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Old 15-01-2005, 01:28 AM   #1
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It was a fun night, and a learning experiance, racing is harder than i thought,
i met Alex (FPVGT) and had a run against his beautiful XBGT, i had traction issues and didnt go as well as i may have, Alex showed me the ropes (and the back of his car ) my best time was 13.201 @ 109.60mph, i believe Alex rolled off a couple of 12.5's, im trying to upload some video, if i get it going i will post a link to the clevo tech video thread.
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Old 15-01-2005, 09:58 AM   #2
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Good stuff Nick, great to see you went out to enjoy your beast

True, drag racing is nothing like just driving in a straight line...harder than it seems! Going by your mph with a few more sessions you'll be closer to Alex's XB
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Old 15-01-2005, 11:25 AM   #3
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Good on ya mate, the time's will fall.
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Old 15-01-2005, 11:28 AM   #4
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Havent seen alex around, bout time he got on here I dare say!~
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Old 15-01-2005, 07:34 PM   #5
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Old 15-01-2005, 07:38 PM   #6
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Alex had a heads up run with Nick last night...
Alex best time was 12.50 on red wall street tyres..lol...
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Old 15-01-2005, 09:58 PM   #7
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Havent seen alex around, bout time he got on here I dare say!~
Yes where is alex...has he even signed up yet?
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Old 17-01-2005, 12:11 PM   #8
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Will slap him around and get him signed up if he hasnt done so by the next club meet

Actually bugger it will SMS him now
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Old 17-01-2005, 04:04 PM   #9
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He has signed up by the looks, did a search

Tell the bugger to start posting!
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Good to hear. Hopefully I will get my old beast hitting the track again soon.

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Old 17-01-2005, 07:23 PM   #11
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He has signed up by the looks, did a search

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Old 17-01-2005, 07:25 PM   #12
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Hi Laminge the Lunatic's spell has worn off me now :
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Old 17-01-2005, 07:47 PM   #13
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did you see the footage of the XB at calder ?
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good to see you popped your track cherry !
I think you might want to get some stickier tyres ... good MPH
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