Hot VWs Drag Day March 2023 at Irwindale Dragstrip, California
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- The 2023 VW Drag Race Season Kicked off!
We had a blast at Hot VWs Drag Day held at Irwindale Dragstrip.
Enjoy the sound of music!
The original HotVWs Drag Days, held at Orange County International Raceway, was launched in the 1980s. The same track additionally welcomed the legendary Bug-In since its debut in 1968. After losing OCIR in October 1983, these two events have remained in the participants’ memories forever.
A drag race, a car show, and a huge swap meet during the same event was a perfect combo, which the VW scene in Southern California had been missing since OCIR’s closure. When Rich Kimball of Periscope Enterprises found out that Irwindale Speedway was going to open in 2002, he moved quickly to restart the hotVWs Drag Day, thus bringing back OCIR’s “good memories” for many. Rich, the promoter of Bug-In and Drag Day to this day with his son Andy, felt the venue was ideal as it offered a 1/8-mile dragstrip.
The top category of the series is the Outlaw Turbo class (Pro tree race with no weight and displacement restrictions). The ETs in this class range from 5.50 to 6.60 in the 1/8 mile, while competitors typically run 6.50 to 7.00 in Super Stock. The rules of the latter go something like this: Pro-tree, air-cooled-only; any full-bodied, rear-engine VWs; maximum engine displacement of 2444cc, no power adders and no vacuum pumps. Pro Eliminator is the class with the most entries in the series. It’s a Bracket class for vehicles running 8.49 and quicker on a 4 tenths “Pro Tree”. In the Real Street class, cars must be street legal and driven all together before each race. They enter 1/8th-mile heads-up races using the Pro light. Engine displacement is limited to 2332cc, while dual-port head intake studs need to remain in the stock location. Other musts include carburetors only (up to 48mm and throttle plates with 44 mm venturi or smaller), and competitors need to run up to 91-octane gas. Finally, the Powder Puff class is for the girls drag racing with their VWs.
Cracks me up, every time those two guys on the right take a picture, they bend down to see how it came out. Through the 90s we used film! Real photos done artistically 😊
Thanks for posting i always like to see the time's
great job on racing photos// it was old home week for me // Detroit drag way in 1966 running my red Dodge 1962 with 426 hemi 3500 pound car at 9 sec. //love seeing this today ,thank you I am now 74 years old--//hook-up blow the doors off //eat my dust , //all you see is my tail lights , the day in racing ,
Great video! The only thing that would make it better is if the camera didn't cut out so often before the times were shown, too many times I was like "damn, wish I knew what that time was!" Keep up the great work!
And if it was a true 1/4 Mile drags, not 1/8...
I wish we had something like this up in the NW where we could go racing every weekend.
That was great
14:05 Oh my good lord, what a sick street VeeDub!! 💪🏻💪🏻
The OG 4 cylinder!
Back in the mid 80s 10s was kickin ass. In Hawaii anyway.
8:00 13:03 21:19 23:22 24:20 yooo my boy lizard motor sports thats whatsup Richard 🔥❤️
I would be in the 1200 cc class
lots of sleeping at the light //lol
I was gonna say that.
Mike Jones 7 minutes and 30 seconds
Sorry guys, I'm thankful for the videos, but I could care less about burnouts and more about exactly what time and speed every car I'm watching does...everyone who's racing knows ET is a lot about setup of the car/chassis and the MPH at the other end is about HP... I'm yelling at the TV screen when I see a 7.1 and the camera turns around before the MPH is shown...there is a huge difference in the 1/8 mile between a 7.1@ 90mph and a 7.1@96 MPH...
Great video-good racing, I still don’t know why Irwindale survived and OCIR had to die-eighth mile track not as good as quarter mile track, Fact!!
Mufflers ??
As awesome as this is, I’m sorry, but it needs the Love Bug soundtrack over it…
como cambian las cosas ...ver correr un Bolillo(VW)en la pista sin header abierto y stinger...😡