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Title: No Prep nationals 3 @ rockingham with the cabrio Post by: richie on August 28, 2018, 20:43:57 pm I took new cabrio to Rockingham yesterday to try No prep racing, we ran the Small tyre heads up class which is a anything goes door car class with maximum of 28/10.5 or 275 drag radial class with flashlight start no times etc.
I had made a few changes to how I sit in car and to pedals as the RLR supplied pedals were just not correct for a RHD car as they were to far to the left and forced me to sit facing left toward middle of car instead of straight which often caused me to line car up pointing right[me facing straight forward] and is something that I should have modified along time ago, anyway it was much better and easier to line car up straight now with its RW pedals ;) 8) To the race: We got 2 test hits in morning which showed me a few things, mainly even turned down a lot car had way too much power :o Every round was drawn out of a cup by drivers with lane choice also done same way, there were enough cars to run a 32 car ladder. 1st round I drew a supercharged LS powered 100E Ford who also was having issues with too much power, I managed to pedal it pretty quick in 1st and get it to hook up only using 30% throttle and drove away from him and got the win, 2nd round and I drew a twin turbo LS powered later model Camaro, this was my best pass, I got a slight jump on him but he got round me as I shifted into 2nd and I short shifted into 3rd allowing me to get power back in quicker and went round him just before finish line and got another win, next round I was in the shitter when they did the draw :o :D ;D So Joe Elliot who was helping me stepped in and drew for me, and got me a bye :o ;D as odd number of cars left. I choose to just break beams and wait for semi final as they were getting near curfew by now, semi final and I drew a nitrous small block Ford pop/Anglia, this was one pass too far for me as I just didn't react quick enough to flashlight and then didn't pedal it quick enough and by time I got it to hook he was too far ahead for me to catch him. We did get a lot of people come to pits and ask about the car, comment on how cool it was to see a "little beetle" winning or how wild it was ;) etc and it was a really fun day, its a shame they are shutting the Track down next month forever to build another car park/storage facility as it would have been good for it to continue drag racing there but it does seem its all done now >:( I am just glad I got to take part and try it while I could :) Oh and the burnouts were fun ;) ;D Thanks to Callum Pudge for the excellent picture mid burnout 8) Title: Re: No Prep nationals 3 @ rockingham with the cabrio Post by: Tufty65 on August 28, 2018, 22:11:48 pm Awesome, ?Little beetle? made me laugh, if only they knew 😁
Title: Re: No Prep nationals 3 @ rockingham with the cabrio Post by: Tufty65 on August 28, 2018, 22:13:56 pm Dont know what the question marks are all about they are supposed to be speech marks
Title: Re: No Prep nationals 3 @ rockingham with the cabrio Post by: Richierich56 on August 29, 2018, 01:35:52 am Nice work Richie - sounds like a cool day out and a win or two always helps! Real shame the place is getting closed.
Title: Re: No Prep nationals 3 @ rockingham with the cabrio Post by: bedjo78 on August 29, 2018, 08:16:54 am great achievment ..
Title: Re: No Prep nationals 3 @ rockingham with the cabrio Post by: Flakeyjake on August 29, 2018, 17:33:19 pm The burnout picture is absolute amazing 8)
Title: Re: No Prep nationals 3 @ rockingham with the cabrio Post by: richie on August 29, 2018, 17:51:13 pm Thanks :)
Couple more pictures from Callum Title: Re: No Prep nationals 3 @ rockingham with the cabrio Post by: thehanz DVK on August 29, 2018, 19:11:07 pm Great pictures and looks like a lot off fun
Title: Re: No Prep nationals 3 @ rockingham with the cabrio Post by: Jo Clifford on August 30, 2018, 11:39:17 am Here's a couple of videos of Richies pass against the Camaro, one using the GoPro and the other by me (sorry for the quality got a little distracted ;D :), not my best work!!!)
https://youtu.be/3DW426eE6nQ (https://youtu.be/3DW426eE6nQ) and the 2nd https://youtu.be/CyUh3TRGSbA (https://youtu.be/CyUh3TRGSbA) Title: Re: No Prep nationals 3 @ rockingham with the cabrio Post by: Basti on August 30, 2018, 13:07:52 pm Toooooo much Power ;))
Title: Re: No Prep nationals 3 @ rockingham with the cabrio Post by: andy198712 on August 30, 2018, 17:18:45 pm Wow! thats sketchy ;D
Title: Re: No Prep nationals 3 @ rockingham with the cabrio Post by: dragvw2180 on August 31, 2018, 01:00:08 am Well if you ever get over this way there is more than one . http://www.kandlmotorsports.com/rockingham/rockingham.htm congrats on a great race. Mike McCarthy
Title: Re: No Prep nationals 3 @ rockingham with the cabrio Post by: Andy on August 31, 2018, 11:27:57 am Looks exciting :D
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