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 BeetleJuice
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| posted on April 18th, 2009 at 04:23 PM |
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Craig
I thought you'd be taking the EVO for a spin! Or are you completely retired now?
CP
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Craig Torrens
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| posted on April 18th, 2009 at 05:58 PM |
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EVO is a tad slow  ............maybe after it gets the 270kw upgrade
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better get the driver up grade first craig cya Rudi
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Craig Torrens
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| posted on April 18th, 2009 at 09:01 PM |
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that voids the warranty 
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hellbugged
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| posted on April 19th, 2009 at 05:36 PM |
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vassy66T1
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| posted on April 19th, 2009 at 05:50 PM |
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Thanks for the pics Daimo!!
A few looking nice and loose coming out of what looks to be almost a hairpin? Good to see so many vw's all lined up.
Any results to show?
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hellbugged
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| posted on April 19th, 2009 at 06:02 PM |
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competition tight as usual..........rain on and off, and i left before the last runs, so who knows........
good to meet and see Greg Ward out again, Glenn was having a ball........Ben/Cookie & Christene/Heaths beetles were flying as usual!!!........
been a while since i've stood in the crowd and listened to peoples talk about "mad" beetles and their amazment at how fast they go and well sorted
their handling is........unsuspecting onlookers are truely amazed........ it made me very proud of our little cars and the effort we all put into
them.
for the record.......on one of the damp runs, a 4WD skyline was only 2 seconds ahead of the beetles that were banging off the rev limiters for lack of
traction, EVERY time they were opened full throttle.......HOW GOOD IS THAT!!
spectating sucks!..........vids loading!
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| posted on April 19th, 2009 at 08:05 PM |
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..yeah thanks for the pics..must get out of the shed more ..this was just down the road and i spent the day fiddling with door locks and rubbers !!!
Cheers&Beers
Ray V
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| posted on April 20th, 2009 at 06:55 AM |
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yeah Ray, you'll have to come to Grafton in a couple of months........
Ben Durie through the hairpin..........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2Z4xYG30E8
Christene Cambell pushing hard as usual.........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSyq4rWEKw4
Cookie through the hairpin........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJERl0fokqc
Glenn Torrens off the line.......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3volxJXzQXE
Greg Ward dusts off the hides at the start line........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qto_0NIGig
Ben leaves the start .......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn45BtQ_R4k
Heath off the start line........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ntGUiN8ca4
MORE VIDS LOADING
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| posted on April 20th, 2009 at 09:06 AM |
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Noooice
Great sounding, fast looking cars.
Well done boys.
CT
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hellbugged
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| posted on April 20th, 2009 at 09:33 AM |
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yes CT, they are very very fast, smooth too.........mmmmmm EFI
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Craig Torrens
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| posted on April 20th, 2009 at 10:03 AM |
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How can you legally have Historic Rego when the car has EFI ??
I'm with you Damo..........I hate being a spectator !
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hellbugged
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| posted on April 20th, 2009 at 10:32 AM |
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picky picky Craig........probably only run the good motor on the weekends i'd expect........
and don't worry, i've got some footage of Gregs car in angry mode loading........was nice to finally meet him, nice bloke having a ball.
you must be mad to have stopped Craig
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Craig Torrens
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| posted on April 20th, 2009 at 11:00 AM |
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I cant see the footage anyway  .......I'm banned
from youtube  !!
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hellbugged
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| posted on April 20th, 2009 at 12:44 PM |
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Heath pushing hard to and through the hairpin.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMtnwNAriEw
Greg has a loose on the wet patch.........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Clgd-K1IIBg
VWCOOL having fun in the budget racer.......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nw4vLyNedt0
Cookie hammers away from the start line.......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My12Q1UrEDE
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vassy66T1
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| posted on April 20th, 2009 at 01:12 PM |
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Well done on the vids Daimo.
It makes the heart race to hear some very quick little beetles ... Very loose on the hairpin for most, looks like a difficult corner to push hard on
without overdoing it.
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| posted on April 20th, 2009 at 04:20 PM |
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Christene leaving the line hard.........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuvyF9ksV4A
Ben and Heath enjoying the drying start line.........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rrFim4oH1Q
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| posted on April 20th, 2009 at 06:19 PM |
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Great footage Daimo
The vids certainly tell the story for the majority of the day.
Marcus you are right it hairpin is very slippery. Its also very difficult to gudge, when wet, what you'll get away with. Mid corner is hot mix and
the entry and exit are a river gravel set in tar. The road surface when wet could be alikened to an exposed aggregate driveway.........Water seeps out
of the surrounding tyres after rain.
Before the run where Ben, Greg and myself find some opposite lock we all convinced ourselves or each other that it was dry enough to have a good
go.........mmmmmm a little optimistic.........nothing ventured nothing gained.
Its a great track.......much quicker than it looks on the vid........my data logging has peak speed before the hairpin at 148kms.......the track is a
bypassed section of Pacific Highway and it still has all its caracter.........about a 100 bumps and nearly equal number of tar patches........everyone
shakes there head at the insinity of the place for there first visit..........having said all that its a blast to hoon up
For the record the placings changed every run.......the final outcome was Cooky,Myself,Christine,Ben,Greg then Glen......... I don't have the final
times in front of me but I think there was as little as seven 1/100's of a second between Ben,Christine and Myself.
Heath
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| posted on April 20th, 2009 at 07:04 PM |
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After watching Christines start I know why Ben and I Bogged it......The girl left so much rubber....we must have had twice the grip available
Who said beetles won't lay rubber??????
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| posted on April 20th, 2009 at 07:09 PM |
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yeah wow that was so much fun in the 'Wrecker Racer' - especially as I had less problems this time than I did at Bathurst. As Heath said, it is a
tricky bastard of a track with mixtures all over the place and the rain flurries we suffered on Sunday made each run a lottery for all of us. Great
camera work Damo - I look better on your vid than I thought I did(n't) on the day
Pay your debts, CxxT
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| posted on April 20th, 2009 at 08:23 PM |
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no worries guys, thanx for the spectacle........oh and the waves to my bub on her first trip to a race meet, made the missus feel welcome
too..........we all enjoyed the day out in our beetle very much.
Glenn and Greg off the line with another thrown in to show why the beetles had the crowd amped........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wukhUVHep6Y
yeah Glenn, it surprised me too how well the wrecker ran.......heard a couple of kids saying here's my favourite when you were running down the hill
to the start.........certainly made me think about what had to be done to mine to get it out of the carpark and into the starters line up
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| posted on April 20th, 2009 at 08:34 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by hellbugged
good to meet and see Greg Ward out again
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And its great to see he is still driving the VW to the events as well.............talk about great performance and reliability!
Come on Daimo you know you want to race the beast again.........and with the 5 speed gearbox it would be perfect in hillclimb 
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| posted on April 20th, 2009 at 08:40 PM |
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Awesome vids.... thanks Damo! 
Reub
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| posted on April 20th, 2009 at 11:22 PM |
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A lot of the crowd near me were very impressed with how hard the bugs ran, especially compared to a lot of the other vehicles. Several people who knew
me reckoned it sounded like my bug comming - it does have a 1916 an extractors, but - I wish.
Well done to all.
From your ole' mate Jeff
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| posted on April 21st, 2009 at 01:45 PM |
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I love Ben Duries Car, it's allways been one of my all time favourite Aussie Beetles. The stance, that red & white paint job & the old school
bathurst globes look fantastic. Thank god he finally painted the fluro front bumper red!
Can someone that see's him regularly ask him to come to the Nationals sprint, it would be great to hear it in full flight down the back straight. Top
sounding beetle!
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Jak Rizzo
I love Ben Duries Car
Can someone that see's him regularly ask him to come to the Nationals sprint, it would be great to hear it in full flight down the back straight. Top
sounding beetle!
regards
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me too....
....yeah, i've been working on him and Heath to come out to the super sprint........
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| posted on April 21st, 2009 at 06:03 PM |
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Craig
Under the eligibility criteria for an historic vehicle , as long as carburetion is as originally supplied OR available as an option, then there is no
problem.
To my knowledge, EFI was provided as an alternative on some later beetles.
| Quote: | Originally
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How can you legally have Historic Rego when the car has EFI ??
I'm with you Damo..........I hate being a spectator !
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Craig Torrens
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| posted on April 21st, 2009 at 10:55 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by forry2000
Craig
Under the eligibility criteria for an historic vehicle , as long as carburetion is as originally supplied OR available as an option, then there is no
problem.
To my knowledge, EFI was provided as an alternative on some later beetles.
| Quote: | Originally
posted by Craig Torrens
How can you legally have Historic Rego when the car has EFI ??
I'm with you Damo..........I hate being a spectator !
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LOL..........Cheers Forry2000, you nearly convinced (cough, cough) me with that one.......not !
I didn't realise the latest Haltech computer and twin throttle bodies were an option back in the late 60's early 70's
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| posted on April 22nd, 2009 at 06:46 AM |
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| Quote: | | Quote: | Strangely enough
Craig, I don't make the rules.
up to the individual how they perceive that information.
| Quote: | Originally
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How can you legally have Historic Rego when the car has EFI ??
I'm with you Damo..........I hate being a spectator !
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LOL..........Cheers Forry2000, you convinced (cough, cough) me with that one !
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| posted on April 23rd, 2009 at 06:05 PM |
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Talk about awesome footage there Daimo !!!
I didn't even know Kempsey was on, otherwise would have made the run down to take a look see - looks like a really interesting track. Unfortunately
have had my head in the sand busy with work after a few weeks off...
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