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[GMHT] 2009 4th Annual GMH-Torana Drag day

Started by MRLXSS , Sep 10 2008 01:48 PM

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Which day is best for you

Sun 1st March (4 votes [33.33%])
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Fri 13th March (2 votes [16.67%])
Percentage of vote: 16.67%
Sun 5th April (1 votes [8.33%])
Percentage of vote: 8.33%
Any of them suit me (5 votes [41.67%])
Percentage of vote: 41.67%

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#1 MRLXSS

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Posted 10 September 2008 - 01:48 PM

Hey Guys,

I think it might be time to start planning our 4th GMH-TORANA.COM drag day! The last 3 have been fantastic! (Although last year was BLOODY HOT!)

Big T is proposing to organise a QLD Drag day, that could coincide with our Victorian drag day. If we managed to do this, we could try and get heaps of PROMO's out there and get a heap of Torana's up and racing!

Seeing as though Heathcote is a bit quiet these days, they may want us to guarantee that we get a solid amount of cars there (40+) Last year was looking to be really solid until the massive heatwave hit! We had a tonne of guys pull out because it was just too damn hot!

Anyway, Surely TINY is due to bring that Red Machine of his down next year! Maybe he could shoot Heathcote an email for us.

March is always a good time of year to run it. Anyone have any bad point about March? Normally march is better weather, last year was just a freak of nature!

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#2 _RTS Guy_

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Posted 10 September 2008 - 02:58 PM

Yeah Matt sounds good.

This should be an annual event.
Hopefully a little cooler than this year!

Count me in.

Edited by RTS Guy, 10 September 2008 - 02:59 PM.

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#3 MRLXSS

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Posted 10 September 2008 - 03:43 PM

There are 4 Saturdays in March 2009.

7th

14th

21th

28th

RTS, i sure hope its about 20 degrees cooler than last year! I really dislike vapour lock!

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Posted 10 September 2008 - 05:48 PM

On the 28th!!, I get my L's on the 27th!

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Posted 10 September 2008 - 06:38 PM

every day is fine for me misses every ones birthday haha lil bros is 29th dads and sisters is 20th i will be there with the fluffly again probably unless i come across a large sum of money between now and then

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#6 Heath

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Posted 10 September 2008 - 07:14 PM

I'm in for any date at this stage. I've got an 18.83 PB to smash

Fingers crossed for better weather than this year was...

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#7 Stedz_lc

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Posted 10 September 2008 - 07:39 PM

il be there!!! Hopefully with the hatch!!

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#8 MRLXSS

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Posted 11 September 2008 - 08:27 AM

This time around, I plan to be a bit better organised as well. Once we have locked in a date. I will call up some motels and make sure we book them early. (Last year for some fluke, we landed the Drag Day on the same weekend as some National Athletics thing in Bendigo, and there was not a single spare room ANYWHERE in Bendigo!)

The First year was the best, We had a really nice motel with a nice BBQ in the Middle. So once a date is settled, I'll give them a call and see what they can do for us.

A bit more promotional stuff this year would be great as well! Maybe if we put an Ad in a few things we could get some more guys to come along with TORANAS. It would be grouse to have 30-40 Torana's racing! Then a few other cool old cars!

*fingers crossed* Heathcote still allow club days on Saturdays.

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#9 _Brad1979UC_

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Posted 11 September 2008 - 12:47 PM

ohh i dont mind what date, but you know ill be there, prolly 28th.

every year ive been the UC gets faster times, and this year will be no different !! :rockon:

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#10 _ChiaLX_

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Posted 11 September 2008 - 06:31 PM

7th ,14th and 28 th suit me fine

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#11 _WYLDLC 6_

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Posted 11 September 2008 - 11:18 PM

I'm definately there. It'll be good to see how th LC goes with the auto now. Can't wait.

Chris.

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#12 _gtrtorana_

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Posted 12 September 2008 - 07:43 AM

Count me in. I run my car in the first drag day we had with my old engine then missed the next 2 so carn't wait to get back out there.

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#13 _coupe202_

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Posted 12 September 2008 - 10:32 PM

how about changing the venue to calder park and running it in the month of may instead of march.

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#14 MRLXSS

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Posted 12 September 2008 - 10:38 PM

do you know something that we don't know? Is that you Bob Jane?

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Posted 13 September 2008 - 08:13 AM

havent raced at calder but i love heathcote relaxed place

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#16 _gtrtorana_

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Posted 13 September 2008 - 08:54 AM

Both Calder and Heathcote are good places to race. Heathcote does seem more of a relaxed place though. One advantage Calder has is if you break something, you are closer to home (for most people).

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#17 MRLXSS

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Posted 13 September 2008 - 08:57 AM

I would love to hire out Calder, but it costs something like $5000 or something stupidly high like that..

Heathcote is just $45 for each competitor...And we get the whole track to ourselves...

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Posted 13 September 2008 - 01:33 PM

lol Matt. coupe202 was actually a competitor in our first drag day (violet turbocharged six cylinder holden powered LJ). I can't see how we could pull off Calder, but I'm willing to be proved wrong!

Edited by Heath, 13 September 2008 - 01:34 PM.

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#19 MRLXSS

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Posted 15 September 2008 - 03:46 PM

Well, Heathcote say on their website they still run club days. So hopefully we can still hire the track!

I was hoping for a bit of a stronger response though... We will NEED 30 Cars as a minimum i would think.

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#20 _Brad1979UC_

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Posted 15 September 2008 - 06:55 PM

I like the relaxed atmosphere of heathcote i rekon...and its affordable too for us P platers

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Im sure we can get 30 cars tho, you gotta consider that its just talk now and that March09 is still a fair while away.

Otherwise...i am speaking for my mate Mike too who will be there with his LH (will surely be finished by then)!! and myself

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#21 Stedz_lc

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Posted 15 September 2008 - 09:01 PM

I reckon i could get that Green Lh again the Orange TUrbo'd Lj Again and maybe two others off top my head!

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#22 _Brad1979UC_

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Posted 16 September 2008 - 12:55 AM

ooo please do... i did like that turboed orange LJ!! Very clean

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#23 MRLXSS

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Posted 16 September 2008 - 08:10 AM

Yeah, That orange LJ was very nice!

My mate in his XY WILL be there this year! He is getting it registered in the next week or so! and everything that could go wrong has gone wrong! So he has nothing left that can stop him now! HAHA!

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#24 Stedz_lc

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Posted 16 September 2008 - 06:21 PM

Yes the orange lj is nice! Thou i much prefer his xu1 one xu1 i would pay 120,000 for haha, he will be on the marondah dam cruise so il work him up then if i dont c him before hand!