New Zealand Drag Racing

[TURBOVMAX]

New Zealand Drag Racing /CHILI BOWL SPRINT CAR

Jedi- and Gunrunnner, Have either of you ever been here?

http://www.nzdra.co.nz/

 

[tugla]

sweet unk: wish i could hear that beast run, must sound awesome!!!!!

 

[jedi-]

Jedi- and Gunrunnner, Have either of you ever been here?

http://www.nzdra.co.nz/

That's Taupo which is roughly half way between Auckland and Wellington.
Matt's in Wellington and I'm Auckland, coincidentally we plan to catch up with each other in a couple of weeks or so in Taupo, half way trip for both of us.
If the event was a little later in the month we could have caught it.

Changing the subject slightly, a Kiwi sprint car assault with a Kiwi engine is heading to Oklahoma about the 12th Jan I think. I'm keen to see the progress of this thing as the workshop is only just down the road from my work and we have machined several parts for this thing (V8) crankshaft splines etc.
The guy who developed it is extremely clever and I think he will do well.
I believe coverage may be on the internet somewhere.

 

[TURBOVMAX]

That's Taupo which is roughly half way between Auckland and Wellington.
Matt's in Wellington and I'm Auckland, coincidentally we plan to catch up with each other in a couple of weeks or so in Taupo, half way trip for both of us.
If the event was a little later in the month we could have caught it.

Changing the subject slightly, a Kiwi sprint car assault with a Kiwi engine is heading to Oklahoma about the 12th Jan I think. I'm keen to see the progress of this thing as the workshop is only just down the road from my work and we have machined several parts for this thing (V8) crankshaft splines etc.
The guy who developed it is extremely clever and I think he will do well.
I believe coverage may be on the internet somewhere.

Ahhh.. too bad it wasn't a little later. I'm a big Athol Williams fan. He's a living legend in top fuel motocycle along with Jay Upton another Aussi. Should be something to see.

 

[TURBOVMAX]

Will that Sprint car be running in the World of Outlaws series?

 

[Jack Butler]

Changing the subject slightly, a Kiwi sprint car assault with a Kiwi engine is heading to Oklahoma about the 12th Jan I think. I'm keen to see the progress of this thing as the workshop is only just down the road from my work and we have machined several parts for this thing (V8) crankshaft splines etc.
The guy who developed it is extremely clever and I think he will do well.
I believe coverage may be on the internet somewhere.

What is it based on, if at all.
How bout some particulars...cubic inch, V angle, heads, etc..
Anything outside the box or basically a conventional design?

 

[jedi-]

Will that Sprint car be running in the World of Outlaws series?

Ok, shows how little I know about sprint cars etc lol........
it's the Chili bowl event, Midget racing, found this from a website ...

"This weekend Michael will race one of two Synergy V8 powered Aggressor Midgets for Simon Longdill at Huntly Speedway?s 40 lap event, as a shakedown for the prestigious indoor Chili Bowl Midget Race at Tulsa, Oklahoma in January 2010. Brad Mosen will be in the second car at Huntly, as the two NZ Midget stars will line up together as team mates against over 250 Midget, NASCAR, and Sprintcar racers from all over the USA, for the biggest Midget race in the world".

What is it based on, if at all.
How bout some particulars...cubic inch, V angle, heads, etc..
Anything outside the box or basically a conventional design?

He's made his own dry sump bottom end and crank and using heads etc from Kawasaki , more info about his company here.. http://www.synergypower.co.nz/

 

[TURBOVMAX]

Ok, shows how little I know about sprint cars etc lol........
it's the Chili bowl event, Midget racing, found this from a website ...

"This weekend Michael will race one of two Synergy V8 powered Aggressor Midgets for Simon Longdill at Huntly Speedway?s 40 lap event, as a shakedown for the prestigious indoor Chili Bowl Midget Race at Tulsa, Oklahoma in January 2010. Brad Mosen will be in the second car at Huntly, as the two NZ Midget stars will line up together as team mates against over 250 Midget, NASCAR, and Sprintcar racers from all over the USA, for the biggest Midget race in the world".





He's made his own dry sump bottom end and crank and using heads etc from Kawasaki , more info about his company here.. http://www.synergypower.co.nz/

I'll keep an eye out... if it's televised I'll burn you a copy.

 

[gunrunner]

Jedi- and Gunrunnner, Have either of you ever been here?

http://www.nzdra.co.nz/

A local guy here co ordinates the local drags here which is now on the NZ curcuit also runs a Auto Memorabilia Museum has had this bike at his place at 1 point on display along side the Hayabusa of Dean Veale who set a speed record at Bonneville this year .
Unfortunately cant this weekend , it would be a very good excuse to go for a ride .

As for the midgets i will have a look on

http://www.speedbox.tv/

Chances are it could be on here . :clapping:unk:

 

[Jack Butler]

He's made his own dry sump bottom end and crank and using heads etc from Kawasaki , more info about his company here.. http://www.synergypower.co.nz/

Thanks Jedi.....impressive numbers!

 

[gunrunner]

Pics taken on monday , not mine tho as sadly i couldnt make it .

 

[TURBOVMAX]

Pics taken on monday , not mine tho as sadly i couldnt make it .

Nice! Thank You! Sorry you couldn't make it.

 

[jedi-]

Update: Did a search for the Chili Bowl to see how the team might be going and found Pickens is on the main page!

http://www.chilibowl.com/home.asp?uUrl=1/12/201053765.16

 

[Jack Butler]

Wow...good on ya....thanks for the update!
That's a heavy field, it should be a good test.

[FONT=&quot]Pickens is part of a stout Tuesday night Warren CAT Qualifier that also includes hometown favorites Brady Bacon, Matt Sherrell and Dustin Morgan along with perennial Chili Bowl contender Dave Darland, Indiana’s Jon Stanbrough, Missouri’s Danny Lasoski and California’s Tyler Walker among others.[/FONT]

 

[TURBOVMAX]

Awesome! unk: .... some big hitters there.

 

[Jack Butler]

TULSA, Okla. (January 12, 2010) – Eighteen-year-old Zach Daum of Pocahontas, IL, put the finishing touches on a spicy Chili Bowl opener with a dramatic last-corner pass of New Zealand’s Michael Pickens to win Tuesday night’s 25-lap Warren CAT Qualifying “A” Main event at the QuikTrip Center's Tulsa Expo Raceway.

Daum and Pickens swapped the point several times along the way before “The Dauminator” crossed underneath the Kiwi shoe exiting turn four and surged into the lead to take the checkered flag that closed out the first of four qualifying nights at the 24th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals.

Also on Tuesday night, Missouri’s Brad Loyet backed up a 21-win season in 2009 by wiring the field in the 20-lap Vacuworx Race of Champions that featured past event winners and perennial contenders.


Not only a fast car...the kid has got to be a wheel!

 

[TURBOVMAX]

Your boys are in the main! LIVE STREAM

 

[TURBOVMAX]

Looks like the Kiwi's are in solid... against some very heavy hitters for Saturday final racing.

Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Feature Lineups



20 Races on Rockstar Energy Drink Championship Saturday!

Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (January 16, 2010) ? A total of 256 competitors from 28 different states as well as New Zealand, Australia and Canada have battled it out atop the QuikTrip Center?s ?-mile Tulsa Expo Raceway clay oval over the past four nights at the 24th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals.
And now the stage is set for Saturday?s Rockstar Energy Drink slate of championship feature events that includes 20 races.
After initial hot lap sessions at 11:15 a.m., the day?s official racing action begins at 12:00 noon with the ?K? Main. Twin ?J? Mains, twin ?I? Mains, twin ?H? Mains, etc., will follow, ultimately culminating with Saturday night?s 50-lap Chili Bowl championship main event.
A dozen drivers have already earned starting berths for Saturday?s finale including Tuesday night Warren CAT winner Zach Daum, Wednesday night River Spirit Casino winner Kevin Swindell, Thursday night Bully Dog winner Darren Hagen and Friday night E3 Spark Plugs winner Cory Kruseman along with the second and third-place winners from each night.
The remaining twelve feature positions will be determined by Saturday?s hearty serving of an alphabet soup of feature events.
Those already locked in include, listed in order of past Chili Bowl championship feature starts:
#21k Cory Kruseman (Ventura, CA) ? 9th start in 14 tries and
#5 Jerry Coons, Jr. (Tucson, AZ) ? 11th start in 14 tries and his seventh in a row, last year?s fourth-place finish is the best of three top-tens.
first since 2006, wins in 2000 and 2004 were among six podium finishes from 1999 to 2006.
#17b Brad Kuhn (Avon, IN) ? 5th start in 9 tries and fifth in a row, a third-place finish last year trumped his fourth-place run in 2006.
#71 Cole Whitt (Alpine, CA) ? 3rd start in 6 tries for the 18-year-old, improved from 13th in 2008 to 8th in 2009.
#13 Danny Stratton (Indianapolis, IN) ? 2nd start in 7 tries, rallied from a ?D? Main to finish 7th in 2004.
#39 Kevin Swindell (Germantown, TN) ? 2nd start in 6 tries, was 6th in 2008 and was contending for a preliminary win last year until a late-race incident marred his Bowl experience.
#88nz Michael Pickens (Auckland, New Zealand) ? 2nd start in 2 tries, finished sixth as a Chili Bowl rookie in 2005 and makes it two-for-two in feature starts after globetrotting to a runner-up finish on Tuesday night.
#5d Zach Daum (Pocahontas, IL) ? 1st start in 5 tries, the 18-year-old cracked the field by winning Tuesday?s feature after missing last year?s championship finale by just a pair of positions.
#3 Darren Hagen (Riverside, CA) ? 1st start in 5 tries, climbs to ?A? Main after ending in a Saturday ?B? Main last year.
#1T Tony Roney (Herculaneum, MO) ? 1st start in 4 tries, the darkhorse contender of this year?s Chili Bowl just further proves that it can be done.
#39c Shane Golobic (Fremont, CA) ? 1st start in 3 tries, outshines teammate/car owner and National Midget Driver of the Year Bryan Clauson who starts six rows deep in a Saturday ?B? Main, at least in preliminary action.
#19nz Brad Mosen (Auckland, New Zealand) ? Made it in his first time to become the first rookie to crack the feature field since Donnie Ray Crawford bested three rookies in the 2007 main event with a fifth-place run. Mosen is part of the fearsome Kiwi contingent that also includes Pickens.
Following Friday night?s main event, the winners from each night drew to determine starting positions with Hagen pulling the number one for the pole position. Kevin Swindell will start on Hagen?s outside shoulder, with Daum inside row two and Kruseman outside row two.
The second-place finishers drew for positions five through eight, with the third-place runners drawing for nine through twelve.
The balance of Saturday?s Rockstar Energy Drink feature lineups were determined according to preliminary night finishes in the order of the winner?s draw (Thursday, Wednesday, Tuesday, Friday).
Sammy Swindell has his work cut out for him in his effort to become the first back-to-back winner in Chili Bowl history as he starts his day inside row three of the First ?C? Main after getting caught up in a wreck while leading in the final laps of Thursday night?s main event.
Saturday?s Rockstar Energy Drink Championship Saturday feature lineups at the 24th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals are as follows:
A Main (50 Laps):
3 Darren Hagen (Riverside, CA) ? 39 Kevin Swindell (Germantown, TN)
5d Zach Daum (Pocahontas, IL) ? 21k Cory Kruseman (Ventura, CA)
5 Jerry Coons, Jr. (Tucson, AZ) ? 1T Tony Roney (Herculaneum, MO)
88nz Michael Pickens (Auckland, NZ) ? 71 Cole Whitt (Alpine, CA)
39c Shane Golobic (Fremont, CA) ? 13 Danny Stratton (Indianapolis, IN)
17b Brad Kuhn (Avon, IN) ? 19nz Brad Mosen (Auckland, NZ)
B Main 1 Transfer 1 ? B Main 2 Transfer 1
B Main 1 Transfer 2 ? B Main 2 Transfer 2
B Main 1 Transfer 3 ? B Main 2 Transfer 3
B Main 1 Transfer 4 ? B Main 2 Transfer 4
B Main 1 Transfer 5 ? B Main 2 Transfer 5
B Main 1 Transfer 6 ? B Main 2 Transfer 6

 

[jedi-]

Gary, thanks for the heads up.I'll be tuning in as soon as possible.
The Kiwi boys have done well so far:eusa_dance:

 

[Jack Butler]

Kevin Swindell wins it....Pickens was 11th!
That's excellent considering who finished ahead of him.
...2 Swindells, Whitt, Coons, Windom...they have to be pleased.

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