street
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Inspired by the Racing Week Special in RSM a few weeks back I found this link to some retro Grasstrack racing: retrograsser.piczo.com/readerspicturespage1?cr=3&linkvar=000044#Some absolutely fantastic pictures of Grasstrack racing from the 1960's to present day! Hotlinking the pics is not allowed so you'll have to have a look  I find grasstrack racing quite interesting- There seems to be a wide range of different modifications between competitors (unlike the majority of Motorsport) from reverse raked roof-chops on family hatchbacks to a stripped-to-the-bone all out racer! Any one of those pics could be a screenshot from a post-apocalyptic 'Mad Max' style film. It looks great!  Anyone into Grasstrack racing here? Anyone got any good pics to share? |
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filmidget
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Mostly Lurking
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Regular grass tracking just North of Nottingham (field near Oxton) if you are interested in seeing some live. Only few quid to get in, watch and wander about the very interesting pits.
I've been a few times, and a relation-in-law races. In fact I may have sourced one of his mates next cars to be prep'ed - a Mk2 Scirocco, which is different...
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'79 MG Midget 1500 - Still patiently awaiting attention
'02 Vauxhall Astra 1.8 Elegance(!) - Better than you might think
'03 Mazda MX5 - All new and shiny looking (thanks to Antony at Rust Republic)
'09 Renault Clio - Needs to go.
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I've been to Oxton and Darley Moor to watch my friends compete and as you say there is some amazing stuff that has been thought out and built.
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205 GTi Mi16
205 XS - Now in filmidget's signature
Clio dci 80
I've found in life if someone is an idiot, they generally stay and idiot.
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That E type jag is the biz !
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You've been telling me you were a genius since you were seventeen ... in all the time I've known you I still don't know what you mean !
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Autograss (or Jalopy Racing as it was then called) was the first motorsport I ever saw in the flesh in the summer of 1970 aged 5, I have quite vivid memories of it. That site's brilliant!! Lurking on one of the 1980's pages is a guy called Norman Grasby who I've known for over 20 years. He and his brother Graham were both National Champions in different classes back in about 1982, indeed the long-forgotten 'Auto Perfomance' magazine ran a feature on them both in '83 or '84. Both Norman and Graham are still heavily involved with the sport and so are their offspring (Norman's son James runs a twin-bike engined Class 10, it's devastatingly quick). Amazing to see how the sport's progressed from the motorised bedsteads of 35 years ago to today.  |
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mercmad
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Cool. Back in my teens I raced on the grass and Dirt in New Zealand, driving a mates car (young ,dumb etc ) a lolite Morris with a Holden grey motor . Not the fastest thing on the track because of the overweight full chassis but the safest..I think ;D Heres a link to the track I raced on. meremere-dirt-track-club.org/home.htm |
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Many years ago I changed my driving style to cope with rising fuel prices; I have now reached the stage where I am contemplating keeping my eyes shut in order to lower wind resistance.
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mercmad
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Flush Hard,it's a long way to McDonalds.
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This is what turns my wheels,vintage dirt tracker on a private piece of dirt south of Auckland.  |
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Many years ago I changed my driving style to cope with rising fuel prices; I have now reached the stage where I am contemplating keeping my eyes shut in order to lower wind resistance.
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street
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Goos stuff guys  I went straight for the 1960's gallery just to see what vintage stuff was getting thrashed around back then.... excellent! Filmidget- Good to know its going on locally, thats something i'm definately going to be checking out |
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Jul 10, 2008 11:07:54 GMT
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Next one at Oxton is on the 20th of this month I beleive, freind of mine is racing is N42-blue renault 5, class 3 I think. I can hear them racing from home, so be rude not to go & have a look!
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