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posted on December 29th, 2008 at 08:52 PM
what happened to the downhill????
sorry but just wandering (and it may well be really obvious) why is there no downhhill racing done here i mean your in a car that weighs less than 800
kilo (bugs) with relativly low power but a rear wheel and rear engine base. Shouldn't downhill be more prominent then with power meaning less and
weight meaning more.
just curious...
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posted on January 4th, 2009 at 11:11 PM
Hmmm... I thought downhill was really only for billy cart and sleds and other things that didn't have engines... I've never heard of downhill racing
for powered/engined vehicles. Do you know any info around on it ???
Most motorsport is designed around cars other than beetles.... but even then, the power to weight and traction advantages that a beetle has can scare
quite a lot of other "sportier" cars... just look at how well the beetles do at Hillclimb in NSW, or some of the drag racing in Qld.
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