Powercruise Qld Raceway Oct 31 To Nov 2 - Cruise the track with the toughest cars  

Hi everyone
Carline Mufflers Powercruise update number 4

I know its been a few weeks since the last update but there has been so much happening, I just didn’t have time to get my 2 fingers to the keyboard.

Ok now if you’ve been watching the website, www.powercruise.net. You will have noticed the event rules have been posted for the driving events. We’ve had so many calls asking if this is really happening, “are we really allowed to have passengers in the cruise and are we allowed to do powerskids, drift the whole track and are we allowed to use the whole track width and about 100 meters of the front straight as the burnout pad”.
Well I can tell you, the public liability issue is costing a fortune but the events were well thought out before we even made powercruise public and I would not have put the show on if we weren’t allowed to hold any of the events on the program.

As for the program. I have been holding back on it a little because I wanted to make sure it was jam packed before posting it on the site. Because of all the exciting things happening every week I have had to leave it open with regard to the entertainment but the events on the track will keep everyone busy. There will be a lot of surprises stuffed into the program during the event so you will just have to wait and see what they are, but believe me, you will be blown away with what we are planning.

The Carline Mufflers Powercruise is of course the main attraction of the event. This gives entrants the chance to cruise the track just like you would cruising down the M1 on a Saturday night. The only difference though is you are allowed and may I say, expected to play up to the crowd and to get you more excited, I have invited a few of the tougher cars from Brisbane and the Gold Coast for you to play with.
For the rotary guys, the 9 second turbo rotary powered rx2 going by the name “Grumpy 2”, will be cruising the track, also cruising will be the big red 8 second 505 cube Nitrous injected big block XB hardtop of Rob Bertolacci’s, Tony O’Connor will be cruising his yellow 9 second naturally aspirated XY falcon, and for the import guys, Mark Kaucic will have his 10 second “On Bail” Skyline cruising looking for unwary cruisers to toast.

All of these cars are street registered but seeing how I have invited them to put on displays, they will be allowed to participate in the events but won’t be eligible for prizes.
There will be a lot more cars of this caliber cruising the track so get your machine running at its best because you will need all the horsepower you can get to hang with these guys. Visit the accepted entries section of www.powercruise.net to see these cars.

Now for the big news.
If Gary Myers is the burnout king of the world, then the guy I have secured must surely be the “burnout god of the universe”
He will be cruising the race track with the entrants. Demonstrating the art of burnouts. He will even drop a few powerskids here and there
He may even show us his drifting style if the crowd can encourage him enough, but if not, his son surely will.
Now if you think you know who I am talking about, you could win yourself a free season pass to Powercruise.
For the first 5 people to reply e-mail me who it is that fits this description, I will send you one free season pass to Carline Mufflers Powercruise. The winners will be notified and published in the next edition of the powercruise newsletter, which will be sent out on Friday 22 August I will also let everyone know the identity of the “burnout god of the universe”.

Getting away from the horsepower for a minute, car stereo’s are always a huge part of any car show and with that in mind, Gold Coast Car Sound have offered their professional services in measuring the performance of the chest thumping car audio systems at powercruise.
GCCS will be holding the soundoff comp in the main show area from 9am Sunday. If you have any enquiries, you can go to http://www.powercruise.net/sponsors.html and click on the GCCS logo to visit their site for their contact details.

You will have realized by now that Powercruise will be unlike any other car show. I am a petrol head to the bone and I intend to make this show the toughest and most exciting event you have ever been to.

Just a few quick points,
All prepaid entrants will be sent a letter confirming their payment has been received and info regarding their entrance to powercruise
Your cars must be registered. Trade plates are not allowed to be used.
The gates will open at 5pm Friday 31 October for entrants and campers to setup.
The program will be added to the website on Monday

That’s it for this edition, keep an eye on www.powercruise.net for all the latest info.
Don’t forget to tell all your mates and forward this e-mail to as many people as you can. The most forwarded newsletter was number 3 which was done 43 times and then it came back to me so keep up the good work everyone.

All enquiries please to 0407172413

Cheers

14th August 2003 - 11:28 PM  Reply  Quote

Hi everyone
Carline Mufflers Powercruise update number 5
www.powercruise.net

Well I said I would have the next newsletter out by Friday so I thought I better get my act together and get into it.

First up, there was a huuuge response from the “guess who’s coming to Powercruise comp” last week. People were still sending their guesses in today so I can only assume that they really really wanted a free ticket to Powercruise.
The answer of course was “Victor Bray”, and in my opinion,”the burnout god of the universe”.
I have e-mailed the winners of the one season pass to powercruise. So if you didn’t receive an e-mail, keep an eye out on future editions as we will be giving away lots more freebies.

By the way don’t forget the “Burnout King of the World” Gary Myers, will be performing his awesome burnouts at Kalbar Autofest this weekend the 29,30,31 of August.
Visit www.kalbarautofest.com for more info.
I will also be at Kalbar handing out flyers to POWERCRUISE. So keep an eye out for the entrants with the Powercruise stickers on the windscreen.

For the first time ever in Australia you will be able to cruise around a racetrack, with your car full of mates, next to the 2000 horsepower Castrol Burnout Chevy with Victor Bray at the wheel.

Yes that’s right. Victor Bray will be cutting laps of the Queensland Raceway Racetrack over the Powercruise weekend.
Victor will be out cruising the track every time the cruising is happening. The event program has been posted on the website. www.powercruise.net so check it out. He will be droping a couple of mind blowing burnouts on Saturday night and Sunday and he may even get into the powerskids, streetracing and drifting if I can twist his arm enough. Entrants will have the chance to cruise beside victor while he is driving the 2000hp Burnout Car around the raceway. So don’t be scared, get up beside him see if he will run you. Don’t forget, he used to be a streetracer as well so he will know what your up to. Don’t leave it up to me, go and see victor, say g’day and let him know what you think of his street racing style.
Ben bray will also be at Powercruise so keep an eye on what he’s up to as well. I cant say too much but he could be showing us his own burnout style in his own piece of machinery very soon.

Well that’s it for now, a short one for a change but some big news for Entrants.
Spectators will also be kept busy trying to work out what to look at next with the packed program we have sorted out for the weekend.
If you have any questions, please drop me a line
www.powercruise.net

25th August 2003 - 10:42 AM  Reply  Quote

Great to see the Powercruise guys at 'JUST BRING IT'. I am looking forward to the powercruise, and hopefully some of my mates might turn up, cause it would be cool to see Grump2, 13BEE, A-777 and Daniel's 12ENV 13BT Minitubbed monster cruising.

I know a few of the bigger horsepower cars from 'JUST BRING IT' will be at the Powercruise, including Mark in ON BAIL and Greg with his 180SX. This should be a great event to support guys!

25th August 2003 - 06:41 PM  Reply  Quote

Hi everyone
Carline Mufflers Powercruise update number 6
www.powercruise.net

Well its been a busy 2 weeks since the last update so I will get to the important stuff.

The Powercruise posters have been made and sent out all around Brisbane, the north coast and the Gold Coast as well as northern NSW. If you haven’t seen one yet, check out www.powercruise.net and look in the Event Flyer section of the menu.

Just in case you don’t recognize the cars on the poster, we have from the left
Dean with his 10 second 351 clevo powered XB ute. Winner of multiple burnout competitions around Brisbane and the best rod thrower at the Summernats.
Grumpy with the 10 second turbo rotary which should be good to watch in the drifting.
Mark and his 10 second twin turbo Skyline. Very well know on the Gold Coast car scene.
Joe with the classic cruiser of the bunch with his blown big red 57 Chev.
Chris Hollingworth and the wild pro street 7 second blown commodore ute will be displaying his awsome power and talent in the special display of the on track action.
Radly from Forest Lake in the black 305 tuned port injected 32 Model A Roadster.
Tony with his low 9 second yellow XY Falcon. Should be good in the street drags!.
Lastly, Rob and his 505 cube nitrous injected 8 second big block XB 2 door hard top.
All of the cars above have been around for years and have a huge following. All of the guys are very approachable and down to earth good guys so drop in and see them in their pit row sheds for a chat. They will also be cruising the track all weekend so if your in your quick streeter, don’t be scared. Give them a quick run and see how you go.

Victor Bray has the center of the poster for good reason being the biggest kid of all of us with his 2000 Horsepower Castrol Burnout Doorslammer to play with. Victor is looking forward to cruising the racetrack with entrants from all over the country. As he said, he has been to all the big burnout events around the country but Powercruise is the only chance any one will ever have to cruise with the master and have a bit of fun under controlled conditions with only few rules to abide by along the way.
You will also notice Castrol has come on board with Powercruise so I would like to take this opportunity to thank Castrol and Victor Bray for their invaluable support.
Victor will also be taking people for cruises in the Buronout Doorslammer around the raceway so keep an eye on the website www.powercruise.net for more info.

The response from the whole tough car scene has been so huge that I have just ordered the next batch of event flyers/entry forms. This takes the total to 30000 flyers/entry forms that have been handed out so you can imagine just how big Powercruise is shaping up to be.

Now for who’s coming. Had a chat to Steve from Redcliffe Dyno and Performance today. and he informs me that he intends to bring his 1200 odd horsepower, 8.8 second 155 mph fastest Cleveland powered street registered Mark 2 Cortina in the world to powercruise to contest the drags, powerskids and of course the burnouts. Steve’s words were “the cortina will be set to ‘on kill’ in the burnouts”. and I can vouch for that. He has been to Archerfield burnouts a few times and was wicked. Might even be able to get him into the drift comp to. What do you recon Steve?. Does anyone think he will make it round the first corner ?.
Visit www.redcliffedyno.com to check out all of Steve’s toys.

I have been getting lots of calls from performance shops all over Brisbane and the coast letting me know they are all bringing the toughest cars they have got to Powercruise. Very good to hear I said but like I said in the drag racing rules. Run what ya brung and hope you brung enough, is all I have to say because I think there will be plenty of them.

Powercruise will be at the Fast Fours Jamboree this weekend www.jamboree.com.au
so keep an eye out for us in the Fulcrum, Auto Pro and Hardcore Racing Components displays at the track.. Posters and entry forms will be available from these companies as they are also great sponsors of Powercruise.

Well that’s it for another week. The newsletters will be weekly from now on and with 6 weeks to go, things are only getting hotter. With more trade displays, on track entertainment, stage shows of all different types and there may even be a Miss Powercruise competition if anyone is interested in competing for the cash, prizes and the glory.
It will be a strictly cloths on affair (sorry guys) for the Miss Powercruise comp so if there are any interested ladies, please drop me an e-mail and I will pass your interest onto the organizers.
Don’t worry guys I haven’t forgotten about you, the mud wrestling/wet t-shirt comp will keep you entertained for hours. Also there will be no guys allowed to enter the mud wrestling (sorry girls).

Catch ya later
www.powercruise.net

15th September 2003 - 04:45 PM  Reply  Quote

this event is deffinately gonna be something...cant wait. just wondering gup, i hold a life pass at qld raceway, will this be valid at the time of the event or will i have to purchase tickets.

15th September 2003 - 06:12 PM  Reply  Quote

life passes will be given entry just like any other event at the raceway
gup

15th September 2003 - 10:34 PM  Reply  Quote

the prize money and trophy section of the Powercruise website has been posted
www.powercruise.net

21st September 2003 - 06:14 PM  Reply  Quote

Hey Michael!!
Glad to see your getting the news across to all the forums, checking the mailbox everyday for those flyers to hand out down here in northern nsw

hey everyone dont forget the events are going to go off!!!

Can't wait for the mud wrestling comp!!

24th September 2003 - 08:39 PM  Reply  Quote

i have had about 20 chicks e-mail me about the mud wrestling at powercruise and about half wanted to know if they could go in without the g-banger and top, get down and dirty, then put it back on after the washdown because they didnt want to ruin their top and thong.

well

you can imagine what i said to that now cant ya!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

28th September 2003 - 10:05 PM  Reply  Quote

can i ref gup??????

28th September 2003 - 11:48 PM  Reply  Quote

can u make suer ther is a stand around it too so everyone can see. otherwise only the tall guys and teh guys who get to teh front will see!

29th September 2003 - 12:11 AM  Reply  Quote

there will be grandstands around the dyno and the mud wrestling/wet t comp

29th September 2003 - 01:22 PM  Reply  Quote

got my entry form in

1st October 2003 - 06:13 PM  Reply  Quote

for those who havent had a list of the prize money and trophies well worth the look here it is what a great list.

Carline Mufflers Powercruise
Driving Event Prize Money

Flooring Enterprises Ballistic Burnout Competition
Top 10 Judged burnouts $200 Each
Crowd Favourite Judged by Reaction $500
Top Judged Powercruise Burnout $1000

Power Skid Competition
Top 5 Judged Powerskids $200 Each
Crowd Favourite Judged by Reaction $500
Top Judged Powercruise Powerskider $500

Power Drifting Competition
Top 5 Judged Powerdrifters $200 Each
Crowd Favourite Judged by Reaction $500
Top Judged Powercruise Powerdrifter $500

Street Drags
Overall Winner of the Street Drags $1000
Second Place $500
2 Semi Finalists $200 Each

Lukey Performance Exhaust Dyno Dusting Session
Winner of 4 Cyl Naturally Aspirated $200
Winner of 4 Cyl Blown $400
Winner of 6 Cyl Naturally Aspirated $200
Winner of 6 Cyl Blown $400
Winner of 8 Cyl Naturally Aspirated $200
Winner of 8 Cyl Blown $400

All prize money winners and runners up
will be awarded a Trophy

Trophies will also be awarded to the Top Cruisers in the final session of the Carline Mufflers Powercruise on Sunday along with a bunch of other awards.

Carline Mufflers Powercruise
Show and Shine Trophys and Prize Money

These classes have a Trophy and Prize Money

Top Judged Street Machine 1st Trophy and $200
Top Judged Import 1st Trophy and $200
Top Judged Hot Rod 1st Trophy and $200
Best Individual Display 1st Trophy and $200
Best Club Display 1st Trophy and $300
Best Represented Club 1st Trophy and $300

Trophies only Awarded in the following classes

Top Mini Truck
Top Sedan (Street)
Top Sedan (Import)
Top Sedan (Rod)
Top Interior (Street)
Top Interior (Import)
Top Interior (Rod)
Top Engine Bay (Street)
Top Engine Bay (Import)
Top Engine Bay (Rod)
Top Custom Paint (Street)
Top Custom Paint (Import)
Top Custom Paint (Rod)
Top Standard Paint (Street)
Top Standard Paint (Rod)
Best Mural (Street)
Best Mural (Import)
Best Mural (Rod)
Top Ute/Pickup (Street)
Top Ute/Pickup (Rod)
Top Coupe (Street)
Top Coupe (Import)
Top Coupe (Rod)
Top Street Wagon
Top Roadster
Top Convertible First, Second, Third


Carline Mufflers Powercruise
Piss Funny Awards


Ok so who’s ever been to a car show. If you have ever been at the trophy presentations as they announce the winner of the “Lowest Cruiser Award” or something similar, you would have heard all the comedians in the crowd giving out suggestions about what the award REALLY should have been. For instance some people may suggest that award would have been better describes as the “Wholy shit does he really think he’s gunna get out the driveway with that” award.

So for this reason I would like to hear from anyone who has a special award that we would all like to hear. If you have a mate going to Powercruise and you think he deserves a special award, just let us know of the situation and we will see to it that we embarras the hell out of him with the award.

Send your ideas to [email protected] . Leave

2nd October 2003 - 02:40 PM  Reply  Quote

if anyone wants an entry form on the gold coast ill have them out with me the next couple of sundays on the esplanade

PULL UP NEXT TO ME OR WAVE ME DOWN IN OVL666 AND ILL GIVE U 1

2nd October 2003 - 02:41 PM  Reply  Quote

I need a few Shane for some other cars I want to enter!

3rd October 2003 - 01:30 PM  Reply  Quote

damn ive been to steves twice today mate i might drop some up there tommorrow unless ur going to be out sunday damien?????? or first thing monday let me know mate either way

3rd October 2003 - 05:00 PM  Reply  Quote

hey i question with the powercruise probably directed at gup:

i have a wagon am i able to cruise around the pits in 1st gear with my mates sittin in the back and with the back open, everyone can vouch for my sensibility but i realise if ppl see me doing it they might also? but yer just a question caz i see ppl at summernats sittin in the boots of cars so yer, cheers
Greg

3rd October 2003 - 05:15 PM  Reply  Quote

hi greg
yes you are allowed to cruise around the pits with people in the back of your wagon. but only if your an entrant in powercruise and if anyone decides to misbehave while doing things like this, then everyone will suffer because we will have to put a stop to it.

catch ya cruisin
gup

3rd October 2003 - 05:26 PM  Reply  Quote

question: whats the best method of payment?

<---- and is my car good enough for the outdoor show n shine? (never been to car show before so i have no idea) but this one sounds good....the cruising the track thing got me in

also its $140 before october 31 with 2 people entry 1 car entry? is that correct

6th October 2003 - 09:26 AM  Reply  Quote

xCoppa - might get a little dusty for your immaculate white beast

6th October 2003 - 09:41 AM  Reply  Quote

dusty eyyyyy
thats no good

you goin HOON?

6th October 2003 - 10:42 AM  Reply  Quote

Hi everyone
Carline Mufflers Powercruise update number 7
www.powercruise.net

Things are getting busier the more the word gets around about the event.
Brisbane’s Tripple M , B105 and River 94.9 have been talking about Powercruise already and it’s still 4 weeks away.
Also been getting a lot of questions from entrants and spectators alike so I will try to answer a few of the main questions on this newsletter
The main questions are
Q. If your camping are we allowed to bring caravans/popup trailers.
A. yes but I suggest you get be there Friday afternoon as spots are limited.
Q. Are we allowed to run open pipes.
A. You can run open pipes only in the burnout comp on Sunday. All cars must have mufflers.
Q. Can we book a camping spot.
A. No. we are not taking bookings. First in best dressed. You can camp right along the fenceline.
Q. I have sent my entry form and don’t have my tickets.
A. Entrants have all received a letter stating they will receive their Receipt which will gain them entry into Powercruise about 2 weeks before the event.
Q. What about the Law.
A. The Police have told me that they will be on the lookout for people who choose to make a spectacle of themselves by doing burnouts, driving with bald tyres or without exhausts outside the venue. If you are driving the way you should be driving, you will not draw attention to yourself and you will have a top weekend.
These are just a few of the main questions but if you have any questions, please either call us on 0407172413 or send us an e-mail.

THE SATURDAY NIGHT entertainment has also created a fair bit of interest because of the mud wrestling and wet t shirt comp. Girls have been challenging each other on some of the websites around the coast and Brisbane so it should be a good thing. If any girls needed any encouragement to enter, there will be prize money for the winner of the round robin competition. Also I have decided to let the guys have a slash at it because the girls have been letting me know that they want to see skin as mush as we do so with that in mind, we will have to have a bloke’s comp also. To all the tough guys out there who have always wanted to bodyslam someone else, or maybe your girlfriend, here’s your chance.

CRUISING THE RACETRACK will be the busiest part of the weekend. So in the interest of safety, we have put up chicanes at certain spots around the track which are designed to keep the speed to a safe level. There will be plenty of room on the track for everyone to go through these chicanes single file at about 50km/h so don’t think it will be a carpark as we are only letting a certain amount of cars on the track at one time.
There have been a few site updates lately so check out the Classes and Prizes section of the site.
We have received a few ideas for the pissfunny awards and they will be given out during the last cruise on Sunday.
Well that’s it for now, check out Streetmachine Magazine’s next issue for the Powercruise add and keep the feedback coming.

Don’t forget to get down to Street Torque at Parklands on the Gold Coast on 18th and 19 of October. Check out all the action at www.racelinepromotions.com or click the link on the Powercruise website
Catch ya later
www.powercruise.net

6th October 2003 - 09:34 PM  Reply  Quote

cheers gup for that, i wouldn't be allowed to cruise the track with them in the wagon part of the back caz there is no seatbelts? even if i cruise around in 2nd gear it wouldn't be allowed hey? so its just the pits for cruising with the wagon open? this is sounding very bloody big i might print an entry form and send it in hey but only 3 weekends to have my car painted

6th October 2003 - 10:27 PM  Reply  Quote

hey datto
you can send in your entry form before the cut off date and if your car is not finished, you can have a full refund. if you just spectate, we will still give you a refund less the cost of the spectator so either way, you wont lose any cash.

gup

6th October 2003 - 10:30 PM  Reply  Quote

only 24 more days to go
this is gonna be a huge weekend

7th October 2003 - 06:08 PM  Reply  Quote

yep we wil be in brissy tonight handing out some entry formas if anyone wants some look for the powercruise commodores and hq

9th October 2003 - 06:04 AM  Reply  Quote

POWERCRUISE FORMS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT STREET TORQUE BOTH SAT AND SUNDAY

18th October 2003 - 06:07 AM  Reply  Quote

I am so bloody amped for this!!

Heaps of people from down this way are cruising up too, it should go off!

18th October 2003 - 10:33 AM  Reply  Quote

Sent my entry in ages ago does anyone know when they're sending entry passes back

21st October 2003 - 03:59 PM  Reply  Quote

we all should get them this week in da mail

21st October 2003 - 10:21 PM  Reply  Quote

yeah guys i sent the first 100 today

gup

21st October 2003 - 10:23 PM  Reply  Quote

when do i get mine michael??

21st October 2003 - 10:25 PM  Reply  Quote