anyone been banger racing ?

Post by **losCHUNK** » Mon May 02, 2005 7:28 pm

been up the track by me for the day and its gotta be said what a shitload of fun

just having a load of pissed poeple aim at eachother in 1 ton of metal is quality... advise it to anyone so long as you dont mind getting dirty

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edit: i dont think there was a car there that left the track in excess of 2 foot in length

Post by **4days** » Mon May 02, 2005 7:39 pm

my godfather used to take me and my sister to the banger racing when we were little. he'd spend a month or so tinkering with an old cortina or something, then mash it into shrapnel in about 20 minutes. loads of fun

is it safe(ish) these days? i don't remember rollcages or anything, come to think of it i'm not even sure that many of them wore crash helmets.

Post by **bitWISE** » Mon May 02, 2005 7:44 pm

so would this be a demolition derby to us uncultured folk?

Post by **4days** » Mon May 02, 2005 7:50 pm

aye.

guess it's still the same these days - would be a few straight up races, then a race where you can smack into each other, then a last man standing free for all sort of thing.

Post by **losCHUNK** » Mon May 02, 2005 10:07 pm

lol, i went with my mate because hes been doing it for years, rallied the car round once and got to be a passenger 3 times

then spent the rest of the time in the pits watching the carnage, also the people who done it were safe as fuck, lending parts of there mashed up cars to fix his one

and yer, the races were like

1st round - 1st ride out, kinda seperates the weak from the strong

2nd round - < 2000

3rd round - > 2000

4th round - youth

5th round - caravan race (fucking aeesome, the object of the race is to park your car on top of the chassis of the caravan being toed by the lead car)

6th round - just racing for god knows why, general fuck around

then the last race was just a destruction feast

as for safety, i think its a lot safer, the one i went to all had rollcages, all glass removed, helmets etc etc

Post by **PhoeniX** » Tue May 03, 2005 1:02 am

No but i'd love to go

. I take it theirs rules on maximum speed and the cars are removed of glass and stuff?

Post by **losCHUNK** » Tue May 03, 2005 1:43 am

aye, rollcages, no glass, sealed doors, internal petrol tank, helmets n shit

what gets me is, if you get a flat tyre your out of the race and have to pull up

BUT if you loose a wheel(s) your quite welcomed to carry on

Post by **losCHUNK** » Tue May 03, 2005 1:45 am

o yer and no joke, the mini raped EVERYTHING... lol

Post by **Scourge** » Tue May 03, 2005 1:46 am

losCHUNK wrote:aye, rollcages, no glass, sealed doors, internal petrol tank, helmets n shit

what gets me is, if you get a flat tyre your out of the race and have to pull up

BUT if you loose a wheel(s) your quite welcomed to carry on

That's fucked up. You shouldn't be out until you can't move anymore.

Post by **losCHUNK** » Tue May 03, 2005 1:48 am

they might of made that rule up for the morris minor, when its wheel popped it nearly done a front flip... it wasnt even a big bend

morris minor:

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue May 03, 2005 1:48 am

losCHUNK wrote:o yer and no joke, the mini raped EVERYTHING... lol

What year?

Post by **losCHUNK** » Tue May 03, 2005 1:51 am

Kracus wrote:
losCHUNK wrote:o yer and no joke, the mini raped EVERYTHING... lol
What year?

not sure exactly but was an early one, the kid driving was like 16 n all

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue May 03, 2005 1:58 am

Ah K, I thought someone might have been trashing a brand new mini I was like WTF!?