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Steve C
May 25th 2009, 19:07
Hi

I just uploaded a video of a couple of our club members racing their GL 1303s racing at Wakefield Park in Australia.

Steve

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16QKi8PtyTI
NO_H2O
May 25th 2009, 21:23
Cool. Thanks for the video link.
Steve C
May 25th 2009, 21:43
Hi

My pleasure, I will load some more soon.

Steve
Humble
May 26th 2009, 00:39
Very cool though it looks like someone was a bit enthusiastic ;) How often do these track events run over there?
petevw
May 26th 2009, 00:58
Making the pass for the camera, then spinning out was great!

Thanks
Steve C
May 26th 2009, 09:53
Hi

It was very wet in the morning and a bit cool, about 14 C, its autumn down here, almost winter.

These sprints are on most weekends.

Our club used to hold a 1/8 drag meeting on the Saturday and the show & shine on the Sunday, when the new 1/4 mile track was built in Sydney the 1/8 mile shut down and the 1/4 mile track owners let us run once then showed us the door, most VW racers wont even attend the 1/4 mile track as they get treated very badly.

So this year we decided hold our inaugural Supersprint, we had 40 + VWs enter, it was great success with many of the VW drag racers building cars to run the Supersprint, im pretty sure we will do it again next year.

Here is another video that has been loaded http://www.volksculture.com/video/volks-events-vw-super-sprint

Steve
chug_A_bug
May 26th 2009, 11:44
WOW great Video... plase post more :D
and pic too.

thanks
Chris.
Steve C
May 28th 2009, 09:32
Hi

Ive posted a few more on Youtube under my user name 1303Steve.

There is another one from another user here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfw82BvBEWc&feature=channel

Steve
chug_A_bug
May 28th 2009, 13:32
AWSOME!!!!! :D

Chris.
NO_H2O
May 28th 2009, 15:39
very cool video. Thanks.
Steve C
May 29th 2009, 01:53
Hi

Found videos of a friends bug running at the same track.

Steve

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGlJXHu6YNg&feature=channel_page

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDfPCT2-ZOQ&feature=channel_page
chug_A_bug
May 29th 2009, 03:37
Sweet Video's
thanks for posting them :D

Chris.
evilC
May 29th 2009, 07:31
Hey Steve, can you ask your friend to move the mirror - I can't really see whats going on!
STIDUB
May 29th 2009, 08:04
hey steve, if you were the steve i spoke to about the guy leaving lights on, your older than i expected, however, can i be blindly optimistic & put in a super early entry for next year? circuit bugs are awesome compared to drags, ill push it the 1400ish kms to race next year if i have to! what happened to the orange bug that broke up the back corner on the hill do you know?
Wally
May 29th 2009, 17:05
Very cool movies! Love the blue 1303! Very nice stance. Cool to see 03's running behind each other.
Thanks for posting.
Steve C
May 30th 2009, 02:48
Hi

STIDUB, That was me, I'm an old fart that likes fast old cars, I'm a 54 model, so in VW years that makes me a Oval beetle with heart shape taillights and click clack doors.

The reaction by all the racers on the day was very positive, it had to be good racing with so many other VWs, I will let you know when the entries open, I hope to have 2 bugs running next year.

Our car club was at 1st worried about the financial side of having the racing Saturday and the show & shine Sunday, but it shows that a 2 day event will attract interstate people like yourself.

Wally, there was 3 x 1303s & 2 x 1302s running, the blue one is for sale, it runs a WRX motor, its really nice car.

I will post some more soon.

That mirror was a nuisance.

Steve
jakriz
May 30th 2009, 18:31
It was the single most awesome track day I've had in quite some time. We have to do this more than once a year Stevie!

I took 3.5 seconds of my time, 10th outright, 2nd in class (only beaten by Rudi's turbocharged Sports Sedan) & I was the quickest street registered beetle. Took the kids to school on Friday, raced on Saturday, picked them up from Schoool on Monday! What a great little car!

Huge thanks to Club VeeDub & everyone who made the effort to come, it will only be bigger next time
regards
Jak
Wally
May 31st 2009, 02:26
Took the kids to school on Friday, raced on Saturday, picked them up from Schoool on Monday!

I think its cruel to leave your kids in school through the weekend...

but great pictures of your car! Well done on the results too :)
jakriz
May 31st 2009, 02:28
it did them the world of good, they get it too easy these days LOL
Wally
May 31st 2009, 03:30
:lmao: ;)