SYDNEYS NEW DRAG STRIP

Joined: 17 Jan 2003 Location: Central Coast NSW

Went down to eastern creek yesturday for the finals of the opening round at the new western sydney international dragway.
All i can say, IT WAS cussing

AWESOME...
Spent all day there in the bloody heat,it reached 38 degrees out in the open,well i should of said everywhere cause there was'nt much shade.
I only got 1 pic while i was there,it's not the best quality cuase i had to take it with my mobile phone,The pic is of the final top fuel rail,Johnny cowen won this race with i'm pretty sure a 4.6sec quarter and 286MPH...
My ears where ringing for hours after taking this pic as i did'nt have ear plugs....

Jamie

Joined: 12 Sep 2003 Location: Gold Coast

nice pic...next time i suggest u where earplugs though.... The Finger

Joined: 04 Nov 2002 Location: Sydney NSW

is it just the pic or do you sit a fair way away from the track

Joined: 28 Oct 2002 Location: Newcastle NSW

I was there all weekend and it was FARKING brilliant....in the top fuel final cowin ran a 5.22 i think....it definitely wasnt in the 4s ...both teams over tuned to the conditions so there was a lot of wheelspin.....the fastest time i saw was Cowin on saturday with a 4.81 @ 309 mph.......farking mad!! I havent been since since i was 14 years old its been a 9 year wait!

Joined: 17 Jan 2003 Location: Central Coast NSW

taziiy
No you sit fairly close i would say,it's just that as i said the pic was taken with my mobile phone,which does'nt do it justice..

Camskizook
I could'nt quite remember what they ran on the final,but i knew cowin ran a 4 sec pass.

Jamie

Joined: 20 Oct 2002 Location: Greenbank

Didn't Cowan run on his own in the final?

Joined: 17 Jan 2003 Location: Central Coast NSW

No not on sunday night he did'nt...

Joined: 12 Dec 2002 Location: Wangaratta

does it have a quarter mile mud pit as well .. and you can just run what ya brung .. that would be interesting Very Happy

Joined: 25 Nov 2002 Location: melting gears

love_mud wrote:

does it have a quarter mile mud pit as well .. and you can just run what ya brung .. that would be interesting Very Happy

I saw something on the news about it... the track is supposed to be setup as a BYO Car, License and $40 and have a go at it type place... don't know about the existance of a mud pit though Confused

Joined: 17 Jan 2003 Location: Central Coast NSW

greg wrote:

love_mud wrote:

does it have a quarter mile mud pit as well .. and you can just run what ya brung .. that would be interesting Very Happy

I saw something on the news about it... the track is supposed to be setup as a BYO Car, License and $40 and have a go at it type place... don't know about the existance of a mud pit though Confused

Yeah from what i know they have a street meet there on wednesday nights,and by memory it's $40,you just to be wearing jeans and fully covered shoes,and a helmet..
I did'nt see any mud pit down there..

Jamie