Up-Up & Away, it's another Full Throttle Friday!!

Never underestimate a Full Throttle Friday meet at Sydney Dragway. What started out looking like a rather poor attendance turned into a night of high flyers, skatey passes and 2step flamage. Once again proving that the Friday night meets are not to be missed if your a drag racing nutter like me.
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Now if your into rotors then the name Pac Performance would be very familiar to you. Known for being one of Australia's and the worlds best rotory workshops they have a reputation for producing some extreamly tough rotary powered cars that give a big F-U to their piston powered competitors. Two such cars were in attendance for this meet and they both put on a great show.

Danny Petrevski, the owner of this hot looking RX3 Sedan (also the opener image) known as PANNIC was in for a surprise when he let go of the transbrake on his first run of the night. Showing just how much grunt the Pac-prepped 13B is packing under the hood and how much grip those chunky rear slicks get on a well prepped track.

The car pulled those front wheels up hard and towards the end the car headed for the cetreline and the tree as well, but Danny was able to control the beast and bring her down safely without any major damage. As a result he was able to complete many more passes on the night with a best of 8.5@156mph.

Another RX3 wearing the typical PAC livery is Rodney Rehayem in his Pro-Turbo Sedan. This would have to be one of my all time favorite cars to shoot and watch fly down the track.

The exterior paint scheme is fukn hot and so are the massive 2step flames this thing throws out. Just take a look at that flamage!! And this is mild compared to what i have seen Rodneys 3 produce on the line. Not only does the car look good and throw flames just as impressive as a top fueller it absoloutly hauls ass down the 400m too, spitting out 7.20's with relative ease.

Another car known for its flamage and just as impressive quarter mile runs is Nathan Farrugia's S6 RX7. 2010 see's a new paint scheme for the seven and while it does make it a bit harder for me to get a good shot of the beast (thanks Nathan, like i need any more of a challenge) i will say it does make it look rather impressive with the new black base.

This mobile BBQ spits out flames almost 24/7 when it staging, with every blap of the throttle comes a flash of flame, even more so on the 2step.

Another impressive car on the track is this stealth black VW Beetle wearing the very contasting JUNKA plates. This NOS fed NA flat four must pack some killer punch as it has no problems sitting up on the rear wheels. I mean, yeah most Beetle tend to do that but have a close look at the rear view sequence i shot. The damn thing sits on the rear exhaust tip as it goes almost verticle towards the centre line!! I wish i had of held the shutter down a tad longer as the Dub came down with a shower of sparks from the underside. However, just like Danny's Mazda, it too came round for several more runs that night.

Matt Gildon was out hunting for that 7 sec pass and early on it looked like it would be his night after managing a 8.07@165mph,

 but his night was cut short after busting a chain in the middle of a pre-run burnout. Matt was not real happy as you can tell from his expression :)

Peter Pronesti made an appearence in his Staunch LJ. Judging by this image either his on-board kettle has well and truely boiled or he is runnin abig hit of giggle gas..... Hmmm, im thinkin the latter...

The ROTORG33K himself, Jamie Ruggier got behind the wheel of his goegeous marble RX3 Coupe. A big burnout was the order of the day with the new Meth fueled 13B. However after only it's first run of the night it suffered engin dramas and was put back onto the tilt tray for the trip home.

It's always good when you find a driver that doesnt mind having a camera pointed their way, or even interacting with you when your shooting as is the case with Mark Hinchelwood in his turbocharged Chev altered. Thumbs up for big burnouts!

This is one neat Torrie!

Tony had a converter issue with the stunning yellow Motortech VL, so unfortunatly no 8 sec passes for the night and a long trip back to the Gong.

V.I.P Automotive Torrie, sensational!

PRO100 is shaping up to be a killer combo running the quarter in mid to low 8's still in testing. An how hot is that candy paint job. It's definatly got the go to match the show!

Well i think thats enough dribble for tonight. Check out the full gallery of the night on http://www.jngimages.com/

Stay tuned as i am hoping to have my Compac Attak images up shortly along with my coverage of Saturday's Test n Tune on the 24/04.

Take care and keep it poppin!

~ Jason ~