Goodwood....who, what, where ?????

[Furyous]

So whos's going down then ?

I will be there for Friday and Saturday if anyone wants to meet for a beer.

Looking foward to the cacklefest !

[herb andrews]

Going Friday. Does anybody know if they are firing the cars up on Friday and if so at what time?
Herb

Edited by herb andrews on Wednesday 9th July 21:19

[Flying Toilet]

I am off to Goodwood on Saturday. Looking forward to it now but i hope the car park is in better shape this year!

Edited by Flying Toilet on Thursday 10th July 10:07

[Flying Toilet]

herb andrews said:

Going Friday. Does anybody know if they are firing the cars up on Friday and if so at what time?
Herb

Edited by herb andrews on Wednesday 9th July 21:19

FESTIVAL OF SPEED – 11.12.13 JULY, 2008

PROVISIONAL TIMETABLE

FRIDAY:

0630hrs Car Park Open

0845hrs Track Opens – Action on the hill

0900hrs Forest Rally Stage Opens

1100hrs Drag Strip Cacklefest

1325hrs Morning runs finish

1300hrs Forest Rally Stage Closes

1325hrs Supercars and Wacky Races take to the hill

1400hrs Forest Rally Stage Opens

1400hrs Afternoon runs begin

1600hrs Drag Strip Cacklefest

1700hrs Forest Rally Stage Closes

1805hrs Afternoon runs finish

1830hrs Hillclimb Closes

SATURDAY:

0630hrs Car Park Open

0845hrs Track Opens – Action on the hill

0900hrs Forest Rally Stage Opens

1100hrs Drag Strip Cacklefest

1330hrs Morning runs finish

1300hrs Forest Rally Stage Closes

1330hrs Supercars and Wacky Races take to the hill

1400hrs Forest Rally Stage Opens

1405hrs Afternoon runs begin

1600hrs Drag Strip Cacklefest

1700hrs Forest Rally Stage Closes

1825hrs Afternoon runs finish

1840hrs Hillclimb Closes

SUNDAY:

0630hrs Car Park Open

0845hrs Track Opens – Action on the hill

0900hrs Forest Rally Stage Opens

1100hrs Drag Strip Cacklefest

1330hrs Morning runs finish

1300hrs Forest Rally Stage Closes

1330hrs Supercars and Wacky Races take to the hill

1355hrs Air Display – Red Arrows

1400hrs Forest Rally Stage Opens

1405hrs Afternoon runs begin

1600hrs Drag Strip Cacklefest

1700hrs Forest Rally Stage Closes

1825hrs Afternoon runs finish

1840hrs Hillclimb Closes

1850hrs Prize giving

[herb andrews]

Thanks for the times, Flying toilet.

I guess if we do not bump into anyone during most of Friday we will at 11am and 4 PM, when the rails are being fired up.

Herb

[veryoldfart]

dont they know theres a shortage of nitro?....lol


whose on display then?

drag racing doesnt feature greatly on the website, two shots of a gold coloured car (camaro?) pulling a wheelie (if you quick you can just see it)

still. drag racing is an outlaw sport for the rather unpleasent hot rod types isnt it gile.....

Edited by veryoldfart on Thursday 10th July 13:35

[topnitro]

veryoldfart said:

drag racing doesnt feature greatly on the website, two shots of a gold coloured car (camaro?) pulling a wheelie (if you quick you can just see it)

Edited by veryoldfart on Thursday 10th July 13:35

Yes, you DO have to be quick to see it, Steve!

Actually, it's not a Camaro, it's a Plymouth Barracuda owned and driven by Bob Riggle. He has 3 of them, a '66 a '67 and a '68. All are powered by mid-mounted Chrysler 426 hemis with bags more power than he needs to do the job. He controls the wheelying beast by looking through a Plexiglass window in the floor - thus the name of the car: "Hemi Under Glass". Bob's been doing this for nearly 40 years, now and I had the pleasure of meeting him in 1999 outside the Wally Parks Museum at Pomona, with "TV" Tommy Ivo, Don Vesco and Don Garlits. Fantastic.

For a closer look at Bob and the car in action, click below:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8lhRGDBX7M

and at the Festival of Speed:-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Roy9yPG45ew&fea...

Edited by topnitro on Thursday 10th July 15:37

[steve y]

veryoldfart said:

dont they know theres a shortage of nitro?....lol


whose on display then?

drag racing doesnt feature greatly on the website, two shots of a gold coloured car (camaro?) pulling a wheelie (if you quick you can just see it)

still. drag racing is an outlaw sport for the rather unpleasent hot rod types isnt it gile.....

Edited by veryoldfart on Thursday 10th July 13:35

Fecking heathen that is the legendary "Hemi under Glass"!!!! now go and wash your mouth out! Camaro!!!
Steve

[Furyous]

herb andrews said:

Thanks for the times, Flying toilet.

I guess if we do not bump into anyone during most of Friday we will at 11am and 4 PM, when the rails are being fired up.

Herb

Pretty true.

I will have my Nikon round my neck with a Strastone umbrella up I guess.

[veryoldfart]

i apologise without reserve, if they had given the car as much video time as the mini on its roof/side i could have avoided the wrath of the assembled on here...lol


cant see anything resembling a slingshot TF or altered though....must be behind the pimms stand somewhere

HAVING said that, if the assorted dragsters were to change their titles to SPRINTING cars, maybe the image would change, after all thats a true british sport dont ya know....