A.i.r Drags

[Madaz]

i would love to come but have very little money for cruising and a distance like that would require a extra full tank as opposed to my normal tank per week

sorry

[9krpm]

We spoke to AIR to see when the next drag meet would be and got told "not anytime soon" so as a consequence we have to go to Perth end of October to race.

Why not get John to come to Jamboree on the 23rd-24th of September at Willowbank?

It should be around 700km shorter than Perth trip.

Would love to see John running his blue beast up here.

[Nightcrawler]

how are things going for you over there Danh?

[9krpm]

I've been well, thanks Andy.

I've been really busy so I've not participate in as much motorsport up here yet. Secondly my s2k was still at K&A, until last weekend, so I've to be gentle on the r32 everyday as it's my only mode of transport up here. I can't wait to get the s2k up here so I can attend more track day with the r32. The facilities and the organisers' attitude up here are sensational.

How are things your end? How is your 4 door beast? BTW what is your fuel consumption with the the 4 doors? Is it worthwhile to get one as a daily drivearound? My gtr burns too much fuel

[Nightcrawler]

yeah mate things are good .... work is pretty busy and so is the social scene. Just got back from 10 days skiing in New Zealand, which was sensational.

The 34 is going very well, have now done a few mods including intercooler, Apexi power intake, cold air induction box, interior gauges, stereo, Apexi SAFCII (not yet tuned), HKS 3" exhaust, segregated front/dump pipe, Apexi exhaust control valve, etc, etc. Haven't had it on a dyno yet, but soon will install a Walbro 255lph fuel pump and Nismo fuel pressure regulator. When tuned I am told it should run a bit over 200rwkw. As it is currently it feels like it would be in the mid-to upper 100s, so is pretty quick already.

It is great as a daily driver, and I absolutely love the steering wheel tipronic mode - it will be very hard to ever go back to a manual! Fuel economy is bearable - I get around 375-400km from 55 litres - it generally runs about 7km/l - but this should improve a bit with tuning. Take care!

[sky30]

Anyone got any new updates on when its opening??

[Savalas]

I'm very good friends with Bill Russo (City Dismantlers owner) Just came back on monday from a 10 day holiday with him and have been supplying him parts for 11 years. Had a chance to talk a lot about the track whilst away. Final statements will be given in court by each party next week on the 25th. He feels confident he will win as he said Rodney Jane made a couple of key mistakes while on the stand. Only time will tell as the judge still has the final say. Bill did tell me however that if he looses he will be launching an appeal, so he is very keen to get it and said he will invest 2 mil right away to get it up to scratch. I have never heard anything about plans for the track to be ripped up and redirected.

[Cubes]

All the best for Bill..

Thanks for the update.

[Nightcrawler]

yeah thanks for the update Terry ..... please keep us in the loop if you hear any more info. A group of us are getting so desperate to race that we are seriously considering driving to the Eastern states for a meet .... and while that is a cool idea in theory, it is not a good option in case something breaks while over there and the car gets stuck there - not to mention cop problems, speeding fines etc etc

[mid life crisis]

speedway city is owned by wendy turner and bob sincockof richmond towing and they dont have plans of ever selling it

[Sambo33]

that sounds positive. i hope all goes well for bill in his case. cant wait to see the track up and running again, im itching to get out there for a few more runs.

[Savalas]

Sat in the Supreme Court today with Bill Russo for 4 hours today listening to the closing statements, nearly fell asleep a few times. I soon woke up when Bill told me how much it was costing him per day to have two QC's on the case.

Basically the hearings are finnished and Judgement will be handed down at a date to be announced. The Judge has a hell of a lot of papers and notes to go thru and nobody has any idea when a decision will be made. I was really surprised at how much paperwork both sides accumulated during the trial. After hearing what I heard I still think it can go either way. Hopefull for S.A it will go in Bills favour. "keeping my fingers crossed"

[mr_rbman]

cheers for the update, got fingers and toes crossed!

[sky30]

Yeah, thanks for the update. Hope a decission is made sooner than later.

[Madaz]

if descision was based on 98% of car forums Bill would win

2% being for the ones that dont know wots going on

[sky30]

Any updates on whats happening, or whenits open for drags again??

[Madaz]

last roumer that was getting arround was City Dismantlers won the court case and plans to demolish and rebuilt

i cannot confirm this but dearly hope its true

[Da_Black_Wolf]

I sure hope bill wins... will be the best thing for South Oz by far

[Whiplash]

sorry for digging up an old thread, (couldn't find the more recent one)

but from what i have heard as of yesterday the front straight / drag strip has been resurfaced, with the rest of the track commencing soon (Bob wants it all ready for his series to run there mid June )

as well the old Calder timing boards are heading this was shortly

[Madaz]

funny how Bob starts doing this now after plans of a new track is this a ploy to send a message to the local gov. saying (from Bob) we dont need another track?

hope he fails