There goes that word *defiantly* again?? *definitely* might fit better Dale :)
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Just can'rt tust sPELL chequer theze daze can u Jak, LOL
Don't I know it, Woody's stock car often had the signwriter running alongside as we pushed it onto the trailer correcting his spelling mistakes, he used to hate it as the paint was usually still drying from panel replacements making the brush drag like crazy, no excuses for that any more with stick on stuff and computers to generate a preview...
Must be tricky being a pin striper in Hawaii having to maneuver around the inevitable rust !
Ad for this weekend, can't wait to have you guys over for the first of three weekends this year.
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Where is Craig Staceys Javelin these days. It was left over here after the last trip was it not? If I remember the post correctly at the time it was possibly going to appear at a couple more random meetings?
For those who want to watch HMC at Queensland Raceway this weekend, here is a link to a livestream provided by Queensland Raceways that will operate from around 8:30am (QLD time) on Saturday.
http://livestream.com/qldraceways/2-...9&medium=email
Cheers Dewi.
A couple of photos of each car today for practice ahead of the Shannons 2 Days of Thunder.
All cars going well so far, Glenn Allingham turned the first laps of his new Camaro, spirits high and looking forward to a great weekend!
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The four NZ cars could not keep up with the front pack today as Charlie O'Brien lowered the lap record in each race and set a qualifying in the 1:18s, which we have not seen before in Trans-Am, in saying that, most of the Kiwis have improved on their times from two years ago. Unfortunately Kevin Gimblett suffered an engine misfire and is out for the weekend, but was scheduled to stay at Woody's garage anyway in the break between QR and Lakeside for suspension work. Should be a great day today!
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Outstanding work Dewi, really enjoying the updates and pics. gotta love social media. Can you post some pics of the Aussie cars please?
A few shots from today, some fantastic racing through the field to cap off an amazing weekend! I'll have some photos up on the Aus Trans-Am website soon with the Aussie cars plus a highlights video coming soon.
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An excellent weekends racing at Qld Raceway & very well run with blue skys & low 20`s temperatures. Great driving & car preparation by the Trans-Am boys though the crowd was smaller than I expected. Looking forward to Lakeside.
Had an absolute blast on the weekend racing with our Aussie friends in Australian Trans Am. They had the addition of several new cars plus our 4 HMC cars to make up a great field. The racing was very competitive and good fun but also just as much fun off the track as in these pictures. Got to make new friends, meet new people and catch up with old mates and talk about perfect weather WOW, it just doesn't get any better than this. The highlight was the out of the box performance of Glenn Allinghams new HMC 70 Camaro, never turned a wheel and he was on the pace, a broken rocker dropped him out of 2 races but they soon repaired that, the Aussies thought his car was very cool.
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Found a couple more: Thanks to Rodger Cunninghame from Invercargill and Pete Stevenson, Tauranga helping me out over the weekend.
Green with envy Dale, Looks like you guys are having a great time of it. Great to see the NZ / Aus comradery. Certainly a lot more Aussie TA cars since the last time you were there. Dont have too many King Prawns and Bundaberg rums, well not before a race anyway. George.
Just uploaded to the Australian Trans-Am YouTube channel, the livestream footage of Race 1 from the 2 Days of Thunder.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO1xgCvtz5E
Highlights from the weekend:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DYR5RXrRIw
Hi All, been a bit slack on HMC mailouts, with our Aussie trip etc and with life's other forces time has been a essence.
Below is our next seasons confirmed dates for both HMC and HSC combined. For Compliance every HMC car must have a HMC MSNZ COD(Code of description) and all Historic Saloon Cars under 3 Litre must also have a COD to MSNZ T&C and Schedule K regulations so please make sure you have done this and bring the COD with you, otherwise lets go have some FUN with good ol classic and historic racing been the theme.
So, next Seasons 2015/16 event dates are:
1. 12/13 Sep 2015, Icebreaker - Hampton Downs – HRC
2. 3rd October 2015, TACCOC Classic – Pukekohe – (Saturday one day event)
3. 15/17 January 2016, NZFMR Porsche – Hampton Downs(this is our biggee, expect 30 plus cars)
4. 22/24 January 2016, NZFMR Porsche – Hampton Downs(this is our biggee, expect 30 plus cars)
5. March 2016, Legends – Hampton Downs – HRC(wont clash with Beach Hop I believe)
Any questions shoot me and E-mail dmathers@xtra.co.nz and we will have several new cars racing with us this season
Dale M
Some photos from Day 1 - Practice at the Lakeside Classic
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Some photos from Saturday & Sunday. An amazing weekend, see you all in Sydney!
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Geez Dale, that 800hp certainly makes a difference LOL
Cheers Dave
Great attitude here Glenn - the car gets a bit light at the top of the hill LOL
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Went out to Lakeside Park on Sunday for some excellent racing entertainment in perfect 25 degree weather. The Kiwi boys drove very well & the yellow Z28 Camaro was able to repair a power steering pump between races.
Trevor Benton, Brisbane [ex Auckland].
These images are outstanding Dewi! Thanks for posting.
This one at Lakeside was just about one of the best weekends racing I've ever had, fun fun fun!!
Two great Craig English photos
Dale M
Video Highlights from Round 4 of the 2015 Loaders 'R' Us Australian Trans-Am Series at Lakeside Park Qld, joined by the NZ Historic Muscle Cars for the second round of the Australian leg of the 2015 Trans-Tasman Challenge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gut2d07njsc