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 amazeer
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| posted on February 10th, 2012 at 11:15 PM |
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female? or under 25? want to race cars?
If you are wanting to get into speed events this might be the cheapest way out. Wollongong Sporting Car Club is offering free membership for 2012 and
free entry to the hillclimb next weekend, 19th February. Saving you $130.
So all you will need to do is fit a 900g/1kg fire extinguisher and a CAMS L2S licence (which we can fix up on the day). If you want any more info head
over to http://www.wscc.org.au
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| posted on February 11th, 2012 at 04:11 PM |
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Good luck with your event Chris,
your hill is regarded by myself and many other hillclimb drivers as one of the best in the land.
Why, because it,s fast, flowing, and has consiquences, love it.
Cheers Col
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| posted on February 12th, 2012 at 09:14 AM |
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loooooong time since I did the hill climbs, but you realy can't beat King Edward Park here in Newie. IMO
I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!
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| posted on February 12th, 2012 at 10:12 AM |
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Under 25? Female? Race cars? WTF? Like, no way, like, I am SO doing that. It's like, SO awesome. I'm like, way kewl with that! LOL
Dad you're like, so totally kewl.
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| posted on February 12th, 2012 at 11:59 AM |
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It's open to older greying and/or balding men too, they just have to pay their own way
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| posted on February 12th, 2012 at 12:44 PM |
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So..... if I wear some make up, Chanel Allure and a skirt I'll get in free?
eh, sounds like a small price to pay 
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| posted on February 12th, 2012 at 04:02 PM |
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Joel, you'd better get a quote for the 'surgery' first......that may be expensive.
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!
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| posted on February 12th, 2012 at 06:57 PM |
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Maybe a holiday to Thailand is in order 
Chop chop, Bob's your Aunty.
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| posted on February 12th, 2012 at 07:31 PM |
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woo hoo, i'm under 25!!!
I'll be down there hopefully if all goes well this week.
Cheers
Shaun
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amazeer
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| posted on February 12th, 2012 at 07:34 PM |
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posted by sander288
woo hoo, i'm under 25!!!
I'll be down there hopefully if all goes well this week.
Cheers
Shaun
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Excellent! In the Tiguan or the beetle?
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| posted on February 12th, 2012 at 07:46 PM |
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I only live down the road , Ill come up but unfortunatly my car dosnt turn corners so ill be watching!!!
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| posted on February 12th, 2012 at 07:49 PM |
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Maybe a holiday to Thailand is in order
Chop chop, Bob's your Aunty.
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Not necessary Joel,
Drop in to see Ian and Rose on the way down. Rose will deck you out, Ian will chat you up,....... just like winning a prize (if she's done a good
enough job)
Then, go to "the Gong" and race,........... win a prize, then keep all the gear for "dress up night" at Valla,............ win a prize and give it
all back to Rose at Valla when you're finished.
Just keep a sharp eye out for Birchall at all times.
Couldn't be easier, so simple you could go as a blonde.
Regards,
Matt.
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| posted on February 12th, 2012 at 08:45 PM |
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yeah I have some new heels it will take you a bit to get us to but when you get the hang of it you can use your heels the feather the throttle while
braking
and I can lend you a big stick for birchall
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Maybe a holiday to Thailand is in order
Chop chop, Bob's your Aunty.
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Not necessary Joel,
Drop in to see Ian and Rose on the way down. Rose will deck you out, Ian will chat you up,....... just like winning a prize (if she's done a good
enough job)
Then, go to "the Gong" and race,........... win a prize, then keep all the gear for "dress up night" at Valla,............ win a prize and give it
all back to Rose at Valla when you're finished.
Just keep a sharp eye out for Birchall at all times.
Couldn't be easier, so simple you could go as a blonde.
Regards,
Matt.
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| posted on February 13th, 2012 at 06:13 AM |
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In the bug; with Wolfgang the tiguan towing
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posted by sander288
woo hoo, i'm under 25!!!
I'll be down there hopefully if all goes well this week.
Cheers
Shaun
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Excellent! In the Tiguan or the beetle?
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| posted on February 13th, 2012 at 06:14 AM |
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Any other Bugs entering?
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amazeer
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| posted on February 13th, 2012 at 08:10 AM |
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Entrant list is here, http://www.wscc.org.au/entrants.php
Would be worth coming down to watch the skelta. Thing is going to be insane.
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| posted on February 13th, 2012 at 02:30 PM |
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Family day [wife's birthday] on Sunday, otherwise I'd be there.....attempting to re-gain my record!
Have a good day, all those who do go. Huntley is a great hillclimb, and top marks to all those who persevered with preventing its demise. 
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!
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| posted on February 13th, 2012 at 05:25 PM |
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entered 
any tips greg?
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amazeer
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| posted on February 13th, 2012 at 10:20 PM |
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You'll be wide open throttle pretty much start to finish. But thats OK. Even the quickest cars should be doing the same. The only place you back off
at Huntley is coming into the right-left esses.
The right hander is off camber. The following left hander is tighter. If you're going too fast for the right, you wont make it through the left. 99%
of accidents happen on the left hander. Its only really 1 3/4 cars wide. If you run wide and put a rear wheel onto the dirt you have a decent chance
of putting the nose into the tyre barrier on the left. Why do so many people push so hard through here? Because it gets steeper again around there.
You need to try and carry as many kmh as you can.
Its a challenging 700m piece of road. You'll either love it or hate it. There are a lot of people who dont like it because it is so steep, they call
it a power hill. To an extent they are right. But you still have to pick your line through the fork as it sets you up for the braking area at the
esses and if you dont wash off enough speed into the right ess and drift left, you will be on the inside of the track for the left ess, and you'll
need to wash off more speed, when really you want to be planting the go pedal... but not too much because of the reason outlined above. its nowhere
near as easy as planting your foot from go to whoa. And I guess thats why some records just hang around forever huh greg. There have been plenty of
cars that make potent sounds that would spin big numbers on dynos and still fail at hillclimbing.
Just like Wakefield though, you dont go out to break records on the opening lap and all will be good.
 
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| posted on February 14th, 2012 at 05:57 AM |
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Shaun, that's good advice there from Chris.
One day, a few years back, I told Peter Gumley he had 'Traction Control'. "No I haven't....I took it off, because it was quicker without it!"
Then I told him I didn't mean the 'electronic' type........it's 'control' between the brain and the right foot that's important.
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!
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| posted on February 14th, 2012 at 07:06 PM |
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Come on Joel show us what theses super bugs can do
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| posted on February 14th, 2012 at 09:08 PM |
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You mean you're not already impressed by them topping out at 60mph cos they're fat and heavy or shaking like shit at 50mph cos of the shitty front
suspension??
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| posted on February 14th, 2012 at 10:24 PM |
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Rose, what you doing this weekend? Why dont you challenge Birchall to come down. Free racing and free accommodation at Chateau Fraserca.
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| posted on February 29th, 2012 at 09:01 PM |
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amazeer
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| posted on February 29th, 2012 at 09:18 PM |
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flying take 2
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| posted on March 1st, 2012 at 08:07 AM |
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Thanks for the photo Chirs!
Was good and yes I was flat out all the way up!
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