New cabrio, this years progress and those 8s

[Ragtop]

Looking forward to a race, I have to chase now hehe

[modnrod]

Hey Ritchie, you never did mention what that stupid idea you had (the one in your sig line) was, and how it worked.........
 

[richie]

Looking forward to a race, I have to chase now hehe

Tierp is going to be fun for sure   Got to make sure my mirrors are set right so I can see you all behind me

cheers Richie

[richie]

Hey Ritchie, you never did mention what that stupid idea you had (the one in your sig line) was, and how it worked.........
 

Its not to do with this car, its even more stupid   It will be a while before I get a chance to do it, got to build the 10sec street car 1st

cheers richie

[richie]

Fame at last   Amazing what people make up when you don't reply to there emails


http://www.carthrottle.com/this-8-9-second-beetle-convertible-is-the-coolest-dragster-in-the-world/

[nicolas]

Fame at last   Amazing what people make up when you don't reply to there emails


http://www.carthrottle.com/this-8-9-second-beetle-convertible-is-the-coolest-dragster-in-the-world/

yes, too bad they noticed the wheeliebars huh? 

[richie]

Best pass this weekend, it is slowly morphing into the old car

Going the long way round, as soon as it went toward the center line I backed right off but it doesn't really look like it here, and then that wind really moves the car around near the finish

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/e7mhumjZt2k" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/e7mhumjZt2k</a>

[Shag55]

Nice!

[Fonz]

Fame at last   Amazing what people make up when you don't reply to there emails


http://www.carthrottle.com/this-8-9-second-beetle-convertible-is-the-coolest-dragster-in-the-world/

 

[richie]

Fame at last   Amazing what people make up when you don't reply to there emails


http://www.carthrottle.com/this-8-9-second-beetle-convertible-is-the-coolest-dragster-in-the-world/

 

Yep you did use to look like that   Your famous again

cheers Richie

[Fonz]

Was I famous before?!? 

Those were good times. I need to get down and see you run sometime.

Congratulations again. Come quite some way since the ol 1641.

[Dead Dog]

Superb work Richie, as the owner of a 11 sec car, I can barely start to imagine the time expense and most importantly expertise that it takes to do what you've done - amazing!
Can't wait to see what another 400 hp and no 400mph head wind will do 

[Turbo_Rich]

Great progress, certainly looked like a handful on that run. That head wind on Saturday was pretty strong and gusty so to run that time was pretty amazing. I know it caught my attention going through the top end at 110mph!

Whens the next outing for the car? Bug Jam entry closes THIS Friday- would be great to see you there 

[Dead Dog]

Whens the next outing for the car? Bug Jam entry closes THIS Friday- would be great to see you there 

Hell Yeah !!!

[Chris bugster]

Well done, Richie.
 What have you done to Mr Sanchez- looks like he's put on about 40lbs. since I saw him last.

[richie]

Whens the next outing for the car? Bug Jam entry closes THIS Friday- would be great to see you there 

Hell Yeah !!!

Oh dear I missed the cut off and entry is closed, never mind, nice idea but it was never going to happen, I have no interest in festivals or being subjected to all the idiots that go to them
We will be getting ready to leave to go to Sweden that weekend anyway
cheers Richie

[richie]

Well done, Richie.
 What have you done to Mr Sanchez- looks like he's put on about 40lbs. since I saw him last.

Thanks Chris


It is all self-inflicted, compliments of Heathrow canteen I think

cheers Richie

[Neil Davies]

Whens the next outing for the car? Bug Jam entry closes THIS Friday- would be great to see you there 

Hell Yeah !!!

Oh dear I missed the cut off and entry is closed, never mind, nice idea but it was never going to happen, I have no interest in festivals or being subjected to all the idiots that go to them
We will be getting ready to leave to go to Sweden that weekend anyway
cheers Richie

Richie, I so agree, I used to LOVE Bug Jam, but it changed when the entertainment moved pit-side. My wife has been a couple of times, once for a weekend before we met, once for a single day, and it put her off so much that she has sworn never to go to Santa Pod ever again. She loves Shakey tho!
I'll never do Bug Jam again, but it's clouded her view of the Pod so much that if I want to race there I'll have to do it by myself.

[benlawrence]

I havnt been to bug jam since 2003, probably never will again, im just getting old (40 this year ) but santa pod for the european finals is awesome, full of petrol heads there for the right reasons, not 17 year olds with their eyes hanging out of their sockets.

[richie]

Ben,

maybe it is that being 40+ thing that does it to us

Most of the events that they put on there are excellent and as you mention Euro finals is awesome, I am happy to accept that not all the events will suit my needs, there are more races over euro during the season than I could ever attend so missing one or two that are aimed at a different crowd is fine by me.

The next event I will race at will be the Dragstalgia in a weeks time, it is a perfect event for our cars, there are a few VWs entered and they have asked us to do some VW vs V8 match ups which I am happy to do Isnt that what is was all about, upsetting the "proper race cars" 

Andy Raw and myself have talked for a long while about racing each other again, him in his beetle bodied funny car against the cabrio, hopefully we will be able to line up together then

cheers Richie

[Dead Dog]

Oh dear I missed the cut off and entry is closed, never mind, nice idea but it was never going to happen, I have no interest in festivals or being subjected to all the idiots that go to them
We will be getting ready to leave to go to Sweden that weekend anyway
cheers Richie

Yeah I know what you mean, it'd just be awesome to have your car in our pits 

[Dead Dog]

Andy Raw and myself have talked for a long while about racing each other again, him in his beetle bodied funny car against the cabrio, hopefully we will be able to line up together then

cheers Richie

I would come back from the dead to watch that 

[richie]

dragstalgia, 2nd pass today 8.85@149mph, only 1.35 60ft!!!!   

[benlawrence]

Awesome 

[dannyboy]

yeah good work today mate it was a fun weekend great track and fantastic cars  plus a couple of great pbs for both of us 

[richie]

yeah good work today mate it was a fun weekend great track and fantastic cars  plus a couple of great pbs for both of us 

That was pretty cool for us to run PBs within a couple of minutes of each other on a track that was definitely suffering from the heat and the mass of treaded tyred cars ripping up the fresh rubber surface, and hopefully going on all the positive feedback we got from people visiting our pits to check out the cars and be amazed by the VWs that we made a good impression and showed that we deserve to be taken seriously VWs racing isn't all about daily driven skodas and rusty 20 second
buses

cheers Richie

[dannyboy]

you break the right lane ill dig up the left lane 

[richie]

 

[Chris bugster]

I can see from the photos of the track, that though one of Europe's premier drag tracks wasn't at its' best over the past weekend, it's still far better than anything we have over in this half of Europe. Watching the live link over the weekend, though I enjoyed the variety of cars and the times posted, what I appreciated most was the level of care that the crew at Santa Pod put into the track and the generally high level of everything from comentators to safety standards. I raced at Santa Pod for nearly ten years before moving over here to Poland and never realised just how good I had it. 

[dannyboy]

nothing to see here move along