Monday, 12 October 2009
American Super Stock vs. Aircooled Eliminators
Sunday saw York raceway host the A.S.S. vs. A.C.E. shootout, and a few Rennwagens went up to the strip to take part. Jamie Palmer dragged his 1954 turbo'd bug and Rich Moss drove his 1965 2332cc Bug up. Accompanying us was club prospect Steve Milward in his 2165 61 bug, along with a number of guys along without their cars to support those running and cheer on the A.C.E. competitors.
Rich drove his car incredibly hard throughout the day (in spite of a 7.5 hrd round trip to the strip and back home!) which resulted in an incredibly impressive time of 13.2 seconds at 102mph. A change to a more strip friendly tyre will surely see Rich into the 12's next season...
Jamie managed to chip a little more of his previous pb and got down to a 12.52 @ 112mph, again on radials, and looking for a bit more next season with a change of tyre.
Steve's efforts paid off with a best ET of the day of 15.2 seconds at 88 mph, a club qualifying pass - welcome to the club Steve!
Sadly, on the shootout front a few too many redlights and break outs meant the V8 racers took the win, but it was still a great days racing against some incredible machinery at a brilliant track.
Welcome new member Steve Milward
After an incredible effort from Steve over the past few weeks to get his 2165cc IDA'd motor into his car and running, I'm pleased to say that his trip to York with a couple of existing members netted him a qualifying time of 15.2 @ 88.2 mph.
Steve drove the car up to York and all the way back (a 7.5 hr round trip) which is a testament to the work put in so far on this quick little car. Steve has minor fettling to do now to the car in readiness for next season where he is sure to hammer those times down. Having driven the car I can certainly say it has plenty more in it. Steve would like to thank Rich for all his help during the build and to John for help tuning up.
Well done Steve, and welcome to the Rennwagens.
Thursday, 8 October 2009
Wednesday, 7 October 2009
Monday, 5 October 2009
Lee's new wheels have arrived
Fresh off the boat from the USA, Lee now has his a pair of 3.5" wide Welds wheels to match his rears.
Next club meet
The next club meet is on Wednesday 14th October at the Wulstan pub (ST5 8BU) from 8 pm onwards.
Facebook page
Take a look at our facebook page for more of the same high performance, air cooled goodness......
Steve's bug now up & running...
Steve's 2165 IDA's motor is in and running - all he needs to do now is get that ET slip this weekend at York. We're all rooting for you Steve!
Thursday, 1 October 2009
October 11th, American Super Stock vs. Aircooled shoot out!
Next weekend will be a lot of fun, some of the Rennwagens are heading up country to York Raceway to battle it out with the some of the big guns from the American Super Stock race series in a heads up shoot out. Should be a lot of fun!
Confirmed racing:
Jamie Palmer
Richard Moss
Steve Milward
John Walklett
Mike Riley
Karl Whitehurst
Take a look at the American Super Stock website and size up the competition!
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