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General Banter / Nice to see you

« on: May 14, 2006, 04:54:11 pm »

Thanks to the posse from MKB who travelled to the AVO Leicester meet today

Hope the food went down well...............and stayed down (Sorry Titsy)

They really could do with a restroom at Jcn 20 of the M1..........couldn't they Graeme

Expect company at The Fancott later this year

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General Banter / Welcome V8WYS

« on: April 15, 2006, 12:08:30 am »

Hello Paul

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General Banter / AVO Multi Club SW Meet

« on: March 20, 2006, 04:48:15 pm »

This took place yesterday at Wootton Bassett near Swindon.

We were blessed with good weather and an excellent turnout.

One of the guys from MOCGB put together this gallery on their forum:-
http://www.mocgb.net/forums/showthread.php?t=7082

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General Banter / Big Mouse Racing

« on: March 01, 2006, 11:48:51 pm »

As Ray Comer is a 'local boy'.........thought you guys might be interested in this?

We are very pleased to announce that AVO and Big Mouse Racing have entered into a  partnership for the 2006 Drag Racing season.
 
Ray at Big Mouse is allowing AVO to have the rear of his Z28 for promotional purposes; the plan is that the rear of the car will bear our decals and website address. Judging by performance figures to date the rear end of the car will be viewed by many! Then, of course there will be press photo opportunities too
 
Ray ended last season with a personal best of 9.115 seconds @ 149.60 mph.The car wasn't ready for the beginning of last season and only ran in three of the six meets yet Ray finished a very creditable sixth in the Real Steel Street Eliminator UK series.
 
The ability of the car and the driver, together with work carried out during the closed season, points toward the mid-eights being very achievable.........and soon.
 
For further information on everything to do with the car, including its history, the engine, the rebuilding project and much more including video footage, check the Big Mouse Racing website http://www.bigmouseracing.co.uk/default.asp
 
Time to celebrate and wish Ray and the Big Mouse Racing team all the best for 2006.

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General Banter / News from Ferrari F1 team

« on: February 17, 2006, 01:54:00 pm »

The Ferrari F1 team fired their entire pit crew yesterday.

This announcement followed Ferrari's decision to take advantage of the
British government's 'Work for the Dole' scheme by employing some
Liverpudlian youngsters.

The decision to hire them was brought about by a recent documentary on how
unemployed youths from Toxteth were able to remove a set of wheels in less
than 6 seconds without proper equipment, whereas Ferrari's existing crew
could only do it in 8 seconds with millions of pounds worth of high tech
equipment.

It was thought to be an excellent, bold move by the Ferrari management team
as most races are won and lost in the pits, giving Ferrari an advantage over
every other team.

However, Ferrari got more than they bargained for!

At the crew's first practice session, not only was the scouse pit crew able
to change all four wheels in under 6 seconds, but within
12 seconds they had re-sprayed, re-badged and sold the car to the McLaren
team for 8 cases of Stella, a bag of weed and some photos of Coulthard's
bird in the shower.