All ready for Street Weekend 2024

[DangerousDerek]

2023 was the first year for this event. 83 cars entered and raced at Santa Pod and Melbourne over 3 days and covering over 400 miles on the road with specified checkpoints along the way. 209 cars are listed to compete this year.This was the best event I've entered my Chimaera in and after a big effort to getting a fresh engine sorted I am ready to do it all again in just over a week's time. Wish me luck. Just completing is the target but to get sub 30 seconds total for the 2 quarter miles at the pod and the eighth at Melbourne would be fantastic.

Edited by DangerousDerek on Wednesday 5th June 06:24

[DangerousDerek]

[Goaty Bill 2]

DangerousDerek said:

Can't read the Dyno screen. What did she make?

ETA: Good to see you're still at it Derek
ETA2: Just looked at the ET thread. You're in the 10s! Well done mate.

Edited by Goaty Bill 2 on Saturday 8th June 19:40

[DangerousDerek]

Goaty Bill 2 said:

Can't read the Dyno screen. What did she make?

ETA: Good to see you're still at it Derek
ETA2: Just looked at the ET thread. You're in the 10s! Well done mate.

Edited by Goaty Bill 2 on Saturday 8th June 19:40

We had some fuel issues on the day so held boost to 7 psi and it made 356 at the wheels with a safe advance. So let’s guess about 420 at the fly.
I’ve just got the car together again and want some reliability more than anything else for this weekend at least

[TwinKam]

Good luck Derek!

[DangerousDerek]

What a fantastic weekend that was!

We had some wet weather through at the pod on the Friday and the decision was made to call the day off for racing.
I was the last car to get a run in before the rain stopped play and ran 11.9 at 121

Then over 190 racers were packing and getting on the road to head for the first checkpoint at Skegness Pier. Traffic through Boston on a Friday afternoon was terrible and i had one eye on the temperature gauge as it settled at about 110 degrees.
Next stop was a viewpoint cafe at the Humber Bridge before heading to Melbourne for a well earned beer or 3 before a night in a tent. Not something i enjoy now i have my van but that was left at the pod.

Saturday i got in the pairing lanes early and decided to just do 1 run which i made a complete mess of on a cold unprepped track running 9.0 at 92 over the eighth.

Back on the road to 'The Motorist' which was a rather impressive place to visit as was the second checkpoint 'Great Northern Classics' in Derby. I can recommend both these places are worth a visit for any petrol head.

Back on the road to return to the pod late afternoon and the comfort of my van.

Sunday was much better weather wise at the pod and i did 3 runs 11.8, 11.7 then 11.5 on the last race of the day all at 123mph.
Considering i was only running 7psi of boost i was happy with how the car performed.

The icing on the cake for me was to discover i came 50th place and just and so guarenteed entry to compete again in 2025