The Cal-look Lounge

Dates are set for next years Cal Look Drag Day, moved later into the year by popular demand. Hosted at Shakespeare County Raceway we are making plans for a great weekend of VW Drag Racing.

Hope folks can make it along!

http://www.facebook.com/callook.dragday

 :)

Look forward to seeing the quickest NA Bug in Europe there Udo!

We wrote it on our dates for next year. right now i try to get my wife to bring her car also :-)

Udo

Should be able to make it this year.

Good that you mention that Jamie. I was really surprised that there was not more noise about the first ever UK 9 sec n/a run at Bugjam. I ran in the same lane right after Udo and I can tell you it was great to see. I was dying to get to the top of the track and tell him!

I thought it was one of those 'I was there' moments, a bit like when Moody ran the first ever 9 in the UK.

Massive achievement in my book and I don't think it received the recognition it deserved.

Peter

Peter
Thanks for that . I worked for this since 28 years now and it was still the aim . i hope i can make it more consistant next year , get a better gearbox during the winter and may be some more horses later :-)
Looking forward to meet you all in good health
Udo

cant wait will be another cracker of a race meet as it always is  ;D

So the good news is "Im allowed to go"  ;D

So Cal Look Drag Day, so I should  take a Cal Looker....... ???

Tar Babe. Please! :-)

Yes, Tar Babe please! I'll even bring my own cloths to mop up the drool...

Lee Leighton or Dave Rhoads green cal looker,or both please

Wocket please.   ;D

Has to be "Vader" or "The Force"


both real Old school cars :o :D

You've been drinking too much tea Richie   :P

I'm getting increasingly excited :D I'm relatively sure our '67 is pretty much ready to go :D

yeah do it

don't like to disappoint but the force and vader are staying put.... however the tar babe is 99% there, hope to run her up tomorrow and then if all ok she will head south to shakey on Frday, if not plan B......

LOL

Russell, lets prey for good weather

Good news Russell, I'm going to have to miss out on sleep for the next 4 days to get my wife's T25 ready for Download festival the following week,  but if Tar Babe is there, I need to be too! :D

Yes it will be there let's hope for good weather all weekend

Guess I'm coming up to see the Tar Babe then, should be interesting first VW drag racing I'll have seen in 10 years away from the scene  :-\

I wish all a nice  weekend. we are going to france and see what we can do there . I hope for next year we have 3 dragdays  where we all can meet .
France England and Bitburg

Udo

ill be there but in a cal look vert as fire starter isnt ready  :D

See even Tar Babe scares Udo away....  ;D

Yea that's the reason :-)     

No but i think we need more events in europe and hope all come to each event next year

uDO

drag day tomorrow  >:( >:( >:(

Any news? How's everyone running? I'm going to try to get down tomorrow, depending on the weather when I get up.

Weather shit this morning but excellent in the afternoon and made 4 passes with a new PB and a new record for tar babe with a 11.86 at 113mph, not only that this is the first time tar babe had run on UK soil so all in al an excellent day !

Can't wait for tomorrow

Can't wait to see the Tar Babe  :)

Yes.....me too!

Forecast for today looks pretty good.....

Great weather today pity about the crash and the oiler , however got another PB of 11.69 so very happy

Thanks to all for organising

Nice to meet you Russell.

Was a good day, shame so much waiting thanks to the oil everywhere, Stitch Up and the Tar Babe looked fantastic, good to see Richie after all these years away from the scene, picked up the bits I need, spoke to Cotsweld. Will try and figure out how to post pictures later  :-\

Paul and too you too, sorry if I was distant I was in dream land most of yesterday  ;D

A nice picture of Tar Babe beating Stitch Up off the line for at least a second !

I have some photos of that, and various other ones  I'll send them over later. Need to get mine on the road ASAP, Yesterday just confirmed it's been far too long  :(

That is such an awesome photograph!

(Bernie, it was nice of you to let Russell have his 0.5 seconds of glory...).  :D

Did Keith break anything this time Russel ;-)

Michael

attempt one at pictures FAIL  ;D

what a good turn out,we ran another pb for the 1679 motor 14.49 of the trailer again.waited ages for one shot gamblers qualifier ,dailed 14.5 and went 14.63 but the air had gone of a bit(warmer)and no tail wind .dialed 14.6 for first round and went 14.63 backing of for the win .pigged it down before we could run next round but came away with stake money plus a £10 so good day again and then there was tar babe and bernie and all the rest of you chaps ,happy days.just need to win some lotto so we can get some of those super light glass doors.

Was a good week end. Crew forgot to phone me to say GO ;D

Lee c had a pb also   

A couple of videos I took

Paul Merrimans new best, sorry I couldn't get the timing board in Paul :(  If you can get rid of the startline bog is has a 12 in it for sure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvDrPTsduR4

Tar babe Vs Stitch up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q758OK4ZNl8

and Jo's best run of the weekend, we figured its time for burnouts as its just spinning the tyres and upsetting the car

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf_tlqUEo24&feature=youtu.be

Yep, 11.82@113.5mph with the muffler on

Thanks again Ron for towing the car up. Much appreciated
Lee

Different view of Tar babe vs Stitch Up, then Bernie's earlier 9.89

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmcs42ZQJeE

He's got a cool video of my first run in 14 months also. 12.1@113mph!

Lee

no problem mate

Lee, that would have been a good pair you and me 11.82 and 11.69 at 113.5/116..... maybe next time, I also run a 11.86 at 133.55 and 11.73 at 116.6, so we would have been very close

cheers

Russell

Hi Russell,

That would have been amazing ;D wouldn't have made as nice a pic as you and Bernie's car though...

Lee

It was a fantastic weekend - we had our first time out with our street '67 with the little (1641) motor and squeezed a 16.9 out of it. The track staff were great and the atmosphere was brilliant. Full marks to everyone involved!

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Very cool car there

Great seeing so many cool cars there,in particular for me pushing the Tar Babe through the fire up lane was a bit of a 'pinch me' moment.

Did anyone get a shot of Tar Babe running against Daz Chandlers Nova? Although the Nova took the win (its a 9-second car on a good day), as startlines go, it was an amazing sight, straight out of the 70's. Would love to see one. Maybe have to wait for the mags to come out I bet Julian got one or two....