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 Craig Torrens
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| posted on February 27th, 2008 at 02:49 PM |
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Who was the winner of the VW bracket?
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Who's David BALLBAG?
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Should Be David "empty" Ballbag 
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| posted on February 27th, 2008 at 04:03 PM |
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Cool Vid, bring them on!
Here's a few pics from Jon Kruger who competed and won his class on the weekend. I believe this was his first time racing and a monumental effort by
him not onlt to race but to find time to get on top of his extremely busy business, finish his car and then take it to portland and race.
What makes this even more special is that the fellow next to him is Garnet Kruger, Jons father who has helped Jon build this car and has been into
VW's owning his own VW dealership since Jon was a young boy. This is the ultimate father and son team and a very special moment for both of them.
Well done once again Jon.
T54
C'mon kids gather round,
there's a new sensation hitting town,
It's moving straight, low to the ground,
it'll pick you up when your feeling down.
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| posted on February 27th, 2008 at 04:35 PM |
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I was mighty impressed with the car when it I saw it on display at the VW Nationals a few years back. I'm even more impressed now that I've seen it
run.
Well done Jon.
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| posted on February 27th, 2008 at 04:49 PM |
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Who was the winner of the VW bracket?
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Who's David BALLBAG?
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Should Be David "empty" Ballbag
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I thought that dave would like that ribbing.
Took me ages to graft that word on there!
I HAD heard about the surgery.
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That's mad Alan.
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| posted on February 27th, 2008 at 08:13 PM |
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Who was the winner of the VW bracket?
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Who's David BALLBAG?
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Should Be David "empty" Ballbag
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I'LL SECOND THAT CRAIG !!!
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FASTEST ET @ WARWICK 2010 & 2011
FASTEST SPEED @ WARWICK 2011
FASTEST ET & SPEED WSID 2012
PB - 6.33@113.07(1/8) & 9.88@135(1/4)
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| posted on February 27th, 2008 at 08:41 PM |
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down sharon.
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| posted on February 27th, 2008 at 08:44 PM |
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i am having troubles with the footage so i will try to get it up tommorrow
down sharon.
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great pics westi .... thanks and keep em coming ...
Team
FASTEST ET @ WARWICK 2010 & 2011
FASTEST SPEED @ WARWICK 2011
FASTEST ET & SPEED WSID 2012
PB - 6.33@113.07(1/8) & 9.88@135(1/4)
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| posted on February 27th, 2008 at 09:53 PM |
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Fantastic guys
Cant waiy to see vid's
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| posted on February 27th, 2008 at 11:52 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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Who was the winner of the VW bracket?
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Who's David BALLBAG?
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Should Be David "empty" Ballbag
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I thought that dave would like that ribbing.
Took me ages to graft that word on there!
I HAD heard about the surgery.
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LOL, nice.
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| posted on February 28th, 2008 at 12:57 AM |
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Great to see some pics and stories of the event.
A bid disappointing to hear some negative comments. No one can change the weather or the mechanical dramas.
This was my first ever vw drag event, and I was only there as a spectator. I came up on the Sunday morning after attending a family wedding the
previous night. I was there to enjoy the event which I certainly did. Good to see some different cars to the usual Victorian attendees.
Big congrats to the Debiasi cars which all looked fantastic and was good to meet crazy Renee and his spider.
whoever said 'put your money where your mouth is' - I came from the middle east (I m back now), and drove down for what was essentially 4 hours of
time at the event and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Where were you?
BTW who ever it was that said at the presentation:
"keep supporting the VW scene by buying the magazine" was right. Congrats to Craig for organising the event. Was good to talk with you breifly and
Brian White was the consumate professional while taking photos. I hope he enjoyed the drive down the ocean road and arrived safe in Perth.
keep the photos coming.
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| posted on February 28th, 2008 at 06:24 AM |
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Awesome photos, thanks guys!
I felt bad not going,
now I REALLY feel bad!
Any details on the Spyder and its owner Rene.
Not Rene from Adelaide Heat Treatment!?
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| posted on February 28th, 2008 at 06:46 AM |
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Cool Vid Nick.
Stylin' is getting pretty fast.
"loven' it!"
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That's mad Alan.
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| posted on February 28th, 2008 at 07:04 AM |
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Rene Felkl is essentially a circuit racer, having competed many times in the Adelaide Classic and at local Porsche drive days. His comment to me was
that these sort of VW events have given him an entirely new perspective on the hobby - they are fun, everyone talks to each other, and there are no
lines drawn in the sand. He is now a convert. For some reason, he and I were matched frequently during qualifying, and I'm yet to get the better of
the VW powered Spyder.
Kimm, the Golde looks sensational, and will no doubt come up a treat in the next issue. Brian knows his craft. Other cars to be given the feature
treatment in and around the scenic area of Portland were the Spyder, Mitchell Lovell's blue Oval, Ian Poynter's Marlin buggy, and a sweet split
panel. Thanks guys for making the trip.
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| posted on February 28th, 2008 at 07:11 AM |
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Ahhhh!
It WAS Rene!
Good to know he is converted.
He is a very passionate VW owner.
His Ghia is even nicer than his WIFE'S spyder!
What times did the Spyder run?
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| posted on February 28th, 2008 at 01:56 PM |
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I'm also curious about the RSK Spyder, it appears to be rear engined, but I'm almost certian they were midengined.
I realise its a replica (at least I think it is) but why would they make it rear engined?
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| posted on February 28th, 2008 at 02:05 PM |
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renes car is rear engined as it is based ona vw pan for ease of build(he also owns a beck 550 rep that is mid engined)i think his best time was 8.3
ish, but he was having trouble geting it off the line so there is more in it
forgot to mention in my earlier post what a great event craig put on we had a great time and will be back next time- it was excellent the amount of sa
guys that came across ithink we have approx 100 people in our club and about 30 came over- not a bad ratio
adam
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| posted on February 28th, 2008 at 02:15 PM |
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I wondered why everyone talked with a South Australian accent and bowed when Adam walked past!
All the SA guys were doing 8s and below I think? Did Barry get the Ascot into the 8s? He had a lot of runs on the weekend.
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| posted on February 28th, 2008 at 04:56 PM |
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Butler
I see you have learnt how to use phot shop
Ballbag would be me
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| posted on February 28th, 2008 at 06:03 PM |
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Ballbag suits u Birch
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| posted on February 28th, 2008 at 10:18 PM |
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my granny 's got more teeth than this.
enjoy.
how do you say BROKEN.
down sharon.
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Huge week-end for us !!!!Still very tied from driving ( over 2000kms each way ) Thanks to Rod Richardson for support and co-pilot .We drove straight
down to Portland ,we had a liittle sleep on road stop ,then pick up family at Warrnambool (very late at night 11.15 ) They waited there plus having
time to watch a movie after we got lost .
Well I wasn't confident the week-end was going to happen (weather not good ,17deg with a big wind factor)
Portland is one beautiful place ,with very nice food places (a little hard to get nice fish & chips ) and friendly people .
I think most poeple end up at Portland Disposal store where it look like you could by anything there!! or down at the wharf looking for the seal ,
chasing a feed from the fishing men .
My hat goes off to ALL that came !! to Craig at vwma and Southcoast Raceway , Thank you from Dak-A-Tak .
Sorry to those that had breakages or a crazy trip but it all goes around !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The track was very good for what the weather gave us and by sunday race end it was coming around fine .
Yes the retune road was very poor and race loop but they are a very small club that is working to improve complex as time goes on .
My car ran fine and strong for first outing (7.68et ) just wish we had a little more tweeking time on race day .
Check -out race report and pics on our website http://www.dak-a-takracing.com.au ,video's coming over week-end (Lisa is a little tied too)
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| posted on February 29th, 2008 at 06:13 AM |
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The above times are for the Oran Park track when the track distance was 1000 feet not 1/8 mile or 660 feet
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| posted on February 29th, 2008 at 06:21 AM |
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nice looking trophy on my shelf ( wheres yours Craig  )
blew Stan the man away with my mighty 1200cc engine LOL
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| posted on February 29th, 2008 at 06:41 AM |
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850 ft according to the magazine report.
They were good old days huh DAVE?
BACK WHEN EVERYONE WAS FRIENDS.
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Yeah thats right CRAFT 4 me
850 feet that was some weird measurement
i ended up sending letter to the NSWHRA to get them to reduce the track distance down to the standard 1/8 mile or 660 feet so when we raced we
had some sort of standard to compare times with to the USA as the distance meant nothing apart from when racing at Oran Park
we still r friends
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Geesh Birch That trophy must be HUGE!
I hope were all friends now Dave
Dak foreva
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you know,
the whole rivalry thing that came out of sydney amongst all the businesses.
I wont name things here, but I can via PM.
I am still friends with everyone,
but you see the aftermath on here very often!
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Isn't this a Portland post section ? I'd like to read about Portland not vw nationals ,maybe move post to Past vw Nationals page .Some poeple are
over it! Dave's !
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| posted on February 29th, 2008 at 09:55 AM |
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Ouch
Hi Westi,
I watched our car as it was being towed across the grass at Portland. The back wheel was turning about a quarter of a turn in both directions as the
car was being dragged forward! How on earth did you manage to get it on the trailer?
That gearbox looks pretty damn messy.
I love your exhaust system.
CYA CT
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