Dragtag- Anyone here had a go?

[ImpulSSiVZ]

http://site.dragtag.com.au/

Just curious fellas, has anyone in Vic had a go at this?
Looks like alot of fun.
A friend has made inquiries about setting one up here in Bris and I guess I might go in as a partner.
Obviously safer than street dragging and a good way to spend a wet afternoon, flogging your car indoors against your mates car.:)

[1340LOCO]

Looks like a great idea. Wish they had one in adelaide as i would be there.

[Furious_Beagle]

ImpullyourselfSSV...We could line eachother up and test the shopping trolley against the blue barge. Better being indoors, your hair won't get messed up then.

[Brass Munky]

ImpullyourselfSSV...We could line eachother up and test the shopping trolley against the blue barge. Better being indoors, your hair won't get messed up then.

You seem to be out for a shit stir at the moment dont you.....

[Redline]

You seem to be out for a shit stir at the moment dont you.....

School Holidays :confused:

[Brass Munky]

What a wonderful time of year, i wish they would go back so that i can wander the city in peace and quiet.....

[XLR8 V8]

It's clear from Furoius_Beagle's previous posts that he and ImpulSSiVZ are actually mates just putting sh*t on each other

[iverson76ers]

lucky someone else noticed that ^^^

common guys lighten up

[GODSMACK]

lucky someone else noticed that ^^^

common guys lighten up Lighten up? why cant they do it via email or over the phone, why post stupid topics here?

[XLR8 V8]

Lighten up? why cant they do it via email or over the phone, why post stupid topics here?

People put joking crap on each other on the forums all the time ... sometimes it goes too far and we kill the thread, but most of the time it's harmless.

[heavychevy]

I've made enquiries for a corporate day in Melbourne.
The site looks good, anyone had any experience with them?

[ImpulSSiVZ]

Lighten up? why cant they do it via email or over the phone, why post stupid topics here?

IwantaSS,
The thread is genuine mate, I want to know what you guys think of the concept of dragtag.
And the Fugly Bungle, lol, is a mate from work and yes we take the piss outa each other all the time, plus we are both around 40 years of age :-(
That thread he started about Carey and Wheels mag was taking the piss, some of you take things way to seriously.
But the article written is genuine if you get this months Wheels mag.
So, don't label him as a troll, just cause he has a VW, he could easily have lied and said he had a Commie as well.
So, back to the topic of dragtag, it's looks fun, kinda like playstation using your own car.
I look forward to having a go at it next time I'm in Melb.
It would be awesome if some of you local blokes went and checked it out and put your thoughts in here.
Would really appreciate it as the Fugly Bungle and i may set one up here in Bris.
Thanks again.

[ImpulSSiVZ]

Just wondering, has anyone been there yet and had a go?
They say you can either have a drag race with your mates, or they can dial up tracks ie: Bathurst, so you can see who can get around fastest.
All without smashing your car.
I'm looking forward to any feedback you guys have.
Who knows, down the track people here could post their times around Bathurst and see who is the best LS1er in this site.

[BLACKWAGON]

Havent been but their are members from here who have, have a look at the number plate of the purple ute in the pics SSBRUTE, also MSBRUTE in her adventra with the blower.
Ive seen a few vid clips from in the cars dragging there and a few from the burnout pad ou the back, looks pretty good.

Just had a look, the photos of them are not on there anymore, they had their records and fotos last time I looked.

[iloveholden]

I saw this one the Car Show on channel 9 once. The chick had an evoke VE GTS on it. She got up to 190km on it i think, it looks like heaps of fun.

[heavychevy]

The DragTAg web page has most of the info.

I spoke with the Manager last week about a Corporate day and or Group Bookings using thier cars, as individual cars need the fitment of a roller tiedown.

He said " just let me finish off by saying that it truly is an amazing experiance and one that everyone will remember forever...it is an addictive adrenalin rush where competitiveness amongst freinds and colleagues cannot be matched. "

SOCIAL CLUBS / GROUP BOOKINGS
THURSDAY & FRIDAY NIGHT CIRCUIT RACING

(10 or more people @ $75 Per Person GST Inclusive)


· INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING
o Admission
o 3 Circuit Race Passes (the first pass will be under Driver instruction for those who have not
driven on the system before)
o $10 Food Voucher
o Automatic entry into the main nightly competition to be able to qualify for the Nights Trophies and Prizes
o On top of that, we will create your own in group competition and leader board.
With this you will be able to have your own Grand Final of the 3 fastest drivers of your group with Trophies and Prizes awarded.
· PRIZES AND MERCHANDISE
o 1st Team each receive Custom made Drag Tag Trophy
Drag Tag T-Shirt (RRP $20)
Drag Tag Cap (RRP $25)
o 2nd Team each receive Custom made Drag Tag Trophy
Drag Tag Cap (RRP $25)
o 3rd Team each receive Custom made Drag Tag Trophy
Drag Tag Cap (RRP $25)

CORPORATE BRONZE PACKAGE

(18 – 30 People @ $140 Per Person Plus GST )

· CIRCUIT RACING
10.00am to 1.45pm Continuous Qualifying Competition Racing
1.45pm to 2.00pm Grand Final
The races are conducted as a team event. (Each consisting of 2 persons).
There are 3 lanes being run at a time, during which the team will consist of a Driver and a Navigator.
The races are over a total of 4 Laps. The initial Driver completes 1 full lap and on entering the home straight for the
second time he/she does not cross the finish line, instead they pull into the pit lane. At this time the driver and the
navigator physically swap positions in the car and take off for the remaining 2 laps.
The first team to cross the winning post at the end of the 4 lap race is deemed the winner.
That team then exits the system and allows the next set of competitors to commence racing. It is in this downtime that
competitors can watch their opponents’ race while having a bite to eat and chat about their own driving skills around the
track and compare race times which are printed out and handed to all competitors after each race.
The teams’ fastest 4 lap race time of the day is shown on the leader board throughout the days racing.
The fastest 3 teams for the day will compete in a final race for the trophies and prizes.

· FOOD & BEVERAGES
o Tea, Coffee, Orange Juice and Soft Drink upon arrival and throughout the day
o Sausage Sizzle Barbeque Lunch in operation during Racing 12.00Noon to 1.00pm
· PRIZES AND MERCHANDISE
o 1st Team each receive Custom made Drag Tag Trophy and $75 Gift Voucher
Drag Tag Moto Jacket (RRP $165)
Drag Tag Cap (RRP $25)
o 2nd Team each receive Custom made Drag Tag Trophy and $50 Gift Voucher
Drag Tag Moto Shirt (RRP $55)
Drag Tag Cap (RRP $25)
o 3rd Team each receive Custom made Drag Tag Trophy and $25 Gift Voucher
Drag Tag T-Shirt (RRP $20)
Drag Tag Cap (RRP $25)

[ImpulSSiVZ]

What I was told that the fitment of the roller tiedown was a one off thing and could be left on under your car for later use at DragTag.
I think it is some sort of thing that they can clip tie downs on to when your on the dyno.
Is that right heavychevy?

[heavychevy]

Yep!

BRACKETS TO RACE YOUR OWN CAR
Normally Lock Down Bracket System is: $ 195.00
Special: Bracket supply and fit until October 2007 only $150

The price includes:
Supply and fitting of pull down brackets
Vehicle Induction and Driver Training
Vehicle Identification card
Drag Tag Lanyard (Valued at $8)
Drag Tag Torch (Valued at $18)
Drag Tag Licence (Valued at $60)

(Please note: This is a once off fee and the brackets remain on your vehicle for it's entire Drag Tag racing life)

[markone2]

IwantaSS,
The thread is genuine mate, I want to know what you guys think of the concept of dragtag.
.

Trust me......you don't........

[heavychevy]

care to enlarge?

[markone2]

care to enlarge?

Whats to enlarge :confused: Alcoholic hitting the claytons.....sex with the lights out..........want me too enlarge further ?.....would be wanna be racers playing with themselves imho ...well you had to ask...I've been observing closely the attempts to ramp this would be could be a racer game over the net for a number of months now....


Should really target the more :limpy: 4 cylinder market imho

[vxleather]

Whats to enlarge :confused: Alcoholic hitting the claytons.....sex with the lights out..........want me too enlarge further ?.....would be wanna be racers playing with themselves imho ...well you had to ask...I've been observing closely the attempts to ramp this would be could be a racer game over the net for a number of months now....


Should really target the more :limpy: 4 cylinder market imho


Come on Mark, you could take the misses and kids along, Kids might show you a thing or 2....

More computer and simulator orientated than us.

[ImpulSSiVZ]

"I've been observing closely the attempts to ramp this would be could be a racer game over the net for a number of months now...."

You just shot yourself in the foot pal.
Key word,"observing".
I'm wanting the opinions of people that have actually had a go.
Of course it isn't the real thing, but atleast it gives more variables to going in a straight line......
And it would be a just for a laugh thing to do.

[markone2]

Come on Mark, you could take the misses and kids along, Kids might show you a thing or 2....

More computer and simulator orientated than us.

Oh I doubt that ;) ....Kris is grown up now........at 19 he's long outgrown fantasy land ....

The good lady of the house ?...well she prefers the real deal......on and off track.


"
You just shot yourself in the foot pal.
Key word,"observing".
I'm wanting the opinions of people that have actually had a go.
Of course it isn't the real thing, but atleast it gives more variables to going in a straight line......
And it would be a just for a laugh thing to do.

Oh no I haven't.....you've just admitted your looking at this on a commerical basis...you could try SC or powderboys.com

[heavychevy]

No you enlarged enough thank you. Thought you may have attended one and thought it poor value for money.

Well a would be, could be, racer game is just what I have in mind for a corporate day. Suits the need just fine as it's a simulation. :eyes:

Amazing that anyone would consider it anything more than that.

[ImpulSSiVZ]

"Oh no I haven't.....you've just admitted your looking at this on a commerical basis...you could try SC or powderboys.com"

Haven't "just" admitted anything, read the thread starter.
I'm not interested in where else you may go on the net.
That's your personal business.....

[markone2]

"Oh no I haven't.....you've just admitted your looking at this on a commerical basis...you could try SC or powderboys.com"

Haven't "just" admitted anything, read the thread starter.
I'm not interested in where else you may go on the net.
That's your personal business.....

Untill your a sponsor..I think its YOU who needs to go elswhere advertsing your wares on the net....lets get down to the nitty gritty of just
what are you flogging :confused:


GOLD MEMBERSHIP
( 12 Months ) $295.00

12 Months General Admission (Valued at $768)
Free Racing x 2 Sessions (Valued at $40)
Drag Tag Moto Jacket (Valued at $165)
Drag Tag Moto Shirt (Valued at $55)
Drag Tag Cap (Valued at $25)
Race your own Car for only $20 for a full nights racing
15% Discount on Nissan Race Car Hire
15% Discount on all Drag Tag purchases.
Free Sticker Pack

Now lets look at your accuracy………………what a load of shite :bow:

Driver VCM Suite
Time 10.69 sec
60ft. Time 1.72 sec
Driver Reaction Time 0.41 sec
Car Power 292.00 Kilowatts
Race Date 07-06-2006 19:38
Track Beachroad_Day
Track Length 402m
Time Scale 100m Time 200m Time 300m Time Overall Time
4.03 sec 6.56 sec 8.71 sec 10.69 sec

Speed Scale 100m Speed 200m Speed 300m Speed Fastest Speed
125.42 kph 159.50 kph 177.49 kph 195.32 kph

Car Output Tractive Effort 10,561 Newtons
0 to 100 2.60 sec


Now lets look a little more closely again at what your flogging :deal:

Drag Tag Merchandise Price List

Image Item Price
Jackets (M, L, XL) $165.00
Moto Shirts
(S,M,L,Xl,XXL,XXXL) $55.00
T-Shirts
(S,M,L,Xl,XXL,XXXL) $20.00
Caps $25.00
Lanyards $8.00
Torches
(Batteries $1.00 ea) $18.00

All prices include GST
Any purchase over $50.00 comes with a free gloss bag :rofl: ..told yer :limpy::limpy:

[vxleather]

hmmmm this looks like a pop corn and beer thread.....

[Tonner]

Gezz I wish I could get that Jed Clampett voice working right now,
I'll give it a go,, ahem "Weeeel Doggies, what will they think of next!"

[ImpulSSiVZ]

Geez, way to jump to conclusions.
I never posted that stuff.
I live in Bris, not Melb.
And yeah, I could be a sponsor.
I'm not flogging a damm thing here.
Whereas I saw a post from someone offering to pass cars through road worthy via pm.
Wonder what that was all about.....


hmmmm this looks like a pop corn and beer thread.....

Now , that was funny.
You always come up with the good one liners, seriously.
I've got an Uncle up there in the mighty Mackay, he's a funny bugger too.
Has his own radio station there.

[markone2]

Geez, way to jump to conclusions.
I never posted that stuff.
I live in Bris, not Melb.
And yeah, I could be a sponsor.
I'm not flogging a damm thing here.
Whereas I saw a post from someone offering to pass cars through road worthy via pm.
Wonder what that was all about.....

RWC's by pm my :booty:......use yer noggin..:doh:

*Not flogging a damn thing*.......yep yer right.....but making a right bloodly good job of testing investment waters for a future $$$$$$ collect........imho you might well find Willowbank is just too close to Brisbane for the majority of V8 drivers......of course I cannot speak for the :limpy: brigade who may.....or may not be in urgent need of another $50.00 Gloss bag

[OLS108]

RWC's by pm my :booty:......use yer noggin..:doh:

*Not flogging a damn thing*.......yep yer right.....but making a right bloodly good job of testing investment waters for a future $$$$$$ collect........imho you might well find Willowbank is just too close to Brisbane for the majority of V8 drivers......of course I cannot speak for the :limpy: brigade who may.....or may not be in urgent need of another $50.00 Gloss bag

yeah Mark, i am sick of the way you Constantly Help forum members find stupidly Cheap LS1's for nothing more then a carton of GOLD... now you have the nerve to offer to help get RWC for mafless users.... people like you make me sick:confused:... i think ?

[vxleather]

:yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::lmao::lmao::lm ao::lmao::lmao::D:D:D:D:D
yeah Mark, i am sick of the way you Constantly Help forum members find stupidly Cheap LS1's for nothing more then a carton of GOLD... now you have the nerve to offer to help get RWC for mafless users.... people like you make me sick:confused:... i think ?

:yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::yahoo::lmao::lmao::lm ao::lmao::lmao::D:D:D:D:D

More pop-corn please dear, then go back and keep washing up the beer glasses would ya......

[ImpulSSiVZ]

RWC's by pm my :booty:......use yer noggin..:doh:

*Not flogging a damn thing*.......yep yer right.....but making a right bloodly good job of testing investment waters for a future $$$$$$ collect........imho you might well find Willowbank is just too close to Brisbane for the majority of V8 drivers......of course I cannot speak for the :limpy: brigade who may.....or may not be in urgent need of another $50.00 Gloss bag

Yes, I do relise what the pm rubbish was about, don't need a noggin to know that.
Testing investment waters? Not really, it's your comments that keep the thread at the top of the page, I'm just answering your concerns on this matter. I was just interested if anyone had been there and tried it.
You have made your opinions insultingly clear, but if that's the way you choose to offer your opinions, fair enough. I have been dealing with customers for over 20 years, so have a thick skin, not that I really needed to.
Business is very successful and still growing.
How much money has Willowbank made out of you for all of your still counting runs? Quite a bit I imagine. But, I was mainly interested if anyone here had tried it. I have zero to do with the people that own it in Melb but I'm always on the lookout for new things, no harm in that.
That sort of business would most likely loose more money than it makes for a number of years anyway. Cudos for anyone else that has a go with it as it would be a very long term investment.
If the moderators on this site choose to delete this entire thread, it would not worry me in the slightest, because I have zero to loose.
In fact, I would recommend that they do as obviously it has been hijacked for reasons unknown to myself, though I can guess why.

[HazzaHSV]

Well to get back on topic....

I haven't tried it. But I think alot of people are missing the point of Drag Tag. It is in no way a replacement for the real deal. If anyone thinks that it is a replacement for going to the 1/4 at a dragstrip (or real racing at Bathurst) then I think they need to get to the real track and see what it is all about. Hence I agree 100% with markone2 on that.

But IMO what drag tag is all about, is offering another, totally different, form of entertainment. I mean you don't hear people complaining that casual paintball is a waste of time, because its not the real competition thing with proper teams etc. Nor do you hear people complain about Go-Kart racing (you know those povo ones where the cars are really slow and the track 20 metres long), because it's not real car racing. The same with virtual sports like Virtual Golf, it lets people play at times/situations where they wouldn't be able to, and for some provides more fun than the real thing.

We have corporate days from time to time, we have done Paintball, LazorZone, Virtual Golf, Pitch and Putt, GoKarts etc. Of course these are all fake compared to the real sports they imitate. But it makes them more reachable for the majority, and it can be alot more fun to some people than the real deal. ie. Virtual Golf (or pitch and putt) takes an hour and has alot less hazards and probability of frustration than real golf, so alot of casual people enjoy it more.

Back to drag tag. Unfortunately for alot of us the nearest drag strip is 3-4 hours away (or more), so it isn't the easiest thing to go and do, especially when you might get 2 or 3 runs for the whole night. Not to mention if something brakes, then a nice $500 tow back home, and no car to drop the kids off the next day. This is where drag tag would allow people to have a half-virtual half-real taste of what it is like, and may ultimately bring more people to real drag/circuit racing.

Want proof. Well I am one of those people that has grown up playing racing games with a cockpit online with people all around the world (I still do and I know plenty of others that do like delco etc). It ultimately raised my interest in racing and ended up being the reason I now participate in real circuit racing. Would I give drag tag a go? Hell yeah. Would I use it to replace real drag/circuit racing? Hell no.

Just my .02 dollars worth.

PS - Oh and mark has done plenty for us LS1ers so I wouldn't criticise his offers of help. Agree to disagree maybe?

[bejay]

To the OP. I have tried it and it is fun. Not the same fun as real drag racing and circuit racing, just different fun.

You wont know what it's like till you give it a go. Just use their cars first to try it.