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Old Aug 11, 2008 | 11:49 AM
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Rod-Tarry
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Default My day at Fighting Torque

Firstly can I thank Dave Moss, Helen & Chip for transporting my car to the event, when I arrived it was already on display thanks lads & lady.

This was my first taste of corporate dealings, I knew that 5th gear & men & motors were present but not that I was doing the speaking on camera as Toyo said your the 'expert' . Seemed to go well & I tipped Stevie as a likely winner & he then received good air time . Managed to get good plugs in for the car & MAD .

The winner was a 1000bhp Skiline who did a 201 in sub 23 secs, thats fast. Stevie was 2nd with a 191 in 24.1secs. Only 4 cars over 180.

This could be a great event & was rather like totb 1. Cars head to head over a mile, Challenges were made & everyone excepted when they were beat, great atmosphere.
The down side was the organisation at best a shambles & verging on total choas. If im still connected with this event next year it will be different be assured. No times were collated at a central point so no one knew there position unless you asked each competitor their times. The timing gear was a joke, too windy was the official excuse & Stevie had 3 'no recorded time' in his 5 runs, he was not happy.
Lets have some Fords their next year, but remember stripped out cars are banned.
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