With the previous weeks Testing cancelled due to bad weather, and the Summer's just a few days away Sydney Dragway decided to let the racers test out the cars and gather valuable data for the weekends event in place of the usual Wed night off street meet.A combination of a mid week date, and short notice the afternoon started off very slow (and damn hot!) with very few cars showing up until later on in the afternoon. Once the temp started to cool down a bit cars started to filter through at a quicker rate which was welcomed by everyone.
A big attraction for the meet, well for Sport Compac fans was the new GAS Motorsports Scion (Ex Titan). Out with a new slick metallic grey paint job and piloted by none other than Top Doorslammer championship winning Ben Bray. "Benny the Kid" as he is frequently called has been given the task of wheel man of the Scion for the 2010 season. Although he only managing a few test passes it is safe to say that the car will be at the pointy end of the Field once everything is sorted, and with a reported .98 60" time so far in the car, the team are confident it will run mid 6's at the summers. Oh, and yeah, and its still running a 10.5" tyre .Fingers crossed. .
The awesome looking, and very tuff "MR ROTA" R100 made an appearance. Owner and driver Johnny Critos of JC Racing had the little R1 up on the back wheels and shooting down for mid 8s without breaking a sweat. Cant wait to see more of this weapon on the weekend.
Another car that really gets the blood pumping is this Turbo LS1 ute from well known Sydney workshop C&V Performance. With a sexy custom paint job and a huge single turbo strapped onto the big injected V8, the car absolutely flies down the track in style, running a best of 7.1@193mph on the night. There is nothing like the sound of a turbo V8 going flat chat down the strip, its not a ear busting noise like the top fulers and doorslammers, but a deep burble with the distinct whistle as the car struggles to maintain traction for the whole length of the track. I for one welcome a Pro class for these cars in the future.
The VL Turbo brigade were well represented with Julian Barberra & George Harmis dueling it out in their rigs, both working on hitting that elusive 7 second pass.
This sparkling green sedan that was sure giving its street tyres a hiding off the line. This was one of the few street cars they allowed into the meet to fill in the gaps.
This sparkling green sedan that was sure giving its street tyres a hiding off the line. This was one of the few street cars they allowed into the meet to fill in the gaps.SDR Motorsports RX2's made a brief appearance, Joe Chetcuti in his 13BT powered sedan, a very consistent Super Sedan runner.
and Bill Massi in this red coupe running the bigger brother 20BT package, and as with Joe's car, both run a C4 Auto. If your like me, and a big fan of the SDR team, check out their new website just finished at http://www.sdrm.com.au/
This super clean RX3 made a single first pass of 10.03@133mph and unfortunately that was all we saw of it for the night which was really disappointing...
This capri could win a race before the green light. Could you imaging lining up next to this thing?? Look at the size of that blower!! ANIMAL.
A cool little old schooler mixed with some forced fed motivation.
Sean Mifsud waited until his last run of the night to pull out a low 6 in the "Shoebox" Top Doorslammer
I'm a big fan the simple blue on white paint scheme of the Lucas oils Doorslammer.
This neat Stang sounded very tuff and looked great without all the usual sponsorship decals all over the place.
"Wild Willy" was testing, and with a flash new coat of paint.
Macca's advertising, its everywhere. No wonder shows like the biggest looser keep coming back every year....
That's enough dribbling from me, The full gallery from last nights racing is up on my website for your viewing pleasure. www. JNGIMAGES.com
In addition to just clicking the mouse and having a look around, if you have any suggestions or comments, good or bad, drop me an email and let me know. I value your feedback.
Make sure you get your ass down to Sydney Dragway tomorrow and Sat 12-13/2/10 for the Summernationals. If the weather co-operates and we can have some clear sky's its going to be a hit. If for some reason your lazy and cant get off your lounge for a few hours you can tune in and listen to the live feed from the track. Follow this link. http://energy08.egihosting.com/18321
Hope to see you there!
Jason
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