Pics: Speed Run 2005 [Saturday] - Team-BHP

Gordon · 19th February 2005, 18:34

The Speed Run 2005 was awesome with soooooooo many participants. Team-BHP was there to capture and ENJOY the event.

The event started as usual with the Indian bikes first, followed with the Indian Bikes Open and then with the Big Bikes. All the Indian modded bikes were well modified, but the thing that got on our nerves was that they were practicing in the pit area. The noise was toooo loud and irritating, not to mention that it was very unsafe to practice in that narrow lane with a lot of people out there. Most of us weren't bothered about the Indian bike race, so we were wasting our time in the pit area and clicking pics of the Indian and International cars.

We were busy clicking a Mercedes 300SL, when suddenly the Ferrari 360 Spider enters the pit area behind a BMW 760 iL, and we were like screaming on top of our lungs "FERRARI!!!!!!". The car came towards us and stopped, and EVERYONE were clicking pics. It was like a photo session, like some photographers clicking Michael Schumachers car pics after crossing the line.

This done, we took some more pics of the other cars out there like the modded white Baleno, the Jaguar V12, the Mercedes SL55 AMG, and [plz don't hate me] the two yellow San Storm's. We then moved towards the VIP section, the International cars were being transferred just outside the VIP section, so we again wasted a lot of time oogling at the Ferrari and taking more and more pics, this place was soooo crowded that the security guards had a tough time convincing people to move out but in vain were getting angry stares.

Me, F50 and Stratos went going towards the bike section where we met Dom, Jesal and Manson. We spoke for sometime, and I went alone to the bike section to take some pics. This done, the BMW 6 Series arrived and we started taking pics of it.

Anyways, after taking pics, it was time for the Big Bikes to race. They were performed sooo much burnouts and it was a beautiful sight. The 2005 Busa, Dom's modded Busa, and other Busa's, R1's, R6's, CBR's, Ninja all did some cool burn-out's. And what we noticed was that most of the races were won by Busa's. The R1 was killed by the Busa. One of the bikes that stole our hearts was the yellow Honda Valkyrie. It was unbelievable!!! We could never imagine that bike had such good acceleration!! It was super, the V6 making such raw power and the noise was to die for!!! The second race of the Valkyrie was against the Busa. This is where we realized that a Suzuki Hayabusa is no joke, there is no other bike that can be compared to it. The race started, the Busa did a mistake, the Valkyrie took a huge lead, but just half-way thru the strip, the Busa caught up with it and beat it!!! It was very shocking!!

We entered the VIP section and were sitting out there. We even got free Red Bull

We were all the time here till the event was complete.

The Indian Car Categories started and there were a lot of Zens and City's. The main City's were a dark-green [Poonavala], an orange and a blue City. There was one Mercedes E Class taking part too, but it had a very embarassing defeat to a City [correct me if I'm wrong]. There were two AWESOME Skoda RS, yellow and black. The yellow RS did some awesome burn-outs. Also present were two odd Formula Cars, one blue and the other red. The blue one was a piece of crap, lost against the yellow RS and a Baleno!! The red one was very quick. The only car that was very odd was the Ambassador. But it was good, it didn't win against anyone but it was fast!!! There were two Honda Accord's too, and the worst part was that they were actually ripping them, but you wouldn't hear anything. They were completely silent, no noise AT ALL!!!

Well this is my review of the whole event.

A list of members who were present at the event:

Gordon
V12
Dippy
Domnic
Ported Head
F50
Rjkukarni
GTO
Stratos
WildThing
ComfortablyWhacky
Nitroxx
Manson
Salil
Rpm
Rtech

I'm sorry coz I've missed a few, thats just because I don't know some of you guys.
A list of the International cars that appeared today:

BMW M3
Ford Mustang
Ferrari 360 Spider
BMW 760 iL V12
BMW 5 Series
Honda S2000
White Subaru Impreza WRX
Lotus Elise
Jaguar TWR V12
Mazda RX-7
Black Mercedes 300SL
Red Mercedes 300SL
Yellow Mercedes SLK
Mazda MX-5
Chevrolet Corvette
Ford Cosworth
Honda Civic Type R
White Toyota Celica
Mercedes SL 55 AMG
BMW 6 Series
Audi TT
BMW X5 AC Schnitzer

Too bad these cars did not run today since there was absolutely no time for them to race.
The Big Bikes were:

Since I wasn't around the bikes, I didn't know which ones were at the event and how many were there. So if any of you can post the exact number of bikes, it'll be better.

A lot of Suzuki Hayabusa's!!!
A few Ninja's
Yellow Honda Valkyrie
Honda CBR's
Suzuki GSXR
According to me,

Best Car present: Ferrari 360 Spider
Best Bike present: Black Hayabusa [Dom's bike] and the yellow Valkyrie

Will post the Speed Run photos by today night.

zen · 19th February 2005, 19:23

Wow! That was a fast update!

Hope all these cars and bikes are going to be around tomm as well!

Gordon · 19th February 2005, 19:35

here we are, the first set of pics of the Mumbai Speed Run 2005!

Ferrari 360 Spider

Jaguar V12

Mercedes 300 SL

Mercedes SL 55 AMG

Gordon · 19th February 2005, 19:56

Lotus Elise

Ford Mustang [Neville]

Mercedes SLK

BMW M3

Mercedes 300 SL

Gordon · 19th February 2005, 20:06

Toyota Celica

Audi TT

Honda Civic Type R

BMW 6 Series

Gordon · 19th February 2005, 20:10

Ford Cosworth

BMW (330ci??? not sure, dont remember)

BMW X5 AC Schnitzer

Gordon · 19th February 2005, 20:18

Porsche Boxter

Honda S2000

BMW 5 Series [Bangled]

Shan2nu · 19th February 2005, 20:20

Awesome man. Nice cars this time and the Ferrari factor must have just made your day.

Can't wait for tom........

BTW, what did the Civic R do? Any times? DOM!!!!

Shan2nu

Maverick5490 · 19th February 2005, 20:20

Great pics man.. very quick job.. keep up th good work!!

Mad Monkey · 19th February 2005, 20:22

we should setup a meeting place for tommorow ....

v12 · 19th February 2005, 20:46

Quote:

It was super, the V6 making such raw power and the noise was to die for!!!

Correction : Its a flat 6. Hence the name Valkyrie F6C (Flat 6 cylinders).

Shan2nu · 19th February 2005, 20:58

Quote:

Correction : Its a flat 6. Hence the name Valkyrie F6C (Flat 6 cylinders).

Flat 6 on a bike??? Good lord, how'd they fit it in? No wonder that bike looks bulky.

Shan2nu

GTO · 19th February 2005, 20:58

Fantastic topic photo Gordon. Since you have already touched upon the days summary, I'll just pick some highlights.

The kings of the day were undoubtedly KS Motorsports and Honda Citys (Old Gen). While KS' cars performed superbly and won a huge majority of the races that they took part in, the Honda Citys did not lose ONE SINGLE RACE. In each and every race with the Citys - whether a 1.3, 1.5 or the beloved Vtec - the competition was demolished. Well done, you two.

No Supercars!! Everyone was terribly disappointed but the crowd control was disastrous and extremely poor. From 3 p.m. onward, there were people (including kids) sitting on the race track and watching. IMHO, a disaster was just waiting to happen. The number grew consistently to a point where the organisers had to cancel the foreign categories. This was most disappointing as the Subaru Impreza WRX STi had just lined up for the race.

This is our resident tech-head - Dom! And his fantastic Honda Civic. You really have to marvel at the confidence he has in his car. I asked him who he thinks he will be pitted against. His answer "Who the heck cares?"

What better way to start the day than with a Ferrari. Was cruising toward the Speedrun in my Jeep when I saw the Modena at the stoplight. Needless to say, this was THE supercar of the day. We truly missed hearing it on full throttle today.

A concept that I saw for the first time. Removing all the doors and replacing them with plastic (to save on weight).

Look who showed up for self-humiliation

The second picture has the San Storm lined up and ready against an Esteem. Well, no competition. The Esteem was ahead by a couple of car lengths within a 1/4 of a 1/4 mile! As Salil Kulkarni said, the only way a San Storm can win is by racing against another San Storm.

The 200 BHP Palio. It is owned by Fiat and was especially modified for this drag. The sound alone was worth all the effort that Fiat may have put in this car. Driven by an Italian, it sure as hell held its own against the Baleno it raced against.

GTO · 19th February 2005, 20:59

The Subaru Impreza WRX Sti...even when parked next to the M3....I spent more time on this bomber. A Team-BHP favorite? You bet.

A very interested race - which was termed as "HM vs GM" by some. No prizes for guessing who won, but the Ambassador did have a fantastic launch.

Hey Revvmaster, do you remember powersliding in this car last summer?

Poonawala was back in his drool-worthy Turbocharged Honda City. For those who arent aware, he installed this turbo himself after shopping around on the ebay, and Autocarindia have timed his 0 - 100 in under 8 seconds. Against the Honda Accord V6, it seemed like a tough task. Until of course, the lights went green. You cannot see the Honda in the third picture cos hes so far ahead.

v12 · 19th February 2005, 21:21

Accord with cool wheels.

The AC Schnitzer X5.

The MAFIA 140S with an AMG badge and Brabus wheels.

19th February 2005, 18:34	#1 (permalink)
Gordon Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 2,011 View My Garage	Pics: Speed Run 2005 [Saturday] The Speed Run 2005 was awesome with soooooooo many participants. Team-BHP was there to capture and ENJOY the event. The event started as usual with the Indian bikes first, followed with the Indian Bikes Open and then with the Big Bikes. All the Indian modded bikes were well modified, but the thing that got on our nerves was that they were practicing in the pit area. The noise was toooo loud and irritating, not to mention that it was very unsafe to practice in that narrow lane with a lot of people out there. Most of us weren't bothered about the Indian bike race, so we were wasting our time in the pit area and clicking pics of the Indian and International cars. We were busy clicking a Mercedes 300SL, when suddenly the Ferrari 360 Spider enters the pit area behind a BMW 760 iL, and we were like screaming on top of our lungs "FERRARI!!!!!!". The car came towards us and stopped, and EVERYONE were clicking pics. It was like a photo session, like some photographers clicking Michael Schumachers car pics after crossing the line. This done, we took some more pics of the other cars out there like the modded white Baleno, the Jaguar V12, the Mercedes SL55 AMG, and [plz don't hate me] the two yellow San Storm's. We then moved towards the VIP section, the International cars were being transferred just outside the VIP section, so we again wasted a lot of time oogling at the Ferrari and taking more and more pics, this place was soooo crowded that the security guards had a tough time convincing people to move out but in vain were getting angry stares. Me, F50 and Stratos went going towards the bike section where we met Dom, Jesal and Manson. We spoke for sometime, and I went alone to the bike section to take some pics. This done, the BMW 6 Series arrived and we started taking pics of it. Anyways, after taking pics, it was time for the Big Bikes to race. They were performed sooo much burnouts and it was a beautiful sight. The 2005 Busa, Dom's modded Busa, and other Busa's, R1's, R6's, CBR's, Ninja all did some cool burn-out's. And what we noticed was that most of the races were won by Busa's. The R1 was killed by the Busa. One of the bikes that stole our hearts was the yellow Honda Valkyrie. It was unbelievable!!! We could never imagine that bike had such good acceleration!! It was super, the V6 making such raw power and the noise was to die for!!! The second race of the Valkyrie was against the Busa. This is where we realized that a Suzuki Hayabusa is no joke, there is no other bike that can be compared to it. The race started, the Busa did a mistake, the Valkyrie took a huge lead, but just half-way thru the strip, the Busa caught up with it and beat it!!! It was very shocking!! We entered the VIP section and were sitting out there. We even got free Red Bull We were all the time here till the event was complete. The Indian Car Categories started and there were a lot of Zens and City's. The main City's were a dark-green [Poonavala], an orange and a blue City. There was one Mercedes E Class taking part too, but it had a very embarassing defeat to a City [correct me if I'm wrong]. There were two AWESOME Skoda RS, yellow and black. The yellow RS did some awesome burn-outs. Also present were two odd Formula Cars, one blue and the other red. The blue one was a piece of crap, lost against the yellow RS and a Baleno!! The red one was very quick. The only car that was very odd was the Ambassador. But it was good, it didn't win against anyone but it was fast!!! There were two Honda Accord's too, and the worst part was that they were actually ripping them, but you wouldn't hear anything. They were completely silent, no noise AT ALL!!! Well this is my review of the whole event. A list of members who were present at the event: Gordon V12 Dippy Domnic Ported Head F50 Rjkukarni GTO Stratos WildThing ComfortablyWhacky Nitroxx Manson Salil Rpm Rtech I'm sorry coz I've missed a few, thats just because I don't know some of you guys. A list of the International cars that appeared today: BMW M3 Ford Mustang Ferrari 360 Spider BMW 760 iL V12 BMW 5 Series Honda S2000 White Subaru Impreza WRX Lotus Elise Jaguar TWR V12 Mazda RX-7 Black Mercedes 300SL Red Mercedes 300SL Yellow Mercedes SLK Mazda MX-5 Chevrolet Corvette Ford Cosworth Honda Civic Type R White Toyota Celica Mercedes SL 55 AMG BMW 6 Series Audi TT BMW X5 AC Schnitzer Too bad these cars did not run today since there was absolutely no time for them to race. The Big Bikes were: Since I wasn't around the bikes, I didn't know which ones were at the event and how many were there. So if any of you can post the exact number of bikes, it'll be better. A lot of Suzuki Hayabusa's!!! A few Ninja's Yellow Honda Valkyrie Honda CBR's Suzuki GSXR According to me, Best Car present: Ferrari 360 Spider Best Bike present: Black Hayabusa [Dom's bike] and the yellow Valkyrie Will post the Speed Run photos by today night. __________________ Team-BHP.com > Motorbikes > Yamaha Cafe Racer

19th February 2005, 19:35	#3 (permalink)
Gordon Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 2,011 View My Garage	Pics here!! here we are, the first set of pics of the Mumbai Speed Run 2005! Ferrari 360 Spider Jaguar V12 Mercedes 300 SL Mercedes SL 55 AMG __________________ Team-BHP.com > Motorbikes > Yamaha Cafe Racer

19th February 2005, 19:56	#4 (permalink)
Gordon Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 2,011 View My Garage	More Pics Lotus Elise Ford Mustang [Neville] Mercedes SLK BMW M3 Mercedes 300 SL __________________ Team-BHP.com > Motorbikes > Yamaha Cafe Racer

19th February 2005, 20:06	#5 (permalink)
Gordon Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 2,011 View My Garage	Toyota Celica Audi TT Honda Civic Type R BMW 6 Series __________________ Team-BHP.com > Motorbikes > Yamaha Cafe Racer

19th February 2005, 20:10	#6 (permalink)
Gordon Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 2,011 View My Garage	Ford Cosworth BMW (330ci??? not sure, dont remember) BMW X5 AC Schnitzer __________________ Team-BHP.com > Motorbikes > Yamaha Cafe Racer Last edited by Gordon : 19th February 2005 at 20:12.

19th February 2005, 19:23	#2 (permalink)
zen BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 52	Wow! That was a fast update! Hope all these cars and bikes are going to be around tomm as well!

19th February 2005, 20:18	#7 (permalink)
Gordon Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 2,011 View My Garage	Porsche Boxter Honda S2000 BMW 5 Series [Bangled] __________________ Team-BHP.com > Motorbikes > Yamaha Cafe Racer

19th February 2005, 20:20	#8 (permalink)
Shan2nu Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Hubli/Blore - Karnataka - India Posts: 4,067 View My Garage	Awesome man. Nice cars this time and the Ferrari factor must have just made your day. Can't wait for tom........ BTW, what did the Civic R do? Any times? DOM!!!! Shan2nu __________________ VTEC flyby - youtube.com/watch?v=1AhWJlVRPqE

19th February 2005, 20:20	#9 (permalink)
Maverick5490 BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Thane Posts: 630 View My Garage	Great pics man.. very quick job.. keep up th good work!!

19th February 2005, 20:22	#10 (permalink)
Mad Monkey BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: mumbai Posts: 206	we should setup a meeting place for tommorow ....

19th February 2005, 20:58	#13 (permalink)
GTO Super-Admin Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 12,202 View My Garage	Fantastic topic photo Gordon. Since you have already touched upon the days summary, I'll just pick some highlights. The kings of the day were undoubtedly KS Motorsports and Honda Citys (Old Gen). While KS' cars performed superbly and won a huge majority of the races that they took part in, the Honda Citys did not lose ONE SINGLE RACE. In each and every race with the Citys - whether a 1.3, 1.5 or the beloved Vtec - the competition was demolished. Well done, you two. No Supercars!! Everyone was terribly disappointed but the crowd control was disastrous and extremely poor. From 3 p.m. onward, there were people (including kids) sitting on the race track and watching. IMHO, a disaster was just waiting to happen. The number grew consistently to a point where the organisers had to cancel the foreign categories. This was most disappointing as the Subaru Impreza WRX STi had just lined up for the race. This is our resident tech-head - Dom! And his fantastic Honda Civic. You really have to marvel at the confidence he has in his car. I asked him who he thinks he will be pitted against. His answer "Who the heck cares?" What better way to start the day than with a Ferrari. Was cruising toward the Speedrun in my Jeep when I saw the Modena at the stoplight. Needless to say, this was THE supercar of the day. We truly missed hearing it on full throttle today. A concept that I saw for the first time. Removing all the doors and replacing them with plastic (to save on weight). Look who showed up for self-humiliation The second picture has the San Storm lined up and ready against an Esteem. Well, no competition. The Esteem was ahead by a couple of car lengths within a 1/4 of a 1/4 mile! As Salil Kulkarni said, the only way a San Storm can win is by racing against another San Storm. The 200 BHP Palio. It is owned by Fiat and was especially modified for this drag. The sound alone was worth all the effort that Fiat may have put in this car. Driven by an Italian, it sure as hell held its own against the Baleno it raced against. __________________ GTO Change the way you think, and watch the world change around you. Please don't PM for support. Use the Contact Form instead. Please read the NEW Team-BHP FAQ section for all your queries.

19th February 2005, 20:59	#14 (permalink)
GTO Super-Admin Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 12,202 View My Garage	The Subaru Impreza WRX Sti...even when parked next to the M3....I spent more time on this bomber. A Team-BHP favorite? You bet. A very interested race - which was termed as "HM vs GM" by some. No prizes for guessing who won, but the Ambassador did have a fantastic launch. Hey Revvmaster, do you remember powersliding in this car last summer? Poonawala was back in his drool-worthy Turbocharged Honda City. For those who arent aware, he installed this turbo himself after shopping around on the ebay, and Autocarindia have timed his 0 - 100 in under 8 seconds. Against the Honda Accord V6, it seemed like a tough task. Until of course, the lights went green. You cannot see the Honda in the third picture cos hes so far ahead. __________________ GTO Change the way you think, and watch the world change around you. Please don't PM for support. Use the Contact Form instead. Please read the NEW Team-BHP FAQ section for all your queries.

19th February 2005, 21:21	#15 (permalink)
v12 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 2,810 View My Garage	Accord with cool wheels. The AC Schnitzer X5. The MAFIA 140S with an AMG badge and Brabus wheels. __________________ Enfield Cafe Racer completed. Yamaha Cafe Racer started.

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