAS A CLASS FOR HANDICAPED
DRIVERS AT WARRICK THIS YEAR SO HE COULD STILL RACE
dangerous ·
I've been handicapped my whole life.
No probs for Westi.
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE ·
Automatic with hand controls for one hand?? LOL You could always steer with your knees!!
VWMA Editor ·
First post updated.
And tell Brad he's just being a 'pussy'....
reub ·
Great to catch up today Craig. Thankyou for your time, and I really look forward to attending my first VW drag meet!
HS618 ·
Brad, You could always race with us senior citizens - the only handicap worth worrying about is on the Xmas tree!!!!!
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE ·
Accomodation is booked now to organise that wedding I have to go to in warwick on the same weekend to get the time off work....
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE ·
"Wedding" in Warwick is confirmed and booked in and time off work authorised.....
polak ·
pack received today!! excited!!! thanks for the cool hat 🤪
HotRodMatt ·
VWMA Editor wrote:Part of the Sunday entertainment is a burn-out competition held just before the finals, and Aaron Roberts in the 20B Kombi has ticked the box for 2009.
...
Wayne Penrose, Burn-out King for 2007/08 has also entered.
Let us see some smoke!
spdterence ·
Wayne should put some real tyres on that thing this year - some sort of a handicap system.
LOWBUG ·
HEY CRAIG ARE YOU GONNA POST THE LIST
ian.mezz ·
rose was first one to enter her car
This year she is racing our brown 58 in the pic below 🤪😂😊😂🤪
colonel mustard ·
🙂
VWMA Editor ·
Hey Chris, I'll do the list at the end of the week when things are a little less hectic with sending out the driver and crew packs.
A few people tripped over that silly great stinger during the course of the Action Day show. Nice and loud, though....
LOWBUG ·
Cool can't wait to see the numbers this year
colonel mustard ·
tomorrow is the last day for entries! 🙂
VWMA Editor ·
Last update. Now it's time to race!
LOWBUG ·
Wheres the list, the week end is basicaly over. lol
Mick058 ·
Frig what a day - too tight!!!!!! Car is on the trailer, not registered but nothing was going to stop me from coming - not even the brakes that ain't quite right yet😂🙅
looking forward to enjoying the weekend - making the 12hr straight drive to brizzy tomorrow - wish me well!!!!
colonel mustard ·
LOWBUG wrote:Wheres the list, the week end is basicaly over. lol
Go easy, he is a very busy man!
colonel mustard ·
Mick058 wrote:Frig what a day - too tight!!!!!! Car is on the trailer, not registered but nothing was going to stop me from coming - not even the brakes that ain't quite right yet😂🙅
looking forward to enjoying the weekend - making the 12hr straight drive to brizzy tomorrow - wish me well!!!!
Can't wait to see it man! Whats the deal with the brakes?? - let me know if i can help once your up here... i might be able to suggest someone, or something like that. have a safe drive 🙂
Stanley ·
Give me a ring if you need anything Mick.
JVLRacing ·
comin to watch...better make a effort to see how drag racers do it😂....wat time does the racing start Sunday?
thanks JVL
colonel mustard ·
i thought you had a drag/race car JVL??? you are 'JVLRacing' afterall......
program can been seen on the VWMA website.
JVLRacing ·
colonel mustard wrote:i thought you had a drag/race car JVL??? you are 'JVLRacing' afterall......
program can been seen on the VWMA website.
....no mr mustard....i will leave it to the drag racers😂...back to circuit next year...
Thankyou JVL😎
vwfastback ·
There must be some times or results ready by now! I've been waiting for an update all weekend!
Where are all the bloggers out there with 3G Mobiles?
colonel mustard ·
well... there is no 3G in warwick.... so i didnt post.
What a great weekend! Awesome to see so many people travelling and making such an effort. Thanks again to Craig for keeping it going, look forward to the mag coverage!!
Cheers
Tom
dangerous ·
The quick 8 was won by Wally Penboss with low sevens,
and Rohan Keylock(from Mick motors) was also in the final, with similar times from his Automatic equipped 2442 turbo beetle, "dusty".
Rohan was stoked to be in a final in only his second outing n the car.
Other interesting things were Leon's trike in the sixes at over 102 mph,
Aarons bus doing something like 104mph,
Rodney running mid-low sixes with the N2O,
awsome burnouts and 100mh plus runs from Vollkommen arts 300kW "Junka".
Also Crazy Col's daily driver running mid to low 8s,
Chris Holland streeter daily driver into the 7's.
Bec and Aaron Roberts' type 3 looked and ran awesome (in the 8s), with aaron doing an auto trans rebuild in the pits on Saturday night!
dangerous ·
Hmm, what else...
Ross Freestones Houndog was running hard and looked and sounded awsome for his first real outing in what seems like 20 years!
Peter page's bug now has nitrous oxide fitted and looked awsome as usual,
Rod richardsons mid 7s,
Nice to see Morgan Smith back racing in his beautiful metalic brown '59..(where wire you MACCA!!!!???).
Also nice to see all the victorian and South Australians who travelled up to compete and spectate.
Good to see Michael (sauron) go home with a win in the class.
You know the best thing of all about Warwick will always be the friendship and social side of the event.
Thanks so much to Craig and his crew for another superb event,
and to the Warwick Drag Club for their excellent organization, track prep, and smiling faces.
Is it next year yet!?
vassy66T1 ·
Great photos Tom. Thanks!!
The event was without a hitch really and so good to see old and new faces.
Big thumbs up for the effort by so many to get there cars ready and to travel to the event.
Shame the next one is a year away.
Marko ·
Event is good and lot of nice vw's.
Why they haven't got a timescreen?? I can't believe it is possible organized drag day without timescreen that is good serve for public.
dangerous ·
Hi Marko,
the track and event is run by club members and the only money comes from gate takings and donations.
I am sure in their future budget time boards will be there in future.
Marko ·
dangerous wrote:Hi Marko,
the track and event is run by club members and the only money comes from gate takings and donations.
I am sure in their future budget time boards will be there in future.
Ok, thanks for info.
westi ·
congrates to all.
from the people who run and organize the event ,to the people that race or show in the event.to the people that choked during the event(cole trickle)lol.
you all contirbute to make it such a good weekend.
and as a spectator it was worth the trip up i just wish it went for a little longer.
it was great to catch up with some old freinds and meet some new,i can't wait for next year.
for those that didn't come,ha ha.there is always next year.
OZ Towdster ·
Keep those great pics and videos comming please folks , oh how i wished i was there all weekend but as they say family comes first and when the family is in Tas that becomes a real problem to slip of to the track
Craig Torrens ·
A big congrats to MICK058 with the subie powered beetle.....I hear he did a 7.3 ? not bad for a REAL street beetle 😏
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE ·
Craig Torrens wrote:A big congrats to MICK058 with the subie powered beetle.....I hear he did a 7.3 ? not bad for a REAL street beetle 😏
Add a second or so to that time from what i saw!!
He won the Vw other powered class with a low 9 pass from memory?? Pretty sure Mick was running 8.6-9's all weekend??
I'm sure he'll be on here soon with all the times...
66BTL ·
Was a great weekend had a ball will be back next year
1303Steve ·
Hi
Had a great time, great people, great cars & great venue, will post photos and videos soon, I bought a new camera for the weekend.
Steve
vw54 ·
we r back great weekend n people
HEy Westie didnt c u there were u hiding
typethreeking ·
westi came up on late saturday arvo and had to catch a plane home sunday arvo, had some trouble with the injection system prior to leaving, he will fill everyone in
DaveCarter ·
Was an awesome event. Really well run and quick and some real nice cars out there. Thanks for the great weekend away Craig
rose ·
We are home and yes what a great weekend once again. I picked up the local paper the (Warwick Daily News) up at Warwick this morning to find BUZ in there.
I was rather surprised with the times I got out of BUZ my best over the 1/8mile with my 20 year old used stan engine with 6 volt 1200 gear box which had been grinded out to fit the 1916 into I had heaps and heaps of fun and he sounded great with a stinger 😂😂
my best time over the weekend was a 10.16 sec with a .536 reaction
And I was giving him all he had. 😂😂
Don't need to have a huge budget to have heaps of fun.
typethreeking ·
was cool to wake up this morning at the hotel in warwick and when i checked out the manager gave me a copy of the above paper with my fastback on there, great weekend had by all, congrats again to craig and team for another successfull weekend, bring on next year already!!!
Craig Torrens ·
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE wrote:
Craig Torrens wrote:A big congrats to MICK058 with the subie powered beetle.....I hear he did a 7.3 ? not bad for a REAL street beetle 😏
Add a second or so to that time from what i saw!!
He won the Vw other powered class with a low 9 pass from memory?? Pretty sure Mick was running 8.6-9's all weekend??
I'm sure he'll be on here soon with all the times...
yes the prankster told me he did a 7.3 😂....he got me good !!!!! 8.82 was his best !
Mick058 ·
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE wrote:
Craig Torrens wrote:A big congrats to MICK058 with the subie powered beetle.....I hear he did a 7.3 ? not bad for a REAL street beetle 😏
Add a second or so to that time from what i saw!!
He won the Vw other powered class with a low 9 pass from memory?? Pretty sure Mick was running 8.6-9's all weekend??
I'm sure he'll be on here soon with all the times...
hahaha 😂
Sorry Craigy, Reubs and i thought we'd give you a bit of a stir, just because you love to stir us so much!!!
i ran a best of 8.82 - fastest mph was 83.?mph but that was a slower time.
fun fun fun weekend - you gotta come Craigy and put your money where your mouth is with one of your pobjoy motors!!!
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE ·
vw54 wrote:we r back great weekend n people
HEy Westie didnt c u there were u hiding
He was simply just hiding from you Burchill LOL
Mick great to finally put the face to the name!! Car looks great and glad it ran with no drama's!! Also congrats on the win too!! Top job!!
Yup c'mon Mr Torrens must about time to walk the walk and stop talking the talk!!
There's only a few left who make noise about days gone by cause most of them are back at the track doing it all over again in some shape of form!
Was awesome to see Henry back behind the wheel in the oval. I got one run against him and he's still quick on the reactions that's for sure!!
Mick058 ·
Thanks Brennden, was great to meet the QLD crew and just absorb the knowledge. Thanks go to Brad and the westside boys for the top job on the conversion too! a few little things to do, but was reliable the whole weekend.
rose ·
AT THE TRACK FRI ARVO
TOWN PARADE
WHAT A TOW CAR
BACK AT THE TRACK FOR SCRUITINEERING SAT
SOME RACING SAT
TEA SAT NIGHT IT WAS A GREAT MEAL WELL DONE TO THE ORGANISERS
SOME TAPPET COVER RACING SAT NIGHT
RACING SUN
Congrats to Mick for his win well done
matberry ·
Hi all, same as above .....what a great event as always, Craig, thanks heaps.
The problem with the Warwick event is that it's over so quickly, but our crew like to make it last by being the first camp up and the last to leave.
Certainly the highlight of the CLA racing team's weekend was Crazy Col getting to the final even though the cherry gave away the victory, we were stoked with the performance of the car and driver being consistant and fast all weekend, with no less than 10 passes on saturday in the daily driven fruitloop, 8.34-8.68.......noice 👍
Tony ran most of saturday in his very tidy flat black manx with the new 2442 running flawlessly, if only the tranny could have handled the punnishment a bit longer. The stock trans blew 2nd and then had no drive so further inspection is required, not to mention some plans for some new hipo bits and a trip to dangerous.
The Hillbilly racer was a late starter with final setups still being sorted at the track on saturday morning. Bottom line is the 3 liter type 4 is an animal and the rh axle only lasted for one pussy pass and one more launch. 🙂. But was lots of fun and cant wait till next years event.
1303Steve ·
Hi
I would also like to say how good the commentator was, it didn't matter if it was full on drag car or street car, he always sounded enthusiastic.
Steve
Craig Torrens ·
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE wrote:
vw54 wrote:we r back great weekend n people
HEy Westie didnt c u there were u hiding
Yup c'mon Mr Torrens must about time to walk the walk and stop talking the talk!!
Ha ha ha...I was walk'n the walk for years, you just missed it!!!!
Maybe I will do a "John Farnham" comeback tour !😂
From the photo's and video it looks like it was a great event.
oh heres a pic of my dust collector 🥲
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE ·
You'll have to chance your luck against the "fruitloop" to win an award like that at Warwick....
Jak Rizzo ·
I was just stoked to get back home!
Awesome weekend, my first Warwick & won't be my last. Awesome cars, excellent people, lots of laughs (really hurt my fractured ribs all weekend) & it was great to finally meet people that u have had contact with for years.
Standouts for me were Dave Butler, Wally Penboss, Rod Penrose, Fabes & the Olive green bug from Mick motors? They were so consistent all weekend & nailed every run. Excellent skill & reliability.
I only had 3 runs I think, 8.8 @ 83mph , half a second slower but same mph, I don't know how that works. Just couldn't get traction in first & second. 2.3 second 60ft.
After the first run Sunday morning it was hard to get 1st & 2nd gear, so I parked it. 10 minutes out of warwick 4th gear started making lost of noises, but Colin & I pressed on to Tamworth. 4th gear noises started going away, stopped for petrol, no reverse gear! Got to Tamworth no problem.
Left for the Central Coast early Monday morning, got just past Singleton, 4th gear went. Drove home on 3rd. Went from 70kph to 120kph, put it in Nuetral & let it roll back to 70kph all the way home, over & over again. Quite tiring! Just over 1600k trip & fortunantly didn't need a trailer. I gave my little bug a big hug when she got me home.
Next year CT & I plan to go a day earlier & race on the circuit on the Friday next to the drag strip, it looks awesome with a real proffesional setup. If anyone else is interested they are more than welcome to join us.
Again, excellent weekend.
regards
Jak
1303Steve ·
Hi Jak
Thats bad luck, I was wondering if we were going to get home after David was doing burnouts with his bug before staging.
What are your plans for the gearbox now?
Steve
vw54 ·
He was simply just hiding from you Burchill LOL
good to meet up with u but s P e L l mname right right willyar
Jak Rizzo ·
1303Steve wrote:Hi Jak
What are your plans for the gearbox now?
Steve
I have a new spare gearbox thats exactly the same as whats in it now, ( I had 2 built at the same time they were that cheap) single side plate with Kombi gears. The gearbox has done over 65'000k's so I can't complain. it should be back on the road this week.
jak
fullnoise ·
See Jak. I told you your car would make it!
I had my most fun drag race ever with Jon Kruger's oval. I'm not sure who reached the finish line first, but he broke-out less than I did. I'm happy with 9.3 @73mph as a consolation prize. Not bad for my tranny-friendly launch-like-a-grandmother starting technique.
The top 8 were fantastic.
Well done Craig Hughes. Another fantastic event.
CT
Boostn ·
Hi all,
Well after a 17 and 1/2 hour drive we made it home all safe. It was a very disappointing weekend for us seeing as we had irrelevant teething problems with the new set up. After a launch one of the tie rods wanted to pull the center out causing a violent shake in the wheel. The only thing that made it all worth it it was the friendly people, meeting new people and putting names to faces. The VW action is always awesome to see and just the general atmosphere of the VW drags was good to be a part of. It was a little warm for us though seeing as it is nice and hailing down here. For those that didn't make it they missed out onl the nicest, fastest VW's in the country.
And once again Craig has done an A1 job!
Thanks Craig and helpers.
vassy66T1 ·
Yes well done Craig! You didn't even look too stressed 😀
Hey Jak, I will join you for a sprint around Morgan Park if they let us. Sounds like a good warm up.
Grey 57 ·
Loco Gringos from Melbourne got home safe and sound also about mid day yesterday.
Nick good to hear you guys arrived back safe too.
It was a fantastic weekend and we had mixed results with a broken car and a trophy (I will let someone else post this one)
Great event Craig, well run and the weather played the game too. Great to catch up with a few northerners and meet a few new peoples too.
We will be back for Warwick 2010 with a few more Loco Gringo VW's in tow😎
polak ·
great work craig! weekend was awesome and its getting bigger every year, cheers for all the effort and giving the rest of us an opportunity to have some fun and meet up with some fellow enthusiasts
HotRodMatt ·
Best pass of the weekend.
Pity it was the wrong direction and didn't register a time...
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE ·
that roo was eyeing off Fabian till he eye balled it right back!!
colonel mustard ·
how on earth did you get those shots so fast... good photography there... 🙂
Joel ·
that roo picked the right time to head across the track
scared the shit out of me i was just coming thro the gate next to ian and rose there when it buzzed past
colonel mustard ·
I'j just glad it didn't end up in front of a car.... that would not have ended well.
VDUBXTC ·
Did anyone get a pic of the one running across down the other end? Near where the fire truck was parked at the end of the concrete.
it ran across at the same time the other bounced up the track.
It hopped across just as the cars went past the finish line. :S
ian.mezz ·
that was me on the side trying to get near the fence , all i could see was me getting hit by a roo then ending up on funny home video show🤪😂🤪
BRUTUS ·
Got home safely to Vic. (not Mexico!.. feels feels more like Canada, 3deg overnight; hailing & almost snowing now) after a 2250 mile round trip (most over 4-1/2days) in Ol' Yella, late last night. Spectating only. Went up via New England Highway: Dunnedoo (yes there was one), Muswellbrook, Scone (didn't see any scones), Tamworth, Armidale, Tenterfield,... have never been in this area before but wonderful scenery, mountains, & lovely towns.
Thanks Craig, I don't know how you do it all!... Is Portland "on" again for next year? Yes, the mind boggles at the length of your protuberance. Good to meet / catch up with many people, and just to be near to the 'legends'. (Stood near to RodP, Dangerous, PeterP; and Ross & Houndog, and many others - felt 'fast' just standing there!). Met/caught up with so many people, Peter, Aaron & family, Matt, Dave, Rod, Andrew, Barry, Jon, and all the South Australians, et Al, et Al. And Conrgrats to Michael C., great stuff!
DavoBuggy 1641 ·
Hey All, I too would like to thank absolutely everyone involved in V.W. Warwick for another awesome weekend. The buggy ran sweet every run, couldn't fault it, I think that dyno time at leon's really paid off. I even managed a 10.15 pass out of the little 1641 but sadly brokeout on a 10.20 dial in, only to put my mate Mick 'aka 1916baja' into the vw special finals which he went on to win. Congrats Mick and all the other drivers for some of the closest racing I have ever experienced!
Cheers Dave!
Houndog ·
DEAR HOTRODMATT, TOP PHOTOGRAPHY..A KANGAROO (FIRST PHOTO) DOING A DIRT BURNOUT !!!
LEARNT STARTING TECHNIQUE FROM THAT SHOT !!! WELL DONE-ROSS.