Dry Lakes Racers Australia

Does the fact you guys keep talking about next March mean that the expert group wisdom believes we will not be able to reschedule before March 2009? Or are you just having fun messin with our heads? GH Wait for the April meeting, hopefully all will be reveald then. There is a bloody lot of work bei...

This part of the forum is exclusively for Australian Land Speed Racing history. I am now a member of the Society of Land Speed Racing Historians and their goal is to record the rich history and heritage of hot rodding and land speed racing from around the beginnings of the automotive age, 1890 to th...

I used to run water injection in my rally cars. All Datsun 1600's with 1.6 to 2 ltr Nissan motors. It didmakea difference, especailly when I used to accidentially spill a bit of something else in there instead of water....

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das ist wirklich kühl, aber ich kann nicht ein Wort verstehen, das sie sagen

The next General Meeting on the 27th of April, we will also hold our A.G.M. on that date.
The meeting will start at 11am at Aussie Desert Cooler Factory, 350 Murray Road Preston.

(BYO chair)

Heres a list of all the MEMBERS email addresses that were returned as no longer active. You know who you are, send me your current email address!! robgt40@netspace.net.au arundel@bigpond.net alan@austar.optusbiz.net shinschen@yahoomail.com.au bradley440@hotmail.com befirestaprilia@hotmail.com wheres...

We are putting together a newsletter that will go out in about 2 weeks.
Any articles, photos, etc?
Send 'em to drylakesracersau@hotmail.com

Also very preliminary notice, there will be a meeting in Melbourne around August sometime, firm date and all details will be in newsletter.

Hmmm. Might be a good time to remind you all of the Rules and Guidelines and Terms and Conditions (Especially the section titled "Communication Facilities") of the DLRA website and forum. At the moment I can moderate the forum by myself, but if things got much busier I'd be looking for som...

Gary - agree
David - Now understand what you are proposing

Could I ask all that any further posts on new dates be done in the members area. I'll leave this here for the next day or 2 then move it to the members area.

David, ramp design proposal calls for concrete laid just below the surface of the salt. The length required negates the use of steel and didn't some one tell you this is a salt lake? The natural enemy of all things metal. The concrete also provides it's own camouflage 'cause it's sort of white. Ther...

Just rang the camp and spoke to Rob Carroll. (midday 6th March 2008) There is no way that we could run a meeting with the current conditions. The main problems are; * The ramp, which is still soft and whilst you could get a couple of cars over it, could not withstand the constant traffic of Speed We...

Here's another from You Tube, footage of the trip there, first glimpse of the salt, the canteen, the pits, start line, the serenity...

WAAAAHHHHH!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/v/i7yi_rYNcFE

There's 2 slideshows (with sound) that were done for the Age and we have rights to display on the website. These were from 2004.

I just had to watch them again myself, seems like such a long time ago.

http://www.dlra.org.au/salt1/salt1.html

Just to rub it in a little bit more. Found this on You Tube yesterday.
Its the 60 Minutes piece from 2006.
Typical hyped up TV, but still watchable.
Sit there and remember or cry in your beer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLN2_iIpntQ