A month after Gary’s Picnic and we’re back at Shakey for the Nostalgia Nationals.

Saturday morning saw it raining again but by lunch time the track was dry and we’re ready to race.

1^st run of the day saw Steve running a 9.25 @148.01 mph, very close to the 150 he is looking for.

Mid afternoon and we are back out for the 2^nd run of the day, unfortunately during this run the wheel on the wheelie bar broke in half so that was us for the weekend. The plus side was a bit quicker of the line and an unbelievable run of 8.87 @148.44mph.

The goal has always been to run an 8 @150mph, with a single carb, supermarket petrol and an iron block. Way to go Mr Field, it doesn’t get any closer than that or does it?

Gary’s Picnic in May saw us back at Shakey for another great Nostalgic event.

With the weather not great on the Saturday, the 1^st run of the day was at nearly 4.00pm.

A good strong burn out had the tyres smoking like a steam train, great launch, looking like a good run until just past mid track. With lots of smoke surrounding the car, things were not looking good, unable to see past the finish line and the marshal’s refusing to let us drive the tow car down, it was the case of a (quick) sprint to see what was happening. (Not knocking the marshal’s for just doing their job), but when it’s your nearest and dearest possibly on fire, the last thing you want to be told is you can’t go and see what’s happening. Fortunately, it was an issue with the breather pipes and all the smoke was caused by oil coming out of them. Apart from the driver being covered in oil all was well.