Motorvate Melbourne - drag racing

[ktm450]

I'm a huge fan of group 1 racing especially Top Fuel Dragsters, and used to attend Calder Park regularly until 2001 which the Australian Nationals was the last event to be staged there.
Since then I have had to travel up to Sydney to get my fix
Top Fuel is something that has to be seen or FELT!! to be believed 6000+ HP rockets covering the quater mile in just over 4.5 seconds is amazing, the sound hits you hard and vibrates through you whole body, even if you dont like drag racing you should experience this once in your lifetime.

Anyway enough ranting, this site Motorvate Melbourne:
http://www.motorvatemelbourne.com/index.html
is trying to get the state govenment to fund building of a new venue in Melbourne, on the same principles of NSW and WA govenments have achieved, they fund the building costs then the venue can be operated by a company and the state will get back money through tourism etc.

If you have any intrest is seeing drag racing return to Vic (even if you are interstate) please sign the online petition here:
http://www.motorvatemelbourne.com/race%20fans.html

[ddstoys]

Partition Signed      Bring he Noise 

[pinnies4me]

Signed up, bring on the fumes!!

[ajlaird]

Top Fuel is something that has to be seen or FELT!! to be believed 6000+ HP rockets covering the quater mile in just over 4.5 seconds is amazing, the sound hits you hard and vibrates through you whole body, even if you dont like drag racing you should experience this once in your lifetime.

Yep, experienced this at Willowbank for my brother's fortieth birthday party. You forget to mention the heat that hits you as well as the dragster goes past. As for the noise, ear plugs are definitely mandatory!

[GORGAR 1]

Signed-I can smell the burning rubber


Peter

[JD]

Top Fuel Dragsters, our company sponsors Jim Read racing and our customers and team absolutely love it.
Has a bus of 20 ready to head down from the Hunter Valley yesterday but the Summernationals were pulled due to the rain so we missed out.

Western Sydney Dragway is also an exceptional venue.


Good luck with your petition. Harder these days due to all the fun police but good luck!

J.D.

[ktm450]

Harder these days due to all the fun police but good luck!

J.D.

I know they don't, but these venues should keep the fun police happy, as they give the young inexperienced drivers that they label 'hoons' a place to legally race, at the moment there is Heathcote, Calder and if this gets up another place in Victoria that will run legal off street racing.  Can't be a bad thing if they can get some of it out of their systems in a controlled environment.
I think we have all been there (hooning) and I still can't help myself sometimes, especially on the roadbike, but you use a bit of common sense and keep it away from residential areas, these are the dickheads that give all us other 'revheads' a bad name.

[JD]

Harder these days due to all the fun police but good luck!

J.D.

I know they don't, but these venues should keep the fun police happy, as they give the young inexperienced drivers that they label 'hoons' a place to legally race, at the moment there is Heathcote, Calder and if this gets up another place in Victoria that will run legal off street racing.  Can't be a bad thing if they can get some of it out of their systems in a controlled environment.
I think we have all been there (hooning) and I still can't help myself sometimes, especially on the roadbike, but you use a bit of common sense and keep it away from residential areas, these are the dickheads that give all us other 'revheads' a bad name.

Absolutely! Good luck.

J.D.