Fia Main event this weekend

Fia Main event this weekend

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monty999

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1,113 posts

104 months

Thursday 26th May 2016
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Just wondered if many folks off here will be going. Should be decent weather (for a change ). I think it's the 50th anniversary event which includes full racing and the Red Arrows full show on Sunday- looking forward to that as I've not seen them for years and ,as I remember, it was pretty spectacular.

Benni

3,509 posts

210 months

Friday 27th May 2016
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Sadly, not this time, was there at cold & damp easter,

am at the world´s biggest Opel Meeting @ Oschersleben announcing 1/8mile.

I am following the reports on eurodragster.com and hope for fast times, close racing and good weather.

Hope to see the finals.

Tet

1,196 posts

203 months

Friday 27th May 2016
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Yes, I'll be there. I'm working today, but will be heading up tomorrow morning. Originally, the plan was for me to be racing, but a shortage of money put paid to that idea :-(

HappyMidget

6,788 posts

114 months

Friday 27th May 2016
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Not going as busy, but following RV3's progress. 1.08s 60ft time yesterday on only its second run since finishing being built this week. Come on Andy, you can get the 5s run smile

Live feed can be found here: http://www.eurodragster.com/live/webcam/dysm/defau...

robc3303

277 posts

168 months

Friday 27th May 2016
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Yep, off early in the morning. Looking forward to it. Top Fuel and Pro Mod look good. Hope it stays dry and we have some great racing. Need a bit of Nitro!

Truckosaurus

11,183 posts

283 months

Monday 30th May 2016
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I attended on Saturday, and whilst I'd been to Santa Pod in the past for RWYB events this was the first competitive drag racing event I'd gone to.

I went with some friends who go every year and kept on saying what a good event it was.

I was really impressed. A huge variety of competitors, none of which were boring (every circuit racing event has at least one race you're not interested in) and the Top Fuel cars were pure violence!

Other than the 2hr break at lunch due to the crash it was constant action which is a lot better than circuit racing that's all stop/start, so you get good value for the seemingly pricey £40 entry fee.

Recommended.

damianmkv

631 posts

142 months

Tuesday 31st May 2016
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Roger's crash looked horrible, we were sat at the top end and I managed to snap these before the car went right

The start of it all by damianmkv, on Flickr

Testament to how well built the cars are. Great weather, great times - must invest in a tent to stay

Gastech

26 posts

130 months

Wednesday 1st June 2016
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We went on Sunday and had a great day. Glad we got in early though as some folk were queueing for two hours to get in apparently.

Racing was great as was the weather.

Will be back in Sept for Euro Finals.

Tet

1,196 posts

203 months

Wednesday 1st June 2016
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Gastech said:
We went on Sunday and had a great day. Glad we got in early though as some folk were queueing for two hours to get in apparently
Yes. That was a bit strange, as I was able to drive straight in on Saturday and Monday, but on Sunday I had to queue for two hours to get in and consequently missed the Q3 pro session. Listening to it on the radio was the best I could do.

Tet

1,196 posts

203 months

Wednesday 1st June 2016
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Truckosaurus said:
Top Fuel cars were pure violence!
Yes indeed :-) There is nothing quite like nitromethane. It's liquid magic.

HappyMidget

6,788 posts

114 months

Wednesday 1st June 2016
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Good showing by Andy in RV3 for its first runout since being rebuilt. Straight into a PB of 6.35s for a street legal car without even using the funny gas! Plenty of data recorded should see him reach his goal later on this year.

carlgoldsmith

9 posts

101 months

Thursday 2nd June 2016
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It was my first Main Event and I really enjoyed it, I entered Street Eliminator in my golf and had loads of fun racing some really impressive cars, I managed a PB on street tyres (11.67 @134) and a pb on MPH on another run of 136mph and was knocked out by Stu Williams in his Supra in the Quarter Finals https://youtu.be/tDgVJbllqMk

It was a lot of fun and would like to do it again next year.... perhaps with a bit more traction

monty999

Original Poster:

1,113 posts

104 months

Thursday 2nd June 2016
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Excellent weekend, good weather (for a change), pity about the low cloud preventing Red Arrows full display--Still an awesome sight !!

Gastech

26 posts

130 months

Sunday 12th June 2016
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Had a great weekend, cant wait to return in September for the finals.

Justin Stage

52 posts

151 months

Sunday 12th June 2016
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Gastech said:
Had a great weekend, cant wait to return in September for the finals.
Summer Nationals last weekend in June... whistle

Benni

3,509 posts

210 months

Wednesday 15th June 2016
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Regarding Roger´s accident : Am I right in thinking that Micke was shut down remotely to prevent a two-car crash ?

I (sort of) know that the emergency remote shutoff is automatically activated

once a car passes the antennas in the shutdown and the Driver has not shut down all Systems.

Who would have the reote control, crew chief or race control ?

There were red traffic lights on the SPR guardrails at ~1000ft years ago,

I was told that they could be activated by the crew chief if he saw his racer in trouble,

and the driver himself did not realize it, is that right ?

crikey

1,700 posts

210 months

Wednesday 15th June 2016
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From my view from the tower Micke had already lifted, I don't think it was a reaction to what was happening to Roger, and as far as I am aware the auto shutoff activates after the finish line, there is no remote control.

We used to have lights on the wall (I think they were around the 1/8th) that could be activated by the crew chief in certain circumstances, but were not in place for long.

Benni

3,509 posts

210 months

Wednesday 15th June 2016
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Thanks for the quick and clearifying reply, Andy.

Tet

1,196 posts

203 months

Friday 17th June 2016
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The Electrimotion shutoff will trigger if the car passes a given point on the track and hasn't already been shut off by the driver by that point. I don't know where the transmitters are installed at Santa Pod, but if they are positioned according to Electrimotion guidelines, they won't trigger until around 400' beyond the finish line[1]. Since Roger's accident happened before that, I don't think the automatic shutoff would have come into play, and I think it was just that Micke was already off the throttle. In theory it would be possible to give the crew chief a means of remotely operating the shutoff in the circumstances you describe. In practice I'm not aware of anyone in Europe that does that.

[1] I wonder if they have two sets of transmitters, one for 1000' racing and one for 1320'? That would make sense, and certainly I've had mine trigger earlier than 1720' from the start line.

Edited by Tet on Friday 17th June 19:37

Gastech

26 posts

130 months

Sunday 19th June 2016
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Justin Stage said:
Summer Nationals last weekend in June... whistle
As well as Goodwood FoS which is where I will be.