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Post By BevanWright
02-21-2015, 11:56 PM
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Leadfoot 2015
Hi all,
Earlier this month I did an event called 'The Leadfoot Festival'. This is my second time, the last a couple of years ago (see http://www.theminiforum.co.uk/forums...festival-2013/ for last times event and the Leadfoot website http://www.leadfootfestival.com/leadfoot-festival/).
The Leadfoot Festival is held in the beautiful area called the Coromandel in New Zealand - in Rod Millen's back garden.
Rod Millen is famous for his rally driving and in particular records at Pikes Peak.
The event is designed to be an unusual mixture of famous drivers, unusual or unique race cars, and the public have lots of access to look at it all.
Below are some photos of the event I have come across:
This one is of Rod Millen's Pikes Peak car, the ultimate winner of the event:
This year included some drifter entrants, including 'Mad Mike'
Most of the quickest outright vehicles are 4WD modern vehicles, the local NZ rally champion Richard Mason below was third overall
The Cobra was a popular entrant, had lots of people come an look, and the old beast did well up the hill
Last edited by BevanWright; 02-22-2015 at 12:17 AM..
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02-22-2015, 12:04 AM
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02-22-2015, 12:11 AM
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02-22-2015, 12:55 AM
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Those are great pictures and that looks like it would be a fun event to run in. That go cart was impressive. Thanks for posting them
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02-22-2015, 01:00 AM
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Thanks. The event is awesome, I felt very privileged to be invited to run.
The course is very demanding, tight and twisty, lots of humps and jumps, cambered corners and steep inclines, all in a mile up a road designed by Rod from his favorite corners from events he has been in.
The fun comes from the relaxed atmosphere, lots of cool things to look and nice people to talk to.
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02-22-2015, 01:18 AM
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Beautiful car. Fabulous photos. Great looking event. You got the trifecta!
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02-22-2015, 06:15 AM
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That would be a blast. You have a great looking car and those are some awesome action shots of it. Amazing how fast those carts can be...
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02-22-2015, 06:34 AM
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Thanks for sharing!
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02-22-2015, 08:37 AM
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Great pictures, thanks for posting.
I just spent 6 weeks in the Coromandel area, I was bummed we could not stay and catch this event. (fishing was great)
In my younger days we used to ride our motor bikes through Thames up to Coromandel, over to Whitianga down to Whangamata, Paeroa, such a great ride and always some thing to keep your adrenalin pumping.
Where there any of the old thunder saloon cars running?
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02-22-2015, 09:56 AM
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Leadfoot 2015
Bevan,
Good stuff, your car looks brilliant. A friend of mine raced a Harley XR1200 Turbo, you may have noticed it..
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02-22-2015, 10:16 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cobrakiwi
Great pictures, thanks for posting.
I just spent 6 weeks in the Coromandel area, I was bummed we could not stay and catch this event. (fishing was great)
In my younger days we used to ride our motor bikes through Thames up to Coromandel, over to Whitianga down to Whangamata, Paeroa, such a great ride and always some thing to keep your adrenalin pumping.
Where there any of the old thunder saloon cars running?
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The Coromandel area is beautiful, well worth a holiday for anyone.
The only old thunder saloon was the replica of the Custaxie, but some cool other muscle cars and so forth. |
02-22-2015, 10:19 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ant
Bevan,
Good stuff, your car looks brilliant. A friend of mine raced a Harley XR1200 Turbo, you may have noticed it..
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Thanks Ant, the old girl is still going strong!
I did see the Harley, he was pretty quick. Not so many bikes this time around, missed seeing them, but meant we had more runs. |
02-22-2015, 11:03 AM
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Bevan, Any in car video you could share and the specs for your car?
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02-22-2015, 12:18 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by frdfver
Bevan, Any in car video you could share and the specs for your car?
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I have some in car video - need to upload to net, and will add the link.
Specs - built in 1989, Graham Berry Race Cars / Almac (New Zealand)
Body - Kevlar, with removable panels (front and rear of car)
Chassis - Square, ladder design, with solid mounted engine, box, front double a arm, rear - Ford 9 inch, Jag style rear suspension
Engine - Chevrolet 454 LS7, Hillborn Injected, Dry Sump
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03-12-2015, 02:31 AM
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A link to a video for one of the runs [ame]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mlwgQwhjLOw[/ame]
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03-12-2015, 02:58 AM
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Leadfoot 2015
Bevan,
Nice one, that is impressive the sheer speed and getting the induction and engine noise - sounds great..
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03-13-2015, 03:02 AM
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Thanks Ant. Getting any closer with yours now?
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