Pics: Speed Run 2005 [Sunday]

Gordon · 20th February 2005, 23:51

The Sunday Speed Run was one of the worst I've ever noticed although the security was increased. The security was very strict this time round and was taking no-nonsense from anyone. Since most of us had passes and/or Press passes, we got through with ease.

Well I was completely tanned and my eyes were RED because of yesterday's drag event, and there weren't any signs of improvement today either.

Anyways, I reached the event by 1100 sharp and have no idea what happened before that.

This time though I didn't wait in the Imported Car section, instead just went inside the Press Section where I found the rest of the Team-BHPians. We spoke for sometime and then ComfortablyWhacky, Dippy, F50 and me went through a gap that allows access to the track front of the VIP section. Here we sat close to the track and were taking pics. Only the Press were allowed here, and we had Press passes, so no problems.

The event went on smoothly, unlike yesterday, the other side of the track was inaccessible and was completely covered with high black cloth.

The Foreign Class started and everyone were on their feet. The main race was the Mercedes SL 55 AMG v/s the Ferrari 360 Spider. The Mercedes SL 55 AMG won the race. But the Ferrari sounded awesome at the high-revs, although not that loud as Spiderman's 360.

Neville Poonawala and the Maharaja of Gondal were doing such awesome burn-outs with their Mustang and Corvette. The Corvette was actually sliding.

The bikes too did some cool burn-outs, I could capture some of them, but ComfortablyWhacky got some videos with him.

The only sad event that took place was that a Busa crashed. The guy was Karan. The bike is a complete write-off, but thank God, Karan is now stable but has a thigh bone broken. We pray for his quick recovery.

More details/pics/videos will be posted by me and other members too.
Members/Moderators please post videos/pics/details/highlights ASAP.

gamerno1 · 21st February 2005, 02:51

hey Gordon, i juz joined the forum 2day & am so sad that i wasnt a part of dis family all these days :( well im really happy to hear dat some of my real favorite cars belonged to our own members

well i took some real nice pics wid my cell (day 1 only...as 2day the management was worst i feel & only got some low-res vids) & would like to post them sooner or later.
P.S. - My Favorite Car was the Blue Civic (the sound juz turned my head off)
another wicked car was the zen which was all plastic except for the driver's door. rumors were dat he was one of the favorite to win the indian open category. luckily he turned out to be my friend's friend (my frnd took part in the red celica 2.0 & the bluish green esteem right behind it) & i actually drove dat zen (juz parked it from one place to anotha

) & was atleast 10 times more powerful than my stock zen..lol! well hope to learn a lot from all u guys as am a total noob & hopefully compete next year wid the same zen

however, me have done a car audio exam & have a legal certificate

so if any og u guys got any car audio questions, am always thr to help

(will throw up my own instal linx l8r
peace~

Jaggu · 21st February 2005, 09:35

somebody post the results also... please

Gordon · 21st February 2005, 10:27

Some Member's Cars/Bikes

Adilkhan's Ford Escort RS Cosworth - No words to describe!
Sideways' "friend's" Mitsubishi Lancer EVO VI - No words here either!!

Adilkhan's wife's Mazda Miata

Dom's Modded Hayabusa - Check out the size of its rear tyre!!

Dom's Honda Civic Type R - Awesome noise, awesome power, awesome car!

Mercedes SL 55 AMG - Killed the Spider!

vinsanity · 21st February 2005, 11:05

Neat pics fella!!
dont you have Iceman's car pics?!!
Have Dippy and the others posted the pics too??!! I dont see them...

Sad to hear bout the busa accident.... sure his heart broke and hurt him more than the broken thigh to see the busa down!!

Did any celebs turn out with their machines?? any zxr??

jesal · 21st February 2005, 11:29

where are the crashed busa pics gordon ? what color was it i dint come for the sunday drag.

heavy_foot · 21st February 2005, 12:00

there were quite some zx12r's i think 3 ,4 also saw 2 zx9r's and also john abraham made a apperance in his black zx12r.the busa accident was very sad ...first heard the announcement that the crashed busa guy was disqualified for jumping the line and then next announcement was of the crash , acctually saw the debris flying from far i think parts of the fairing...i heard that for the sbks the racing insurance is 50% for the fairing and 100 for metal parts?? is tat true?

vinsanity · 21st February 2005, 12:48

John abraham-zx12r.. Guess its brand new!!!!!
So he has a Blackn red busa and a zx12r!!!!! Kewl.....

Gordon · 21st February 2005, 13:01

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where are the crashed busa pics gordon ? what color was it i dint come for the sunday drag.

I don't have pics of the crashed Hayabusa since it happened at the other end of the drag strip. I think it was the 1300 regn Hayabysa. If it is that, then I have a pic of it doing a burn-out.

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dont you have Iceman's car pics?!!

I don't have much pics of the Indian Cars/Bikes except for a few. I have no idea which specific car/bike rtech/Iceman/bhp/Dom or any other member had in the Indian Category.

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Sad to hear bout the busa accident.... sure his heart broke and hurt him more than the broken thigh to see the busa down!!

I don't think he'll even be thinking about his bike, but he'll surely be very happy to have survived that crash.

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john abraham made a apperance in his black zx12r

when John left for home, there was such a huge crowd running behind him and he was waving out to them [like a Speed Run winner would]

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somebody post the results also... please

the only timing I know of is

Mitsubishi Lancer EVO VI - 12.4 seconds [Fastest]

turbo_lover · 21st February 2005, 14:12

videosss plzzzzzzzzzz...
gr8 pics ..can we have the pics of rides owned by fellow team bhpians ???

cheers

iceman91 · 21st February 2005, 15:40

sorry guys the baleno was not there...but we came back wit good results.
civic came second
and in the 800-1100cc we bagged the 1st and 2nd places

praveen_sathaye · 21st February 2005, 15:55

U bet it was da worst speed run in past 3 years..i managed to shoot some video from the other end of the track. The tin sheds didnt allow us to even take a peek of the cars and bikes.

I guess i m going to rely only on the pics posted on the msg board.

I saw a ferrari n porsche practising the nigt before but didnt see them come up for the actual event.. guess they decided to shy away.

Dippy · 21st February 2005, 16:42

A Mid Day goof up

Pic shown of the SL55 and the Ferrari 360 and the caption reads

" Gautam Singhanias Mercedes races against Neville Poonawalas Ferrari"

When will they ever learn?

Dippy

comfortablywacky · 21st February 2005, 17:10

Hey Guys...here's the pic of the unfortunate Busa which crashed!!

Heres the Speedo' s pic

Many more pics to come later in the day

PS: Can somebody pls advise how to convert/transfer movies on my handycam into my PC ????...pls PM me guys

Gordon · 21st February 2005, 17:14

here is a pic of the article in Mid-Day

20th February 2005, 23:51	#1
Gordon Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 2,546 Thanked: 483 Times View My Garage	Pics: Speed Run 2005 [Sunday] The Sunday Speed Run was one of the worst I've ever noticed although the security was increased. The security was very strict this time round and was taking no-nonsense from anyone. Since most of us had passes and/or Press passes, we got through with ease. Well I was completely tanned and my eyes were RED because of yesterday's drag event, and there weren't any signs of improvement today either. Anyways, I reached the event by 1100 sharp and have no idea what happened before that. This time though I didn't wait in the Imported Car section, instead just went inside the Press Section where I found the rest of the Team-BHPians. We spoke for sometime and then ComfortablyWhacky, Dippy, F50 and me went through a gap that allows access to the track front of the VIP section. Here we sat close to the track and were taking pics. Only the Press were allowed here, and we had Press passes, so no problems. The event went on smoothly, unlike yesterday, the other side of the track was inaccessible and was completely covered with high black cloth. The Foreign Class started and everyone were on their feet. The main race was the Mercedes SL 55 AMG v/s the Ferrari 360 Spider. The Mercedes SL 55 AMG won the race. But the Ferrari sounded awesome at the high-revs, although not that loud as Spiderman's 360. Neville Poonawala and the Maharaja of Gondal were doing such awesome burn-outs with their Mustang and Corvette. The Corvette was actually sliding. The bikes too did some cool burn-outs, I could capture some of them, but ComfortablyWhacky got some videos with him. The only sad event that took place was that a Busa crashed. The guy was Karan. The bike is a complete write-off, but thank God, Karan is now stable but has a thigh bone broken. We pray for his quick recovery. More details/pics/videos will be posted by me and other members too. Members/Moderators please post videos/pics/details/highlights ASAP. Last edited by Gordon : 20th February 2005 at 23:54.
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21st February 2005, 02:51	#2
gamerno1 BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Andheri (w), Mumbai Posts: 408 Thanked: 0 Times View My Garage	hey Gordon, i juz joined the forum 2day & am so sad that i wasnt a part of dis family all these days :( well im really happy to hear dat some of my real favorite cars belonged to our own members well i took some real nice pics wid my cell (day 1 only...as 2day the management was worst i feel & only got some low-res vids) & would like to post them sooner or later. P.S. - My Favorite Car was the Blue Civic (the sound juz turned my head off) another wicked car was the zen which was all plastic except for the driver's door. rumors were dat he was one of the favorite to win the indian open category. luckily he turned out to be my friend's friend (my frnd took part in the red celica 2.0 & the bluish green esteem right behind it) & i actually drove dat zen (juz parked it from one place to anotha ) & was atleast 10 times more powerful than my stock zen..lol! well hope to learn a lot from all u guys as am a total noob & hopefully compete next year wid the same zen however, me have done a car audio exam & have a legal certificate so if any og u guys got any car audio questions, am always thr to help (will throw up my own instal linx l8r peace~
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21st February 2005, 09:35	#3
Jaggu Team-BHP Support Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 20,215 Thanked: 15,907 Times	somebody post the results also... please
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21st February 2005, 10:27	#4
Gordon Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 2,546 Thanked: 483 Times View My Garage	Some Member's Cars/Bikes Adilkhan's Ford Escort RS Cosworth - No words to describe! Sideways' "friend's" Mitsubishi Lancer EVO VI - No words here either!! Adilkhan's wife's Mazda Miata Dom's Modded Hayabusa - Check out the size of its rear tyre!! Dom's Honda Civic Type R - Awesome noise, awesome power, awesome car! Mercedes SL 55 AMG - Killed the Spider! Last edited by Gordon : 21st February 2005 at 10:41.
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21st February 2005, 11:05	#5
vinsanity BHPian Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Patna Posts: 609 Thanked: 2 Times	Neat pics fella!! dont you have Iceman's car pics?!! Have Dippy and the others posted the pics too??!! I dont see them... Sad to hear bout the busa accident.... sure his heart broke and hurt him more than the broken thigh to see the busa down!! Did any celebs turn out with their machines?? any zxr??
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21st February 2005, 11:29	#6
jesal BANNED Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 2,323 Thanked: 13 Times View My Garage	where are the crashed busa pics gordon ? what color was it i dint come for the sunday drag.
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21st February 2005, 12:00	#7
heavy_foot Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Navi Mumbai Posts: 1,048 Thanked: 163 Times	there were quite some zx12r's i think 3 ,4 also saw 2 zx9r's and also john abraham made a apperance in his black zx12r.the busa accident was very sad ...first heard the announcement that the crashed busa guy was disqualified for jumping the line and then next announcement was of the crash , acctually saw the debris flying from far i think parts of the fairing...i heard that for the sbks the racing insurance is 50% for the fairing and 100 for metal parts?? is tat true?
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21st February 2005, 12:48	#8
vinsanity BHPian Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Patna Posts: 609 Thanked: 2 Times	John abraham-zx12r.. Guess its brand new!!!!! So he has a Blackn red busa and a zx12r!!!!! Kewl.....
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21st February 2005, 14:12	#10
turbo_lover Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Toronto Posts: 1,377 Thanked: 9 Times	videosss plzzzzzzzzzz... gr8 pics ..can we have the pics of rides owned by fellow team bhpians ??? cheers
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21st February 2005, 15:40	#11
iceman91 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: melbourne/banga Posts: 1,961 Thanked: 34 Times View My Garage	sorry guys the baleno was not there...but we came back wit good results. civic came second and in the 800-1100cc we bagged the 1st and 2nd places
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21st February 2005, 15:55	#12
praveen_sathaye BHPian Join Date: May 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 58 Thanked: 41 Times	U bet it was da worst speed run in past 3 years..i managed to shoot some video from the other end of the track. The tin sheds didnt allow us to even take a peek of the cars and bikes. I guess i m going to rely only on the pics posted on the msg board. I saw a ferrari n porsche practising the nigt before but didnt see them come up for the actual event.. guess they decided to shy away.
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21st February 2005, 16:42	#13
Dippy Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 7,561 Thanked: 2,469 Times	A Mid Day goof up Pic shown of the SL55 and the Ferrari 360 and the caption reads " Gautam Singhanias Mercedes races against Neville Poonawalas Ferrari" When will they ever learn? Dippy
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21st February 2005, 17:10	#14
comfortablywacky BHPian Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Melbourne Posts: 540 Thanked: 8 Times	Hey Guys...here's the pic of the unfortunate Busa which crashed!! Heres the Speedo' s pic Many more pics to come later in the day PS: Can somebody pls advise how to convert/transfer movies on my handycam into my PC ????...pls PM me guys
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21st February 2005, 17:14	#15
Gordon Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Mumbai Posts: 2,546 Thanked: 483 Times View My Garage	here is a pic of the article in Mid-Day
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