Not much racing today as the weather really killed everything!! Temps dropped dramatically, wind picked up and then the rain and hail came and ended the days preceedings. Not a lot people got a run in today but there were a few breakages to a few of the big names.
Rod Penrose destroyed a gearbox without getting down the track. Possibly crown wheel and pinion.
Mike Waldron had issues with the throttle sticking badly so didn't even get to stage.
Aaron Roberts has broken an input shaft he thinks. He did get one run in before the breakage and ran 7.01@ 107 something mph.
Ben ford ran well with a low 7 sec pass with high 90's mph.
Chris Bolton's new car made it's first pass down the track without issue.
Cbb flaming tiki Manx ran really well. Nice and straight but had a slight gearshift issue but now fixed. Easy 7'sec pass.
Didn't get to see any others as I was busy helping westi get the junka ready. Pushing the car to scrutineering punctured a rear tyre so had a mad dash around Warwick to get it fixed. We were about to go out for a run and the storm hit. A few quick shades were destroyed in the wind especially ours!! Got the grinder out and cut them up and sacrificed them to the big skip bin.....
Ben386 ·
Whats the weather forecast for tomorrow?
h ·
fine here ATM
just the odd ice block falling from the sky 🤪
wear at least two jumpers brrrr
rum will keep ya warm tho 😉
Ben386 ·
Cannot be there unfortuantly.Working all weekend.
Bad luck to those who have lucked out already.
Good luck to those who hopefully get a run tomorrow.
Look foward to reading about some quick passes.
Saw Junka outside Westside last week.Definatley looks the goods.
Paulc1964au ·
Looking forward to seeing some pics
Flintstones ·
Paulc1964au wrote:Looking forward to seeing some pics
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humpty ·
Still waiting fellas!!!!?????
h ·
...and penrose hits the wall 🤪
SebastienPeek ·
Woah, is he alright?!
morgan ·
Just got the call from Ben Wayne Penrose and the crew had a great weekend, with Wanye taking fasted time and mph 6.30@115? and Chris Bolton in his band new car running 6.70@101mph? and getting best engineered and Ben Ford coming 2nd to Wally in the quick bracket
Not sure if these times are exact but very good to see the WPVW crew having a good weekend
hellbugged ·
Yeah a well deserved "good one" for the wpvw crew....their cars looked great and were HAMMERING!
The effort those guys have put in over the last few weeks is awe inspiring...cars looked great packed together on a semi trailer. Well done!
Stanley ·
morgan wrote:Just got the call from Ben Wayne Penrose and the crew had a great weekend, with Wanye taking fasted time and mph 6.30@115? and Chris Bolton in his band new car running 6.70@101mph? and getting best engineered and Ben Ford coming 2nd to Wally in the quick bracket
Not sure if these times are exact but very good to see the WPVW crew having a good weekend
man that's excellent. was speaking to Chris and he was hoping for 7 flat. One awsome loooking car anf Chris' first outing with it
hellbugged ·
You survive intact andrew?...looked to be going well
Stanley ·
7.58 @ 90mph....I'm over the moon. And drove it off the trailer. Not bad for a 1641
Were you ther daimo?
RISKY4LIFE ·
yeah a good weekend ... that storm sucked
big 👍 to frosty for winning the aircooled class
the buggy ran crap again but still made it down 12 times which is 10 up on last year 👍
i hope to run a new engine combo next year
i didn't take any pic but im sure there will be some up soon
i think rose's pit boy didn't sit his cam down all weekend
hellbugged ·
Yep came for a look....so happy you had a success with the new changes, must feel worth it
Frosty looked great!, rod was fast and did well to change clutch to continue after lunch , the gringos went hard, Henry and d.b always solid....saw the vintage car tank slapping way scary, but laid down a solid pass later....C.T and rose running well too
Wal's wheelies outa the burnout sweet!
hellbugged ·
Ahh frosty got it hey!...well deserved, new body looked good and times solid for the lil screamin 1776!
humpty ·
Stanley wrote:7.58 @ 90mph....I'm over the moon. And drove it off the trailer. Not bad for a 1641
WOW!.... That's an awesome effort Andrew!!!..... That like low 12's high 11's on the 1/4 right?.... Amazing!..... How's the Holley?
And well done to all as well.... Really looking forward to the pics and vids of the event....
dangerous ·
Thanks to Craig Huges and his VWMA crew for such a great event.
Gotta say that the show bags were the best ever, Awesome VW hat! 😎
Lots of great results for all the cars on Sunday with the finer weather, and plenty of personal bests.
Apologies to the Warwick track crews and spectators for holding up the show after running over the finish line lights.
Will look for the cause today...never happened in 20 years and 450 odd runs in this car.
My best was a 7.03@96.3, which is a little off my best at Warwick, but best with the 1/4 mile ratios there.
Highlights for me(that I can remember) were
Stanley's 7.5 run from his 1641cc,
Ben fords 7.0, and his finals appearance,
Chris' 6.7,
Wayne's 6.3!!
Frosty's win,
Rodneys 9000 rpm burnouts,
and the dinner and desert on Saturday night was supoib,
and catching up with all those guys and gals that we only get to see once a year!
1916baja ·
What a great weekend! Dave and i both had a blast driving my car, We certainly never expected to come away with runner up... big congrats to frosty, that 1776 kicks ass! and some mad skills to boot! my best run was against Ben robinson with a 9.022 @74.13mph with a 1.912 60 ft. absolutley stoked with the car and engine, felt strong all weekend and never missed a beat! Big thanks to Dave richardson, Dave butler, matt berry, ben robinson, dave sidery,rod penrose for all the work, parts and advice during the build! see you all in sydney!
great weekend out with everyone
thanks to craig and the crew for the weekend 👍
great to meet new and old vw'ers alike
thanks to matt b for letting us tag along with his crew and luke for cruisin shotgun in the DC
had a great time even when we were all nearly blew off the planet sat arvo with the storm 🤪
pity the sydneyites piked on sat night as when a few of us rolled up late to partake in a beverage all was dark n snoring in the camp
pffft harden up 😂
great times had and the racing was an added bonus 👍
many thanks
humpty ·
Awesome stuff..... Good to see some the SA fellas made it up to Warwick too..... Living vicariously via the images you guys post is all this sad WA Dubber has..... So keep it coming gad damn it!!!!!..... Great effort to all concerned...
vintage ·
Congrats to Craig Hughes for putting on another top weekend even though 3 cyclones hit us on Saturday afternoon
good news about next February event to be held in Sydney much easier drive for all of us from Sydney and a bit easier from the guys from Melbourne and Adelaide
Congrats to Wally and Ben making the Top 10 Shootout
Best showing BY FAR was the group from WPVW, 5 cars on the transporter and on the track all weekend an outstanding performance even for a photo shoot at the end
Best in the pits Rod Penrose with a gearbox and a clutch change in between rounds they a re moddleing of the car with a wall tap
Best change of course ( making the track wider than it should be ) Wayne Fenech VVDS
Bring on Sydney Dragway
Turbo54 ·
Anyone know how Dave O'Conner and Adam Debiasi went?
T54
davidoconnor ·
David O'Connor ran his best time as a 7.0 and had a few 7.3's. He had a issue with a linkage breakage which knocked him out of a round until he found a get by repair for the problem.
1303Steve ·
Hi
What great weekend, certainly not enough bench racing was done because of the crap weather.
What a great bunch of people VW racers are in general, met some really nice people and how about Rod Penrose, he had a massive grin on his face driving back to the pits after hitting the wall, it may only be bent trailing arm
I drove my sons bug up full of camping gear and then he raced it, he flew to Brisbane and I picked him up Friday night, had my fingers crossed all weekend that we would get home OK.
After a cam change a few months ago, he went from a 10.8 ??mph in 2009 when he won won the slower air cooled bracket to 9.9? at ??mph this year
He dialled in at 10.1 but the car started to loose power at the top end so after two loses, I couldnt find an problem we packed up for the drive home.
Got about 20 ks down the road and the loss of power showed up, we had no fuel pressure at the carbs, limped into Tenterfield using very light throttle.
I put the car up on the ramps from the Vintage trailer and removed the fuel filter from the front of the car, it was clear, I called the NRMA and the guy came out and let me use his compressed air to blow the front to back line out.
Put it all back together and had dinner with the Vintage crew at the local pub.
We left Tenterfield early this morning, car ran great until we got to Singleton, no fuel pressure again, this time to the fuel pump had stopped, gave it direct power and it worked fine then.
Also just before Singleton I smelt some oil burning, the sump plug was just about to unscrew after few knock on speed humps etc, we got home without any other issues.
On the way up I had a rocker screw come loose just after the twin servos on the F3 very early in the morning, a spring in the door lock broke and it was hard to shut the door and we broke an accelerator cable at the track, I think that we may need to get a trailer.
Steve
Camo ·
Glad everyone had a great time and some great results.
But Steve (1303Steve) you make VW's sound like they are very unreliable. What have I got myself into building one and I still haven't even driven one on the road yet. Am I 🤪
Kev
rose ·
We also had a great weekend no drama's car ran smooth all day Sat with the new front beam, tyres & quick shift. I did 5 x 9.7 sec at 70mph passes
And on Sun had 4 practice runs all good car still going very well, until finals and I stuffed up I red lit 2 wins and broke out as well but car ran great all week end
had 13 runs all up.
pics & vids soon
Can't wait till Feb at Sydney not far for us to go drag racing it should be huge.
ian.mezz ·
ian.mezz ·
ian.mezz ·
Grey Ghost ·
Hi All,
I had 11 passes for the weekend all in the mid 7,s best was 7.54 @ 92 mph. I had a lot of trouble hooking up in the 60ft but was running well down the last 330ft and on. Track was cold but the air was very good all day.
It was the best Warwick that I have been to as I broke nothing this year managed to make it to the top shootout, run in all the finals and drove the car onto the trailer at the end of the day.
Having a few drinks at Dubbo this evening and will be home tomorrow night. Fantastic to catch up with you racers aging see you all at Sydney in Feb. Thank to all my crew and the organizers for a great week ends racing.
Andrew
ian.mezz ·
1916baja ·
I have a heap of photos to put up but most of them are the same as all the other ones so i'll just chuck a few up that i think are cool....
1916baja ·
more
1916baja ·
wrong way Rodney! what a champion, punished his car, broke it, fixed it, punished it again! a highlight of the weekend for me, couldn't keep his finger off the Nos button!
rose ·
links to vids that Ian took of the week end there's about 20 when I put them all up
Looks like an awesome weekend, pity I missed it.
Thanks for uploading the pic too.
Old Timer
20bkombi ·
Awesome Rose, keep them coming.👍👍
1303Steve ·
Camo wrote:But Steve (1303Steve) you make VW's sound like they are very unreliable. What have I got myself into building one and I still haven't even driven one on the road yet. Am I 🤪
Kev
Hi Kev
He ran in 2008 & 2009 without the car needing to be touched, but that's racing.
Steve
essex ·
1916baja wrote:wrong way Rodney! what a champion, punished his car, broke it, fixed it, punished it again! a highlight of the weekend for me, couldn't keep his finger off the Nos button!
i agree, Rod really gave it a go! what with repeatedly repairing the car then hitting/clipping the car in full flight against the wall, spectacular stuff
rose ·
me tired, it was a shame not to see your beast run this year I missed it you did have one run didn't you?
there is always next time.
20bkombi wrote:Awesome Rose, keep them coming.👍👍
max autos ·
looks like i was a great day... bummed that i couldn't get the kombi going for it ... always next year
1916baja ·
He da man!
essex wrote:
1916baja wrote:wrong way Rodney! what a champion, punished his car, broke it, fixed it, punished it again! a highlight of the weekend for me, couldn't keep his finger off the Nos button!
i agree, Rod really gave it a go! what with repeatedly repairing the car then hitting/clipping the car in full flight against the wall, spectacular stuff
humpty ·
Great vids Rose..... Cheers for that.
1916baja ·
My wife got a couple of vids of my runs, one is blurry but i you tubed it anyway.
fullnoise ·
What a great weekend. You don't need good weather or an 8 second car to have fun at the Warwick weekend. Well done Craig for putting it on and to all the competitors whose well presented and very fast cars make it an exciting spectacle.
I didn't do many passes in my oval. I vowed to spend more time watching from the stands than the dummy grid this year. The little car with it's new IDA set up and taller gearing ran faultlessly from Sydney and back with a best of 9:64@ 72.9 mph. Maybe I've chased away the gremlins that have been plaguing me this year (or passed them on to the Carters).
I put together a small blog about the event on the ADVAN wheels website with a dozen or so pictures for anyone who is interested in the tales I tell.
fullnoise wrote:What a great weekend. You don't need good weather or an 8 second car to have fun at the Warwick weekend. Well done Craig for putting it on and to all the competitors whose well presented and very fast cars make it an exciting spectacle.
I didn't do many passes in my oval. I vowed to spend more time watching from the stands than the dummy grid this year. The little car with it's new IDA set up and taller gearing ran faultlessly from Sydney and back with a best of 9:64@ 72.9 mph. Maybe I've chased away the gremlins that have been plaguing me this year (or passed them on to the Carters).
I put together a small blog about the event on the ADVAN wheels website with a dozen or so pictures for anyone who is interested in the tales I tell.
Thanks gents. I'd love to have time to take more pictures and write more blogs.
My favourite car for the weekend: Shrapnel.
My favourite race: Dave Butler vs Henry Spicak.
My favourite picture:
dangerous ·
fullnoise wrote:Thanks gents. I'd love to have time to take more pictures and write more blogs.
My favourite car for the weekend: Shrapnel.
My favourite race: Dave Butler vs Henry Spicak.
My favourite picture:
Hi CT great write up and pics!
Sorry we did not get a chance to stop for a chat.
Actually that race with Henry was a lot of fun,
even though I lost due to a break out by only .013 seconds.
In fact it was probably one of my most enjoyable runs in 20plus years of driving this car.
Our reactions were
HS: .488, DB: .448
ET's:
HS: 7.521 on a 7.49 dial
DB: 7.037 on a 7.05 dial
I reckon between us there are over 50 years of racing VWs.
fullnoise ·
I swear half the crowd on the grand stand stood up when you two lined up.
I walked past your car about 20 times and didn't see you. I even looked to see if there were legs poking out from under it. I saw somebody in a helmet race your car down the strip a few times (The Stig of VW drag racing perhaps?). I was even told, in great detail, what your muffins tasted like. But I never saw you.
Oh well see you next year. Or in Sydney : )
DavoBuggy 1641 ·
1916baja wrote:My wife got a couple of vids of my runs, one is blurry but i you tubed it anyway.
Sweet!
Guy_H ·
Didn't any watercooled cars run this year? No pics or even a mention 🙁
dangerous ·
Guy_H wrote:Didn't any watercooled cars run this year? No pics or even a mention 🙁
Acually Guy, a lot of people commented to me how fast your water pumper was...and the only waterpumper in the "top VW Shootout", so thumbs up from me!!.
I am sure more vids and pics will filter through as everyone arrives home.
Guy_H ·
dangerous wrote:
Guy_H wrote:Didn't any watercooled cars run this year? No pics or even a mention 🙁
Acually Guy, a lot of people commented to me how fast your water pumper was...and the only waterpumper in the "top VW Shootout", so thumbs up from me!!.
I am sure more vids and pics will filter through as everyone arrives home.
Yeah, only joking Dave 🙂 - seeing it from the other side these days having spent 30 years as a dedicated aircooler - you look at a watercooled forum, they love the aircooled stuff (don't understand them, but always admire them), but the recognition doesn't seem to go the other way.
Instead of sticking Subaru motors in bugs or Kombi's, we build Golf's to go out & smash STi's & EVO's - it's a lot of fun too & 100% Volkswagen.
RodPenrose ·
Well , We have arrived home all safe and tired . I would like to say my congrats to all who attended the event and a big hats off to Craig and the VWMA staff for the well organised weekend . I unfortunatley worked on my car all weekend just to keep it going but had a blast anyway . With all of the preperation I did before I left , I still had some issues to deal with . I would like to thank all of the people that just piched in to help with the transmission change on Sat , and the clutch swap on Sunday .
I was a little disapointed with the performance of my car due to the weather conditions but everyone was in the same boat and I am not making excuses . I could not get the nitrous bottle pressure above 700 psi and I did not get a chance to put the big jets in to see what it could really do , but still managed a best run of 6.7 @ 104mph . Hitting the wall due to the lack of control on my behalf was not real smart , however in 3rd gear @ 9000 rpm's and on the nitrous I was going to give my last run everything I had . I will now finish the new car in time for the first VWMA 1/4 mile event in Feb next year , ROD.
ian.mezz ·
Guy_H ·
Yes Ian, #11 the little polo struggled with DSG gearbox programming big time to put the power down through the front wheels. #04 was pretty well sorted - all we have to learn how to do is remove 700kg's from her 🙂
Thanks for the Pic!
IWL_86 ·
Here is a good one i got of junka
IWL_86 ·
rose ·
here is the in car footage I had you till nearly the end
my oval only weighs 740kg including me😂😂
Guy_H wrote:Yes Ian, #11 the little polo struggled with DSG gearbox programming big time to put the power down through the front wheels. #04 was pretty well sorted - all we have to learn how to do is remove 700kg's from her 🙂
Thanks for the Pic!
andrewmurphy ·
fullnoise wrote:What a great weekend. You don't need good weather or an 8 second car to have fun at the Warwick weekend. Well done Craig for putting it on and to all the competitors whose well presented and very fast cars make it an exciting spectacle.
I didn't do many passes in my oval. I vowed to spend more time watching from the stands than the dummy grid this year. The little car with it's new IDA set up and taller gearing ran faultlessly from Sydney and back with a best of 9:64@ 72.9 mph. Maybe I've chased away the gremlins that have been plaguing me this year (or passed them on to the Carters).
I put together a small blog about the event on the ADVAN wheels website with a dozen or so pictures for anyone who is interested in the tales I tell.
nice pics.... thanks to everyone for organising a great event.
i guess that doing a 7500rpm burn out with a standard pulley and you get a broken fan.... it actually broke the alternator stand in 2 in addition to having the fan grenade.
the fins only got a little bent which is great news.
thanks to the wolfsburg guys who had a spare alternator post.
we pulled the fan off and installed the new alternator stand then went racing again.
eventually ran 8.96 @76mph.
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE ·
Here's a few pic and some video from the weekend. Didn't get to take too much as I was busy helping a few out with their cars.
Never paint your race car black!! It gets dirty waaaaay to quickly LOL
Video of Rod Penrose
Guy Harding's APR Golf R
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE ·
Wally Penboss
Tony Statham vs Formula Vee
Formula Vee vs manx
Wayne Penrose
1916baja ·
😁 thats not gunter... thats tony 😀
11CAB ·
Rods Burnout........ "you're doing it wrong..... 😀"
matberry ·
Thanks to Craig and the Warwick track officials for yet again a successful event. We ended up having 3 cars competing and improvements made accross the board kept everyone happy. Mark's manx knocked over a second off his previous times with the addition of some IDA's, an MSD and some suspension tweaks. He was stoked with consistant mid 9 sec passes from his 1915 VW engine. The not so happy camper was Tony with his 2276 flat black manx. After a few passes in qualifying running flat 8's and PB's, the engine seemingly nipped a bearing after the burnout and so will need to be checked out. My new/old Blue 60 ran flawlessly all weekend, very happy she made it through the weekend running consistant 10.0 passes at 67 mph, slow yes, but for a dunger oil burner and stock transmission ... 'ya gotta be happy with that' 🙂
As usual, my camera was hardly out of it's case 👎
HS618 ·
Wow, what a great weekend.
To everyone I met , chatted to or raced - Thank you, Thank You, Thank You!!!!!!
It is fantastic watching the VW scene grow. My only gripe is - Why couldn't the current VW Drag scene happen 30 years ago when I was in my prime?
Some of the memorable snapshots of the weekend for me were:
* The race with DB (i've been waiting for the opportunity for a long time and you couldn't wipe the smile from my face - even before the tree came down - Thanks DB)
*The race with David OConnor. I rattled off a .409 reaction and bloody hell , David runs a perfect .400, not much to boast about there (Congratulations David, excellent work) I want a re-match!!!
* The ever entertaining Rod., you have done something not many people can do. You have psyched me out. i'm scared to run beside you. I'll need a bucket load of handicap on the tree to get far enough in front of you to stay out of trouble!!
* The sound of all the blown VW's at the meeting. Maybe we can arrange a Cackle Fest at Sydney Dragway in Feb? Now, that's something I would pay money to see!!
I will have to run a few Sydney Dragway meetings to get some practise for all the runs and re-runs I intend to have in Feb.
Craig, Thank you to you and all associated with the event - as everyone there noticed, the VW Drag scene is growing
1303Steve ·
Hi
I can't wait for next years event in Sydney.
Some photos that I took.
Steve
PS do you think Dave should fit a muffler to the LMS car?
1303Steve ·
some more
68AutoBug ·
rose wrote:here is the in car footage I had you till nearly the end
my oval only weighs 740kg including me😂😂
Guy_H wrote:Yes Ian, #11 the little polo struggled with DSG gearbox programming big time to put the power down through the front wheels. #04 was pretty well sorted - all we have to learn how to do is remove 700kg's from her 🙂
Thanks for the Pic!
EXCELLENT VIDEOS ROSE...
but it looks like You will have to give the tim tams up....
to get the weight down.... lol
Looks like You has some fun up there....
Lee
humpty ·
I want that engine cover Brad!!!!!
newghia ·
fullnoise wrote:Thanks gents. I'd love to have time to take more pictures and write more blogs.
My favourite car for the weekend: Shrapnel.
My favourite race: Dave Butler vs Henry Spicak.
My favourite picture:
Isaac,
Where's my numberplate cover ?
Nath
essex ·
Here's a few of my pics,
anyone get any video of Wayne Fenechs squirrelly run?
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Dak-A-Tak ·
Well done everyone ! How many vw drag cars now ? in the country .
Lisa has Rodney and Wayne's stuff ups on video , she will put up on youtube soon .
No Warwick dvd this year as Not enought sales for all the work she puts in , sorry !
fullnoise ·
Nice pictures essex.
Where was Rod Richardson & 48IDA?
CT
bajachris88 ·
The weather sucked! But was a good weekend 🙂
Although the following photo doesn't show, the first wind/shower sent the tarp flying. Rumour has it that silver KG that was staying with the Das Resto Haus group copped a nice dent in the rear quarter from a tree branch or something?
Some misc. shots:
And for some reason my partner Meg felt so inclined to take this:
Lol, whose arse is this? Meg took it in dispute of the lady walking in the way of the Warwick bagpipe band she was trying to video haha.
We bought some more warm stuff on saturday for the evening, then we were set. Mind you, the cheap motel was heaven on Sunday night compared to being in that open cold breeze. Dam weather stopped my going offroad with Smiley to the lookout.
ian.mezz ·
bajachris88
I hope you got home ok , your baja sounded like it was running on 3 cylinder when it went past me on Saturday , maybe full of rain water 😊
phaeton ·
The Driver's Briefing
Drag Racing on Scale - it raced a kid on a bike and won 😎
Ken Virgin's Tiger Paw now owned by Adelaide's Adam DeBiasi
Grey Ghost of Andrew Ermel (possibly heading to Volksfest 2011 with Shrapnel)
Tappet Cover Racing
Swap Meet
Final Day (please don't rain)
Grey Ghost
Henry Spicak
David O'Connor's Sharpnel from Adelaide
Ben Roberts
Rod Penrose in the wall.
bajachris88 ·
ian.mezz wrote:bajachris88
I hope you got home ok , your baja sounded like it was running on 3 cylinder when it went past me on Saturday , maybe full of rain water 😊
Hi Ian,
haha, after the convoy cruise and parking, and then just when i started to drive off from the park in Warwick leaving the dubs it was running like a turd.
A block off on one of my vacuum pipes on my inlet manifold popped off, giving me a huge 8mm wide vacuum leak lol. I pulled over just before hitting the road and Smiley and I got stuck in and patched it back up.
Other than that, the whole weekend i had massive flat spot issues due to the dreaded 009 (my opinion anyways). I will make corrections to my carb (the old' pop rivet in the butterfly trick) to sort it out and have better take offs without that carrying on it does. i have x130 main jet at the moment which should suffice fueling wise, but it runs lean during coasting (again no vacuum advance correction because of 009 to suit air/fuel mix of emissions based 34 pict 3), so the rivet should hopefully sort that out. I could just get a SVDA dissy but i don't plan on running on this carb for too long.
gotta be the 009 causing the issues. Smiley and I wound open the accelerator pump to full (has fresh diaphragm fitted) and we were still getting hesitation from idle).
hypo-vw ·
well after 3 months of preparation , including the intense last 3 weeks of 7 days a week 16 to 17 hours a day , all of the WPVW cars went really well .
many thanks must go to the members of team WPVW for all their effort and assistance in preparing 5 cars for this event . A special thanks must go to my father Allan ( poppy Penrose ) for his immense support and for all the assistance in machining engine parts for me . Without the support of my team these cars would not have made it to Warwick
My turbo oval ran 6.33@113mph , Chris Bolton in his new turbo bug ran 6.71@101mph , Ben Ford in his supercharged bug ran a new PB of 7.04@100.3mph , Joe Tanti in the WPVW sports sedan ran 8.5@82mph and Cindy Hurst raced my turbo cabriolet as her turbo beetle did not get finished for this event . Cindy ran a 10.5@65mph
I managed to hire a car transporter for all 5 of our cars which really took the stress away of towing all 5 vehicles to QLD and back . I then hired a 25 seater mini bus which was just awesome as team members that had been up working all of those late nights were able to get some well deserved sleep on the trip up there
Many thanks goes to Craig and his wife Colleen for putting on the event once again , many thanks go to the track organisers and members of the Warwick Drag Racing Club for all their efforts , and many thanks go to all competitors and spectators because without you , we just dont have an event
a now just for a tease , I am laying on a beach outside the Sofitel on Denaru Island , Fiji where I have bought my daughter Brittany for her first overseas trip . I am laying on the beach planning VWMA drags at WSID in february 2012 , see you all there . Wayne
PS will put pics up of Warwick when we get back
Super1302 ·
i see the bias in Rods car didn't work. lol😁
essex ·
well done Wayne & team, terrific job & great times!
essex ·
hellbugged ·
👍 thanx for the show Wayne and team!
massive efforts!....inspirational
loved it
fish26 ·
Had a great weekend, thanks to all involved with both organizing and participating in an awesome event, gotta have more of these type of events in the future.
Here is one for the water pumpers.
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE ·
The silver is my cousins girlfriend. This was the first time she has ever competed in any form of a motorsport event. On Saturday she had trouble getting the hang of staging the car with the lights. Hung a few cherries, staged with the back wheels etc etc. Sunday was a different story!! She got the hang of it really well and reeled off some reaction times that most of us would love to have!! Most of them between .400 and .600 all day which is why she won the class!!
dangerous ·
Two best pictures ever Barry!
Good to catch up at Warwick.
essex wrote:
essex ·
cheers Dave, next time you see me, i may even have my car with me!
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE ·
Just before Tom's axle decided to parts ways so to speak!!
VWMA Editor ·
Hi All,
Another Warwick, another successful VW drag racing weekend. To think that the series is now six years running and only growing is an amazing effort on everybody's part, drivers, crew and spectators.
As always the weather tried to knock us off our perch, and Saturday was a typical nasty Qld storm, but all time lost was recovered on Sunday and four rounds of fast and furious competition ended a great day. Congrats to Neil Penboss for taking out the coveted Warwick Top VW Shootout title, and Courtney Hawker for scoring the Most Driver Points for the 2011 series.
The Warwick Dragway team once again did an amazing job, and working with people such as Jo Sinclair, Chris and John Loy, Peter Slade and crew makes my task of organising the weekend so much easier.
Mick Motors drag car may not have had the most ideal racing weekend, but their support as major sponsor for the 2011 series allowed the VWs to go racing. Brad Young and Westside Mufflers also caught a gremlin (maybe there was something in the tent, because David O'Connor also had issues?!), but again Brad's sponsorship of the series goes a long way to bringing it all together. And there's no show without Rod Penrose and his Performance Parts Business, who not only helps with the event financially, but also keeps me motivated to run the series each year. Lastly, thanks to the VW clubs of Victoria, Sydney, Adelaide and Qld for helping with the running of the series.
Another great part of the weekend is the strength of the family atmosphere, with the Allen and Hanson tribes two families that come to mind as avid and enthusiastic VW racing enthusiasts. If you count each child and young adult as potential drag racers, then there's no end in sight for the series (I'll also probably be contributing to that - even my little girl wanted to steer the Vee into the staging lanes. Mum is slightly worried).
To the long haul interstate drag racers, especially the Victorians and South Australians (Gringos, Dave O'Connor and team, Adam and Kathleen Debiasi), thanks for the effort and support. It's not easy these days, and your participation at Warwick was very appreciated.
As most of you know, the series for 2012 starts in Sydney on February 25th. The level of excitement and anticipation about the new 1/4 mile event is quite outstanding, and the VWMA website will be updated in coming weeks with the itinerary and requirements for racing.
Many businesses have already expressed a desire to help sponsor the 2012 series, so again, I'll be sending out sponsor packs shortly (initially via email because of impending print deadlines).
Well done everyone and see you on the track in 2012.
Cheers
Craig Hughes
bajachris88 ·
Does the sydney drag event take over the warwick? As in there won't be a warwick 2012?
too cranky ·
bajachris88 wrote:Does the sydney drag event take over the warwick? As in there won't be a warwick 2012?
No. Sydney has replaced the Portland event but not Warwick.
1916baja ·
No, it replaces portland.
dangerous ·
humpty ·
Link doesn't work Dave!!!!
beetleboyjeff ·
Strange, worked for for me earlier, so just tried it again and it still works for me.
hellbugged ·
dangerous wrote:
T'was great to see you out piloting the car again Dave
sounded tough as nails idling into the puddle....then REAL burnouts and running straight as off the line and through the runs
such a credit to your years of dedication to the WHOLE package......my fav by far
👍
Daimo
phaeton ·
Andrew Ermel if your reading this check you private messages.
dangerous ·
humpty wrote:Link doesn't work Dave!!!!
Works fine you apple user you.
Try search you tube:
Dave Butler @ Warwick 2011 #2.avi
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE ·
Works for me on my phone and my pc.
HotRodMatt ·
Thanks Craig for putting on another great event. Six years is a hard slog and it doesn't get any easier year to year...
Special thanks to Team CBB, you guys (and gals) have the best camaraderie and though I've been too busy to be around much this year it always great to see the team working so well together.
Rod... thanks for the shot! Who says you aren't a "giving kind of guy"? If you can't wait for the magazine let me know your email address.
To everyone that travelled from near or far, it's great to see such support for the event and that it keeps growing.
A few teaser pics below. Make sure you buy the magazine that makes the event happen.
Ken would be proud. Great to see it on the track.
I don't know if it can be called the rat drag bug anymore. Don't worry Ben, there's better but let's leave that for Craig to publish.
Whose signature is this?
I don't know how you manage to fit in there and drive it Shane... well done.
fullnoise ·
Great shots.
I love the shot of Fabian's Aussie Inch Pincher. What a cracker.
westi ·
Cool shots as always Matt.
Great footage Dave.
Anyone putting a video together this year.
humpty ·
dangerous wrote:Works fine you apple user you.
How'd you know?... Your scarin me Dave!....
But it works now.... No clue what was up before.... Maybe it was an 'East Coast' thing.... 😂
I know this post is getting a little old , but I have been updating some vids of the team WPVW cars running at Warwick VW drags .
For those who are interested