On the 15th and 16th of November Tamworth Drag Racing Association is holding a 18 mile drag race meet.
It,s at the Gunnedah airport , Wean rd Gunnedah. Yes it,s on the airstrip, us counrty dudes have to race were we can.Any way Saturday is test and tune from 10.30am to 4pm.You can have as many runs as you like.
Sunday is practice from 9am. You will get approx 3-4 runs to sort out a dial in then racing will begin. Cost for tha weekend is $90.00.
Hopefully Adam Kirton and myself will me competing.There will be plenty of v8,s also there so we should be able to show a few the decklid of my beetle .

Cheers Col

hey whats happening

Give us a bit more warning next time Colin.
I raced in Tamworth in about 1993, it was a great week end.

sounds good not far for me to drive my oval up for a drag

Do you have to pre enter, is there contact details & can you camp there overnight just would like some more details
Thanks heaps

Hey rose, no you do not have to pre enter just turn up.
Yes apparently there are people camping there on Saturday night i will however just drive on Sunday morning.
Only 50 min from sunny Tamworth to Gunnedah.
Details.
Saturday scrutineer 7am-10am and 1pm-2pm,
test and tune 10.30am-4pm.
Sunday scrutineer 7am-8.30am
racing 9am-approx 3.30pm
Cost for the weekend is only $90.00, you should get 3-4 runs on Sunday morning to help get a feel for grip levels etc before you have to nominate a dial in time.
Then racing starts when you,ll get approx 3-4 more runs depending on numbers.
They class the cars in time brackets, i think from memory it is under 8sec then 8-10.5 sec then 10.5 and slower.

Contact details Steve Murden 0401 507 559
Bill Ausling 0428 454 502

Can,t think of anything else if you want to know more ring these people or pm me.

Cheers Col

I suppose you would have to running cooling on an 18mile strip

video of a bug smoking a chevy
today at Gunnedah it was unreal good job Col
just click on clip to watch video
we had a great weekend away and meet some lovely people at Gunnedah
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Hi Rose,
Sounds like a Good Day /weekend...

and its closer to Scone than Maryland is... lol

I see a lot of vehicles go thru Scone on Sundays/Mondays
on the back of trailers...
so, there must be a lot of Drags and racing up that way
Tamworth - Gunnedah...

Great Video Rose...

any more....

cheers

LEE

Some more pics of the weekend. I raced a lot of different cars.

THE END LOL

Country bumkin race meets bring out the weird and the wonderfull!!

So how many wins/loses Rose?? Good to see you are still colour coding the "apparell" with the car!!

I had a few wins very hot I beat a v8 ford, 3ltr turbo toyota and a torana. I raced a turbo nissan in my first elimination and I brock out I dialed in a 10.75 and I did a 10.602 the nissan dialed in a 10.000 and did a 10.000.

My best run was on the Sat at practice 10.560 I had heaps of fun beating the ford as all his mates where taking the piss out of him that a beetle beat him and I said and a girl as well.

I was a bit nervious up there without all the vw guys around to give me pointers

I thought you guys would like the end shot lol

always a tart rose

Quote:

Originally posted by Craig Torrens always a tart rose

Glad you enjoyed the weekend Rose, i had lots of people tell me they loved the "little red window beetle"

The club is planning on March as the next meet so i will post a reminder next year, and they loved having a few beetles to keep the v8,s on there toes.

Adam in the other black beetle had a gearbox breakage but not serious. He is hoping to get it repaired and make a few changes for next event.

Personally my car went great all day and i made it threw to the final were i threw it away with a slowwwwww reaction time. Oh well i had some great races hosing v8,s to get to the final.

Cheers Col

what time did you do Colin ?

also let me know next time and I will drive the ragtop up

and yes rose we love it... you tease !!!

Best time was a 8.82 at 79.6 mph first run of the day
The day got humid and hot after that and the car lost that edge.
But man i loved hosing those v8,s, they just can,t understand that a beetle can drive past them.

Cheers Col

Thanks for the tease Rose!
G-Banger next time please.

Oh, and good effort to all those that raced that week end.
Keep us posted.
If I have any energy after Portland I will come down.

Craig torrens is going to race??? someone better have a camera handy LOL

......yeah its been 9 years since i ran any drags !!....but at least I took home the gene berg trophy when i did

Warwick, Portland, etc etc take your pick mate. I was back on the track this year after a longish break so get your a$$ into gear now....

Once your back the bug will really bite trust me. Already bought some more engine goodies to go faster....

Colin

What car beat u in the final ???

thaaaaannnnnkkyyyyouuuu Rosepics mmmmm

Was the polish on the front
so You would go faster??

or to get the Bugs off??

Lee

both it was pretty dirty after driving up there in the rain