Ben's Cal-Look Blog

SCC 2009

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:03:19 +0100

We caught these scottish guys trying to run off with the Flat4 racer, the pro turbo Notch had a nasty spin at the top end and nobody was hurt thankfully, and the Skinne brothers car............absolutely mental!

SCC 2009

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:41:12 +0100

better late than never!here's a taster, more to follow

70000 clicks!

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:52:45 +0200

Thanks for the hits, just collating my pics from Run to the sun - Germany, Bug Jam, SCC and more from Ebi. sorry for the lack of updates, been too busy going to these events to blog.....................Life can be sh!t sometimes!please accept this picture from pedalpumpinggirls as compensationclick the pic for more

EBI#3 The best so far

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:31:47 +0200

well done to the Russell Ritchie and the Gasser Garage crew for bringing out some more of their historic stash for the original owners to remenisce/drive it like they've borrowed it! good to see the Lee Leighton oval freshly renovated by The Paintbox with the Prosign touch on the signwriting. And Jules from Julianhunt.net was there with a small mosquito massacre on the front of his newbie

Goodwood Festival Of Speed - Got it covered!

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:35:42 +0200

Whilst i've been away at EBI#3, my dad's beent to goodwood and taken some shots of the cars(and girls). EBI to follow tomorrow when i've got some energy back!Michael came with me as he wanted to see Peter Fonda on the Easy Rider chopper.He seemed more interested in the poachers literature than their other 'attractions'.The west coast truck is owned by Jesse James of West Coast Choppers and Monster Garage fame -His wife Sandra Bullock was also there.The Porsche 356 'Glockler Special' was built by Frankfurt VW dealer Walter Glockler in 1952 using a much lightened production chassis and 1488cc engine giving 86bhp on alcohol.Driven at Goodwood by Desire Wilson (in blue overalls on left) only female FI race winner.VW-Chevrolet Beetle - Mick Hill built this Formula 5000 based car to contest Super Saloon series in 1976.Uses the the front suspension and entire rear end of a Trojan T102 single seater.

EBI#3 countdown

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:53:42 +0200

only a few days to go! hope we have awesome weather again and racing till 11pm like last year. Mr Ritchie will be bringing a few more cars from his collection, can't wait to see the Lee Leighton Oval and say hi to Dyno Don. ba ba ba ba baaaaaaaaa!

Summer Nationals

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:03:14 +0200

The first official race at Santa Pod for the Outlaws! and a new member too, well done Adele. Paul Bate ran a string of tens, Bernie is definitely heading the right way to run a 9 in the next few meetings and James Wotton got a new PB of 10.87!Next stop; NSRA Hot Rod Drags

Nitrous Versus Turbo

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:47:22 +0200

It's been a while since these two have been in the 10's. James'miss daisy'Wotton has been working hard the last couple of months breaking cases and flattening cams,it's good to see a good old Engle FK-8 saw him run a storming weekend. and Paul Bate has been the wrong side of the 10 for a couple of years such a close race with only 0.12sec between them

Summer Nationals - 10.79 the long way!

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:38:19 +0200

It was a tense moment for both crew and driver!

Go KerbSnake

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:45:38 +0200

Team T3D have gone and got themselves on the cover of Performance VW Magazine, Can't remember the last time an air-cooled car made it in there! Good work Puppy,Beaker Ballz and Jared the birthday boy! even I get a mention.click the pic to go to the PVW site

Gary's Picnic 2009 - More photos!

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:41:02 +0200

good to see Karl Donovan back out in the 'Bugeyed' car, ran a 10.6 on his 2nd pass after 8 years out of the seat.

Gary's Picnic 2009 - Ian Clarkes 'Moment'

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:29:10 +0200

Dave Dinning let Ian Clarke have a go of his racecar. he got a little bit more air on the launch than planned and the stinger dug in the track causing him to swap lanes!Thank's to Lee Maynard and Phil West's brother Ian for the Videos

Gary's Picnic 2009

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:26:23 +0200

great weather, great track...........Just great!good to see some of Der Autobahn Scrapers there too

Mai Kaefer Treffen 2009

Wed, 06 May 2009 21:28:57 +0200

after a harrowing journey to the airport uk side, we finally got to Hannover, 22 degrees, cold beer and foreigners with bad clothes and hair, good to see the mulholland look is still alive in the fatherland

Busy weekend ahead-Saturday to Monday

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:17:06 +0200

First round of the Outlaw Flat Four at Avon Park. It's been a long off-season and come saturday morning it's back on the bike again(well quad) and with young Bernard back behind the wheel we'll be aiming for the nine again this year.