Hi all,
Tonight I received some feedback on the blog.
As I have previously said we have 350 individual people read the blog.
We have received 3 complaints over the time we have been writing the blog and 2 of those were from the same person.
We have asked on many occasions for people to send in info we can put on the site but receive very little, so to keep the interest in the site we put whatever info we can on the site.
So folks here is your chance to have a say.
Send in and let me know if you only want limited sprint car information on the blog.
I will share with you the comments received tonight with symbols replacing some of the letters in the expletives used.
"Since when does the car that Kris races have anything to do with the limited club or there blog site who give a royal f^*k about speed week it's a limited web site that ur f^*king up it's a limited site limited means limited not money bags like u u f^*k head cock head f^*k hole"
Sorry about the poor grammar but had to write it as it was.
So as you can see it started out as a complaint but became a personal attack as it went on, not sure why.
So folks here is your chance to comment, only named comments will be viewed and written up.
My view is 350 readers each month says they like what they see or get something out of our blog.
See you at the muster.
Crabby
Friday, December 31, 2010
Speedweek- Avalon
Hi all,
Well another nights racing has been run and again we had mixed fortunes.
We time trialled badly although ahead of a couple of other West Aussies.
43 was our position so we missed the invert and Kris started from the back of the field.
In both heats we made it forward and then went into the C Main.
We made a good start but again got caught up in someone elses wreck, we restarted and managed to get up into position 5 quickly but a spinning car brought out the yellows and again the C was declared so our night was over.
We now head to Warnambool for the start of four meetings here including the Aussie title.
Will let you know how we go.
Catch you
Crabby
Well another nights racing has been run and again we had mixed fortunes.
We time trialled badly although ahead of a couple of other West Aussies.
43 was our position so we missed the invert and Kris started from the back of the field.
In both heats we made it forward and then went into the C Main.
We made a good start but again got caught up in someone elses wreck, we restarted and managed to get up into position 5 quickly but a spinning car brought out the yellows and again the C was declared so our night was over.
We now head to Warnambool for the start of four meetings here including the Aussie title.
Will let you know how we go.
Catch you
Crabby
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Mt Gambier not a happy hunting ground for us.
Hi all,
Well we arrived in Mt Gambier last night ready to keep up our assault on Speedweek.
Kris again had trouble in hot laps, seems strange to me they put 12 cars out on these small tracks, it is ok for the guys who have raced here before but as a new team/driver it is hard to come to grips with a track when you cannot get in any fast laps due to traffic, but that's the way it goes.
Kris timed in at 29, again not good but ok considering there were 50 cars to run with.
Heat 1 had Kris out of 3 but the car was not set up right and we drifted out to end the heat last.
Heat 6 had Kris out of 4 and he went high going into turn 1, but a car spun in front of him and Kris checked the car up to avoid damaging the car, Steven Lines was not so lucky and hit Kris hard in the side, this resulted in some chassis damage and our night was done.
We spent the day fixing the car and are just about ready to head for Avalon, it will be good to get the car onto a bigger track again.
The team is pumped and really looking forward to our last 2 meetings of speed week.
Really looking forward to "The Muster" on the 2nd, this speedweek trip just gets the racing juices going.
Will keep you all updated over the next 3 days of our progress but looking forward to catching up at the muster.
Crabby
Well we arrived in Mt Gambier last night ready to keep up our assault on Speedweek.
Kris again had trouble in hot laps, seems strange to me they put 12 cars out on these small tracks, it is ok for the guys who have raced here before but as a new team/driver it is hard to come to grips with a track when you cannot get in any fast laps due to traffic, but that's the way it goes.
Kris timed in at 29, again not good but ok considering there were 50 cars to run with.
Heat 1 had Kris out of 3 but the car was not set up right and we drifted out to end the heat last.
Heat 6 had Kris out of 4 and he went high going into turn 1, but a car spun in front of him and Kris checked the car up to avoid damaging the car, Steven Lines was not so lucky and hit Kris hard in the side, this resulted in some chassis damage and our night was done.
We spent the day fixing the car and are just about ready to head for Avalon, it will be good to get the car onto a bigger track again.
The team is pumped and really looking forward to our last 2 meetings of speed week.
Really looking forward to "The Muster" on the 2nd, this speedweek trip just gets the racing juices going.
Will keep you all updated over the next 3 days of our progress but looking forward to catching up at the muster.
Crabby
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Speed week night 2- Murray Bridge.
Well night 2 has come and gone and the team achieved more tonight than we had even dreamed of for the whole trip.
Time trials were average with Kris out in the second last group, the track had gone off and we could only get 33 out of 46, still not bad after 5 hot laps with no clear track.
Heat one had Kris out of 2 and he drove away to a convincing win.
Heat 5 had Kris off pole and he had to settle for second off the start but worked his way into the lead on lap 4 and again he drove away, not bad considering the quality of the field he was up against, 5 contracted drivers were in his heats, there was not a slow car to be seen.
The heat wins put Kris off pole for the B main, again he had to settle for second off the start but early on he drove past Luke Dillion and pulled out a massive lead, Matt Egel soon had the outside line working and closed up with a few laps to go, but Kris again pulled away to win.
So we made an A main, unbelievable really, we have made both the shows, just doing that has been great, I am starting to think the 25 points we were penalized from Adelaide are going to come back and haunt us as we would be fairly high in the speed week points if we still had those, but we are not complaining, rules are rules and we should have been there on time.
So to the A main Kris went, starting out of 15 he got up to 8th and held out there for a while, but from the Crabbe perspective it looked like he tired after about 25 laps and we went back 4 spots to finish a creditable 12th, not bad for our second night out as a team and second night in the car.
I was talking to Kris yesterday about a name, you cannot be the Young Gun when you are older, Danny Reidy is "The Rockstar" the amount of time Kris has had the camera stuck in his face he will soon be known as "The Movie Star".
Well enough dribble for now, cars to clean.
Mt Gambier tonight, here we come.
Catch you
Crabby
Time trials were average with Kris out in the second last group, the track had gone off and we could only get 33 out of 46, still not bad after 5 hot laps with no clear track.
Heat one had Kris out of 2 and he drove away to a convincing win.
Heat 5 had Kris off pole and he had to settle for second off the start but worked his way into the lead on lap 4 and again he drove away, not bad considering the quality of the field he was up against, 5 contracted drivers were in his heats, there was not a slow car to be seen.
The heat wins put Kris off pole for the B main, again he had to settle for second off the start but early on he drove past Luke Dillion and pulled out a massive lead, Matt Egel soon had the outside line working and closed up with a few laps to go, but Kris again pulled away to win.
So we made an A main, unbelievable really, we have made both the shows, just doing that has been great, I am starting to think the 25 points we were penalized from Adelaide are going to come back and haunt us as we would be fairly high in the speed week points if we still had those, but we are not complaining, rules are rules and we should have been there on time.
So to the A main Kris went, starting out of 15 he got up to 8th and held out there for a while, but from the Crabbe perspective it looked like he tired after about 25 laps and we went back 4 spots to finish a creditable 12th, not bad for our second night out as a team and second night in the car.
I was talking to Kris yesterday about a name, you cannot be the Young Gun when you are older, Danny Reidy is "The Rockstar" the amount of time Kris has had the camera stuck in his face he will soon be known as "The Movie Star".
Well enough dribble for now, cars to clean.
Mt Gambier tonight, here we come.
Catch you
Crabby
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Speed week night one-Adelaide.
Hi all
Well we arrived in good old SA and headed from the Airport to the track.
The pits were full and there were 6 of us West Aussies ready to race, well 5 actually as our transporter was stuck behind a motor vehicle accident and arrived late.
The new car was rolled out and looked a treat, hot laps went well and we time trialled 24 out of 45, not bad considering Kris had only done 6 laps in the car with an unfamiliar chassis.
Heat 4 was our first heat and Kris was up against it with several contracted drivers and Kerry Madsen also in the heat, Kris started out of 8 and finished in 5th, a good smooth drive.
Heat 7 was our next heat and we started out of 6, Kris went around the outside and was leading by the end of the first lap, he drove away from the field and only slowed after lapping half the field, a great drive.
We qualified for position 5 out of the B main, but we were penalized 25 points for being late to scrutineering, this then put us 7th out of the C, the C was a farce with less than 3 racing laps before being declared, we were in 5th.
So night one of speed week is done, we are now off to Murray Bridge.
Winners,
Tatnel
Madsen, Kerry
Dave Murcott
Matt Egel was fast, led the feature for a while until he had a coming together with Tatnel for the lead.
Catch you
Crabby
Well we arrived in good old SA and headed from the Airport to the track.
The pits were full and there were 6 of us West Aussies ready to race, well 5 actually as our transporter was stuck behind a motor vehicle accident and arrived late.
The new car was rolled out and looked a treat, hot laps went well and we time trialled 24 out of 45, not bad considering Kris had only done 6 laps in the car with an unfamiliar chassis.
Heat 4 was our first heat and Kris was up against it with several contracted drivers and Kerry Madsen also in the heat, Kris started out of 8 and finished in 5th, a good smooth drive.
Heat 7 was our next heat and we started out of 6, Kris went around the outside and was leading by the end of the first lap, he drove away from the field and only slowed after lapping half the field, a great drive.
We qualified for position 5 out of the B main, but we were penalized 25 points for being late to scrutineering, this then put us 7th out of the C, the C was a farce with less than 3 racing laps before being declared, we were in 5th.
So night one of speed week is done, we are now off to Murray Bridge.
Winners,
Tatnel
Madsen, Kerry
Dave Murcott
Matt Egel was fast, led the feature for a while until he had a coming together with Tatnel for the lead.
Catch you
Crabby
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Racer Update.
Kim Collins-9
Well it has been some time since we have seen Kim on the track but after a late night call tonight from Kim he tells me he is ready to go.
The shed doors have been thrown open and the car is ready to roll out and head on down for Fast Friday on the 17th December.
From memory I last saw Kim in Bunbury 2 seasons ago, he was having fuel problems and wiped the bearings with methanol contaminated oil.
Kim enlisted the services of Rocka Zeminuk to get his motor rebuilt and is looking forward to a shakedown at Fast Friday before tackling the Muster on the 2nd January.
Great to see Kim back, he is a good peddler who always races hard.
Fast Friday is looking good.
Crabby
Well it has been some time since we have seen Kim on the track but after a late night call tonight from Kim he tells me he is ready to go.
The shed doors have been thrown open and the car is ready to roll out and head on down for Fast Friday on the 17th December.
From memory I last saw Kim in Bunbury 2 seasons ago, he was having fuel problems and wiped the bearings with methanol contaminated oil.
Kim enlisted the services of Rocka Zeminuk to get his motor rebuilt and is looking forward to a shakedown at Fast Friday before tackling the Muster on the 2nd January.
Great to see Kim back, he is a good peddler who always races hard.
Fast Friday is looking good.
Crabby
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Hi all.
Well another week end over and more time spent in the cave.
My car is sitting awaiting the next engine to go in.
Have been thinking of running the very low budget 23deg head motor that was built by Naylor Race Engines as a spec motor to try for our division, this is most likely what we will do.
Went down to the Davis workshop Saturday and dropped off a motor to put a new rotating assembly in, this is the original motor I had put in my JEI, this will be it's third reincarnation from Sean Bradford's 360 to a top limited engine.
Monday we start putting a tow vehicle together for Annette, she has decided she will run all the meetings she can this year, we are away for a few during speed week and the Aussie title, so Annette needs her own way of getting to and from the race meetings.
Also it takes about 2 hours to pack the truck and trailer and then rehitch it after each meeting, and that's valuable socializing time that is wasted.
Sounds like Pithara was a great meeting, not often I miss a meeting but could not get there, well done to Jason Kendrick, he was looking good at the state title and has really stepped up this season.
Also good to see Kris Coyle have a change of luck, he was quick all night apparently, but had a moment late in the feature whilst dueling with the top three.
Catch you
Crabby
My car is sitting awaiting the next engine to go in.
Have been thinking of running the very low budget 23deg head motor that was built by Naylor Race Engines as a spec motor to try for our division, this is most likely what we will do.
Went down to the Davis workshop Saturday and dropped off a motor to put a new rotating assembly in, this is the original motor I had put in my JEI, this will be it's third reincarnation from Sean Bradford's 360 to a top limited engine.
Monday we start putting a tow vehicle together for Annette, she has decided she will run all the meetings she can this year, we are away for a few during speed week and the Aussie title, so Annette needs her own way of getting to and from the race meetings.
Also it takes about 2 hours to pack the truck and trailer and then rehitch it after each meeting, and that's valuable socializing time that is wasted.
Sounds like Pithara was a great meeting, not often I miss a meeting but could not get there, well done to Jason Kendrick, he was looking good at the state title and has really stepped up this season.
Also good to see Kris Coyle have a change of luck, he was quick all night apparently, but had a moment late in the feature whilst dueling with the top three.
Catch you
Crabby
Friday, December 3, 2010
Fast Friday
Well Friday again and 2 weeks to go until our next meeting.
Do you know you have to register for the Fast Friday and the Muster before the 8th December?
Racer update;
The King brothers are about to make a long awaited return to racing at the next Fast Friday.
Both have new cars to run and want to get them ready for the action in the New Year, although Anthony has said he cannot race the Muster as he has crew commitments with the Brady's.
No doubt they will both come out and be as quick as, which from my view point is a good thing, we are getting some seriously quick people racing and the pace has been red hot this season.
Catch you
Crabby
Do you know you have to register for the Fast Friday and the Muster before the 8th December?
Racer update;
The King brothers are about to make a long awaited return to racing at the next Fast Friday.
Both have new cars to run and want to get them ready for the action in the New Year, although Anthony has said he cannot race the Muster as he has crew commitments with the Brady's.
No doubt they will both come out and be as quick as, which from my view point is a good thing, we are getting some seriously quick people racing and the pace has been red hot this season.
Catch you
Crabby
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Manjimup almost wrap up.
Hi all,
Well I have had several calls asking why no info has been posted from Manjimup.
The reason is because I cannot honestly remember that much about it.
I know I won the first heat from Todd, and I think Gavin won all his heats and the feature with Todd second in the feature.
The Blackman 360's were there and I had to scrutineer the cars, they are first rate and a credit to Phil and the guys that own them, they put up a great effort and pushed us hard.
Old Phil himself still has the killer instinct, he was quick as around Manjimup and ran second overall in the feature.
The two Davis boys were quick all night, they know the track and had good setups although Todd was a bit off in the feature after being baulked by Annette it took him a few laps to get back into the groove.
Highlights
Shane "Bam Bam" Maskel was fast and is getting the hang of this quickly.
The other Shane, casual Webster was also getting mighty quick and started picking off some of the top boys.
Darren Higgins had a great run in the third heat until his motor let go, but it was good to see him really standing on it and showing he can drive.
Lowlights
My motor had a minor melt on cylinder 5.
Darren Higgins motor dropped 2 rods.
Next meeting is Fast Friday on the 17th December, it would be great to see some of the out of town boys there, come on Geraldton, let's see a couple of you there.
Crabby
Well I have had several calls asking why no info has been posted from Manjimup.
The reason is because I cannot honestly remember that much about it.
I know I won the first heat from Todd, and I think Gavin won all his heats and the feature with Todd second in the feature.
The Blackman 360's were there and I had to scrutineer the cars, they are first rate and a credit to Phil and the guys that own them, they put up a great effort and pushed us hard.
Old Phil himself still has the killer instinct, he was quick as around Manjimup and ran second overall in the feature.
The two Davis boys were quick all night, they know the track and had good setups although Todd was a bit off in the feature after being baulked by Annette it took him a few laps to get back into the groove.
Highlights
Shane "Bam Bam" Maskel was fast and is getting the hang of this quickly.
The other Shane, casual Webster was also getting mighty quick and started picking off some of the top boys.
Darren Higgins had a great run in the third heat until his motor let go, but it was good to see him really standing on it and showing he can drive.
Lowlights
My motor had a minor melt on cylinder 5.
Darren Higgins motor dropped 2 rods.
Next meeting is Fast Friday on the 17th December, it would be great to see some of the out of town boys there, come on Geraldton, let's see a couple of you there.
Crabby
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