anyone had time to put up any pictures from today from queensland raceway???plenty of vl boys in attendence i hear!!! ---------- Post added 09-09-12 at 08:11 ---------- anyone know who won the 50k burnout comp?

Fear the silver monaro won burnouts

what 50k burnout? was that the prize money?

Yeah 1st place took 50k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYRg4pwP17Q

yeh not a bad pay day in anyones world.congrats to the winner

Vid of 30DET's flywheel taking an exit through the car. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBBwZ1BX31Q

^ broken Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

PerfomanceGarage.com.au put the vid up. Got a screenshot here of the vid... Seems some people lobbied for the video to be pulled down. details are sketch - seems the driver may have ended up with some inuries to the leg - but unsure. Another driver pulled over and used thier extinguisher. This is a good reminder that even with built components, it's still probably a good idea to go the extra mile an install a ballistic blanket / scatter shield when pushing 900+rwhp. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

what happened to him insanevl did he cop any injuries or that or was he ok ?

wow!!!!thats no good at all!hope his ok,glad im running a sheild!

Quote: Originally Posted by InsaneVL [View Post] Vid of 30DET's flywheel taking an exit through the car. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBBwZ1BX31Q Anyone else have a vid? That ones been taken down

speaking of scatter shields, who is running one and what gbox have you got? im changing my clutch in a few weeks and after seeing that i may aswell add a shield while im there for piece of mind... is the car in that pic manual?

I was not there at the time - only saw the video, so can only speculate. The car was manual - had a R33 5 speed with a full jim berry clutch/flywheel setup. Unsure if any injuries, I think I read somewhere that he was injured, but would unable to say if minor or serious. Vid was taken down by request... but I think the photo says it all really.

i have had a jim berry clutch and it has been fine, but i have heard of this before happening to lightened flywheels with his clutches.

many people have lost limbs or lives due to big revs and cast iron flywheels over the yrs....not cool.. cheers darren

scatter sheild is now on the to buy list

I have burns to most the front of my shins, yes I was very lucky. I requested video to be taken down as don't need the **** talkin, car did not have ballistic blanket, from what I can gather clutch must of started slipping. Car makes over 950rwhp so I think its time for auto. I have built this car myself so I know it wasn't rookie error, box was R34 5 speed with OS Giken 1-5 close ratio gear set with full Monty clutch which had been spot on for last 18 months. Full credit to Jim for building a clutch that copped a hiding for so long. U can't account for mechanical failure and unfortunately that's whats happened

Well there's the facts. Good to hear you are alright bro.. Sounds like it could have been alot worse.. Either way looks scary enough from the still shot... Best lookin VL out there all weekend, hope you get it back up and running soon.. Peace !

Good to see you are ok mate, I'm sure more people will be aware of what can happen now if the correct safety gear is not used... Do you know what made it go? Was is a lightened flywheel of standard?