OK so for all of you who like me aren't able to be in Sydney for the drags due to work etc etc and want to know who is running what times etc etc this is thread for those of you who are there to put the times, pics, stories, carnage in.
Sitting here at work on a miserable day doing very little I need something to keep me entertained so let the info and pics begin!!
vw54 ·
16.3 fastest yet
Craig S ·
Well I've done a quick cull of the photos I've taken (about 500), but there are still a lot so forgive me. Also if there aren't anyof your car I apologise, they might be sitting in some of the others that didn't come out. Also please forgive me if I get names wrong.
Let's start:
Being an owner of an L Bug, I did like the battle of the L Bugs, and there were quite a few there.
Ben Ford's car looked the goods and seemed to put in consistent good times:
Craig S ·
Then there was Mr Birchallwho kept getting quicker causing him to break out a few times:
here he is vs Matt Berry
And vs Dangerous Dave
Dangerous seemed to have an issue in the morning but came out strong and I think had the second fastest time of the day
Here it was a grudge match vs Rod Richardson (?). Dangerous would have had him, except he headed for the wall and backed off:
Craig S ·
The CBB cars looked and sounded as good as ever:
And then there was Crazy Col
And CT in the Oval which looked great:
And Daimo who seemed to get quicker and quicker, and I think got into the 15s?
Craig S ·
Davo's (?) New drag buggy seemed to be going nicely:
Then there was the showdown between the new drag buggies. This is how it went:
Craig S ·
My new favourite car is all down to the engine. 2 litre turbo, street driven and consistently in the 13s from memory. The number plate says it all "Eat 911"
The ex-VWMA drag rat looked good, but I think he broke out a few times in the round robin.
Flamin Tiki looked awesome and as I was standing behind it on Friday night at the pizza get together I can assure you it is noisy as well:
This is Flamin Tiki with Sezer's buggy that has all sorts of fun around the corners at Wakefield, but it seemed to be behaving itself today:
And just to prove I took a photo or two of a water cooled car:
I think it made the final for its class?
Craig S ·
Various Gringos:
A buggy I quite liked and it seemed to go well.
Jak Rizzo's WRX powered Beetle looked great and performed well and consistently. Jak won his class because he was consistent, and made sure of it in the final by being smart as well and backing off to ensure he didn't break out:
More L Bug action, this time Steve Natoli vs Rod Penrose (who was running nitrous I think). Either way he was very, very fast.
Craig S ·
I've fallen in love with this notch, so you'll have to put up with some photos. It was quick too:
Rose appeared to have trouble getting all the power down early, but got quicker I think as the day wore on:
A nice looking and quite quick oval:
Craig S ·
Neil Penboss was quick all the time, but every now and then it was a bit of a handfull, but he could be relied upon for wheelies:
There was a Purvis in the show and shine:
More of Rod Penrose in the L Bug (I think he was probably third fastest for the day???)
Craig S ·
Unfortunately Rod couldn't get the New Beetle ready in time, but he brought it along so people could have a perve. He did have the lid open later, but I didn't get a photo, so someone else will have to post one:
Craig S ·
Rose among thorns......
Craig S ·
Rudi vs Wayne
See, another watercooled photo:
Shaun was out there giving the new engine a thrashing:
Shrapnel looked good:
Henry Spicak had a number of runs, but I think he broke something:
Craig S ·
Another L Bug, this time Steve C who ran consistent 16s
Fortunately he didn't get beaten by the Kombi:
Another CBB Car:
Something you don't see every day:
The V8 powered contestants:
Craig S ·
Craig had one run with the Vee down the track, just so he could say he used it!
I think this was the VW powered final (won by the L Bug I think):
Some more of the new VWMA drag buggy with Aaron Roberts at the wheel I think:
Craig S ·
And finally, Wayne Penrose who I'm pretty sure was the fastest on the day, and consistently so. The car looked good and sounded good and was good:
Camo ·
Craig,
Great photos, great tags, great memory for all those names and great work all round.
I don't think I will need to put any of my photos up, well done 👍
Thanks also to all the drivers and their cars and VWMA for a great day.
Kev
Paulc1964au ·
Yes was a great day have posted some photos on my facebook page
Great day, great cars, great venue, great people, great weather.
I maybe wrong but I don't think that there were too many breakages, when you consider how far some of theses cars have come from showroom performance it's a credit to the builders of these cars.
I think that I still prefer Warwick as a venue, at Warwick when lining up in the competitor lanes you still feel part of the action.
Thanks for the photos, I hope everyone has a safe and pleasant trip home.
Steve
ian.mezz ·
we had a top time .
Rose ran good all day , no probs, she won some and lost some and did a PB .
We got home at 2am sunday morning after staying at the track after the racers to listen to the band.
and what about the weather that Craig put on .😊
pictures and vids to come.
rose ·
Dino's pizza night pics
we had a godfather it was delish yum yum
perfect night out for a vee dub cruise
rose ·
It was another great day drag racing I did my PB of 13.474 sec at 104.22MPH, R/T .072 with 10psi boost.
I finally was getting it right at the end of the day with my last to runs at 13.557sec & 13.506
Thanks heaps Craig and every one for coming along next year should be even bigger. What a turn out I think Craig said there was around 96 competitors.
cjbolt051 ·
Great job Craig and all who assisted in setting up this meet.
I ran a PB of 10.537@122.8 and had a ball
vw54 ·
Great pics Craig
its hard to see whats happeneing when yr racing
I lost the first round to Col
so i just gave the car heaps and ended up with 3 break outs didnt want to back off was having too much fun
too cranky ·
Thank You To Craig Hughes and all his helpers for there efforts. It takes a lot of work to get events organised particularly from another state.
Thank You to Sydney Dragway. The track has really been working hard to make sure we have a great racing facility and well prepared track. Unfortunately the weather has held them back substantially. It is great events like the VW Showdown with support from competitors and spectators that will allow us to keep racing at Sydney.
Thank you to all competitors. Without everyone turning up and supporting the event we wouldn't be able to get together and share our love of Volkswagens and Drag Racing. It doesn't matter what you drive, what your ET was or what your MPH was as long as you get out there and have some fun.
We can't forget to thank all the spectators. It is great to see so many people outhere supporting the racers and the event.
Finally I would also like to thank all the Guys and girls from CBB Racing. Without the help and friendship of you all I would not be able to race. Mike Kristen deserves the greatest thanks. Mike has put his own racing racing aside to get some more cars on the track. Your help, guidance and friendship is greatly appreciated.
Bum in seat time is very short lived and always provides plenty to learn from. I look forward to some better performances with some more track time and some more tweeking.
RISKY4LIFE ·
WOW looks like a great event!!!!
hey i see turbo Mick in his buggy what times did he run? ... i know he runs 9.2's all day in the 1/8 = 1/4 high 13's?
i didn't see any pic's of Frosty how did his big bore killer...1776 go?? man that is my fav bug atm!
Paulc1964au ·
Great photos guys here are a few of mine
Paulc1964au ·
dangerous ·
WOW! Thank you guys for sharing those amazing pictures!
After having some trouble with some broken rockers i ran a PB of 10.70 and 126.1mph.
I really have to thank Mike Kristen for taking time out to go with me back to the CBB workshop
to rob the rockers off his Ghia engine, so I could continue racing...the only set in the country!
Thanks also to geoff Scott, for his crew assistance over the week and, and to Craig hughes and WSID for a fabulous event!
colin ·
A big congrats to my man Keith Haeusler.
Racing his Beetle, all steel and glass in only it,s third outing, he reeled of a 12.26 at 107mph.
Not bad for a normally aspirated car built in a home garage!
Awesome effort mate.
Cheers Col
FROSTY ·
Finally home and all packed away, I was .02 off my PB with 13.810 but got a PB 95.67mph. Can't thank you enough Craig for talking us to Sydney!!!!
I'm very stoked that I can say I've raced at Sydney Dragway now.
How many weeks till Warwick???Can't wait!!!!
ps Thanks Troy for the loan of your helmet!!!
Frosty
Keith Haeusler ·
Thanks Col.
What a great day. Many thanks to all and sundry who made the day the success that it was. A big shout out to Craig for taking the punt, lets hope we can do it again next year.
Now bring on Warwick!
Regards,
Keith
66deluxe ·
dangerous wrote:I really have to thank Mike Kristen for taking time out to go with me back to the CBB workshop
to rob the rockers off his Ghia engine, so I could continue racing...the only set in the country!
that is awesome to hear Dave.
hellbugged ·
66deluxe wrote:
dangerous wrote:I really have to thank Mike Kristen for taking time out to go with me back to the CBB workshop
to rob the rockers off his Ghia engine, so I could continue racing...the only set in the country!
that is awesome to hear Dave.
X2......that is cool, good on you both Mike and Dave!
thanx for taking the pics and making the effort to post them guys.
vwpizza ·
I would like to take this time to thank Craig Hughes and all his helpers for putting on an amazing weekend of VWs and racing,it was just fantastic.
I would also like to thank everyone that came out to my shop (Dino's Pizza) for dinner,I hope you enjoyed it as much as i did.The feed back from the Center Mangment was great and the locals loved seeing all of our VWS.
I would also like to thank Shane Hobson for bringing out the Tiki and firing it up not once but twice during the night and shaking the sh#t out of Glenmore Park.
On a personal note i would like to thank Joel and Phil Mizzi for there efforts in making sure my Single Cab was at the shop on Friday night.
I also need to thank Ryan Heyman for his work on preppairing the Pizza Bug for racing and sitting behind the wheel,your a good friend thanks again.
cheers Dean
Paulc1964au ·
Couple of images for you Dean
Grey Ghost ·
Hi All
The Loco Gringo's just got back to Melbourne. We had a great weekend and both our cars; Beetle Juice and the Grey Ghost ran their fastest 1/4 times. Unfortunately the gearbox in Mike’s car lost its first gear late in the afternoon and was pitted for the rest of the day. Steve has the slips for Beetle Juice so I can give the exact times for him but I ran in the Grey Ghost with two 11 second passes. The second pass on the day came up with an 11.961@113.7mph and the last of the nine passes for the day 11.946@112.69mph. I am stoked to have run my first 11 second pass finally after trying all last year on slippery tracks and getting so close. The car is still a bit twitchy to say the least but with a little more work on the suspension, the wheelie bars and a new box ( the old box still has standard 1500 ratios) I hope to go a little quicker if not then a little straighter! The Ghost ran consistently 12.00 flat all day and my dial in for the finals was 11.95 which I broke out with the 11.94!
Thanks to Craig for putting on a great event once again, and thanks to all the VW competitors for the awesome racing and the Melbourne guys who travelled up to support us on the day.
Thanks to Mike Cronin the Loco Gringo’s crew chief, Greg Harmer my crewman Ewan Munro Steve’s crewman for all their patience and help in getting both of us there safely and racing on the day.
Thanks also to the new Gringo Bernie Martin for making the trip with us and hope to see him racing at the next drag meet with his new turbo car "Sanches", it sounds like a Mexican!
Cheers
Andrew Ermel
matberry ·
Love all the pics and comments, thanks heaps for posting, as said you don't see too much when competing.
A great event and as usual the VW community pulls it off.
Thanks to Craig and organisers at WSID for an event that went without a hitch.
Time to go build a fast engine 🙂
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE ·
How's the flooding/damage up your way Matt?? Hopefully not too bad for you!!
matberry ·
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE wrote:How's the flooding/damage up your way Matt?? Hopefully not too bad for you!!
mmm , thanks for asking Brenndan. Not real nice to come home to, but I was expecting worse and hoping for better. 330mm of rain last Friday night made the Six Mile Creek b ehind us break it's banks, not extremely unusual, but this time it rose to where no one has seen it rise to before........my workshop has a clean floor after 11" of floodwater went through.....needless to say I have a bit of a clean up ahead. 🙁
Craig Torrens ·
Sorry to hear Matt...thats a real bummer🙁
sauron ·
Had a great weekend, thanks as usual to Craig and to the WSID crew for a great track also to Dean for the yummy pizza on Friday night. Thanks also to Mark Zellner who crewed for me, even though I broke 1st gear in the 3rd round I still posted a PB of 12.7 so I'm pretty happy anyway, think I might need some help to solve this problem.
Looks I'm being replaced by a new guy on the Gringos team (just read it on Andrews post) no matter i'll still be at Warwick later this year
Michael
68AutoBug ·
Craig S wrote:Well I've done a quick cull of the photos I've taken (about 500), but there are still a lot so forgive me. Also if there aren't any of your car I apologize, they might be sitting in some of the others that didn't come out. Also please forgive me if I get names wrong.
EXCELLENT WORK CRAIG
Best coverage I've ever seen...
thanks for the many pics....
Looks like a top Long Day
Lee
baghall ·
It was a great day. I finally got to go and was able to convince my two boys to come along. They enjoyed their time and the sounds of the cars. Thanks heaps for a great day.
tar76 ·
Man looks like a good weekend was had. cheers for the pics.
bugboymatt ·
WOW looks like a great time was had by all. Some great looking rides out there at the strip.
RISKY4LIFE ·
also who got Ian's 300 bux ???
vw_dude ·
Awesome Day Craig. Had a ball in my daily driven beetle running a PB of 12.99 @ 102mph. Many thanks to Wayne and Ben at Team WPVW for their late nights spent rebuilding the box and repairs to the front suspension in order to get the car ready for the weekend
vw54 ·
I got $100.00 with the VERY first run of the day
I was in the staging lanes and GOT the MONEY honey with a 0.007 reaction time
tried to better it later must have been a $100 dollar fluk
got down to a 0.047 but HEY it was and always is the BEST FUN
Looks like the $100 will go on the BAR at VALLA if u care 2 join us
thanks to ROSE n IAN for putting up some funds for everone to enjoy and VWMA for putting on the event top stuff
hypo-vw ·
a short vid from TEAM WPVW of part of the cruise home .
Menangler ·
Fantastic event Craig Thanks, we had a ball, it is a shame more people didn't stay for the Saturday night, the band was great.
This was the 1st time I have run my new street engine and gearbox on the track, it ran very well although gearbox ratios weren't ideal for the full quarter.
I had 8 runs with a best of 13.3 and a best MPH of 99.5.
Dasdubber ·
Well done Craig and helpers (whom I'm sure there are many!) for putting on such a great event at a great facility. I hope the numbers and interest was sufficient to see it continue in the future. It was a pleasure to sponsor the event and have the opportunity to show some of our products to the NSW and a few VIC and SA crew who normally can't swing by our showroom to have a look. We look forward to supporting both Warwick and Sydney in coming years.
Congratulations to all those who got onto the track, and those who pulled out some great performances. Some personal highlights were seeing Wayne P open up the turbo oval and the other WPVW cars running so well, Dave B for getting back out there after rocker mishaps and running a 10.7, Rod Penrose's insane albeit static new car (so close hey Rod), and of course Henry and Rod's continuing staging dual 🙂
Kudos to eveyone who came along and raced or like us, enjoyed spectating the action.
Al
DAS Resto Parts
hellbugged ·
good stuff, love those last minute stories!
mines similar
5 speed box developed a bit of a noise the week before Sydney, so decided not to risk it all and pulled it out Sunday arvo. Somehow managed to fit up some axles and type 3 drums to my faithful old 4 speed between work shifts, finishing off getting the engne in and running 1.30 am friday with crazy col..........thanx buddy for making the whole trip a laugh!
........up Friday 5am to pack as many tools and spares we could find and fit under the seats and bonnet, always the best insurance to avoid those queeny trailers. Here it got really interesting becuase we also packed in the missus and my 4 year old daughter plus their necessities for their first decent roady in the lil screamer. 520km ahead of us and the rest of the crew
Bucket of nerves till our first stop 2 hours down the road where a look under the car provided a much need reassurance that all fluids were staying where they belonged........had a grin from ear to ear for 20 minutes after that stop!
Brian should have some sweet pics of us all on the freeway Mel and I with our ear plugs and Zj in her booster clad with full ear muffs
oh went down the stip as well on Saturday, running 16.7 which was not good enough for my liking........ran a bit harder off the line to take a small amount of time off.....not good enough!........so sitting in staging decided it was time to pick up the family i had dropped off earlier between runs, put it in reverse and shot down the road to the motel. Yes i was kind enough to stop and ask D.B and Rod if they wanted anything from the shops whilst down the street in my "race car"
So back to the track five minutes later and a phone call to Craig Torrens about how it sounded from the stands (too rich though top of third and 4th gears) had the decision to be break it OR the 15 barrier.......with harder starts and more rpm........so 6800rpm changes provided a 15.77 @ 83.8 MPH. that was good enough for a 1776cc, standard gearbox, full weight 67 complete with roof racks, spare tyre, jack and 1/2 a tank of fuel 😘
........next day we still had to get it home, so loaded up my pair of co-pilots and 100kg of spares and running up the freeway to Hexham in the midday heat @ 3900rpm, used all of 15 litres of fuel.
ya gotta be happy with that!!
nice to meet and catch up with plenty of familiar faces and a few new ones too!
good weekend road trip with the family and some really cool fello VW nuts!
motha ·
WOW!!!
Thanks for posting up all the great pics. You just don't get to see much when your actually racing, so I'm sure alot of the entrants will appreciate seeing them.
Looks like it was an awesome & very successful VW drag meet & weekend in general, with a few people running PB'c etc.
I suppose thats the advantage of running at a properly prep'd 'international' track.
Even though I wasn't there, you've got to take your hat off for Craig H for organizing an event like this & all the volunteers who come along to help out with all the other odds & ends of the event which get the majority of the time are overlooked, but all together make for a great show/meet/event.
Great stuff.
Would of liked to see a couple more pics of the waterpumpers, but this is a aircooled forum after all.
Maybe next year if its a 2 day event, I might come up for a look/race. If I ever decided to even make a start on my mk1.
Kiwivw56 ·
We finally got the car to the track after a week of long hours, especially the 2am Saturday Morning, with Mike doing the Wheel Alignment and Shane making the last two Brackets to hold the Engine Lid on. A great big thanks to Mike & Shane and the other CBB Racers, Darren, Chris, Alan and the legend Henry, for all your support and guidance on the day.
My first run I ran a 16 as was just getting a feel of the car, my best run was 13.227 with the Rev Limiter set at 6000rpm.
The car ran exceptionally straight and didn't miss a beat, more time on the track will see this car improve.
A special thanks to Mike for his skill and engineering in setting up this car, I think that the people that did look at the engine set up would agree with me, its a pity others didn't.
A big thanks to the Wives for all the Cakes and the food that kept us all topped up for the day
Thanks Craig for a great event and I look forward in running at Warwick.
dangerous ·
Your car was awesome Russell!
Actually, talking about water pumpers, I believe there WAS one that qualified under the 11.85 for the quick bracket...then drove home!
motha ·
dangerous wrote:Your car was awesome Russell!
Actually, talking about water pumpers, I believe there WAS one that qualified under the 11.85 for the quick bracket...then drove home!
Yeah, I heard it ran 11.1 & went home too.
R32 with a R36 twin turbo setup.
May have had DSG clutch issues after that run. But thats speculation though
I know they don't last long when punching that much power through them.
Paulc1964au ·
I think i have photos of every car that ran so if you would like photos just pm me and i will send you some photos
ian.mezz ·
Paulc1964au wrote:I think i have photos of every car that ran so if you would like photos just pm me and i will send you some photos
how about all of the vw cruzin up and down the track ?😊
RAZ34 ·
48IDA and Tom's brown bug home safely .
Not a spanner laid on 48IDA all day . 11.58 and 115mph were it's best .
Haven't sat in it since May last year. Five 11 sec passes for weekend . Only 12 was when
Dave B and I wobbled down track and still ran 113mph. Wondered where Dave was going on that run .
Looked out drivers window and he was sideways so I took the only opportunity I will ever get to beat him heads up and nailed it.
Thanks Pete (super car prep) and family , Troy and Tom for the weekend . Of course Craig for the huge effort and the Hobson boys for the cool TopVW plate.
Henry Henry Henry . One-nil 2012.
Rod R
HS618 ·
RAZ34 wrote:Henry Henry Henry . One-nil 2012.
Rod R
Yes Rod, one-nil 2012. Remind me, who staged first?
vassy66T1 ·
Nice one Rod!
Awesome effort Daimo Pell with your cool beetle 😎
Lot's of impressive runs on the day ... too many to mention (or potentially remember)
RAZ34 ·
Henry,
Will wait for tap on shoulder next time .
Car OK ?
HS618 ·
What a great day's Drag Racing!!!!
To have so many (awesome) VW's competing at my home track has been a long time wish
As everyone else has mentioned, a heart-felt "Thank You" to Craig and his elves, Ray and all the Sydney Dragway crew for putting on an exceptional First "all VW" event at home and to Andrew for the rare (but slow) Type 3 Panel tow car.
The track prep was good enough for a personal best of 11.776 @112.31 mph (only to be let down when I ran Rod R.) 2 side-steps per run is my limit so I aborted the run believing I had broken something.
Initial checks reveal that all is OK with the car, so I hope to run the upcoming Pro-Stock round at Sydney Dragway
I was pleasantly surprised at the lack of (start-line) breakages therefore few on-track hold-ups - Thank you to everyone that didn't destroy something
Now that the VW ice has been broken at Sydney Dragway, maybe we could see some of the VW's at a Bracket Meet or better still, a Championship round to show the greater public that VW's are quick and can be competitive in the bigger fish bowl
Rod, Rod, Rod, I gave you this one, but at the next Warwick...........
silver ·
motha wrote:WOW!!!
Would of liked to see a couple more pics of the waterpumpers, but this is a aircooled forum after all.
No its actually for all Vw's
HS618 ·
RAZ34 wrote:Henry,
Will wait for tap on shoulder next time .
Car OK ?
Maybe at Warwick, I could get out and guide you into stage?
The car seems OK (although I think my tyre pressures were a little high), but I might need a check-up!!!
Paulc1964au ·
ian.mezz wrote:
Paulc1964au wrote:I think i have photos of every car that ran so if you would like photos just pm me and i will send you some photos
how about all of the vw cruzin up and down the track ?😊
h ·
vw54 wrote:I got $100.00..
...Looks like the $100 will go on the BAR at VALLA if u care 2 join us
👍 good on you birch
I look forward to toasting your quick draw success at the bar 😀
humpty ·
WOW!.... Amazing trip is all that I can say.... Thanks to all for such an awesome weekend, and a huge cheers to Craig, his family and all the team that support his efforts....
Here's some pics I took for your viewing pleasure...
Friday night at Dino's Pizza....
Saturday morning my 'taxi' arrived....
In the pits...
Rod's Bug.
Col's beast....
Dave's Shrapnel...
Rodney's new toy.
The team I pitted for.... A nicer couple of fellas I couldn't have hung out with....
Ben's 'M&M' 😉
And Morgan's amazing Cal Streeter...
Loads more pics later...
h ·
great pics and congrats to the winners!
sorry to hear about ur workshop matt,
the rain was unbelievable on Friday nIght n it made my driveway disappear down the paddock.. somewhere 🙁
fish26 ·
Awesome day out, thanks and well done to Craig and all involved with the event especially the racers and spectators, failed to get the car out breaking valve springs on the friday. I am sure there will be a next time on home turf.
humpty ·
Fabion's Inch Pincher homage....
My old mate Keith H monster.... Low 12's in full street trim!
Everyones probably seen enough Sydney photos by now, but heres a few of mine anyway,
Dave & Mick, good job!
It was hot work watching these guys push the cars...
Mr.Butler goes Hollywood, before making a sharp right...
Don't we know this guy?
vassy66T1 ·
Macca looks all serious ... weird 😉
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE ·
Hes just annoyed as the food van ran out of hot dogs lol
essex ·
Dak-A-Tak ·
Thanks for the pic's , keep them coming .
Big Thanks for Macca , race track worker and vw fan , for getting us qld's a grudge run at the end of day .
I crewed for Rod R (48IDA) , well done buddy , big 3rd gear skid at end of day was tops . 11.58 et was his best ,Allmotor combo .
Good work VWMA and crew !!!!!!!!!
tar76 ·
Nothing better than a bug wheel stand pic 👍
essex ·
"Green wheelie bars are the go!"
1303Steve ·
Hi
I cant believe how lucky we were with the weather, its pissing down now with more on the way in the next few days, they reckon Warragamba dam is going to spill over soon, 1st time in 14 years.
Steve
humpty ·
Who's that fat boy talking to Bennie? 😉
Thanks for that Barry.....
Anyway.... More pics....
Chris in the staging lanes...
More of Morgs.... I was his pit crew all weekend... So I got to hang out in the staging lanes all weekend....
Rose...
And more random stuff...
The only "Herbie" I would ever own.... A real one... I think this one is from 'Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo", though I could be wrong....
Pell's DC....
A blow through Bug from Wayne Penrose's shop....
How tough is this SC BD?
More later....
1303Steve ·
Hi Humpty
The Herbie is from the bananas movie, its the real deal.
Steve
humpty ·
Knew it was one of'em.... And very cool too.... Still buzzing about the weekend.... Amazing.
vassy66T1 ·
Thanks for the pics, Humpty
Good to talk to you on the weekend 👍
Stanley ·
Thanks to everyone for the pics and reports.
I'm still sulking coz I couldn't make it
humpty ·
vassy66T1 wrote:Thanks for the pics, Humpty
Good to talk to you on the weekend 👍
I caught up with so many people on the weekend, old and new friends.... Combine that with the reason we were all there, and you have the best possible outcome for a good time.... Will be doing it all again for sure!
ratbug ·
Awesome Day. I didnt take any good pics, but put together a bit of a video of one of my runs. I was also using the day to tune my new engine so was only logging my revs, wideband AFRrs, boost etc. I added some gauges using Dashware.
My gearbox was a subarugears.com modified box with a 3.9 R&P and with my 31" tall tyres wasn't the best, I was easily bogging down at the start and was going over the finish line still in 3rd gear! but the box held up well and was easy to shift even at high rpm.
had a blast with the boy's on the weekend,can't wait to do it again,it was great to see you all.
now back to work
cya
humpty ·
Loads more pics on their way Matt... Just a bit busy with marking assignments currently!
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE ·
westi wrote:had a blast with the boy's on the weekend,can't wait to do it again,it was great to see you all.
now back to work
cya
Yeah back to work you've got a race car to finish lol. Then get a start on the junka and be ready in time for Warwick!!
matberry ·
westi wrote:had a blast with the boy's on the weekend,can't wait to do it again,it was great to see you all.
now back to work
cya
Always fun hang'n with the Westside nut crackers...hope the swelling has gone down fella's 😂😂😂
humpty wrote:Loads more pics on their way Matt... Just a bit busy with marking assignments currently!
Cheers Humpty.....great to catch up after all those years.......awsome pics so far bud, really nice work 🙂
ian.mezz ·
i see there are a few more vids on youtube
JUST if you havent already seen them .😊
dangerous ·
Cool!
Here is another:
coletrickle ·
Thanks for the pics and stories guys and girls,that was an awesome adventure.Still got the IDA buzz going.Gotta start getting ready for the next big VW driving racing Eating and laughing adventure.To the Pell clan thanks so much for you hospitality for me and mike!And to every body i spoke to thanks it was great to catch up.And barry and son(sorry forgot your name)can't wait to see your car on the track.
humpty ·
What Col said.... 😉
bigrudi ·
Congrats and well done to John Ladimatos winner air cooled final in his 1916 L bug circuit car mr consistancy .Great event and many thanks to every one that contributed to the running of the event and also the competitors as it was a great day Cheers
humpty ·
Today's batch.....
Cruisin the staging area with Morgan.... Gotta love the sound of open carbs!!! 👍
More later....
hypo-vw ·
Wayne vs 6.7litre 427 B/B chev bug
Ben Ford in the WPVW supercharged bug
Chris Bolton vs Henry Spicak
essex ·
"And barry and son(sorry forgot your name)can't wait to see your car on the track."
Crazy Col, great to meet up with you, always like hearing your bug tales, Darcy & myself can't wait to get our car to a meet like this, just wasnt ready this time,
essex ·
"the biggest grins came at the airport "
Humpty, thought the gladwrap might help you out,
Great photos also,
Ive a few more pics if everyones up for them...
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dangerous ·
Hey Barry, great pictures!!
Was good to catch up with you and Darcy again,
and thanks for the water!..... just in time by the looks of me in that picture!
No energy left to smile!
See you guys at Warwick perhaps?
essex ·
Looking forward to Warwick Dave, no Darcy this time as its year 12 exams, he's been told, by his Mum!
humpty ·
Same problem I have Barry.... I can't leave my kids hanging during the exams.... It's just not right.
mactaylor ·
humpty wrote:Same problem I have Barry.... I can't leave my kids hanging during the exams.... It's just not right.
Maybe you could say that your dog ate the exam papers and the replacements are from Warwick QLD!!!!
tar76 ·
after seeing all this i'm spewing i didn't go! Do most Qld'er drive their bugs/buses or trailer them dowm?
1916baja ·
Mine is not registered, so i trailered it... even if it was registered i probably would still have trailered it. i'm pretty sure Col was the only QLD'er that drove... good on him 👍 and he took home runner up in aircooled!
essex ·
humpty ·
Awesome pics there Barry.... It's inspiring stuff.... I got heaps more, so will continue to top'em up...
Great photos from Brian there.
Nice one of you on the return road Matt 😀
Where are the cruise down pics Brian?
CQVW ·
Well looks like it was a good turnout,I was all set to get there but left my added HP install too late and had one heck of a problem sorting it out. Ahh well,next year :-)
humpty ·
Never thought to ask.... What happened to Brad and the Junka?... Was here there, but I missed him?.... Surely not.
1916baja ·
He was driving his wifes car....
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE ·
Junka didn't get finished in time so brad drove his wife's late model beetle Instead in the water pumper class.
coletrickle ·
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE wrote:Junka didn't get finished in time so brad drove his wife's late model beetle Instead in the water pumper class.
"brad slept in air conditioned comfort and then was lazy on the lights😍
ian.mezz ·
another video link from the Sydney Volkswagen Show Down 2012 in the finals against CT
CT had the head start and she red lit o well it was still fun to catch him, her gear changers were nice 😂
1916baja ·
My wife took this video of Dave Butler.... Still managing a 12sec @109mph pass running on 3 cylinders!
dangerous ·
Thanks for uploading that Mick,😁
gee it really sounded ugly huh!?🙁
Both #4 rockers were broken before I left the pits!
That 12.1@ nearly 110mph equates to over 180hp from those 3 other cylinders.
Once I put new rockers on that cylinder it went 10.70 @ 126mph, which is nearly 280 FW HP.
1916baja ·
Sounded ugly yeah but shite... a 12 sec pass on 3 cylinders is still pretty impressive! kinda like the dude overseas who managed a 10sec pass with his chute open 😂
dangerous ·
Hopefully some video fiters through of my 10.70 runeventually, to give me back some cred!😂
1916baja ·
You got cred anyway Dave... 😂 check this guy out...
1916baja ·
Look out burnout guy! 😂
hellbugged ·
who was lucky enough to get a taste of the Col's nachos at the presentation???
duuuuude 👍
1916baja ·
I did.... They were gooooooood!
matberry ·
mmmmmm Pit Nachos
matberry ·
Hey Mick, post up those pics that your girls took laaaate Saturday night, Somehow they seemed to fancy Michael J Dog AND the front of my bus......🤪
1916baja ·
Heres the ones my wife let me put up 😂
whathaveidone ·
LOL. they got hold of Adams phone too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He had heaps of random photos. Didnt find them till he got home😂🤪😂🤪
1916baja ·
drunk wives are hilarious hey? 👎 especially when you gotta drive home with them for 12 hrs the next day!
hypo-vw ·
a couple of more vids from WSID for you to enjoy
vassy66T1 ·
1916baja wrote:drunk wives are hilarious hey? 👎 especially when you gotta drive home with them for 12 hrs the next day!
Hilarious they were 😂
morgan ·
Still buzzing nearly two weeks later
Congratulations Craig and the VWMA team for another world class event I'm very glad I was part of it even though Mr Point 0 (Col) got the better of me. Was great to catch up with everyone and put some faces to names. Humpty thanks for the push and the photos , need to get a copy of the burn out pix and looking forward to catching up on your side of the country.
Adam next time you pit for Ben there is one thing you have to do before every run, remind him how to drive.
Big thanks to Michael for my very own Gringos shirt, and to everyone that made the first Sydney VW Showdown such a memorable event.
whathaveidone ·
Thats your job morgs!!!!!! You let me down!!!!!! but i still went quicker then you!!!!!!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!