racin at the 'Pod

rookie · Post by **rookie** » Thu May 05, 2005 2:47 pm

Just thought I'd share with you a top day that I had on Saturday at Big Bang...

I was racin against my good buddy John in his 1776 bug.

we did 6 runs together in all, and it was SOOOO close for all of them. The closest time between us was I think 0.04 seconds!! It was such a lot of fun.

We were running 17s for the first 5 runs, which I was very frustrated about, as I couldn't crack my personal best from 3 years ago of 17.03.

and then on the last run after lunch, after we both already decided that it would be the last one, as we had pushed our cars alot and we were not acheiving what we wanted.. I pulled one out the bag and ran a 16.87!

I was so happy the get in to the 16s, especially as we had decided it was the last one.

I want to thank John for a superb days racing, and for spurring me on to push my time down.

Cheers buddy.

craig001 · Post by **craig001** » Thu May 05, 2005 5:12 pm

What a cool weekend that was!
Just about recovered now!!
Congratultions on the 16

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Thu May 05, 2005 10:59 pm

Nice pics of the fourteen: very

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KS · Post by KS » Fri May 06, 2005 8:16 am

This is what I did...

rookie · Post by **rookie** » Fri May 06, 2005 9:53 am

Thanks very much Craig and Barry.

Hi there, Keith.

I can't seem to see that picture. Is it just me, or are others not seeing it too?

Could be my Ford server.. blocks things sometimes.

did you race your 911 Keith? I know you drove Tash's car.. was that good?

Lightweight_911 · Post by **Lightweight_911** » Fri May 06, 2005 9:55 am

Can't see it either - maybe it's 'X-rated' !

rookie · Post by **rookie** » Fri May 06, 2005 9:55 am

ps... you built that 1776 I was racing against..!!!!

KS · Post by KS » Fri May 06, 2005 3:19 pm

rookie wrote:ps... you built that 1776 I was racing against..!!!!

I remember it well! Glad it still works – miracles will never cease! :D

FraserMurray · Post by **FraserMurray** » Fri May 06, 2005 3:27 pm

Lightweight_911 wrote:Can't see it either - maybe it's 'X-rated' !

Me neither, here's the link it'll show after viewing it here...

http://jiki.pbase.com/u10/slimboyfat/up ... G_6562.jpg

MdR · Post by **MdR** » Fri May 06, 2005 3:31 pm

Luke - congrats on getting a personal best. I reckon that proves that the gearlinkage on a 914/4 doesn't need to be obstructive.

KS - I can see the pic if I cut & paste the link into the browser address bar - there seems to be something wrong with the front wheels of that split... shouldn't they be touching the ground

Brazilian '65 · Post by **Brazilian '65** » Fri May 06, 2005 3:32 pm

Next time we race Mr Rookie, I'll make KS proud!!

KS, humble appologies for not having the engine running as good as I know it can. Any tips for extracting a bit more out of it gratefully recieved!! Next time the interior comes out, and I won't be carrying a tool kit up the strip!

Rookie, see you at Bug Jam......oh no, thats right, you're legging it to Sweden

ha ha.

can't wait till next time buddy.

congratulations on the 16s by the way, I was the first to see it

Rod 912 · Post by **Rod 912** » Sat May 07, 2005 9:44 pm

this is me then

ran a 16.2 with some very granny like gear changes as my gear linkage gradually fell apart during the weekend

rookie as i said before it was good to meet ya

ks.....got to hand it to you, you have some grande cochonnes, great runs

impmad2000 · Post by **impmad2000** » Sun May 08, 2005 9:02 am

cubist · Post by **cubist** » Sun May 08, 2005 12:18 pm

Nice...