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..