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Title: the Northern Run - DRAG DAY @ York 7/8/9 August Post by: jamiep_jamiep on July 06, 2010, 08:20:37 am the NORTHERN RUN.... Drag Day @ York Raceway, 7th & 8th August 2010
Shaping up to be an excellent weekend, with a wide variety of awesome cars attending, including the WILDBUNCH nostalgia V8 racers, a good showing of our friends from Scotland heading down in force and the laid back friendly atmosphere of the York raceway track. The Air Cooled Eliminators will be hosting the event, and if any of you have ever met the guys & gals from the North you'll know how welcoming & friendly they are. Again, Pro Wagen have kindly put up a £150 shopping voucher for the quickest car of the day, and a Gene Berg sweatshirt fail award (but who wants to win that, right?!). Racing is restricted to aircooled VW's, the quicker the better! York opens at 6pm the night before the meeting starts... for camping and a few beers so that would be friday the 6th, or saturday 7th from 8am A weekend pass with a full TWO days of racings racing in 3 classes - A.C.E. Sportsman, and RWYB is £85 Weekend camping but with racing on one day only is £65 This includes entry fee to the track, PDRC membership and an IOPD race license. Please note cars are scrutineered, but it would have to be pretty bad to fail (ask me how I know hahahah) A few pictures from last year: (http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/699157.jpg) (http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/699158.jpg) (http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/699160.jpg) (http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/699161.jpg) (http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/699162.jpg) (http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/699163.jpg) (http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/699159.jpg) Title: Re: the Northern Run - DRAG DAY @ York 7/8/9 August Post by: jamiep_jamiep on July 06, 2010, 09:08:02 am Forgot to add, prices for spectators wishing to come along are £10 for a day pass and £15 for a weekend pass.
There's a big BBQ and an excellent band playing as well. Cheers Jamie Title: Re: the Northern Run - DRAG DAY @ York 7/8/9 August Post by: GreenTom on July 06, 2010, 09:42:23 am sounds nice :)
how is Youre bug doing Kaferboy? Is John comming? Get Paul running his bus again ;) John should convince him. By the way have you seen Glyn lately? Title: Re: the Northern Run - DRAG DAY @ York 7/8/9 August Post by: jamiep_jamiep on July 07, 2010, 12:01:40 pm Hey Tom, Bug is getting there, should be running and racing at Drag Day. Not sure if Johns taking his bug, he's currently working flat out on his Ghia - its going to be a hell of a car! Glyn??? Sorry don't know Glyn Tom - who is it?
Title: Re: the Northern Run - DRAG DAY @ York 7/8/9 August Post by: jamiep_jamiep on July 07, 2010, 12:05:55 pm Here's a few shots of the wildbunch racers...
Crazy guys! (http://www.the-wild-bunch.co.uk/resources/gallery_fullsize/0015.jpg) (http://www.the-wild-bunch.co.uk/resources/gallery_fullsize/0366.jpg) (http://www.the-wild-bunch.co.uk/resources/gallery_fullsize/0340.jpg) plus we'll be going racing against some of the A.S.S. crowd in a V8 vs. Aircooled shootout: (http://www.americansuperstock.co.uk/assets/galleries/182/back-funny-car-farm.jpg) (http://www.americansuperstock.co.uk/assets/galleries/182/gtx-burnout.jpg) Title: Re: the Northern Run - DRAG DAY @ York 7/8/9 August Post by: GreenTom on July 07, 2010, 12:16:12 pm Hey Tom, Bug is getting there, should be running and racing at Drag Day. Not sure if Johns taking his bug, he's currently working flat out on his Ghia - its going to be a hell of a car! Glyn??? Sorry don't know Glyn Tom - who is it? good good, fingers crossed for youre car. I forgot about John's gia :) Glyn Morgan - black EFI bug (with torbo episodes :) and big ball of fire once ). Title: Re: the Northern Run - DRAG DAY @ York 7/8/9 August Post by: jamiep_jamiep on July 07, 2010, 12:53:00 pm Sounds a cool car, but no I don't know him.... may know his car, any pics?
Title: Re: the Northern Run - DRAG DAY @ York 7/8/9 August Post by: stretch on July 07, 2010, 13:30:40 pm Jamie, Glyn raced in vwpro for a few years, he won the championship 2 years in a row (2006 & 2007 I think).
His car was satin black for a while then it re-appeared in lovely gloss black, he raced in ACE as well. Good racer. Title: Re: the Northern Run - DRAG DAY @ York 7/8/9 August Post by: jamiep_jamiep on July 07, 2010, 15:51:38 pm Cheers Martin. think I know the car... did it run 4 stud Erco's?
Title: Re: the Northern Run - DRAG DAY @ York 7/8/9 August Post by: Neil Davies on July 07, 2010, 15:52:35 pm Jamie, Glyn raced in vwpro for a few years, he won the championship 2 years in a row (2006 & 2007 I think). His car was satin black for a while then it re-appeared in lovely gloss black, he raced in ACE as well. Good racer. Australian-spec '67 IIRC, small window shell from factory. Ran it on 4-bolt Ercos. Edit: Jamie tree'd me! :D Title: Re: the Northern Run - DRAG DAY @ York 7/8/9 August Post by: flatfire on July 07, 2010, 16:17:50 pm Glynn the coolest guy to race a bug ;D Sometimes under the weather but will always tattoo you on the line. :o
Title: Re: the Northern Run - DRAG DAY @ York 7/8/9 August Post by: low oval on July 07, 2010, 17:39:59 pm I know the guy that built the "Identity Crisis" dodge dart, great guy, and great builder.
Title: Re: the Northern Run - DRAG DAY @ York 7/8/9 August Post by: jamiep_jamiep on July 08, 2010, 08:17:22 am Was that Bob Billedeau (sp?)?
Title: Re: the Northern Run - DRAG DAY @ York 7/8/9 August Post by: Neil Davies on July 08, 2010, 09:21:23 am Dale Snoke I think, got a feature of it when it was still in the states. It's a Mopar with a Chevy motor, which would really upset people! :D
Title: Re: the Northern Run - DRAG DAY @ York 7/8/9 August Post by: jamiep_jamiep on July 08, 2010, 13:02:35 pm Ah I see. There were a few of the cars there built by Billedeau's shop and I wondered if that was one of them. Really nice guy incidentally, but I did enjoy soundly thrashing him and his big V8 on the strip.... in common with nearly all the V8 guys at the York, he came and said hello afterwards and we had a chat about cars & racing - a lovely old chap, still racing and building cars.... in comparison to my dad, the only cubic inches in which he's interested is the size of the boot in his Citroen Berlingo ;D :D
Title: Re: the Northern Run - DRAG DAY @ York 7/8/9 August Post by: low oval on July 08, 2010, 20:37:25 pm Dale Snoke I think, got a feature of it when it was still in the states. It's a Mopar with a Chevy motor, which would really upset people! :D you are right. It is Dale Snoke out of Glendora Ca. He's a fellow Chevy Nova guy in so cal. Bitchin car huh. It's kinda funny to see a car you recognize from here (US), over there. Looks like a fun day.Title: Re: the Northern Run - DRAG DAY @ York 7/8/9 August Post by: Brother Lovedub on July 11, 2010, 00:31:50 am Can't wait for this weekend, a few of the potos above were mine from last year, that was a cracking weekend but thankfully I've got a car to thrash this year so wont be doing much camera work :-)
Title: Re: the Northern Run - DRAG DAY @ York 7/8/9 August Post by: jamiep_jamiep on July 15, 2010, 15:52:29 pm (http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/702310.jpg)
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We'll be down for saturday ;D Cheers, Kev Title: Re: the Northern Run - DRAG DAY @ York 7/8/9 August Post by: jamiep_jamiep on July 16, 2010, 16:07:50 pm Look forward to finally meeting you Kev.... I'll put a beer on ice for you ;) Your chassis looks fantastic btw!
Title: Re: the Northern Run - DRAG DAY @ York 7/8/9 August Post by: kev d on July 16, 2010, 19:09:53 pm Cheers bud 8)
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