Dutton Rally

[shaneth]

To start off with im going to have a whinge about the organisation of the event for Spectators. Late last week i was given a list of where and when the cars would be at certain stages. I wanted this as i was particularly interested in seeing how Guy's bunch of cars faired and also meeting andrew. The schedual was completely incorrect i would understand if one event was changed but the whole dam thing was. I spent three hours in the morning looking for the right group and one stage was actually moved even though the sign was still up at the original position. Then i went to mount cotton and was lucky enough to meet Al in his R32. Which was great to see do the hill climb, luckily he had some idea where Guy was and after we got to where guy should have been i found out that Guy had left to take Andrew back to the airport. None of this info had been left on the website about any of the changes. Luckily for me i got to see the Golf and Polo to do one run of a stage.

Now for some pics. Sorry if there not the best.

POolo GTI

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Golf GTI

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R32

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Misc

[alex g]

i really wanted to get out there

i would have loved to have seen the r32 and that hot little polo have a run around

[mean_green_mk1]

hey its me in the back ground, the guy in the green shirt. and i also have to agree with you the organization of this event wasn't to good, every time we turned up to see all the vee dubs we had mist them except for Alister in his wounder full r32

[Eddy]

Hoyhoy.

http://www.duttonrally.com/

Don't know if I was miss reading some of the times, especially the 1/4 milers.

[gtimk5]

Hey fellas!!!
Back in Tassie and at work for me. We had a great weekend, a driveline failure in the Audi so it was retired on friday. Wanted to meet you fellow forum members and spent a lot of time looking out for any stray watercoolers. I actually approached someone with a blue Polo GTI at Mt Cotton yesterday and asked them but no, They were following one of the many Evo entrants. Bugger!
So the forum stickers came home with me.
The Golf and the Polo went like clockwork all weekend. Thought we were going to lose the Golf at Mt Cotton when it slid down the hill on the grass sideways heading for the macadamia shell heap at the bottom but Dave manage to get it back on the tarmac somehow and pull it up!
I will post some pics shortly.
Cheers, Andrew

[shaneth]

Sorry andrew, i tried desperately to get there. In hind sight it would have been better for me to get you mobile number before you left but thats life. I have it now for next time thanks to some of the members here. Hope you enjoyed your stay, are you heading back up for the Murrcotts drive day??

[phaeton]

Great pics Shaneth thanks for posting

[Guy_H]

Hey Boy's - sorry we couldnt catch up & no excuses for the time schedule from the organisers - and killing the TT on day one didnt help.

Times - lol - I posted this up on vortex before:

Quote:

We can happily say that the Polo does an easy 17 second 1/4 mile
We also know that a TT's driveshaft can not hold the power we are putting out at the moment!

We can also happily say that the Golf beat a 6.0 litre supercharged VE SS commodore driven by a V8 supercar driver down the 1/4 mile.

I think you should note that the TT was not a TT - it was a Mazda MX5, as we sheared the tailshaft off the TT on Friday morning.

The Polo GTI both runs were "interesting" My wife was driving, never been to a dragstrip in her life.

Run #1 she stalled it.

Run #2 she overstaged, they told her to back the car up (so she did), the then managed a perfect launch in reverse. Put it in first (from about 10 metres back) and continued to post a 17 second 1/4 mile and pass a proton GTI in the process.

The Golf GTI spun the fronts through 1st, 2nd & 3rd gears - so thats a pretty good time - remembering that both drivers of the Golf had never even driven it before.

So you think the times are bad? (I know a 1/4 mile is the "only" measure of performance).

What about the course class records that were set by the GTI in the hill climb & on the tracks? Dont they count

Only joking - but if big horsepower cars that normally run 12's on the day could only run 14's & 15's - do you think you should take it as gospel?

[Guy_H]

Anyway - it was a hell of a lot of fun! The Polo & Golf copped full abuse all weekend, nearly seventy launches (Nice pics of the smoking Golf Shaneth!) and are still going like champions!

Hope to see some more forum members out for the other rounds!

[Eddy]

Hey Boy's - sorry we couldnt catch up & no excuses for the time schedule from the organisers - and killing the TT on day one didnt help.

Times - lol - I posted this up on vortex before:

Quote:

We can happily say that the Polo does an easy 17 second 1/4 mile
We also know that a TT's driveshaft can not hold the power we are putting out at the moment!

We can also happily say that the Golf beat a 6.0 litre supercharged VE SS commodore driven by a V8 supercar driver down the 1/4 mile.

I think you should note that the TT was not a TT - it was a Mazda MX5, as we sheared the tailshaft off the TT on Friday morning.

The Polo GTI both runs were "interesting" My wife was driving, never been to a dragstrip in her life.

Run #1 she stalled it.

Run #2 she overstaged, they told her to back the car up (so she did), the then managed a perfect launch in reverse. Put it in first (from about 10 metres back) and continued to post a 17 second 1/4 mile and pass a proton GTI in the process.

The Golf GTI spun the fronts through 1st, 2nd & 3rd gears - so thats a pretty good time - remembering that both drivers of the Golf had never even driven it before.

So you think the times are bad? (I know a 1/4 mile is the "only" measure of performance).

What about the course class records that were set by the GTI in the hill climb & on the tracks? Dont they count

Only joking - but if big horsepower cars that normally run 12's on the day could only run 14's & 15's - do you think you should take it as gospel?

Hoyhoy.
Yeh Guy, I know what you mean with all that racing to cover, I would have been doing the same. The wifes second run on the 1/4 shows what the Polo can do, I'd say she got serious after the first bit, good on her for having a go. Congrats. to you all.

[Eddy]

Hoyhoy.

http://www.duttonrally.com/

Don't know if I was miss reading some of the times, especially the 1/4 milers.

Hoyhoy.
Also, Guy don't take any offense. After all I'm only a silly old non racer.
P.S. Me & my big mouth, SORRY.

[Guy_H]

Hey Eddy, no problem! It was a joke, she was so embarrassed to do that (really upset) - we reckon that cost her about 6 seconds, so it should have been an 11 second run (LOL!).

Who else has a fast time after starting in reverse