Doing laps *incar videos*

[chris b]

Yes I have entered as has Peter (gold Z). The other Peter (white Z) will also be there but with his Winnebago.

[chris b]

Perth City Sprint 2014

Once again Riverside Drive was closed for the Perth City Sprint. The Vintage Sporting Car Club o WA run the event prior to the stage being used for the final of Targa West. There were 5 Zeds in the Sprint and 3 Zeds in Targa West. The in-car is from my GoPro.

[beermanpete]

Some in-car track footage from last year at Chuckwalla. No me driving but a lot of fun Z footage.

http://youtu.be/wH8Azho4DUI

[Jeff G 78]

Great video Pete.

[chris b]

It doesn't rain very much in Western Australia, hence the need for the explanation at the start and demonstrated low wet weather skill level.

It's also pretty flat, hence the poor excuse for a hill.

But hey, we still have fun going up the hill in the wet!

[rxsleeper]

Did someone say rain? How about one from Road Atlanta last year.

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[chris b]

Did someone say rain? How about one from Road Atlanta last year.

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What a drive!

Amazing!

Conditions like that would have seen a red flag in WA.

How good was the Mazda(?) spinning off. That should have put a big smile on your face.

[Paxhead]

I love VIR

[beermanpete]

A few laps at Buttonwillow Raceway this past weekend.
 

 

[chris b]

Wagging it on a Monday

Definition wag

Slang to play truant; play hooky

Verb to move from side to side, forward and backward...especially rapidly and repeatedly

El Presidento Hally, Mad Mike, Howie T aka Angus and Chris all agreed it was the Best Monday Ever when your Z Register representatives collectively wagged it, went to Barbagallo Racewayand wagged the tail of our Zeds. We had lots of fun and thank Triumph Sports Owners Association (TSOA) for letting us come along and play.

6 grids of 10 cars each were established to run 3 timed laps of the short circuit and then 3 timed laps of the long circuit. The TSOA very sensibly set up 4 grids of Triumphs of various denominations. They had fun collectively leaking oil, breaking down and proceeding with a sense of driving a car appropriately representative of an empire on which the sun has well and truly set.

The 2 remaining groups consisted of Sensible Others and Crazy Bastard Others. El Presidento, Angus and Chris joined some minis, a BMW M3, Lotus, and PBR Clubman on the Sensible Others grid. I guess we all know where Mad Mike ended up.

MM joined representatives from Dodgy Brothers Racing on a grid with a mentality that if you don’t have 400 horse power you may as well ride your bicycle to Mount Lawley, have a cup of decaf and discuss Lycra fashions. Mike and his cohorts went around the circuit mostly sideways, burning rubber and making a determined contribution to global warming. Fortunately Mad Mike was the fastest of the Crazy Bastard Others grid on the day and the FTD on the long circuit for the event. Well done Mike!

On the Sensible Others grid the 3 remaining Zeds topped the field. Angus, forever the true gentleman that he is, thoughtfully let his high tension lead fall of mid lap so that our hosts would not go away with the belief that only Triumphs were capable of getting a DNF. Chris was well and truly whopped by El Presidento and is believed to have burst into tears when reading the results sheet.

Us Zed boys all wagged the tails of our Zeds as vigorously as a pack of Jack Russells on speed and agreed it really was the Best Monday Ever. Thanks TSOA!

Chris’s clip

El Presidento Hally's clip

and the most sideways Mad Mike’s clip

[chris b]

There is an active motor-sport community of Zeds in Western Australia.  In this in car footage clip from the local club President's Zed some of the 10 Zeds in this one event are shown in close competition.

 

 

 

 

[pjoe]

This was at grip fest in North Carolina in 2012. Great event put together by grip syndicate.