Cannon Ball Run

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Post by thebears » Sun Jan 08, 2012 1:53 pm

Anyone get beeped by a blue mx5 down on quay street yeaterday, you were in a red mx5 doing the run!! It was me doing the beeping......
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Post by Skilfil » Sun Jan 08, 2012 6:38 pm

thebears wrote:Anyone get beeped by a blue mx5 down on quay street yeaterday, you were in a red mx5 doing the run!! It was me doing the beeping......
Yep that was me, recognized your car from the forum too haha

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Post by mtrntr » Mon Jan 09, 2012 12:12 pm

I thought it was a great day... although skid pan was barely usable as it was so wet and I skipped the track.

Umbrellas on Queen seemed to get a good response.

We managed to keep the hood down until lunch time which left some amused.

Sadly a few stickers took some of my already iffy paint with them.
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Post by punkoutnz » Mon Jan 09, 2012 4:43 pm

^^ *like* ^^

Now THAT is some extreme class!
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Post by m1atamad » Mon Jan 09, 2012 6:45 pm

The atom made it to Hampton Downs but left pretty quick as they were just about hypothermic :?

Was a pretty good day despite to weather although it did mess up one of my cameras so hopefully that'll come right when it dries out

Haven't tried posting any links here before so sorry if I cock it up.....

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 513&type=1

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Post by Skilfil » Mon Jan 09, 2012 7:50 pm

m1atamad wrote:The atom made it to Hampton Downs but left pretty quick as they were just about hypothermic :?

Was a pretty good day despite to weather although it did mess up one of my cameras so hopefully that'll come right when it dries out

Haven't tried posting any links here before so sorry if I cock it up.....

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 513&type=1

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 513&type=1
Any chance I could grab some high res/buy them off you?

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Post by m1atamad » Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:47 pm

Skilfil wrote:
m1atamad wrote:The atom made it to Hampton Downs but left pretty quick as they were just about hypothermic :?

Was a pretty good day despite to weather although it did mess up one of my cameras so hopefully that'll come right when it dries out

Haven't tried posting any links here before so sorry if I cock it up.....

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 513&type=1

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 513&type=1
Any chance I could grab some high res/buy them off you?
For sure. I'm loading up a set on Flickr for the AMS guys and once they've seen them I can sell you any you like. I'm sure we can figure a price ;-) I've had pics blown up around the size of a 50" TV with awsome sharpness so they'll be good for pretty much whatever you want them for :-)

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Post by chris » Tue Oct 02, 2012 2:28 pm

Yo yo yo.

Who's entering this year?
1 X Primera
2 X Silvia
1 X BMW E30
1 X Audi A6
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Post by Donovan » Tue Oct 02, 2012 3:33 pm

is it on again?

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Post by chris » Tue Oct 02, 2012 3:57 pm

As far as I can see yup!! Early bird tickets are $95
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Post by warrior » Wed Oct 03, 2012 12:04 pm

yeah im going to give it a go....sounds like fun.
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Post by Donovan » Wed Oct 03, 2012 1:38 pm

warrior wrote:yeah im going to give it a go....sounds like fun.
It would have been fun if it wasn't pissing down with Rain, me and my mate got drenched jumping in and out of the car getting clues, and we were in the STi not the MX5, that would have been even worse.

The guy in the Ariel Atom didn't look like he was having much fun.

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Post by warrior » Wed Oct 03, 2012 4:05 pm

you going again? i,m in going to do an early bird ticket tonight.
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Post by Donovan » Wed Oct 03, 2012 8:18 pm

Contemplating it, just might wait and see if one of the Grab One voucher deals comes up for it.

Not sure I would take my MX5 but, these sorts of things tend to be a bit more fun with a full car of people rather than just two.

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Post by tomtikki » Thu Oct 04, 2012 7:51 am

Sorry to all those who got stuck behind the silver tanker truck but it was raining so much that wont have mattered to much to the pace eh.
Try climbing in and out of that thing all day, soaked & nackered by the end of it!
It was a real shame I couldn't put her round Hamptons as it would have been awesome but she was too heavy for the new surfacing and the organizers were afraid she would tip over!
Ha! No chance of that but that excuse may have been coz they saw the way I put the bosses ute round the track earlier...
Although they did say I cud put it on the skip pan!

Dunno why I'm saying silver as it was the only truck entered!

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Post by Donovan » Thu Oct 04, 2012 8:33 am

Yeah, sort of wasn't really hard to miss, between that and the bus full of boozed up lads. In fact, did the bus ever make it to the finish?

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Post by tomtikki » Thu Oct 04, 2012 11:09 am

Oh yeah those guys. The bus driver thought it would be a laugh to jump in the truck and move it, he ended up rolling backwards over a sign.
-Just because you have your truck licence doesn't mean you know how to drive a brand new one!

It was a really good crowd of like minded people having fun but there's always someone who takes it too far!
Plus there was the photo in the paper of the cop in handcuffs with a toy gun to the back of his head. - He was a good guy and had no idea that had been done behind is back!

Anyway, No, I dont remember seeing them at the track, i couldn't say about the Spookers after party though as we had to go to a job.

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Post by Skilfil » Wed Oct 10, 2012 11:19 am

I'm going again, not in an MX5 this time though. Taking my VR6 :evil:

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Post by harlansmart » Mon Oct 15, 2012 7:44 pm

This is a great day - we ran my old NISMO-R GTS-R pictured beneath last year and had a blast and we're entered to run vader this coming February, seriously FUN w/the team who put this even together being super professional and highly organized, totally great even actually and bang for buck it has to be one of the best events I've ever done :D
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Post by Born_disturbed » Tue Oct 16, 2012 12:57 pm

You owned that Harlan??

I wanted it pretty bad when it was on TM ha...

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Post by warrior » Wed Oct 17, 2012 9:21 pm

just signed up for this event in the MX5, if the weather is crap I will take my MR2 but I hope its not. Come on guys..........who else is coming?
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Post by chris » Fri Jan 18, 2013 10:52 am

YUP I'm in! Two weeks away, time to start getting the car ready :)

So, I'm thinking do an organized cruise there?

I'm thinking first stop is meet at BK Albany - then somewhere south of the city? Then to ardmore?
1 X Primera
2 X Silvia
1 X BMW E30
1 X Audi A6
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Post by chris » Fri Jan 18, 2013 11:00 am

I'm nervous about this already..

Just google street viewed the airbase. First thing I see? A speedbump sign SHIT!
1 X Primera
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Post by Snapfrozen » Fri Jan 18, 2013 6:03 pm

I'm SO torn whether to enter. $95 for me is my diffuser, or side skirts and splitter. But god I want to enter

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Post by Donovan » Fri Jan 18, 2013 11:17 pm

Get to be a laraken on the airport tarmac before the offical start, does that tempt you any more.

Ended up I am going to be taking the MX5 now, rather than the STi, so might have a play at the airport.

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