"Tareim - V8 powered" (tareimgaml)
07/19/2015 at 15:46 • Filed to: bangers, reliant robin, caravans, mondeos
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"Tareim - V8 powered" (tareimgaml)
07/19/2015 at 15:46 • Filed to: bangers, reliant robin, caravans, mondeos | 4
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Today I spent time outside getting burnt (rain was forecast but never showed up) watching some banger racing with cars from stock rods which are just hatcbacks such as Citroen C2, Vauxhall Corsa, Nova this class was meant to be non contact though there was some form of contact through the day, one car ended up on it’s side
Then there was the saloon stock which mostly compromised of Ford Mondeos and Sierras with some reinforced bar front and rear for the bashing of the competitors out of the way, these were quite entertaining.
Next up was the bangers and smash group which was almost entirely Ford Mondeo’s in saloon and estate form and considering they were the designated class to do the smashing and crashing not a lot of it happened till the final race of the day, even then it was fairly tame
The best part overall were the 3 wheeled Reliant Robins in each of the 3 rounds there was at least 4 flips, some unlucky to stay on their side, some flipped all the way back onto their wheels, to finish off the day a couple of the Robins attached caravans to the back of them, they also had a caravan placed on the track as a launch ramp for those without caravans, the track was a mess by the end.
I was enjoying myself too much to take a lot of photo’s but managed to get some of the final race
Patrick Nichols
> Tareim - V8 powered
07/19/2015 at 15:51 |
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Wait I need this in NH now. This sounds awesome and I both want to participate and then have some beers and spectate
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Tareim - V8 powered
> Patrick Nichols
07/19/2015 at 15:53 |
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The best part had to be seeing those 3 wheelers flying through the caravan/ramp, I wanted to have a go :D
Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
> Tareim - V8 powered
07/19/2015 at 15:55 |
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I haven’t watched banger racing in years. I priced up actually taking part at some point, it was surprisingly expensive.
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Tareim - V8 powered
> Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
07/19/2015 at 16:00 |
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I hadn’t either but when I saw the Reliant Robins + Caravans on the list I thought I should go check it out and I can’t say I’m surprised at it being expensive and will only get more expensive once 2005+ cars are what’s left and have to be used with the electrics
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Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
> Tareim - V8 powered
07/19/2015 at 16:07 |
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It costs over £100 just to get a licence to race then entry fees are pretty high. I already had the car and helmet, just needed cage and fire suit but the fees put me off.
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Tareim - V8 powered
> Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
07/19/2015 at 16:18 |
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damn that is bad £100 just for a license? the organisers must make a fortune, it was £15 a ticket and there must’ve been a couple thousand people there
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Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
> Tareim - V8 powered
07/19/2015 at 16:23 |
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Yeah I imagine they make good money. Shame really wouldve been fun to trash that horrible Micra on the oval.