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| posted on September 24th, 2012 at 07:18 PM |
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King Edward Park Hillclimb Newcastle 30/09 & 01/10 - VIDEO ADDED - IN CAR
As the title says. The final round of the NSW hillclimb championship and the final round of the Tri Club Challange will be run at Newcastle's King
Edward Park on the Sunday & Monday of the October (and September) long weekend.
Sunday 30th Sep sees all the State entrants running this day.
Monday 1st Oct see all the club cars running the tri club series.
I will be debuting 'kermit' at its first state hillclimb. This is ironically the last event this car did in 2008 so it will feel good to have a run
in the bug for the 1st time in a few years after completing its restoration. Glen Torrens is also entered in his yellow bug. Glen & I will be
sticking it to the dattos, especially the new U2L Imp Pro class championship who just happen to drive a datto 1600.
If you go dont hesitate to come and say hi. I will be the one in the very bright frog snot green beetle.
Happy hooning.
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| posted on September 24th, 2012 at 07:43 PM |
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Could you pass on my congrats to Adrian for taking out the class championship this year please Nathan.
Also let him know Heath, myself, you and Gt will all be racing next year, so be warned of a tough beetle invasion.
Good luck guys.
Cheers Col
ps My new engine is in the car, exhaust being made next week, sounds ballsy in the shed.
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| posted on September 26th, 2012 at 08:38 PM |
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Could you pass on my congrats to Adrian for taking out the class championship this year please Nathan.
Also let him know Heath, myself, you and Gt will all be racing next year, so be warned of a tough beetle invasion.
Good luck guys.
Cheers Col
ps My new engine is in the car, exhaust being made next week, sounds ballsy in the shed.
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I will pass on your congrates to Adrian. It is a fine effort because the last time a non VW won the U2L Imp Pro class in the hillclimb I think was
over 2 decades ago in the late 80's. Stan, Jeff, Craig, Greg, you (Colin) me & Heath are the winners of this class since 1990. I guess a non VW
has to get a go at least once. Adian wont know what hit him next year
Excellent to hear about your new eng. I can't wait to hear it in person. Like when its pulling 8000rpm up Mountain Straight next year at the 1st
State round.
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| posted on October 1st, 2012 at 06:23 PM |
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This was the event I offically debuted my newly rebuilt bug. It was the first time I really gave the bug a really hard hit out and managed to pull
some big speed into and through corners and need less to say I was stoked with the results.
I managed to get 16 o/r (out of 73 cars) and break an existing record on my 2nd run up the hill which was very exicting. In the end I just got pipped
by .001 sec for the class win and record. The car ran tops all day. The only issue I had was when the gear shift slipped (due to loosening) and I
found it hard to get 1st & 2nd gears on my 3rd and 4th runs.
Glen had a good event in the wrecker as did Jukka in his Type 3 ute. Both drivers were having a ball and giving their VW's a flogging.
I forgot to add 'Old Tom' in his silver super bug. He carved them up. He is 70 years old and still drives his car like he stole it. If I have half
as much energy as this bloke at his age then I would be a happy man.
After all these years I borrowed Greg's go pro camera to get some incar footage. Greg has managed to down load them and is putting them to USB for
me. I managed to get all 4 runs recorded so in due course I will post them up.
The below run was my very first run in the car ever at this event and the first time I had driven at King Eddie in a few years. I was still running
old tyres which lacked grip. In saying that I gave the tyres and car a flogging on this run to find out how grippy they were as well as try and find
the limits of the car. This run was a little bit of a drif session. Shift light is set out 7500.
Coming into the pinch which is the skinny goat track not long after the start line is @ approx 120kph
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U9nYNolG7Y&feature=youtu.be
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| posted on October 1st, 2012 at 06:27 PM |
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| posted on October 1st, 2012 at 06:28 PM |
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awesome 
I've never seen an in-car of KEP either; what a track!
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| posted on October 1st, 2012 at 06:28 PM |
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Thanks Paul. It was great to catch up.
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| posted on October 1st, 2012 at 06:57 PM |
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looks good......perfect weather.
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| posted on October 1st, 2012 at 07:08 PM |
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RUN 2
Now that I had got the first run out of the way and shaken off the cob webs. Now I focused on trying to get set some fast times.
RUN 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoyIaap8Ens&feature=youtu.be
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| posted on October 1st, 2012 at 07:35 PM |
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RUN 3
This is my 3rd Run. As you can see at the start I am having a little trouble finding 1st gear (due to gear shift loosening & slipping & moving
only about 2mm).
This run was my slowest 1st split by a fair bit in comparision to my fastest (my fastest 1st split time was the 2nd run). The 1st split time is at the
end of the chicane. I couldnt get it off the line and when I grabbed 2nd it lit up the rear tyres. in saying that I came in the pinch and finishing
line dame quick.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3-AQMTN6kE
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| posted on October 1st, 2012 at 08:09 PM |
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Super big thumbs up Nathan, top stuff.
Your car sounds sweet and very well tuned. Thanks for the incar footage also.
Next year will be so good.
cheers Col
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| posted on October 1st, 2012 at 11:06 PM |
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yep, next year will be very interesting 
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| posted on October 2nd, 2012 at 06:39 AM |
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Good work Nathan cheers Rudi
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| posted on October 2nd, 2012 at 08:55 AM |
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Very good!
I loved watching the KEP racing when I lived in Newie for a couple of years.
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| posted on October 2nd, 2012 at 08:04 PM |
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Here are the results
http://www.mgcarclub.com.au/Results/2012/2012-09-30%20NSW%20State%20Champions...
Its interesting to see the record Nathan broke wasn't for the Improved Production Class.
Heath Campbells Improved Production class record is 39.72..........Nathan's fastest time was a 42.66.
Nathan will just have to find another 3 secs to be competive in the Imp Production Class now !
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| posted on October 2nd, 2012 at 08:21 PM |
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At no time did I ever say I was running imp pro for this event nor did I advertise it. In fact it was advertised on the net nearly 2 weeks ago what
class I running but I just guessed you would have looked that too just like you were just as keen to look up the results. I couldnt run imp pro
because I was not registered. Thats the rules. As far as making up 3 seconds. I am going to have fun trying driving against a bunch I nice blokes (and
girls).
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| posted on October 2nd, 2012 at 08:26 PM |
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. Glen & I will be sticking it to the dattos, especially the new U2L Imp Pro class championship who just happen to drive a datto 1600.
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Sounded like you were going to run in the Improved Prod class.....my mistake then 
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| posted on October 2nd, 2012 at 08:30 PM |
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You just made a false assumption but I forgive you for that.Your only human. I am happy to just be running a car and racing again after 4 years.
Hopefully I will see you at Bathurst.
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| posted on October 2nd, 2012 at 08:48 PM |
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We can share this at the camp fire
http://www.scoutsongs.com/lyrics/kumbayah.html
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| posted on October 2nd, 2012 at 10:01 PM |
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Nice results Nathan.how many years off and have not forgot how to drive
Your engine looks very powerful.what gear ratios and r&p u running if you don't mind me asking.
Cheers,fabo.......
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| posted on October 2nd, 2012 at 11:06 PM |
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Car looks and performs great!!
Was this with old tyres or new?
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| posted on October 3rd, 2012 at 07:15 AM |
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Holy Dooly that was a quick run Nathan, do u even have time to blink or even breathe? makes me feel like I'm sipping a Latte when I'm on the
track!
Well done
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| posted on October 3rd, 2012 at 09:06 AM |
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Holy Dooly that was a quick run Nathan, do u even have time to blink or even breathe? makes me feel like I'm sipping a Latte when I'm on the
track!
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Chowing down on Pastizzis you mean
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| posted on October 3rd, 2012 at 07:29 PM |
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Your engine looks very powerful.what gear ratios and r&p u running if you don't mind me asking.
Cheers,fabo.......
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I dont mind at all. My gear ratios are very similar to yours. 3.0 (1st), 1.9 (2nd), 1.5 (3th), 1.2 (4th) but I run with a 4.1 R&P.
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| posted on October 3rd, 2012 at 07:34 PM |
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Car looks and performs great!!
Was this with old tyres or new?
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There old. They are the same tyres Greg bought at the end of 2008 and used to drive to and do all the rounds of the NSW hillclimb championship in 2009
as well as driving to and doing the QLD championship that year too.
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| posted on October 3rd, 2012 at 07:37 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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Car looks and performs great!!
Was this with old tyres or new?
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I just re-read your post, that's an awesome result with old hard tyres, should be super quick with new rubber.
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| posted on October 3rd, 2012 at 07:40 PM |
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There is a fair amount of time in it around that track with new rubber. You can see from the video the car just fries the tyres off the start and most
corners. I also think I will have to upsize the rears from 195 to 205 now.
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