"Gabor Vajda (@Gabor_V)" (gaborvajda)
04/09/2014 at 01:57 • Filed to: acceleration, fa1, autogp, a1gp, legend, bikes, two wheels bad, retro, trucks, truck racing
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"Gabor Vajda (@Gabor_V)" (gaborvajda)
04/09/2014 at 01:57 • Filed to: acceleration, fa1, autogp, a1gp, legend, bikes, two wheels bad, retro, trucks, truck racing | 1
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If you live in Europe and like all sorts of track racing - may it be on four or two wheels -, you are about to be in for a treat this year, because you are getting all of it in one package... delivered by The Hoff himself.
The !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! series is a travelling motor racing and music festival, kicking off later this month in Portugal and is travelling through Europe for the rest of the year. It includes four different racing categories in five different classes in total:
FA1
A single-seater category, using the assets of the pre-facelift A1GP. For the record, !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! was the ultimate spec. formula racing series (except IndyCar when it was running common chassis and engines), using the same cars as !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . FA1 reintroduces A1GP's nation vs. nation agenda.
MW-V6 Pickup Series
Picking up (get it?) the defunct Benelux Racing League V6 series, it is a category for silhouette pickup trucks with some great high-revving soundtrack.
Legend Supercup
Born in the US, founding great support mostly in Britain, this iteration of Legend racing is unique due to the similar the similar national team representation as at FA1. Could we get this with stock cars as well?
European Stock 600 & 1000 Series
A smaller and a large category for street-based bikes.
The Hoff
Each event is stuffed with DJs and other music happenings, including a retro-fest with The Hoff himself, LOL.
So, what are you doing this summer?
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beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
> Gabor Vajda (@Gabor_V)
04/09/2014 at 02:24 |
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Mondeo Ute? that's cool.
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Gabor Vajda (@Gabor_V)
> beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
04/09/2014 at 02:27 |
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Yep, I wish it happened for real. Europe is smothered with vans instead of trucks.
INDYDFX- Daily FiSTer
> beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
04/09/2014 at 02:30 |
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I saw the trucks on the web last night and now I'm really tempted to chop of the back half of mine.
desertdog5051
> Gabor Vajda (@Gabor_V)
04/09/2014 at 02:38 |
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Sounds like a lot of fun.
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beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
> Gabor Vajda (@Gabor_V)
04/09/2014 at 02:41 |
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the 2014 Falcon XR8 Ute will comply with Euro IV emissions laws. Though I think the XR6 Turbo is a better engine. You could always try to import one of those.
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Gabor Vajda (@Gabor_V)
> beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
04/09/2014 at 02:44 |
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Trucks just aren't popular. Saw some Vauxhall badged Holden Utes in the UK when I lived there, but they were more like exotics in the overall picture. Most trucks are Toyotas and they are indeed used as working equipments, not everyday vehicles.
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beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
> INDYDFX- Daily FiSTer
04/09/2014 at 03:09 |
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I know that naca duct on the side is probably for brake cooling.. but I'm imagining it's now mid-engine. Do that while you're at it.
Cé hé sin
> Gabor Vajda (@Gabor_V)
04/14/2014 at 09:31 |
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You need to get down with the lingo of course. In the two English speaking bits of Europe, this is a truck: (and people race them)
and this isn't. It's a pickup:
Not raced so much.
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Gabor Vajda (@Gabor_V)
> Cé hé sin
04/14/2014 at 10:45 |
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I think they race them allright: http://www.pickuptruckracing.com/
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Cé hé sin
> Gabor Vajda (@Gabor_V)
04/14/2014 at 10:52 |
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True, but those things have even less relevance to ones you can actually buy than racing trucks do.