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just so happens that some silly goon by the name of Fabs32 is getting married that day, otherwise id be there!

this is a huge step in the right direction, get amongst it lads!

Craig can I borrow the Ceffy? I promise I will do the biggest warmup skid that Rundle Street has ever seen...... :devil:

Whoops, I meant drag strip. :whistling:

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Be interesting to hear Terry O'Toole's response re his big proposed project at the end of Maurice Road, Murray Bridge...."Cougar International Raceway" 1/4 mile "ANDRA" approved with new stands and grassed mounds.

He's just waiting for the green light which is apparently a done deal.......he says that asphalt will be laid within 3 mths of the OK

http://www.cougar-raceway.com.au/

EDIT: and if both Cougar and AIR go ahead, what happens to them if and when the Gillman site gets up and running......I've heard that it will never go through because of the housing at Newport Quays but after speaking to someone who has involvement with the private consortium boys, my mail tells me that it's a done deal once there's a change of govt. Even as far as the Port Mayor being right behind the project and the land being offered for sale rather than a ridiculous 99 year lease deal...which is a perfect world scenario

my guess is the first to go under would be...."Cougar International Raceway" then tough call. seems that we have had none for years then maybe in the newxt few upto 3 strips. Just one would be fantastic think two or three would be too many

If the Gillman site does go ahead, it will see the end of Cougar, no doubt.

The Gillman site will cater to many different styles of motorsport....including boats.

AIR may have a chance of survival even with Gillman around if it gets the right mix of cars coming over (ie international top fuel & jet cars) and due to its proximity to the CBD

Just my opinion

yeah whatever happens though, Adrian is right, we need to get behind AIR after all the noise we've been making for a drag strip.....if not just to get up the nose of Rann/Labour Party and show them the level of interest in the state and how far behind we are to other states

The strip was originally shut down when ANDRA changed the regs regarding the amount of run off needed for it to be certified as a 1/4 mile track. I'm not sure that there is enough area owned by the track to allow the run off needed. Also the orientation of the track is wrong and in the past the top level meetings had to be stopped in the late afternoon until the sun has set.

From what I have heard lately, I think you will find (if it ever comes out) that the reason why the consortium has had a hard time getting a track up and running has more to do with the consortium itself that the government not wanting to support motor sport (or those hoon drivers). Had the consortium been made up of different people there's a chance we would be already racing.

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will be keen when its 1/4 mile, sitting at the end of the track when cars are doing 250kph+ is epic and also ive never done 1/4 mile

hope they have some drifting there again but i haven't heard if they have fixed that part of the track or if they ever will

I can see Rann and the goon squad setting up huge defect stations on port wakefield road that day, rather than encouraging the event

yeah im still iffy if i want to enter

BECAUSE OF THAT PATHETIC REASON BECAUSE THEY DONT HAVE ANYTHING BETTER TO DO

YOU KNOW LIKE STOPPING DRUGS AND CRIMES

I heard they were still making the site safe for the public because of some land fill that contained asbestos.

This was coming from the guys that run the advanced driving course out there. We were only aloud to use the back of the track because of it.

But Im keen to see it open again. I remember the days taking my VK commy out there. I would like to take the GTR one day

The strip was originally shut down when ANDRA changed the regs regarding the amount of run off needed for it to be certified as a 1/4 mile track.

I think you will find a lot of it was because no one was really going, and the events were losing money.

On Wednesday night import meets out there they were lucky to get 15 cars sometimes, and that was with plenty of radio advertising etc.

Something will need to change for someone to invest tons of money into getting drag racing going again here, because as a business case it doesnt look too good.

I heard they were still making the site safe for the public because of some land fill that contained asbestos.

This was coming from the guys that run the advanced driving course out there. We were only aloud to use the back of the track because of it.

But Im keen to see it open again. I remember the days taking my VK commy out there. I would like to take the GTR one day

Wouldn't the whole site be off limits if that were true? They are pretty strict on it here. How can they run Gazzanats etc.

Matty, are those the same NT555Rs from some years ago? I guess they've had no additional heat cycles and as long as they've been stored correctly they should come up good as gold.

My 265/40/18 MT Street Radial 2 (bought them earlier this year) are sitting in the shed ready to go as soon as a full 1/4 mile track becomes available! Be it Cougar Raceway, Tailem Bend MSP, or a revamped AIR.

The limited track prep didn't help though. I can recall, in arse puckering detail, winding on more opposite lock than I was comfortable with in 3rd at ~140km/h just prior to the end of the wall... and all with a lowly 260rwkw.

The very next meet I scored an up close and personal view of what a Torrie looks like 6ft in the air and rolling over and over, tearing itself to piece in the process. Thankfully the young lady driving escaped with only minor injuries. Interestingly enough, at the recent Motorplex protest cruise through the CBD I ended up bumping into the owner of the Torrie in his Elfin MS8 (a good mate happens to own one himself).

Long term viability is questionable, particularly if more than one venue gets up and running, but the initial impact of a new drag racing facility will be immense! People will come out of the woodwork. Almost 6 years is a long time to wait for those that have gone without... I've even had to get into RC Helicopters and become a complete nerd as my alternative.

I think you will find a lot of it was because no one was really going, and the events were losing money.

On Wednesday night import meets out there they were lucky to get 15 cars sometimes, and that was with plenty of radio advertising etc.

Something will need to change for someone to invest tons of money into getting drag racing going again here, because as a business case it doesnt look too good.

i think the whole thing of no one going boils down to

I'm not going to pay good money to go to a facility $20 standard meets and $30 national meets so see a flashing light at the end of the track no score boards light towers nothing what are we a 3rd world country

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