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Thanks Bmcboy. Yes it is Philips old car, he is now living in the Gold Coast I believe. I must get in touch I guess.

Hi there. I am trying to track down some photos of my Cobra racing in the nineties. It was raced at the Wellington Street race 91 and 92, Taupo 92, Ohakea 94, Whanganui Street Sprint, Pukekohe and...

Hi Ray. Do you happen to have any more of me in the Gulf Cobra?

Do remember that trucks are big and heavy, and gravel traps and armco don't always stop them. Maybe MNZ can be a bit pedantic and wrapped up in red tape, but the trucks are also big dangerous beasts...

I was there. Some awesome racing and a whole lot of burnouts to say goodbye.

Hi there, cool photos from you as usual.

It was a great weekend, had lots of fun in the Cobra, and finally got below a minute with a 58 second run, only ten seconds off the pace!

I would be...

Bugger that. I'd be packing the car back up again. Would be an awesome event, but no owner deserves that.

I guess the guys that have loads of money will just buy the best legal tyres and run them with as little tread as they can. The only people I see this affecting are those that have racy road tyres...

I am still wondering why this is an issue? Let people run anything, no need to complicate things. They shouldn't be changing tyres and breaking out from the official times for handicaps.

What price are the hankooks?

Yeh that's them. The fronts have more tread than rears, and outer third of tyre is basically close to a slick, and has wear holes like a slick does. My car used to be such a handful on road tyres,...

Bugger I just went and checked the tyres on the Cobra! The kumhos that central muscle cars used to run, so we're cheap as second hand and better in both the dry and wet than my road dunlops, but......

One benefit of slicks and race dot tyres is that they grip and can actually last longer than slidy lower spec tyres. If you are trying to encourage more drivers good tyres will help the budget...

The Citroen is a legend?

Ps the mini in under 3 litre class. I actually understand you excluding. Angus is no doubt a really fast driver. But in the mini I think he drives at 12/10ths. At leadfoot he spun or hit something...

Hi Dale. I think there are a few things coming to play:

1. Economy - spending is down, entree fees, fuel etc cost a lot, and people will pick and choose the events more, I think this year will...

The best race event I have ever been to is the leadfoot festival run by Rod Millen. Part of the reason for it being the best is the variety of vehicles and people that are involved. We are all out...

I saw somewhere that the sbc is the largest manufactured engine ever. Lots of parts, cheap, good motors. Normally I would say ford in an escort, but this one has some history there somewhere so why...

Sell the Holden and put another 350 chev in it. Will be a fun car.

The atmospheric conditions affect the measurement. A cloudy day will make you read higher.

When these guys were racing at the Wellington street race I was lucky enough to get a press pass (dad worked for tvnz and put race cams in). As well as meeting Dick Johnson, and some others I walked...

Sounds like a challenge! I like the idea, about time there was a class that isn't too focused on bashing into each other.

A 1959 mini 850 could still be competitive somehow!

Would like to race my mini in this, but cooper s starts in 64, pre 65 too serious and rough.

Do you need any Cobra photos? http://s835.photobucket.com/user/cobrav8/media/CobraatWhittakers20041.jpg.html?sort=3&o=83