Invercargill Mid-Winter drags + Alex drags

[SkylineObsession]

Invercargill Mid-Winter Drags
WHEN: Sunday, August 20th 2006
WHERE: Teretonga Park Raceway
AT: 11am ish?

If you're racing you have to be there by 9am for scruitineering i think.

Unlikely i'll be racing but will try head down to it.

Alexandra Drag Racing
WHEN: Sunday, September 24th 2006 (i assume)
WHERE: Alexandra Airport - about 3-4 mins west of the town (signposted)
AT: 11am usually, scruitineering is about 8am or so.

I'll be heading to that too, probably won't be racing but will see what happens between then and now.

Alex drag racing 2004
Alex drag racing 2005

[EVL GSXR]

I would love to do the Blossy Drag's again and not be so pussy getting the Bike off the line but won't be around so can't.

[AJz]

went to the blossom drags last time.

Robs red r32 was what i remember most im glad to finally got in a decent go before the day finsihed, hopefully they organises set up the 1/4 mile timing right this time

[mad starlet]

Do you have any more information on this?price, times, etc. Is it open to anyone to enter?

[rolla_fxgt]

hopefully they organises set up the 1/4 mile timing right this time

Yeah Right.
its worthy of a tui billboard. I know they try & im not intenionally knocking the guys who set it up & run this awsome event, but i've been going since i was about 10 & in all those times something always gets in the way of them having an event that runs smoothly, things not always under there control too.
& wasn't the timing gear new last time & they had only used it a few times? if so i think they did well with what they had.

Ill be heading to the blossy drags again, hopefully not so hungover as last year.
We gona do the whole convoy thing again?

[barryogen]

will probably go, might compete... finances allowing...



(finances = mrs aswell as actual finances)

[misha]

Wow, that was a quick year.. Feels like only 3 months ago i had to pass up due to work.

Might go this time, but the car guzzles.

[rolla_fxgt]

about time i guess to get people thinking about this again since its less than a month away

Im going who else?

Anyone else heard the rumours this is the last blossy festival ever?
Hope it isnt, but if it is i hope they keep the drags going, otherwise might be the last time we get to see a drive what ya brung type event close to home.

[SkylineObsession]

Jeez, hope it isn't the last.

Anywho, there may or may not be a small convoy heading up there on Sunday, once again leaving from East Taieri (in the vicinity of the dairy) at 7:30am on the dot. Won't be taking the Skyline (no WoF since May and rego is on hold 'till December 20) but i will be in a slow dark blue/purple metallic Mazda MS-6.

Will likely only have one stop, toilet break in either Roxburgh or Alex and then continue on to the airport.

Be there or be circle.

And the reason for the early (i'd ideally leave at about 7am but oh well) start is so that you get a park right beside the runway/drag strip.

[rolla_fxgt]

cool, dont know if ill leave that early since it only take 2 hours to get there & drags start at 11, but will be on the road by 9 anyway, lets hope its a nice day again so i can sit in the sun & enjoy myself

[Alex B]

Its being taken over by other people to run it apprenrlty. Ive never found it that great except for the drinking aspect anyway.

[rolla_fxgt]

who else is gona run the drags? i thought that the guys from invercargill drags (what ever there name is) would be the only ones with enough experience etc to run them properly.
I mean yes oscc run timed bent sprints etc & road races, but i wouldnt of thought they had the experince to run drags, especially since its been years since they've had quarter miles on the evening before the festival of speed.
Or is the promoters of the cromwell motorsport park trying to get some advance practice in the hope they'll get resource consent to bulid their circuit & drag strip etc.

[CozmoNz]

Its being taken over by other people to run it apprenrlty. Ive never found it that great except for the drinking aspect anyway.

isnt alex a non drinking area during the event?

apparently anyway, its not a huge piss up like everyone thinks (ive never been).

[BINGBUNG]

bloody oath its a big piss up. love going to blossy to get on the maggot