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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Nov 2008
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Is anyone going this year , if yes wheres the best place to stay as this will be our first group trip up to QLD for the drags .. in june
and any recomended places to let the hair down ... should we stay on the gold coast and take a bus down to willowbank ? |
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 161
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G'day normally go to winternats with 3 or 4 other guys and stay on the gold coast , hire an apartment( fairly cheap if you shop around) cook your own meals or walking distance to buy, we normally rent a car for the duration, if the drags are rained out its only a short trip up to coolangatta to check out the rides at wintersun. Bit of a drive from willowbank to gold coast , but it's cheap luxury accommodation. Unfortunately i'm not going this year due to work commitments, but the other guys are , unreal action. Unless your going for an extended stay you will probably be like us and spend all your time at the track(leaving early and getting back late) just a tip take warm clothes to the track it can get bloody freezing there at night.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: FORBES N.S.W.
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im going, and im sure paul (xf1101) will be there, we will be racing, who else is going?
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Mar 2005
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unless you booked months ago, any accomodation close by will be near impossible. Most book 12 months in advance to keep what they have. Gold Coast is a good option and definately take beanies, coats, scarves, blankets etc as it gets freezing there later in the night esp if you sit in the grandstand
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Brisbane
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I will be going to watch but nnot racing. I can't justify paying nearly $400 to enter and runner up only gets $350 back. I will stick to the Nostalgias where all classes get treated as equal participants rather than Super street getting the bum deal as usual.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 532
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thanks .gold coast it is ...
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 532
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what about best area's to stay for the nightlife ? main beach ? broadbeach ? Miami ?
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Right out sideways
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Coffs Harbour NSW
Posts: 5,304
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wasnt going to go but as soon as i heard 888 boys were going down the 1/4 it sealed the deal.
Accomodation is filling up fast everywhere as the wintersun is on at the same time at tweed??
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: QLD
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Perth
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If you get some time, go and check out Wintersun at Coolangatta. They have a show & shine starting Saturday morning and the place has hundreds of cool cars. Very easy to get to if you are staying on the Gold Coast.
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Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 51
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Weathers looking promising....should be a top event
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Right out sideways
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Coffs Harbour NSW
Posts: 5,304
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awesome day today. Vodafone cars were great. They both near stalled it in first race . They were both good for 10.8
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Giddy up.
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Kramerica Industries.
Posts: 15,633
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Any pic's ??.
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See..Everybody Loves Ford
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Brisbane, QLD
Posts: 511
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Check out this thread for some pics from Saturday's qualifying.
http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=11262395 |
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Victoria
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Couple piccy's of V8 supercars. Awesome to see them run into the 10's as I knew they would.
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Barra Turbo > V8
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Those pics of the T8 cars on the strip are some of the strangest pictures if seen in motorsport
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Kirrawee NSW
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Taken from the Willowbank site.......
SATURDAY 06/06/2009 1:57 pm 21Deg,46%H,1011mB,1026RA,(TT)38Deg 1 Right Lane JAMIE WHINCUP V SUPERCAR , 888 Left Lane CRAIG LOWNDES V8 SUPERCAR , #Tst RcNo 160_______Time Trials, Test and Tune (R) Right Win M:1.149 NUM CLASS HCAP REACT 60 330 660 MPH 1000 ET MPH 1 EX 0.00 0.605 2.841 6.051 8.409 105.48 10.413 12.104 133.49 1 888 EX 0.00 0.805 3.359 6.861 9.285 102.60 11.331 13.053 131.12 1 Jamie Whincup up against Craig Lowndes – now this pair of competitors from the V8 Supercars Kingdom are running their full race cars. Whincup, this is his first visit to Willowbank and during an on track interview he was saying he was absolutely blown away by drag racing, Lowndes who has been here before is totally enjoying his Winternationals Experience. They certainly sound like V8 Supercars, they are on the limiters, as they leave the line, they stall it Whincup recovers first, Lowndes wouldn’t even qualify for the street bracket, but Whincup would just make it. 06/06/2009 2:05 pm 21Deg,47%H,1011mB,1046RA,(TT)38Deg 1 Right Lane JAMIE WHINCUP V SUPERCAR , 888 Left Lane CRAIG LOWNDES V8 SUPERCAR , #Tst RcNo 162_______Time Trials, Test and Tune (R) Right Win M:2.469 NUM CLASS HCAP REACT 60 330 660 MPH 1000 ET MPH 1 EX 0.00 0.567 2.089 4.906 7.199 107.40 9.170 10.840 134.53 2 888 EX 0.00 0.646 3.775 7.114 9.488 104.55 11.505 13.230 126.69 2 Whincup and Lowndes again, now look Whincup has decided for the big tyre smoking burnout, Lowndes just a short water burnout, Whincup is out, he is running a fantastic pass, but Lowndes stalls it off the start line and yet again wouldn’t make it into super street. Whincup would now be in Super Sedan. 06/06/2009 5:13 pm 18Deg,63%H,1011mB,806RA,(TT)26Deg 888 Right Lane CRAIG LOWNDES V8 SUPERCAR , 1 Left Lane JAMIE WHINCUP V SUPERCAR , #Tst RcNo 231_______Time Trials, Test and Tune (L) Left Win M:0.211 NUM CLASS HCAP REACT 60 330 660 MPH 1000 ET MPH 888 EX 0.00 0.673 2.040 4.901 7.184 104.21 9.145 10.817 134.97 3 1 EX 0.00 0.413 2.037 4.886 7.196 107.04 9.186 10.866 134.05 3 We have strong burnouts in both lanes from these V 8 Supercar competitors, Lowndes has opted for the opposite lane this time, and Whincup he wholeshots Lowndes both of these cars would now qualify for Super Sedan.
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Join Date: May 2009
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Was a great weekend.....already looking forward to next year
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Giddy up.
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Kramerica Industries.
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Thank's for the pic's guy's.
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Adelaide
Posts: 7,063
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2.05 60foot and 10.8sec at 134mph.....Got midrange torque?
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: adelaide
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coupe 72
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: adelaide
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I thought that with 60ft times like that, that they had heaps of wheel spin but after watching V8 Extra on sat they interveiwed Craig Lowndes and he said they had the cars on the limiter and dropped the clutch and they just stalled onthe line. they were running a 3 something diff ratio and were just bogging down due to so much traction on the track.HE said that on a couple of occations they just stalled it completely.
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