Just a brief posting to let you all know the winners from the ‘July Shootout’ at the Shakey RWYB on 18th & 19th July. The Wild Bunch had 15 teams participating at the weekend. Saturday was dry and several teams had 2 or 3 runs. As the forecast was iffy for Sunday, we completed the first round about 4pm on Saturday. The weather improved after a shaky start Sunday and we completed the other 3 rounds of racing that day!
The winners and averages were:
1st Place: Bob Morgan in “B-Sting” .039 2nd Place: Tom Larman in “The Ferret” .072 3rd Place: Keith Crampton in “Soul Town Shaker” .083 4th Place: Phil James in “Rampage” .105
Spot Prizes were:
Closest to Dial-in: Bob Morgan in “B-Sting” .006 off Most Improved MPH: Jim Tanner in “Shindigger” 9.28 mph betterment Best Altered: Alan Loten & Steve Williams with “Paranoia” Best Slingshot: Andy Stones in the little yellow slingshot Best Engineered: Andy Stones in the little yellow slingshot Driver's Choice: Alan Loten in “Paranoia” Best Appearing Team: Team Limited Funz
And there were quite a few PB’s as follows:
Mark Coulsell in “Ballbreaker” 8.499 / 156 (after 2 other PB’s!!) Rob and Pete Brown in “Wrathchild” 11.107 / 119.41 (after problems two tenths off!!) Phil James in “Rampage” 143.27mph Alan Loten in “Paranoia” 9.123 / 141.32 (ran two other 9.1’s as well!!) Andy Stones in the little yellow dragster 10.359 / 132.32 !! (four tenths off PB from Dragstalgia!!) Jim Tanner in “Shindigger” 9.992 / 136.01 (first ever 9!!)
Congratulations to all the winners and those who ran PB's!
The full field was:
Bob Hawkins in “Time Traveller II” Bob Morgan in “B-Sting” Keith Crampton in “Soul Town Shaker” Mark Coulsell in “Ballbreaker” Gina Durrant in “Tiki Munki” Rob and Pete Brown in “Wrathchild” Tom Larman in “The Ferret” Phil James in “Rampage” Russ Heaven in “Tight Fit” Alan Loten in “Paranoia” Sag Southworth in “Daddy Cool” Steve Field in “Black Pig Too” Andy Stones in the little yellow dragster Graham Rawlings in “Rawspeed” Jim Tanner in “Shindigger”
Also of note was the attendance of a few Junior Wild Bunchers-to-be: Harley Coulsell ran his first ever 50mph pass in his Junior Dragster “Bandit 1” (Congratulations Harley and team! This made it 3 for 3 on PB’s for Limited Funz racing at the weekend) and Ben Gosling ran around 10 passes with a string of 13.2’s in the boys’ Junior RamRaider slingshot (Fair play Ben and family!).
Many thanks to all the marshals and officials at Shakey for their hard work and another great event!
Highlights of the weekend include a great bunch of cars and people as always, the ‘historical figures’ fancy dress (fun and a wide variety of costumes as ever!), and getting 4 rounds of racing in with weather better than expected! A full news writeup will be posted as soon as we can. C
Another top weekend with the Wild Bunch, congratulations to all the worthy winners and some spectacular PB's that deserve appreciation. Fantastic weekend even if our car was sulking, never mind we will find the tune again and be back stronger than ever. Special shout out to Paranoia and the boys, well deserved fantastic string of runs with a best of 9.12, just fantastic.
Brief results from the July Shootout
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Posted - 20 Jul 2015 : 17:57:07
