Hi all,
Dont forget to nominate and go out to support the Sprintcar Express at Pithara this coming weekend.
These events are not run that often and the work that has been put in should be rewarded by us all.
If you have not nominated it is not too late, if you have make the effort to go up and race.
My tip in the Limiteds is from Geraldton, I will say no more as I do not want to jinx him.
Have a great event guys.
Crabby (From Onslow)
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Geraldton here we all come.
Hi all,
Well in the words of a 1970's song " my bags are packed I'm ready to go ".
We have packed the race car and gear, we were leaving at 1pm Thursday for a 2 day cruise to Geraldton with some stops to meet and eat with old friends along the way, then can you believe it, another bloody meeting has been called in Perth, and wait for it, at 12pm, well there goes that plan, now it will be a race to get to Durien Bay in time for the big night out with friends.
Anyway enough complaining, we are set and looking forward to running in Gero, I here they have some new dirt on the track in an attempt to stop a couple of the holes forming that are usually present each meeting.
Annette has her car packed as well and is keen.
Glen phoned tonight just to let me know he was missing us all whilst filling ships with oil for the good old USA, wishes he could win lotto and become a full time race car driver apparently.
Anyway see you in Geraldton.
Hey Mick, if you read this tell Laurie Shirley I expect to see him at the track.
Catch you
Crabby
Well in the words of a 1970's song " my bags are packed I'm ready to go ".
We have packed the race car and gear, we were leaving at 1pm Thursday for a 2 day cruise to Geraldton with some stops to meet and eat with old friends along the way, then can you believe it, another bloody meeting has been called in Perth, and wait for it, at 12pm, well there goes that plan, now it will be a race to get to Durien Bay in time for the big night out with friends.
Anyway enough complaining, we are set and looking forward to running in Gero, I here they have some new dirt on the track in an attempt to stop a couple of the holes forming that are usually present each meeting.
Annette has her car packed as well and is keen.
Glen phoned tonight just to let me know he was missing us all whilst filling ships with oil for the good old USA, wishes he could win lotto and become a full time race car driver apparently.
Anyway see you in Geraldton.
Hey Mick, if you read this tell Laurie Shirley I expect to see him at the track.
Catch you
Crabby
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Limited Sprintcar Club Season Nears an End.
Good evening all,
Well only a few more meetings and the season will come to an end, and from the Crabbe perspective it has been long and arduous, with around 20 nights of racing and 3 cars to keep on the track I am all but burned out.
From my view we have come a long way this year, my car speed and craft his improved out of site and it is good to be nearing the pointy end, 2 feature race wins for the year has also been great, minor crashes and some well documented engine woes have kept us from a couple of other wins but that's racing.
Annette has come a long way, as referred to by the whingers of the sprint car world she was called a "mobile spectator" only mid season, now she has found something and is getting on the gas hard, a great effort for her first season of driving anything, no juniors, no motorbike riding just here is a sprint car hop in.
Glen has had the 45 car on rails at every hooked up track, considering he only gets to run 6 to 7 meetings a year he has done well.
So with Geraldton and then Carnarvon to go for us we will welcome the off season and a chance to reinvigorate.
Not sure how much I have left in the tank after this year, with a busy work schedule and several new plants on the go at once it is harder to find the time to go racing any more.
We need to get more cars to Geraldton for the Easter week end, keep supporting the club, once Easter is done we are finishing off the season, Carnarvon is now an open meeting with the perpetual trophy for Limited club members but trophies for all other sprint car divisions.
It would be good to get at least 10 cars to each meeting, Geraldton and Carnarvon, so please look at the chance to race with a holiday thrown in.
Catch you
Crabby
Well only a few more meetings and the season will come to an end, and from the Crabbe perspective it has been long and arduous, with around 20 nights of racing and 3 cars to keep on the track I am all but burned out.
From my view we have come a long way this year, my car speed and craft his improved out of site and it is good to be nearing the pointy end, 2 feature race wins for the year has also been great, minor crashes and some well documented engine woes have kept us from a couple of other wins but that's racing.
Annette has come a long way, as referred to by the whingers of the sprint car world she was called a "mobile spectator" only mid season, now she has found something and is getting on the gas hard, a great effort for her first season of driving anything, no juniors, no motorbike riding just here is a sprint car hop in.
Glen has had the 45 car on rails at every hooked up track, considering he only gets to run 6 to 7 meetings a year he has done well.
So with Geraldton and then Carnarvon to go for us we will welcome the off season and a chance to reinvigorate.
Not sure how much I have left in the tank after this year, with a busy work schedule and several new plants on the go at once it is harder to find the time to go racing any more.
We need to get more cars to Geraldton for the Easter week end, keep supporting the club, once Easter is done we are finishing off the season, Carnarvon is now an open meeting with the perpetual trophy for Limited club members but trophies for all other sprint car divisions.
It would be good to get at least 10 cars to each meeting, Geraldton and Carnarvon, so please look at the chance to race with a holiday thrown in.
Catch you
Crabby
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Narrogin wrap up.
Hi all
Well another meeting run and won, bit disappointing with the car count, only seven cars turned out, but it has been a long season and only one week since the state title.
Narrogin turned on a nice surface and as usual the guys were quick.
Shane Maskel took out the points on the night with Annette Crabbe taking out second.
Maskie was quick all night and was hard done by in the feature, having to start half a lap behind.
Annette was quick and had the most car speed but could not work out the tricky Narrogin turns, Shane on the other hand had them sussed and put the move on everyone in the turns.
Thanks to Grant Chisolm for turning up and having a run, since bining the JEI and hopping into a Maxim he has gone ahead in leaps and bounds, sounds familiar doesn't it.
Gavin Davis had a night to forget as did I, we both had problems, mine early and Gavin's late.
Into the feature and we finally had the 77 sorted and ready, Ed and Mick put a good setup into the car and we started off pole as the lowest point scorer of the night, we did not start a heat, Annette and Grant Chisolm were off 50m and Maskie was off 100 m.
I had to get some pride back so set about my mission to run Maskie down, with 2 to go I had Maskie and Annette in my sights, Maskie slipped by Annette leaving me to wonder how I was going to get by, but they pulled the white and the race only went 10 laps.
Would have been a great race if Maskie and I went off the same spot, but after my horror night I was just glad to get a run.
Thanks to Narrogin for another great night, we just enjoy getting out there and trying to work that track out, it is fast but tricky.
Well a couple of weeks off to get prepared for the big Easter meet in Geraldton, have not been back to Geraldton since the 2008/2009 season when we had a year there to forget, Gavin tipped the car over there for me and then the next meeting I had a mishap and tipped it over again, used several spares from Gavin and Norbert and got the car going for the next night and overheated, surely this time around we will get it right.
Be nice to give Mick a run on his home track, if we beat him in a heat we know we will have finally made it.
Catch you
Crabby.
Well another meeting run and won, bit disappointing with the car count, only seven cars turned out, but it has been a long season and only one week since the state title.
Narrogin turned on a nice surface and as usual the guys were quick.
Shane Maskel took out the points on the night with Annette Crabbe taking out second.
Maskie was quick all night and was hard done by in the feature, having to start half a lap behind.
Annette was quick and had the most car speed but could not work out the tricky Narrogin turns, Shane on the other hand had them sussed and put the move on everyone in the turns.
Thanks to Grant Chisolm for turning up and having a run, since bining the JEI and hopping into a Maxim he has gone ahead in leaps and bounds, sounds familiar doesn't it.
Gavin Davis had a night to forget as did I, we both had problems, mine early and Gavin's late.
Into the feature and we finally had the 77 sorted and ready, Ed and Mick put a good setup into the car and we started off pole as the lowest point scorer of the night, we did not start a heat, Annette and Grant Chisolm were off 50m and Maskie was off 100 m.
I had to get some pride back so set about my mission to run Maskie down, with 2 to go I had Maskie and Annette in my sights, Maskie slipped by Annette leaving me to wonder how I was going to get by, but they pulled the white and the race only went 10 laps.
Would have been a great race if Maskie and I went off the same spot, but after my horror night I was just glad to get a run.
Thanks to Narrogin for another great night, we just enjoy getting out there and trying to work that track out, it is fast but tricky.
Well a couple of weeks off to get prepared for the big Easter meet in Geraldton, have not been back to Geraldton since the 2008/2009 season when we had a year there to forget, Gavin tipped the car over there for me and then the next meeting I had a mishap and tipped it over again, used several spares from Gavin and Norbert and got the car going for the next night and overheated, surely this time around we will get it right.
Be nice to give Mick a run on his home track, if we beat him in a heat we know we will have finally made it.
Catch you
Crabby.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
ARMSTRONG SPRINTCAR CUP
Hey Racers
Come one come all to this year’s Wayne Armstrong Sprintcar Cup to be held at the Geraldton City Speedway.
The format and information for this year’s racing is as follows:
Engine Starts/Wheel Packing/Hot laps/Time Trials/Two rounds of heats/Poll Dash
B main (if required)/A main
Once again there are plenty of great prizes up for grabs as well as some fantastic drivers nominating and keen for the chance to take out this year’s cup.
$200 tow money is offered to all cars nominated to run in the Wayne Armstrong Sprintcar Cup, who travel more than 150 km’s.
Mum (Carole) has also invited everyone out to her place for a bbq lunch on Sunday “ byo meat and drinks “. Directions will be given to anyone that needs them at the drivers meeting or by contacting me prior.
Once again we are looking forward to have a fun, exciting night of racing and hope to see you all there.
If you haven’t booked accommodation yet look at the Greenough River Caravan Park as they have large cabins and are close to the track.
Mike Armstrong
Come one come all to this year’s Wayne Armstrong Sprintcar Cup to be held at the Geraldton City Speedway.
The format and information for this year’s racing is as follows:
Engine Starts/Wheel Packing/Hot laps/Time Trials/Two rounds of heats/Poll Dash
B main (if required)/A main
Once again there are plenty of great prizes up for grabs as well as some fantastic drivers nominating and keen for the chance to take out this year’s cup.
$200 tow money is offered to all cars nominated to run in the Wayne Armstrong Sprintcar Cup, who travel more than 150 km’s.
Mum (Carole) has also invited everyone out to her place for a bbq lunch on Sunday “ byo meat and drinks “. Directions will be given to anyone that needs them at the drivers meeting or by contacting me prior.
Once again we are looking forward to have a fun, exciting night of racing and hope to see you all there.
If you haven’t booked accommodation yet look at the Greenough River Caravan Park as they have large cabins and are close to the track.
Mike Armstrong
Sunday, April 3, 2011
State Title wrap up.
Well folks it has been run and won and the winner did not come out of the favorite list that was on face book.
Steve Crabbe was first casualty of the night, we did the usual melt of the engine in time trials.
Todd Davis took out quick time.
The heats were fast and furious and Glen Oliver was the first casualty with a tip after contact with Ian Dhu battling for second.
The feature race was run on a track that was going slick.
Chris Ackland was off pole with Tim King out of 2.
There were several restarts before the race got underway, first stoppage was for Grant Chislom who had a small spin, Grant believing the car was not able to restart broke his belts and had to sit out the rest of the race.
Gavin Davis was the next out after 2 spins and not allowed a third start, Shane Maskel also fell to the 2 start only rule although one was just avoiding another incident.
The race started to flow and Chris Ackland was always in control with Tim King holding second and Shane Webster holding down third.
Ian Dhu had a spin and Annette Crabbe made contact with the spun car knocking out the front end.
After the restart the race pretty much ran all the way with no change.
So Chris Ackland has earnt the right to run the WA1 plate and deservedly so, he was smooth all night.
Tim King drove well all night and deserved his position as did Shane Webster.
Highlights of the night.
Chris Ackland was just smooth and did enough to just keep going forward to maximize his points without trouble, then drove a smart feature race, well done to Chris.
Shane Webster drove well and had the biggest smile of all of us.
Annette Crabbe stepped up several hundred percent to lead every one of her heats for at least 6 laps but tired and dropped into the slick at the end of each heat, she won heat 2 and was pulling away from the field until a couple of laps to go when she tired, makes me one proud Dad.
The atmosphere was great and the club put on a great event.
Lowlights.
Todd Davis hit the wall on the completion of the pole shuffle as he came off turn 4 his front end let go it was just hang on, hope there was not to much damage, Todd's mum Maxine fell while going to see if Todd was ok, hope you are ok Maxine.
Darren Higgins had a sick motor which held him back in the feature.
Come on down to Narrogin next weekend guys, let's try to keep the cars on the track for the last 3 meetings of the year, I know it is getting harder and the Title is the pinnacle but the long year is almost over, and I for one am looking forward to a couple of months to reconsider the future of our team.
Steve Crabbe was first casualty of the night, we did the usual melt of the engine in time trials.
Todd Davis took out quick time.
The heats were fast and furious and Glen Oliver was the first casualty with a tip after contact with Ian Dhu battling for second.
The feature race was run on a track that was going slick.
Chris Ackland was off pole with Tim King out of 2.
There were several restarts before the race got underway, first stoppage was for Grant Chislom who had a small spin, Grant believing the car was not able to restart broke his belts and had to sit out the rest of the race.
Gavin Davis was the next out after 2 spins and not allowed a third start, Shane Maskel also fell to the 2 start only rule although one was just avoiding another incident.
The race started to flow and Chris Ackland was always in control with Tim King holding second and Shane Webster holding down third.
Ian Dhu had a spin and Annette Crabbe made contact with the spun car knocking out the front end.
After the restart the race pretty much ran all the way with no change.
So Chris Ackland has earnt the right to run the WA1 plate and deservedly so, he was smooth all night.
Tim King drove well all night and deserved his position as did Shane Webster.
Highlights of the night.
Chris Ackland was just smooth and did enough to just keep going forward to maximize his points without trouble, then drove a smart feature race, well done to Chris.
Shane Webster drove well and had the biggest smile of all of us.
Annette Crabbe stepped up several hundred percent to lead every one of her heats for at least 6 laps but tired and dropped into the slick at the end of each heat, she won heat 2 and was pulling away from the field until a couple of laps to go when she tired, makes me one proud Dad.
The atmosphere was great and the club put on a great event.
Lowlights.
Todd Davis hit the wall on the completion of the pole shuffle as he came off turn 4 his front end let go it was just hang on, hope there was not to much damage, Todd's mum Maxine fell while going to see if Todd was ok, hope you are ok Maxine.
Darren Higgins had a sick motor which held him back in the feature.
Come on down to Narrogin next weekend guys, let's try to keep the cars on the track for the last 3 meetings of the year, I know it is getting harder and the Title is the pinnacle but the long year is almost over, and I for one am looking forward to a couple of months to reconsider the future of our team.
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Battle of Pole
The battle for pole was intense, it started with 6 vs 5. Gavin Davis won from Grant Chisholm, then it was Gavin versus Shane Webster, Shane went well but Gavin had his measure, next up Gavin was running against Tim King, Tim won easily, Tim then ran against Todd Davis who had his measure, Todd then had a run against Chris Ackland, Chris took the win ahead of Todd but as Todd was crossing the finish line he had a front end failure putting him heavily into the wall.
So the feature appears to be Chris Ackland out of 1, Gavin Davis out of 2, Tim King out of 3, Shane Webster out of 4, Grant Chisholm out of 5, not sure who is out of 6 and Annette Crabbe out of 7.
We are looking forward to a great feature, will keep you posted now this piece of shit is working.
So the feature appears to be Chris Ackland out of 1, Gavin Davis out of 2, Tim King out of 3, Shane Webster out of 4, Grant Chisholm out of 5, not sure who is out of 6 and Annette Crabbe out of 7.
We are looking forward to a great feature, will keep you posted now this piece of shit is working.
State Title
Due to a huge technical issue with our blog a lot of information was lost... So I will try and recall to the best I can. Time trials did we'll except several issues with 71 and 77.
Straight up Crabby had issues with his engine, this meant he was unable to run at all tonight which has made him rather angry.
The heats have been very intense, I don't recall much from the first heat but off the top of my head in heat 1 Annette was driving extremely well until a restart where number 2 went flying passed here.
In heat 2 was defiantly an amazing site as she held first place the entire race and managed to fend of gav.
Heat 3 was defiantly a show of Annette's potential as she started outer pole and managed to hold first place until the last 3 laps where she made a silly mistake which saw 2 and 1 go flying passed her in third position.
Glen in heat 3 was all over the show and not thinking straight which saw him slip to last spot then drive into the wall which makes it his second crash tonight. His first was much worse where he spun out and then rolled.
Everyone is impressed with Annette's driving and we hope this continues on.
The feature has not yet started and we can't wait to see everyone put on an amazing show. I'm glad I came down tonight to see this amazing event.
I am sorry for the lack of other people's information as I am writing this for Crabby as he is pissed of all his blog entry's were not posted due to Internet issues.
Thanks all!
Ps: sorry for all the typos as this is rushed !!
Crabby Jnr
Straight up Crabby had issues with his engine, this meant he was unable to run at all tonight which has made him rather angry.
The heats have been very intense, I don't recall much from the first heat but off the top of my head in heat 1 Annette was driving extremely well until a restart where number 2 went flying passed here.
In heat 2 was defiantly an amazing site as she held first place the entire race and managed to fend of gav.
Heat 3 was defiantly a show of Annette's potential as she started outer pole and managed to hold first place until the last 3 laps where she made a silly mistake which saw 2 and 1 go flying passed her in third position.
Glen in heat 3 was all over the show and not thinking straight which saw him slip to last spot then drive into the wall which makes it his second crash tonight. His first was much worse where he spun out and then rolled.
Everyone is impressed with Annette's driving and we hope this continues on.
The feature has not yet started and we can't wait to see everyone put on an amazing show. I'm glad I came down tonight to see this amazing event.
I am sorry for the lack of other people's information as I am writing this for Crabby as he is pissed of all his blog entry's were not posted due to Internet issues.
Thanks all!
Ps: sorry for all the typos as this is rushed !!
Crabby Jnr
THE BIG DAY IS UPON US.
Hi all,
Well the time for idle chat and guessing has passed and it is time to see the real WA1 stand up.
It appears from common chat and a poll that the favourite is Michael Armstrong, just wondering how many times his mum voted? but he was a clear winner in the poll.
Gavin came in second with young gun Cale Sotiroff in third.
Good luck to all tonight, lets hope we have a trouble free night with lots of pace and exciting racing.
Last words from the cave last night went something like, win it or bin it?
After the run at Kwinana several weeks ago we will give it our all.
See you at the track and good luck to the opens at Kwinana.
Crabby
Well the time for idle chat and guessing has passed and it is time to see the real WA1 stand up.
It appears from common chat and a poll that the favourite is Michael Armstrong, just wondering how many times his mum voted? but he was a clear winner in the poll.
Gavin came in second with young gun Cale Sotiroff in third.
Good luck to all tonight, lets hope we have a trouble free night with lots of pace and exciting racing.
Last words from the cave last night went something like, win it or bin it?
After the run at Kwinana several weeks ago we will give it our all.
See you at the track and good luck to the opens at Kwinana.
Crabby
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