January 1990 . . . what a smoky day that was

[kiwigtx]

Port Road Drag meeting - north of Auckland, New Zealand, about 2 hours or so.... a small, closed road was used for several years by the local Hot Rod club. Our club was invited to attend, and it was always a great weekend. Quarter-mile track laid out with some home-made lights and a group of club members helping out.

I finally found a video uploaded by a guy who must have a stash of footage from these events. I had some of my own video, but it seems to be buried under a load of clutter. I was starting to think I imagined those days.

You can see my Road Runner at the beginning....and the burnout contest that starts around 58-minute mark - I'm up second, behind an old mate in his replica Shelby...one I mentioned a while ago here.



That burnout I did eventually blew a tire - the smoke got better and better as I got closer to home. I think I touched the brakes a bit hard near the beginning.

 

[kiwigtx]

Even earlier ...June 1988 .... this was the weekend that I broke the NZ Land Speed record for towing a BBQ.

Broke the BBQ trailer on the way home doing a sedate 60-70mph ..... however on the way up to the drag meet on the Saturday morning, I left a 66 Impala 427 and a Shelby CJ428 in my wake .... exceeding 140mph. The two following me were fully tapped out while I was still pulling away.
I got into a bit of hot water over the trailer...but fortunately blame was taken by the builders - no springs at all. Solid axle and no suspension to speak of.
The speed thing received an honourable mention many years later at the Club's 25th Anniversary Dinner.

 

[Hey-O]

Now that's a good time!! Thanks for sharing!

 

[Budnicks]

@kiwigtx Looks like fun...

I saved them for later, so I could check out the cars better...
thanks for sharing

I'll bet it was a walk/drive down memory lane

 

[kiwigtx]

@kiwigtx Looks like fun...

I saved them for later, so I could check out the cars better...
thanks for sharing

I'll bet it was a walk/drive down memory lane

It sure was....first video you can see my gf (now wife) looking extremely bored.....we were young then. She was into the racing....after all she took the best photo I have to keep from that car.....

 

[kiwigtx]

Now that's a good time!! Thanks for sharing!

Sure was.... the guy posting the videos responded to me last night and thanked me for the comments.

I have been searching for these videos for a long time now. I knew one day they would surface.

 

[Hey-O]

Sure was.... the guy posting the videos responded to me last night and thanked me for the comments.

I have been searching for these videos for a long time now. I knew one day they would surface.

It's fun!!

I was cruising you tube once and found a whole video someone took of my car at a cruise in and posted it. It made me feel good, as strange as that sounds.