27-03-15, 01:02 AM
(27-03-15, 12:53 AM)lew600fazer link Wrote: Done it nearly 40 years ago, sand racing , on the Wirral coast, just off Leasowe. I was a fill in on the chair. Never been so shit scared in my life , loved every minute of it. Could hardly walk for a week , arms nearly riped off , knees battered and my arse was killing me . We did 4 races only finshed one as we kept over heating the rig. She was a home built job and went life a rocket. I think it was engined by a 3 Cylinder Wartburg two stroke engine thing sounded great.
Yes, You do have to be pretty physically fit to this.
That sand racing sounds like a hoot.
Some say that he eats habanero chilli peppers dipped in oil of capsaicin for extra bite and that his pyjamas are made from Nomex. All we know is, he's called Ad the Bad