Another final round!

Well that's it for the 2009 season, it's been a fantastic half season for us, better than we could have hoped for. At last weekends National Finals we made it through to the final again being beaten by James Wotton and his awesome 10second oval. Adele was running consistent 11.5x's which was great in the incredibly sticky track conditions.

So now winter will be setting in soon and we are looking to start on some upgrades/changes on the car. Well we can't sit still can we?! 2 weekends ago I finally drove the car at Avon Park and recorded a 12.2 at 109mph with the belt on on only my 2nd pass which i was really pleased with, I just need more seat time now ;)

So we'd like to thank everyone who has helped us on the car this year, all the Outlaws, Chris Isaacs, Wayne Allman, Volksworld Magazine etc etc and then a huge thanks to our sponsors NGK Spark Plugs, Direct Plastics, Pit Posse Motorsports and to Motorshack with help with our VP fuel.

Keep checking back for updates as i'll be posting as and when I can.

No' 2 Qualifier and Class Event win, and PB's!

Just a short update as I'm about to leave for another weekends racing! Euro finals was one of the best events of the year! We ran a new E.T PB of 11.40, new MPH PB of 117 and a new 60ft PB of 1.520. We then also qualified No' 2 and won Comp Eliminator! It sucked that Martin, Russ and John broke but good news is, its all fixable! So now we're off to Hot Rod Drags at Avon for some TnT, then 3 days later its the National Finals! A hectic couple of weeks ahead but I'll try and update as often as I can. Pics below from Euro Finals courtesy of Gwynn - Slimboyfat.

NGK Spark Plugs signs up as a sponsor

We are pleased to announce NGK (UK) Spark Plugs has signed up to sponsor StripTease Racing for the remainder of the season and for the 2010 season. NGK is the world leader in spark plug technology and we are extremely proud to be able to represent them.

Euro finals is coming up soon and we'll be leaving wednesday night, updates soon!

Racing and a new sponsor

What a weekend!! Adele smashed her personal best twice culminating in a PB of 11.64 at 115mph with, i think, more to come! Adele also pulled a huge wheelie on one pass which was great for the camera shots but I tweaked the suspension for the next pass so we don't wheelie so high!! In short it was a great weekend for PB's for the whole club with about half the guys entered achieving PB's! Thankyou once again to all the Outlaws for such a fantastic weekend.

We have also just picked up a new sponsorship deal with Pit Posse motorsports who manufacture mainly MX parts but also an awesome range of trailer accessories such as fuel jug holders, oil can holders etc. Check out the website here http://pitposse.com/

So its going to be a busy September with 3 race meets coming up, the first being Euro Finals where we are entered in Comp Eliminator, results and pics soon! For now a picture of the 'big' wheelie!

Slow motion launch

Thanks to the generosity of the Outlaw Flat Four club they bought some slow motion video footage of a few cars that were 'shot' by Blackett Photography. This is ours recorded at Summer Nationals 2009.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2skzWVH5N8

We our back out racing this weekend so more new to follow!

Bug Jam 2009

With 17 Outlaw Flat Four cars entered for Bug Jam it turned out to be a great weekend for us. The weather was awful but the vibe in the pits more than made up for it. We're really proud to be part of the Outlaw Flat Four Club and we're really looking to the rest of this season!

Racing wise we managed to get a few passes in on Saturday and one in on Sunday morning before the rain set in and the meeting was called. It was a strange weekend for us with the car as the track wasn't in the best of shapes as the treaded tyres from the RWYB session ripped all the rubber up from the normally superbly prepped track. In the morning's RWYB session we managed a stonking 12.0 at 109 with not much traction off the line (although it did manage to lift the wheels as we found out in photo's!). We were looking forward to the MSA session but we had 'bogging' issues of the line, I tried up pressures in the tyres but one moment it would spin and then it would hook up and I couldn't seem to get a handle on the track. The best Adele managed was a 12.2 but it was enough to qualify and more seat time in the car. With the meeting then called its now onto Avon Park for the Open Sports Nationals in 3 weeks time..

Hessich Oldendorf and EBI3

So its been a while since our last update again but things have been so busy as usual! We took a 2 week trip to Europe with a couple of friends from the US and we took in Hessich Oldendorf vintage VW treffen and EBI3! What a trip! Hessich was absolutely amazing, I'm an absolute sucker for a stock early bug and with 27 hebmullers amongst things it truly was awesome! We then took in the Auto Museum in Wolfsburg which was so cool and then we headed to the actual VW factory for a guided tour which was really cool.

Part of the weeks festivities was a couple of shop open houses and one shop that really had us drop our jaw's was Steve's VW Shop in Zaffelare, WOW!!! This place was amazing! Steve and his wife Sofie were so hospitable and showed us round the shop and fed and watered us like Royals! Photo's will be below! Steve has the latest technology in order to build some outstanding motors and we'd certainly like to try them out!

EBI 3 was again a really cool trip with the car running strong on the makeshift strip running a best time of 12.2 wheel spinning off the start! We were then approached by Daisuke from Street VWs magazine in Japan for a magazine feature on our car, we were super stocked with that. And then we were fortunate enough to win Best 57-67 Type 1 which for us was an amazing achievement as we didn't 'show' the car and there were so many nice cars on show. All in all a great trip! Now for the photos..

11.92 @ 111MPH!

So much has happened since we returned from the Volksworld show in March, I finished wiring the car and we fired the motor first time of asking!! The day after we finished we took the car down to Banbury to Junction 11 photo studio's where we had a photo shoot for Volksworld magazine. What an amazing day! Ivan thinks it's the best shoot they've ever done which was an awesome comment to hear. After another trip to Wayne Allman's 'Intergalatic Custom Shop' long time we finally got the car to the track these past couple of weekends! We had a couple of test and tune days and then we entered Summer Nationals this past weekend. What a weekend! We went 11.92 @ 111mph and there is definately more left in the motor! We also got invited into Outlaw Flat Four Club which is awesome!! We have to thank so many people ( a list would take me so long!) so to everyone thats helped 'Thankyou'!! I have lots of photo's to upload so I'll do my best to get them on here as soon as I can!

Next outing is EBI 3 so I'll do my best to keep the blog updated!