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Dragstalgia

Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 8:27 pm
Author: Redbeard
Here are a few pics from Sunday's action at Santa Pod. Some pics aren't great, I'm a bit out of practice and despite asking them to slow up a bit, they didn't. :shock:
I have the times/mph for most bikes if you can specify any that you are interested in that i don't include already. Times are not necessarily the best results, just the ones of the runs i saw. Pics will be over a few posts...

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Triumph nearest 12.02/112.78
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12.68/114.66
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9.49/143.39
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No result on this run
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10.39/131.42

Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 8:37 pm
Author: Bill Newman
Thanks for putting these up - they are excellent and takes me back to the 70s before the Pod was commercialised.

Keep 'em coming :) :) :)

Is that "the" John Hobbs on Olympus in the first two pictures?

Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 8:37 pm
Author: Redbeard
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12.29/107.53
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11.77/74.04
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9.19/138.13
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13.18/57.39

Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 8:50 pm
Author: Redbeard
No probs Bill - glad you like em (times are underneath the pics by the way). A couple more action shots and then i have a load of pics of the bikes off the track too..

The Hobbit, the bike i really wanted to see...
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8.74/154.21

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12.58/102.40

Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 8:52 pm
Author: alan bauly
Redbeard,I wish I'd have known who you were,Coz most of my track pics are right where yours were taken.Was that your restored Zed in the bike parking area - if so it's a real credit to you.My zed was parked up by the weekend camping area-it's now filthy.A great wekend though.Bill, yes that was the man himself on the newly restored Olympus, and he was racing Hobbit as well.Spot on.

Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 8:56 pm
Author: Redbeard
Cars too;
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mk1 - 11.14/128.80, mk2 - 11.28/126.51

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(small block chevy powered)

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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 9:02 pm
Author: Redbeard
Last couple of posts now, the bikes in the paddock area...

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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 9:07 pm
Author: Redbeard
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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 9:11 pm
Author: Redbeard
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That's all folks! :wink:

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 6:35 am
Author: Pigford
Soopa-Doopa photo's lad - excellent :twisted:

TIMES:

The 2 x Escorts (Mk.I vs Mk.II) & the fiat 126 :?:

Cheers

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 6:50 pm
Author: Redbeard
Cheers Pigford, escorts were; mk1 - 11.14/128.80, mk2 - 11.28/126.51

Bear with me for the 126 times mate, the pics are on my other pc. There were 2 of them, the other has a big block chevy motor.

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 6:53 pm
Author: Pigford
Blinky Blimey - them is quick Dagenham Dustbins alright :twisted:

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 7:18 pm
Author: Gary
Brilliant pictures

Gary

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 8:07 pm
Author: Redbeard
Thanks Gary. Always a challenge to take pics at Santa Pod, I wish I had a Press Pass so i didn't have to stand so far away up on the bank. It usually means only one lane is clearly in shot.

Pigford the Fiat 126 ran 10.83/125.83.

Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 4:35 pm
Author: AndyZ1R
Great pics, thanks for posting them. I was there Sat/Sun, and it was worth it to see the fire burnouts Sat night, despite the event not really starting until 4.00pm ish due to the fecking rain. Sunday made up for it though.
If you look closely at a couple of your pics you`ll see some dodgy fat bloke with sunglasses on lurking in the background (clue:behind the Fiat 126), don`t know who that n`er do well is, but he looks highly suspicious!) There are some good vids here too: http://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/forum/topic/ ... deos-62091