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Old 20-07-2011, 10:36 PM   #1
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This is the legal runway where i did my top speed run for performance ford magazine...

172.8mph in under 1km...


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Old 20-07-2011, 10:45 PM   #2
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Now i like the looks of that!
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Old 20-07-2011, 10:53 PM   #3
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Is there a place in Sydney you can legally do this for private? Like WSID is for 1/4 mile?
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Old 20-07-2011, 11:15 PM   #4
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Is there a place in Sydney you can legally do this for private? Like WSID is for 1/4 mile?
Nope, afaik, none around here. Well. Untill i get me some land that is

Only have whatever Eastern Creek provides, and i dont think they hold sprints down the main straight?
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Old 21-07-2011, 03:15 AM   #5
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You lucky lucky man
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Old 21-07-2011, 05:16 AM   #6
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We have one every year here at Edinburgh Airport for charity but always bloody offshore so never had the ute up it yet.
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Old 21-07-2011, 12:30 PM   #7
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Is a autobahn deemed legal enough to talk about? I managed a massive 127kmh in my 2000 transit on way from Berlin to Oktoberfest. This was on one of the few unrestricted sections where I could manage more than 110kmh eg down a long hill.
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Old 21-07-2011, 12:35 PM   #8
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280+ over the standing km, man that's hauling.

well done, awsome package in a car to throw it at the horizon that fast.

That acceleration would give most big banger bikes a fright!

What engine combo have you got jammed in that car?
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Old 21-07-2011, 12:51 PM   #9
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This is the legal runway where i did my top speed run for performance ford magazine...

172.8mph in under 1km...
so where is this place?
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Old 21-07-2011, 04:51 PM   #10
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so where is this place?
Looks like Bruntingthorpe, about the longest runway in the UK used for this sort of event.

Pretty impressive stuff dingy - there must be some video surely???
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Old 21-07-2011, 01:03 PM   #11
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looks like the strip Top Gear / Fifth Gear sometimes use?
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Old 21-07-2011, 01:26 PM   #12
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this guy's teasing...
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Old 21-07-2011, 04:09 PM   #13
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Yeah - looks like UK to me.

In Aus there are a fe wpalces for top speed runs. There is one in Tas just befor Targa (think its a feww hundred bucks and is over 1 mile).

There is also a bunch on guys in SA that use a salt lake but the natives are causing them a few issues (sacred site or something) but they have some strict rules (cages and other safty things - cant just rock up in your F6 and go flat our)
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Old 21-07-2011, 04:15 PM   #14
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It's an old airport (which is still sometimes used) just outside London.... If I remember right, Dunesfold Aerodrome/Ex-Dunesfold Airport
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Old 21-07-2011, 05:26 PM   #15
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It's an old airport (which is still sometimes used) just outside London.... If I remember right, Dunesfold Aerodrome/Ex-Dunesfold Airport
i don't think Dunsfold would have a big enough str8 would it? i know they use Dunsfold for the supercar laps n star in reasonably priced car, but the top speed runs would have to be somewhere else.

edit: outback ute is right i'd say, saw a vid from there now looked the same. love to get out there and have a hit

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Old 21-07-2011, 08:45 PM   #16
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i don't think Dunsfold would have a big enough str8 would it? i know they use Dunsfold for the supercar laps n star in reasonably priced car, but the top speed runs would have to be somewhere else.

edit: outback ute is right i'd say, saw a vid from there now looked the same. love to get out there and have a hit

Hmm... True... But being the backup for the main airport (name escapes me at the moment), i'd think it was just over 1km long so a Jet can pull up safely etc...


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Old 21-07-2011, 05:36 PM   #17
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I maxxed out a vehicle today on the airport taxiway, 25km/h!! hahaha

UK airfields look a lot nicer than the local international here, I wouldn't take a car over 100k's if it were possible at the local as it's just too rough, and the runways are cambered and grooved too
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Old 21-07-2011, 05:38 PM   #18
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Default Re: Legal Top speed Runs...

In casino, just outside lismore there's a strip they do 1km drags once a year. The natives there (kangaroos and birds) cause a problem though. My uncle lives around the corner and was telling me about how I should come up for it and embarrass some of the locals.

Not sure if its legal or who runs it, but it sounded like fun. Also not sure what safety measures are required
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Old 21-07-2011, 05:42 PM   #19
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In casino, just outside lismore there's a strip they do 1km drags once a year. The natives there (kangaroos and birds) cause a problem though. My uncle lives around the corner and was telling me about how I should come up for it and embarrass some of the locals.

Not sure if its legal or who runs it, but it sounded like fun. Also not sure what safety measures are required

Love to be apart of that providing its Legal!

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Old 21-07-2011, 06:06 PM   #20
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it is UK rofl i watch this strip in a vid a while back.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpk0jcjC2SI
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Old 26-07-2011, 02:12 PM   #21
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Temora in NSW has events, there is one coming up on the 22nd of October...
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Old 21-07-2011, 04:03 PM   #22
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Back on topic looks like a nice place to do a top speed run.
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Old 21-07-2011, 04:41 PM   #23
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Amended to 2nd grade English.......

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