MONKEYmark Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 hi went for a ride out to Elvington to watch some races. went with nephew in his clio with ps2 and 6" screen from a bin waggon lol. they use a screen for reversing lol. was watching the Peter Kay thing on way to elvington. met richie and his mate there. was a ok turnout with a few good cars and crazy bikes. a couple of bike engine cars a few single turbo scoobys mr2`s and quite a few skylines including tim in his TOP SECRET R33 GTR Drag car. was not a bad day. the turbo + nos hiabusas were mad 8.98@170mph crazy to watch how fast they were. made the cars look slow. tim went in his TOP SECRET R33 Drag car, it had a few battle scars, carbon bonnet was cracked. front bumper was cracked in 3 places and rear window looked like it had loads of tiny cracks. he was not really launching it just testing it out taking it steady off line. a scooby had antilag set up. was a bit windy. 1 big power mr2 had a breakdown. we was chatting to a few of them. was worth going to see the bikers trying to keep the turbo bikes in a straight line. they had long swing arms and some had wheelie bars. CRAZY FAST would love to see a supra doing them sort of times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 was a good day,got burnt big time by the sun,shame no supras turned up seems to be a nice surface for hooking up with street tyres ,hopefully a few supras will turn up for next meet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKEYmark Posted April 10, 2005 Author Share Posted April 10, 2005 was a good day,got burnt big time by the sun,shame no supras turned up seems to be a nice surface for hooking up with street tyres ,hopefully a few supras will turn up for next meet.im burnt too. my face is stinging lol. was not even that warm. did seem good for grip today. dont think i seen anyone struggle for traction. would have been good to see some supras. there is one on the 22nd of april a scooby shoot out. the crd supra supposed to be going so might be worth going to see that run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 yeah we should have a supra shoot out day organised there some time in future ,would be good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr keef Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 when is the next one lads? how much etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKEYmark Posted April 10, 2005 Author Share Posted April 10, 2005 TIM KILLS TOP SECRET SKYLINE off gtr board Bit of a disaster for me with Drag R. Broke the gearbox, just jumped out of 4th while cruising back down the return runway, goes back in but just jumps out under load. Tried a top speed run after that changing from 3rd to 5th, going nicely, saw 302kph on the stack dash, looked back up and the top skin of the bonnet had come away and was flapping about with a huge hump in the middle, backed off and coasted over the line. Then just to make things worse, got back to the pit area and the clutch was dragging. Limped it back on the trailer and called it a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 That sucks.. Sounds like some of these Jap drag cars are on the virge of going pop before getting sold to their UK customers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKEYmark Posted April 10, 2005 Author Share Posted April 10, 2005 tim has done a few gearboes in, one hks box supposed to have cost 8k on this TOP SECRET CAR it had a peice of paper stuck to dash with where the gears are laid out. so it could be driver error. he dont seem to have much look with his cars. the top secret car is an out and out racer, stripped interior bucket seats and roll cage. must be hard having 3 special skylines to choose from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Walker Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 3 special skylines to choose from. Yeah, and 2 normal ones Gaz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hornet Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 I'm in the middle of moving to my new house at moment, but hopefully will be coming to Elvington this summer. Will bring me Bike and Supra. Will take it steady though as not done any track runs before and dont want to blow anything up.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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