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  OUTLAWS TAKE ON THE MANOR

Test & Tune weekend 19-20th April Shakespeare county raceway
The weather turned out to be the winner with a biting cold wind and rain non of the outlaws present turned a wheel.I am writing this after leaving the track at noon on Sunday and it did not look promising that any cars would get down the track.
I did speak with Steve Goode and had a look at the new engine in the wobble altered and my what a piece of kit it is. a monster alcohol car set up with twin mags and a giant buzzard catcher, this car is going to be very quick when Steve gets used to driving it.
                    
The other car in attendance was Paul Watts. Paul drove up from the Isle of Wight to sit in the pits for two days and then drive all the way home.
Paul also had the misfortune that  some one vandalized his trailer whilst driving up to shakey, it seems some one purposely smashed both rear lights whilst he was in a service station.
Paul will be back at the end of May

Supercharged Outlaws AGM 1^st March 2008 Ettington Community Centre.
The meeting was well-attended with over 30 people in the hall by the start of the meeting.
Dave McKenzie opened the meeting with a recap on the 2007 season. Dave said he thought the season, although starting off slowly, gained as the season progressed.
The turning point was the Northern Nationals at York Raceway with seven cars in attendance.
Seven cars followed again at the Hot Rod Drags, with all putting on a good show.
The season finished with Lee Gallimore taking the series as the number one man.
All the cars that turned out in 2007 were of an excellent standard and the teams should be proud of themselves.
The outlook for 2008 is very promising and with the resurgence of interest in the Supercharged Outlaws, the season can only be better with rounds being run at all three tracks.
Dave then invited Jerry Cookson to take to the floor and Jerry thanked the outlaws for inviting him along. Jerry talked about the track at Shakespeare County Raceway and the intended improvements to the track including the building of their own jet track dryer, which, hopefully, will be ready mid-season. Jerry also offered the Outlaws space to have a static display at the Springspeed Nationals and the Open Sport Nationals. We hope to take Jerry up on his offer.
The meeting then went into the official stage of voting in a committee. This was done with Dave McKenzie again being voted in as Chairman, Lee Gallimore as Treasurer, Roy Wilding as Tech & Safety Advisor, Chris Pattison as committee member. Also co-opted in as a non-member advisor on safety issues was Norm Wheeldon to assist Roy in an outsider role.
Next up were the finances for last season and the balance sheet was accepted as correct.
The calendar for the Supercharged Outlaws was debated and one date was changed. Jerry kindly offered us the Halloween Showdown as our final meeting instead of the 27th Sept which clashes with the National Finals at Santa Pod.

  The calendar now for 2008 is

April 19/20^th Test & Tune SCR non points

May 31/ June 1^st Yanks Weekend SCR 1^st round

June 28/29^th Truck Show Santa Pod 2^nd round

Aug 2/3^rd Northern Nationals York Raceway 3^rd round

Aug 8/9^th Bulldog bash SCR 4^th round

Oct 25/26^th Halloween Bonfire Burn-Up SCR 5^th round
It was decided that all teams could drop one event so points count from any 4 from 5 events. It was also voted in that in 2008 all cars will run voluntary diapers with this rule becoming mandatory for 2009.

  Another vote was for chassis regs. As we run mostly at RWYB events we do not come under the MSA but we are to recommend that all cars in 2009 have a chassis tag to enhance the safety aspect of our class. If you do not have a chassis tag it will be the discretion of the scrutineers if you are allowed to run

 The points system was also decided and will be added to the rules at a drivers meeting at the first round. The Supercharged Outlaws now have 20 teams signed up for the 2008 season.

Sponsors have also come on board for 2008

• B & G Services Cradley Heath West Midlands

• LA Commercials Willenhall West Midlands

• Roy Wilding Race Cars Oldbury

• Clive Bush & Son Ltd

• Paul Watts

• Fester Racecars Romford Essex

• Jon Best

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Dave then thanked every body for their commitment to the Supercharged Outlaws and also thanked everybody for their sponsorship and donations on the day. He also thanked Jerry and Norm for their input and closed the meeting at 2 o clock.

1st Jan 2008
Below is an email I reeieved from Bill  Todd today 

23rd Nov 2007
Now the season is over negotiations are well under way for 2008 events. I am in contact with the tracks and it is looking promising for rounds at all three major tracks next season. I will confirm dates on here as soon as they are made official.I  hope to be able to announce a 5 or six round series with each round being sponsored with a cash prize and a trophy.
We have had the promise of round sponsorship from Bill Felstead at Fester Race Cars. Roy Wilding at Roy Wilding race Cars, L.A.Commercials, B.G.Services
Also we have promise of series sponsors from L.A. Commercials.Roy Wilding Race Cars.and B.G.Services further details coming soon.
Any one who is updating or building cars for the outlaws and want us to have a look or a write up let me know and I will put it on here.
1st Nov 2007
Trophy winners for 2007
Winner Lee Gallimore
Runner up Dave McKenzie
Best New Car Brian Gandy
Participants all receive tankards Frank Grifffin, Tony Smith, Ian Hanson, Des Taylor
Next year promises to be bigger and better keep checking web site for updates news on sponsorship of the series is coming soon.

20th September 2007
Hot Rod Drags
Excellent weather, a good turn out of six cars   two drivers running PBs and a fair bit of attrition.
Attending this event were Lee Gallimore Red Mist altered, Roy Wilding Hemi Hunter slingshot, Dave McKenzie Thing 5 altered, Brian Gandy altered, Frank Griffin Pop, Tony Smith faster Pussy cat altered, missing from the line up was Alec Coe he had set off from Ramsgate but had problems with the tow van and had to turn back.
First session on Saturday saw Roy Wilding paired against Lee Gallimore both cars put in strong passes Lee’s car stopped in the shutdown area and had to be towed off. Next pair up was Dave McKenzie and Frank Griffin and a couple of storming burnouts, then both cars had to be shutdown on the start line due to Lee being stranded in the shutdown area.
On the restart it was Dave on a single as Frank had developed an oil leak from the crankshaft seal which would put him out for the rest of the weekend, Dave ran his usual side to side typical altered run resulting in a PB of 9.3 at only 136mph.
Next out was Brian Gandy nice burnout and on the run the burst panel went and Brian sidelined the car and had to be towed off.
Last up, by no mean’s least, Tony Smith with the faster pussycat to put in another checkout pass in this new car.
The second session saw Roy Wilding paired with Dave McKenzie. Roy did his burnout first and Dave decided just to do a short burnout, both cars staged and Dave was out in front of Roy at the sixty foot mark. At half track Dave was still in front and on the finish line Roy piped Dave by a margin of .003 sec to take the win, Dave was non to disappointed though he had just run his first eight 8.9 @ 155mph setting both PB’s in et and mph.
Next up was Lee Gallimore and Tony Smith another good run from Lee and an improving run for Tony he also setting a new PB.
Frank and Brian sat out this round.
Round three on Sunday First pair out were Roy Wilding against Tony Smith. Tony lost drive from his gearbox to leave Roy on a single - another nice pass from Roy.
Next up was Brian Gandy, Brian is getting the hang of driving this altered, Brian left on the green and there was a bang at half track. When the car was stripped back at the pits the damage was horrendous two rods had broken and instead of coming out the side of the block they came up through the valley trashing this engine.
The Final pair in this session was Lee Gallimore and Dave McKenzie this would decide the No 1 Plate for next season and both were up for it. Both cars fired up and sounded strong, Lee into his burnout first. Dave chirped into the water and the engine just cut out , Mark quickly got the battery pack and tried to restart the car but it would not turn over and Lee was signalled to a single run and oh boy what a run Lee was out the box like a rocket and stormed to a new personal best of 7.6 @ 181 mph. Dave would not have lived with that so a deserving win for Lee who will carry the no 1 plate next season.
Dave received a slap on the wrist from the team when it was realised that the reason the car would not turn over trying to restart was that Dave left it in drive and the inhibitor would not allow the car to start, driver error (I will not make that mistake again say’s Dave)
The final session on Sunday saw Lee out on his own and he was going to try a first gear launch (yes he had run 7.6 in a high gear only pass).On the hit the car turned sharp left and Lee was off the throttle and then back on for a 9 second pass. To round out an excellent weekend.
The supercharged outlaws would like to thank the marshals and track crew for all there efforts and for a great track to run on. Next year is looking good for the Supercharged Outlaws with regular fields of eight to ten cars.
Keep up to date with the outlaws on there new web site at
7th August 2007
What a weekend for the supercharged outlaws, the action had moved north to York raceway and the two outlaw cars of Lee Gallimore and Dave McKenzie were to tie up with Mark Flavell and his Super Pro ET car to be driven by Des Taylor and run a round robin of races.On the Saturday in the first round of qualifying there was a bit of confusion in the pairing lanes. We were supposed to wait for the jet car to go but we were waved through and ended up running in the Wild Bunch slot. Dave had B Sting along side him and could not understand why, but it was too late to worry about it so he went through his routine and left on the green to pull his best 60 foot time yet in the car a 1.2 sec and an eighth mile time of 6.1 seconds. Lee Gallimore followed on with a bye run and got wildly out of shape in the shut down area with a severe case of bounce which pulled the butterfly wheel out of his hands. Lee said afterwards he really thought he was going to lose it but he managed to keep it on the track.Des Taylor followed up after the jet car with a strong solo pass with a low 5 second pass.In the second round of qualifying Dave and Lee went out side by side for the first time. Both cars pulled strong burnouts and Lee was away first at the lights but Dave chased hard and nearly pipped Lee on the line. Both drivers were on and off the throttle for a bit of a pedal fest and the crowed loved it, the margin at the line was only 100^th sec.that was a really good side by side race.Des Taylor then did a solo qualifying run with a strong burnout a very strong run to put in the quickest run so far.Onto Sunday and we were scheduled to do 1 more qualifier and then the finals, but after a discussion with Steve Murty we put in an extra qualifier. This is where it started to get interesting because in the pits was Roy Wilding with the Hemi Hunter Slingshot and Roy joined in the show to run a four car field on the Sunday.The first pair out on Sunday was a David and Goliath affair with Dave (fuzzie) McKenzie up against the big man himself Roy Wilding in Hemi Hunter. Both cars pulled good burnouts and on the lights Roy was too keen and pulled a red light and Dave went chasing after him with a good run.The second pair was Des Taylor up against Lee Gallimore, Des proved to strong for Lee and took the win.In the second round of Sunday only two cars made it to the line - Dave McKenzie up against Des Taylor. Again Des was too keen and pulled a red light leaving Dave to chase him up the track. It seems everyone wants to get away from the little Purple Altered - we must frighten the opposition into mistakes because the Altered was tending to use up a lot of the track.It was commented on that “we did not know that drag cars did drifting!”The Final for the outlaw’s was Dave versus Lee and Lee was on a mission. Both cars left at the same time but Lee was pulling away from Dave all the time to run a 5.8 seconds. Dave on the other side was having another wild ride with the car turning right on the hit but Dave managed to bring it back, but by then Lee was long gone. The final pair was Roy Wilding versus Des Taylor. Des wanted to try for the track record on this run and opted to run the quarter mile and Roy was going to do the eighth. Roy was away first and on a charge. By half track Des was past Roy and to the stripe in 7.9 seconds. Roy was out of it at the eighth.
Lee Recieves his trophy from Steve
More news on the Outlaws front to come out on Sunday was that Brian Gandy was there debuting his brand new Altered. Brian just wanted to put in a couple of familiarisation passes to get used to the car and it looked real good, so Brian will be out with the Outlaws next year.

Also another car was to be debuted today and that was Tony Smith with his Topolino Blown Altered called the Faster Pussy Cat. Again all Tony wanted to do was the same as Brian and get used to the Car. I was in the shutdown area when Tony came up the track and he was a very happy man.

There was another blown car there as well that of Ian Hanson in his immaculate blown Corvette but sadly Ian had problems on Saturday on his first burnout the car stopped.
I believe it was due to a sticking valve so that put Ian out for the rest of the weekend.In all it was a really good weekend with seven blown cars in attendance and we would all like to thank Steve Murty and the York crew for a fantastic weekend.
23rd July 2006 
The York meeting on the 4/5th August has now got two confirmed entries with the two points leaders going head to head over the York 1/4 mile. Lee having missed the second round because of holidays is keen to catch back up to Dave in the points chase so he is traveling all the way up from Kidderminster. On the other hand this is Dave's home track and will be keen to do well against Lee in front of his locals. whatever the outcome we hope Lee and Dave put on a good show for the friendly Northern drag fans and show what the supercharged outlaws is all about. During the time between rounds both Lee and Dave have been flying the flag at different shows with static displays and firing up there respective cars to spread the word to fans who do not normally visit the drag strip and we hope this will encourage them to make a first trip to the tracks.Look forward to seeing you all at York.