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Tribute to Rawle Mahabir at FIA AGM in Paris.

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Galleons Passage has not yet left China - they seem to have some problem with the engines and/or the steering.

Check its speed and track at https://www.vesselfinder.com/?imo=9772888

At 5 knots (its average speed for the last few days) it will take 2 or 3 months to arrive in Trinidad.

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Some photos of the track I took earlier today - Friday 8th August - showing that a lot of essential work remains to be done. As reinforced concrete takes around 28 days to set properly the immediate execution of all the necessary repairs is now extremely important. Also, use of earth berms around th...

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I don't suppose anyone agrees with the explanation given for the cancellation of this event, so if this sort of thing is to be prevented in future the true cause of the problem needs to be determined. Was it: 1. Police don't like motor racing 2. Police don't like people who go motor racing 3. Police...

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Trinidad Grand Prix 2014 in Arima cancelled by the Chief of Police due to the risk of MURDER and CRIME.

This will be good for the Sports Tourism Thrust of the Government of Trinidad & Tobago

What utter nonsense that will only encourage racing on the road.

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OK - http://www.horizonmotorsports-tt.com/ But they don't seem to have a racing circuit - they are just using Camden Airfield. They could be one of the beneficiaries of a really good motorsports complex. So far as I know there are only three obvious sites with adequate land for a decent motorsports ...

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Who is Horizon Motorsports and what are they doing ?

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That's not accurate - we can pave roads locally but we have to use a proper specification. Most of the highways are lasting OK - its the local roads which are not properly constructed or which are dug up and not properly repaired by the utility companies that produce most of the potholes and bumps. ...

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Of course it needs to be developed over time, but right now Tarouba is just a drain on taxpayer resources and a very visible eyesore. With a 20 year renewable lease the necessary funds could be procured to develop something like this over the next 10 to 15 years. We have the expertise and the intere...

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Have we no vision - rather that having a useless unused stadium that is just deteriorating at huge expense to tax payers, lets push to turn it into a really exciting motorsport complex at NO COST TO GOVERNMENT. Can we not envision something like this of which T&T could be really proud ? croppedi...

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Why doesn't Government allow Autosport (or some other entity) to turn Tarouba Stadium into a modern Motorsports Complex. It is ideal for the following reasons: 1. It is close to the highway and noise would not be a problem. 2. There is plenty of land nearby to create a really interesting undulating ...

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wagon r wrote:

What a great helmet job - can anyone do that in Trinidad ?

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The closeness of the upcoming racing is what will make it particularly interesting, but on Sunday the Cobra was generally away first but lost out further down the straight as both cars tried to put full power down - check the available photos for confirmation. Its hard to say exactly how much peak p...

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Rallyman, your car is amazing and beautiful. But, I dunno if you will be able to catch Papparazzi. That GTR just jumps up and goes. Its quite an amazing sight to see how fast that big car can leave the line. Looking forward to that rematch though. 8-) On straight line performance both cars will pro...

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Cobra is fixed - a photo of the culprit is included below. I forgot to insert this valve in the brake booster line and so most of the engine boost bled off via the brake booster. Unfortunately this problem only developed on the way to the start at Arima on Sunday so there was no time to diagnose and...

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Thanks for some great competition and for great comradarie - next time I think it should be very close as your car proved extremely fast but I am confident the Cobra on full power can compete with it. Looks like the problem with the Cobra which had such an impact may have been very simple - a missin...

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These are great - take a look:

Cobra Sales video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J0tktl5DyM

Cobra Auction video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPES8hxU4dM

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This what happens when you park a Shelby Cobra on the road..GTR cant do that.... :D http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv236/djaggs_bucket/hot-babe-shelby-cobra1-1024x680.jpg YES - this is exactly what happens every time I drive the Cobra - but its no problem as long as its not raining. Anyway next...

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To all the Cobra fans - sorry for a rather disappointing performance yesterday because on the way to the event something went wrong with the supercharger boost and it was about 10lbs short of boost all day. The lack of boost dropped peak power significantly. This problem will be fixed before the nex...

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Yes the Cobra and its engine are in Trinidad and will be competing on Sunday. The car weighs approx 2,200 lbs and the engine produces just over 800 bhp and 650 lbs/ft of torque. It's about 3 times the power to weight ratio of a Lancer Evolution or a Subaru WRX. 100_0069.jpg 100_0137.jpg See also the...

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The Cobra will be there

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Don't have a V-8 ? No problem, I have a Chevrolet V8 350 cublic inch (6 Litre) V-8 for sale. It's is excellent condition, complete with aluminium heads, electronic distributor, polished aluminium pulleys, Finned alloy rocker covers, Edelbrock 600 cfm carburettor, chromed air filter and a chromed alt...

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I'm bringing my Shelby Cobra with its new 800 bhp ProCharger V-8 engine.

Here's a sneak peek:

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Hannah Morris is also coming with the Evo X.

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Toyo r888's - 315/30-18

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A few more pictures - see you all on Sunday.

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The Cobra will be there - even if I get a bit wet.

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Weather permitting, I will bring my new Cobra for its first competition in Trinidad.

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The design previously proposed would be too intrusive into areas now being used for buildings, but there is so much land it would be fairly simple to allocate other areas that can easily be developed for motorsport. If there is any real will to have a proper motorsport facility then the Government c...

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I don't see the two activities at Wallerfield being unable to work together. I raced many times on Belgian tracks constructed on similar estates - and look what they do at Monaco. It just needs to be designed in a suitable way with removable armco etc. In any case, the land area at Wallerfield (arou...