All American Weekend This Weekend Santa Pod
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I was there today, saw the 300c's in black and silver, along with the pontiacs, trans ams, etc. all good v8 stuff!
To be fair it was the monster trucks that I went to see and the classic yank drag cars/ road cars were pretty awesome.
I should also give a special mention to :-
The kids drag car - 35mph tops awwww.
The 2 fiat 126/127's - both very quick and I'm not sure I'd have liked to take an impact at 130mph (which one of them clocked!).
The wrestling was comical, all together a really good day.
Hope the weather held, we left at about 2.30ish and it was raining here (35 miles south west of pod) by 5pm - hard.
PS. My mrs has pledged to take her turbo volvo on a rwyb day - I will be holding her to it
, and insisting she do it with bicycles strapped to the back with a roof box on for volvo authenticity.
To be fair it was the monster trucks that I went to see and the classic yank drag cars/ road cars were pretty awesome.
I should also give a special mention to :-
The kids drag car - 35mph tops awwww.
The 2 fiat 126/127's - both very quick and I'm not sure I'd have liked to take an impact at 130mph (which one of them clocked!).
The wrestling was comical, all together a really good day.
Hope the weather held, we left at about 2.30ish and it was raining here (35 miles south west of pod) by 5pm - hard.
PS. My mrs has pledged to take her turbo volvo on a rwyb day - I will be holding her to it
, and insisting she do it with bicycles strapped to the back with a roof box on for volvo authenticity.
BLUETHUNDER said:
HD Adam said:
Just look out for the pick-up trucks. You should spot me ok 
I take it you had Stefan off the line??. It looks like it from the pics over on Rebel.Must say it's a pleasure to hear Adam start his truck up outside my hotel window!
Now, if only the rain could stop..............
Stef
Stefan SRT8 said:
BLUETHUNDER said:
HD Adam said:
Just look out for the pick-up trucks. You should spot me ok
I take it you had Stefan off the line??. It looks like it from the pics over on Rebel.Must say it's a pleasure to hear Adam start his truck up outside my hotel window!
Now, if only the rain could stop..............
Stef
The truck remains undefeated against the SRT-8. Mind you, I have a lot more experience at the strip than the SRT boys.
Comes with practie though. You just have to get out there and do it.
Edited by HD Adam on Sunday 2nd May 20:12
HD Adam said:
Stefan SRT8 said:
BLUETHUNDER said:
HD Adam said:
Just look out for the pick-up trucks. You should spot me ok
I take it you had Stefan off the line??. It looks like it from the pics over on Rebel.Must say it's a pleasure to hear Adam start his truck up outside my hotel window!
Now, if only the rain could stop..............
Stef
The truck remains undefeated against the SRT-8. Mind you, I have a lot more experience at the strip than the SRT boys.
Comes with practie though. You just have to get out there and do it.
Edited by HD Adam on Sunday 2nd May 20:12
It was good to meet you though mate, thoroughly enjoyed the two runs and advice, thanks.
Have registered on Rebel V8 too so I'll keep an eye out for the future events etc.
Stef
Stefan SRT8 said:
HD Adam said:
Stefan SRT8 said:
BLUETHUNDER said:
HD Adam said:
Just look out for the pick-up trucks. You should spot me ok
I take it you had Stefan off the line??. It looks like it from the pics over on Rebel.Must say it's a pleasure to hear Adam start his truck up outside my hotel window!
Now, if only the rain could stop..............
Stef
The truck remains undefeated against the SRT-8. Mind you, I have a lot more experience at the strip than the SRT boys.
Comes with practie though. You just have to get out there and do it.
Edited by HD Adam on Sunday 2nd May 20:12
It was good to meet you though mate, thoroughly enjoyed the two runs and advice, thanks.
Have registered on Rebel V8 too so I'll keep an eye out for the future events etc.
Stef
Garys Picnic at Shakey later this month?
HD Adam said:
Stefan SRT8 said:
HD Adam said:
Stefan SRT8 said:
BLUETHUNDER said:
HD Adam said:
Just look out for the pick-up trucks. You should spot me ok
I take it you had Stefan off the line??. It looks like it from the pics over on Rebel.Must say it's a pleasure to hear Adam start his truck up outside my hotel window!
Now, if only the rain could stop..............
Stef
The truck remains undefeated against the SRT-8. Mind you, I have a lot more experience at the strip than the SRT boys.
Comes with practie though. You just have to get out there and do it.
Edited by HD Adam on Sunday 2nd May 20:12
It was good to meet you though mate, thoroughly enjoyed the two runs and advice, thanks.
Have registered on Rebel V8 too so I'll keep an eye out for the future events etc.
Stef
Garys Picnic at Shakey later this month?
Stef
Was this the lot that kept the hotel awake at night by not putting a pillow behind the headboard.
Nice performance but put that energy into the track launch and you'll loose another 1/10 lol
Hey Adam I should have got mobilised eairler and spanked the lot of you.
Great to meet up as always
Nice performance but put that energy into the track launch and you'll loose another 1/10 lol
Hey Adam I should have got mobilised eairler and spanked the lot of you.
Great to meet up as always
SVTRick said:
Was this the lot that kept the hotel awake at night by not putting a pillow behind the headboard.
Nice performance but put that energy into the track launch and you'll loose another 1/10 lol
Hey Adam I should have got mobilised eairler and spanked the lot of you.
Great to meet up as always
Nice performance but put that energy into the track launch and you'll loose another 1/10 lol
Hey Adam I should have got mobilised eairler and spanked the lot of you.
Great to meet up as always
Not guilty, we all had families in tow!Stef
I thought the event was pretty quiet when you consider the time the track was open till.
Got a few runs in early evening but only netted an 11.6 had issues with the tuning download
from the SCT hand held and did not have my laptop as backup.
What you need on those SRT8's is some spare rims with drag radials on to get a bit more grip.
Like our trucks they are not light so take some getting away without loosing traction.
Check out some stateside rear end mods on some US forums and see whats available.
See you at Shakey.
Got a few runs in early evening but only netted an 11.6 had issues with the tuning download
from the SCT hand held and did not have my laptop as backup.
What you need on those SRT8's is some spare rims with drag radials on to get a bit more grip.
Like our trucks they are not light so take some getting away without loosing traction.
Check out some stateside rear end mods on some US forums and see whats available.
See you at Shakey.
Yes, it was a shame it was so quiet, but on the other hand it was great for getting plenty of runs in. That's a great time by the way, I'd need some very serious mods to achieve that!
Will have a dig around about the rim/tyre options, my only concern is the half shafts are a potential weak point on the SRT8's and it's bloody expensive to get hold of better ones!
Stef
Will have a dig around about the rim/tyre options, my only concern is the half shafts are a potential weak point on the SRT8's and it's bloody expensive to get hold of better ones!
Stef
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