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Racewars 12-13th April 2014 Wyalkatchem Airstrip

Started by _LXSS350_ , Mar 27 2014 11:41 PM

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#26 _LXSS350_

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Posted 06 April 2014 - 11:15 PM

1965 C2 Vette at 316 kph

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#27 N/A-PWR

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Posted 06 April 2014 - 11:34 PM

and you have to do something to get hurt, great to see another Goal Getter

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#28 _LXSS350_

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Posted 08 April 2014 - 02:36 AM

One of my old engineering favourites the Giocattolo was recently brought up in a subject on this forum.

Because the car was rare (13 or so made) this reminded me of Todd Wilkes death which was caused by underdeveloped brakes and EC's lack of braking run off room.

I think Racewars needs to make sure that nobody has to look back in hindsight and that prevention is better than the 281kph Giocattolo situation.

Drag racer's death 'preceded by lack of safety precautions'
By Leonie Lamont
April 20, 2004

Motor racing in NSW should be taken out of the hands of motoring groups, with WorkCover overseeing the safety of events, a coroners inquest has been urged.

Yesterday's inquest, into the death of amateur car enthusiast Todd Wilkes, 29, at Eastern Creek Raceway in 2001, heard the meet was poorly organised, there was desultory scrutineering of the vehicles and safety and risk assessment was minimal.

Mr Wilkes died when his rare Giocattolo, an Alfa Romeo Sprint body housing a Holden twin turbocharged 5.7-litre V8 engine, crashed into a concrete barrier. After reaching 281kmh in an event called Terminal Velocity, he had 440 metres in which to brake. The inquest heard tests showed his rear brakes had faded and he hit the barrier at 140kmh.
Michael O'Brien, counsel assisting the coroner, said four organisers and scrutineers had previously been charged with manslaughter. He said a magistrate had discharged the four in 2002, but told the deputy state coroner, Carl Milovanovich, this did not stop further charges being laid.

Detective Senior Constable Wayne Francis, who led the investigation, said when he arrived at the crash site: "I found it difficult to understand why anyone would run a race that way there were no safety barriers or escape route."

The inquest heard the organisers had reversed the regular route taken by drag cars, with those in the Terminal Velocity event using the downhill slope for speed. Instead of finishing in a gravel and safety barrier area, the event ended with a concrete barrier.

A driver with high-pursuit training, Detective Francis said that when he drove the course at speed, he could not tell how long the straight was, and light distortion was making the track shimmer. The drivers were not given the opportunity to do test runs.

He said there were no records of what roles people were meant to be doing on the day, and no records of a track risk assessment. He said officials of the Confederation of Australian Motor Sports, which licenses motor racing in NSW, had conducted no safety checks that day.

"The training of safety persons, or others, was minimal," he said, calling for WorkCover to be involved to ensure the protection of competitors, spectators and officials many of whom are volunteers.

The costs and profits of the meet were shared by race promoter Cabin Auto Salon and the Australian Racing Drivers Club, which leases Eastern Creek. It was approved by CAMS.
The inquest continues.

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Posted 13 April 2014 - 05:23 PM

seen a 1000 Motorbikes heading back too Perth this arvo

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#30 Ice

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Posted 13 April 2014 - 05:27 PM

seen a 1000 Motorbikes heading back too Perth this arvo

What did you count them all

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Posted 13 April 2014 - 05:36 PM

They were in groups of 30 or so and Drove past 30 sets or more, including Mopeds

the whole Hwy was a continuous line of Motorbikes, from Wooroloo to Mundaring and back Hey

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#32 355LX

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Posted 13 April 2014 - 07:20 PM

R32 gtr took it out with 306kph!oh, and took 17.7sec to cover the standing 1km of unprepared dusty airstrip.

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Posted 13 April 2014 - 07:22 PM

wow Dave, that is 28kph up from last year

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#34 _mumbo_

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Posted 13 April 2014 - 07:44 PM

They did sweap the track this year , would have made a big difference

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Posted 13 April 2014 - 07:45 PM

The Community do keep the Airstrip up to date

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#36 _LXSS350_

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Posted 13 April 2014 - 08:45 PM

Great to see the 306kph come up as it might have meant another year of being under 300kph (292kph)

Its not bad for any car to do this from a 1km standing start and under 18sec.

Now can we get a rwd Torana to crack 300kph?

Edited by LXSS350, 13 April 2014 - 08:47 PM.

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Posted 13 April 2014 - 11:40 PM

Here, I found another one:-

but 2014 Video is not here yet. Dave I

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Posted 13 April 2014 - 11:52 PM

Got it:-

I seen that Police car @ 17 seconds, coming home on a Trailer today. Dave I

Edited by TORYPOWER, 13 April 2014 - 11:54 PM.

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#39 Potta

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Posted 14 April 2014 - 12:05 AM

Little bit of Dave in his Targa hatch in the 2013 one.

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Posted 14 April 2014 - 12:20 AM

here is what happens after the Race:-

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Posted 14 April 2014 - 03:38 PM

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Posted 15 April 2014 - 03:33 PM

so this is the 2014 306 kph Winner:-

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#43 _SmartE_

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Posted 15 April 2014 - 07:24 PM

Anyone know how this beast went?

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#44 dattoman

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Posted 15 April 2014 - 08:35 PM

That would have to be Anthoni Scali's Need4Speed (ND4SPD)

Genuine aussie delivered R32 GTR too

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#45 el_jay_72

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Posted 15 April 2014 - 11:55 PM

We saw the bikes on the way home to.

There was a ridiculous amount! They just kept on coming.

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#46 DanWA

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Posted 15 April 2014 - 11:57 PM

No times for SONIC as they only timed the 1000m. I didn't see it but apparently he had traction issues big time on the 400m and the 800m even with those boots

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#47 _mumbo_

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Posted 16 April 2014 - 07:21 AM

Chris (sonic) would have only been there for demonstration passes

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Posted 16 April 2014 - 03:25 PM

Had a good weeked, sunstroke, 4hrs sleep in 3days, yellow decal, snapped crank, rally cross through a farmers fence.... had a blast !

This year i managed 5th outright, fastest E/T 19.4, 2nd fastest AWD, fastest 4cyl against 1400hp GTR, 1000+hp drag car supras etc..... but lunched a motor, snapped crank on 685hpatw Methanol tune.

Ran 281 Kmph touching limiter in 2 gears and missing 5th gear big time, could have gone 290+ i think with a clean run ! Needs a dog sequential box to do that easy !

http://youtu.be/EOl9a95AWMw

frOcking Midland TEG pigs were stopping cars with racewars stickers on the way into whylie and handing out stickers for any reason... 2 homo looking cowboys!

Winning run, well done Ant and Steve ;

http://youtu.be/_nEAJL4WSXQ

Edited by Oversteer, 16 April 2014 - 03:34 PM.

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#49 _CAT 308_

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Posted 16 April 2014 - 06:39 PM

Well done m8 should be proud of your achievements, at least you beat your last years top so heading in the right direction, pity about crank and yellow sticker brigade to spoil top weekend. Theres always next year and time to build torana.