2012 KW 500 - Retro Aussie Muscle Car Classic - Good Friday
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 9:58 pm
Today,we ran the first official race for Retro Aussie Muscle Cars on the "Williamstown Brown" track at King Willy's.This class uses a SCRATCHBUILT brass chassis,sealed Parma 501's and a choice of classic Aussie muscle car bodies.
The KW 500 was really an experiment to see if we could make this format work,and it was a great success!!!
We had 6 cars qualify and some fantastic,close racing.
QUALIFYING:
Riley - LC Torana - Chook chassis - 4.422
Ted - Dodge Daytona * - Tom Thumb chassis - 4.437
Andy - XA Falcon coupe - Tom Thumb chassis - 4.467
Chook - HQ Monaro - Chook chassis - 4.500
Norm 1 - Valiant Charger - DragonCharger chassis - 4.610
Norm 2 - Valiant Charger - Chook chassis - 4.751
(Norm's Charger 2 was withdrawn after qualifying.)
OK,heres the format.
5 cars,5 lanes,5 brackets.
First to 100 laps wins the bracket.
Most bracket wins, wins the race.
Andy won bracket 1. Norm's ancient comm disintergrated and he was out after 20 laps. The Daytona* hit the floor and didn't bounce,so a lot of laps were lost while it was repaired.
Chook won bracket 2 from Riley and Andy.
Riley took out Brackets 3 & 4 with Chook 2nd and Andy 3rd in both .
In the final bracket,Andy and Chook both had tyre trouble,as Riley streaked away for the win !!
RESULTS:
Riley 500 laps.
Andy 487
Chook 484
I forget the rest.....
KW 500 starting line up:
Vegemite sponsorship DOES NOT make it an Aussie muscle car!!
*BTW: Dodge Daytona bodies are NOT legal in this class.
Thanks to all who attended.
Congrats to Riley.
See you at the next one !!
Cheers,PJ
The KW 500 was really an experiment to see if we could make this format work,and it was a great success!!!
We had 6 cars qualify and some fantastic,close racing.
QUALIFYING:
Riley - LC Torana - Chook chassis - 4.422
Ted - Dodge Daytona * - Tom Thumb chassis - 4.437
Andy - XA Falcon coupe - Tom Thumb chassis - 4.467
Chook - HQ Monaro - Chook chassis - 4.500
Norm 1 - Valiant Charger - DragonCharger chassis - 4.610
Norm 2 - Valiant Charger - Chook chassis - 4.751
(Norm's Charger 2 was withdrawn after qualifying.)
OK,heres the format.
5 cars,5 lanes,5 brackets.
First to 100 laps wins the bracket.
Most bracket wins, wins the race.
Andy won bracket 1. Norm's ancient comm disintergrated and he was out after 20 laps. The Daytona* hit the floor and didn't bounce,so a lot of laps were lost while it was repaired.
Chook won bracket 2 from Riley and Andy.
Riley took out Brackets 3 & 4 with Chook 2nd and Andy 3rd in both .
In the final bracket,Andy and Chook both had tyre trouble,as Riley streaked away for the win !!
RESULTS:
Riley 500 laps.
Andy 487
Chook 484
I forget the rest.....
KW 500 starting line up:
Vegemite sponsorship DOES NOT make it an Aussie muscle car!!
*BTW: Dodge Daytona bodies are NOT legal in this class.
Thanks to all who attended.
Congrats to Riley.
See you at the next one !!
Cheers,PJ