2010 Haltech Compac Attak - Sydney's premier Sport Compact event

Well people the wait is finally over. I have sorted, processed and uploaded all my images from the 2010 Haltech Compac Attak event (all 1107 of them) held at Sydney Dragway last month, and what an event it was.

Compac Attak is Sydney's premier Sport Compact event and it just keeps getting bigger and better every year and fortunately for us, so does the weather. At this years event we were welcomed with clear blue skys and perfect weather for racing. 

Proof of the events growing popularity the 2010 event drew some international visitors that were keen to strut their stuff on one of this countries best drag racing facilities in front of the eager crowd. Gary White of Titan fame travelled all the way from the USofA made the journey across the way to steer the ex-Titan come GAS Motorsport Scion, and Rod Harvey from the land of the long white burnout cloud in the Rayglass Celica. Each of these car lay down consistent 6 second passes and joined our already impressive line up of quality Pro Turbo cars.

So enough blabber, lets get to the pics shal we??

It is becoming more and more common to see several high-dollar exotics scattered through the pit area including a few Ferrari's like this Marenello Red example

Anthony Daquino's full chassis RX3 is probably the most extreme old-school bodied car in Oz and is in a league of it's own in terms of looks with the RX3 slammed as low as it can go

Making it's second appearance at the strip was the 1200 Coupe owned and driven by SDR Motorsports head man Steve Dimech.

Powered by a methanol guzzling single turbo 13B and clutchless box the little coupe had already laid down some impressive debut passes at the Full Throttle Friday event prior to CA and was again out to impress.

Joe Chetcuti's RX2 is another super consistent racer from the SDR stable

Domenic Lopinno's insane twin turbo Mustang was running in the Extreme class up against the other turbo V8 heavy hitters Rob Campisi and Cino Sorbello. Like in the US these huge power turbo charged combs are starting to pop up and are really taking Australian drag racing to the next level.

One car that caught my eye was this Ford Courier dual cab ute. Long gone is the clapped out 4cyl engine and its replacement...

A Quad cam 4.0L V8 with a heafty shot of giggle-gas. hows that for different.

The Ruggier brother brought out their sexy RX3 coupe with a fresh bridge-port 13B and new methanol fuel system.

Probably one of the nicest looking cars at the event was Glen Hunter's 20B Lancer wagon. Gone is the matt-black exterior, the wagz looks a million dollars now with the new coat of paint and definitely has the show to match the go!

Under the bonnet is even more impressing that the outside. The Plazmaman W2A cooler and fluid reservoir takes pride of place up front and check out the reverse mount turbo.

The action on the track started nice and early with the racers keen to get onto the track and make use of the cool early morning air.

The All Motor class is all about noise, revs and feather weight cars. As always the class was filled with ported rotars, VW's and VTech Honda's. This years event was headed up by Craig Wassan in his NA 20BPP powered RX3, top qualifying in the with a wheels up 9.64ET

But it was the VW Beetle of Peter Page that ran away with the class win in the end after defeating Joseph DeGiorgio in the final who unfortunatly broke out in his Honda Civic

Whats a NA class without a screaming VTech Honda. Joe DeGiorgio's Civic is no shrinking violet either able to cut down many a turbocharged foe and run consistant 11sec passes.

Alf Axiak's RX3 is another strong NA car litterally revving it's tits off on it's way down the strip and into the 10's. A little bit slower than the times we used to see this car run with a 13BT/clutchless setup but still damn impressive.

Sport Compact is a very street orientated class with an 11sec cut-off, although we did see a few cars run under this. Michael Ryan took out top qualifier in his turbo charged (like you can miss it) early model Falcon with a 11.01@120mph.

Mohammed Khan's little green 1300 went against the conventional rotor conversion choosing a SR20DET transplant instead.

Matt Rice proves that you don't need a big dollar car to run the numbers. With a basic 13BT/TO4E package in the light weight 808 he gets plenty of wheels up action and 10sec time slips. Roumers are that Matt will be returning to the track soon with a few upgrades and maybe a new look to chase down a 9sec pass.

Street cars make great Sport Compact racers too. Aaron Murphy's Typhoon went round for round and eventually took out the class with a 14.36@90mph. Yes that's not fast at all but in DYO racing it doesn't need to be.

Adrian Hodgson AKA 2RISMO had the Skyline out with a fresh setup and E85 tune. He walked away with a new PB for the car running 10.71@128 even with a lazy 60'.

The GAS Motorsports ST289 was one of my favorite classes to watch on the day. Over-powered cars skating down the track with drivers using every inch of their lanes when pulling gears, what more could you want? The class is always highly contested and with a big number of cars entered it was always going to be great racing

Top qualifier for the day was and eventual class winner Chris Hall in the Mazfix backed S6 RX7 with a best of 8.52@159mph 

 Well known Sport Compact racer Rodney Spannerburg would line up against Chris in the final after taking the win against Antonio DeOliveira  and his 1000 Ute but all his hard work would go to waste with a red light in the final.

Robert Iacono had MR12A frying the tyres but unfortunatly still seems to be having issues with the car

This RX3 proves you don't need an all out race car to have fun running in the ST289 class

Joe Pascua slams through the Liberty-geared Toploader in his gen1 RX7 and was aiming for a spot in the final but like Rodney a red light ended his day prematurely

Shane Chriton in the Cressida representing the family sedans in Sport Compact and knocking on the door of an 8 second ET

Outlaw 10.5 is another exciting class to watch. Think ST289 with an extra 1.5 inches of rubber but also a few extra HP to boot.

Jason Both secured top qualifier and also set a new record for the class with a 7.55@179mph pass but was later sidelined when a $2 part failed

Peter Pisalidis pushed his Camaro to a 7.84@186mph to come in as 2nd qualifier. Peter would make it all the way to the final and line up against George Haramis in the VL but unfortunately had to settle for second after he suffered issues and was unable to get the car down the track.

 

Damien McKern is usually a force to be reconed with in Outlaw 10.5 but didn't make it through eliminations this time round. He did however lay down some of the biggest burnout of the day.

Sydney Dragway regular George Haramis took out the class with an 8.62 against Pisalidis in the final.

Frank Canistra is always ready to put on a show, this is a very tame launch compared to what we usually see for MRHELI.

Modified Compact had a decent amount of variety at this years event. From turbo 4Cyl's, rotors, 4WD's, FWD's and the odd-ball Buick V6TT Ute.

While Vince Rigoli top qualified in the V6TT 1200 ute with a 8.07@167mph although engine drama's saw him packing up early.

Close on Vince's tail was Nikki Dunlop in her super quick EVO running a stunning 8.62@161mph 

Nikki was later eliminated by David Mercieca in the Silver rotor powered 1200 ute.

Joe Chetcuti would go all the way to the final where he lined up against Mercieca and thanks to a great reaction time he walked away with the crown running 9.78 against Mercieca's 10.10

David Mercieca would have to settle for runner up this year, but put on one hell of a fight.

Ryan Blank had his S14 on song all day

Another tough car from the SDR crew is the Soprano's R100. Huge burnout, crazy launches and apparently awesome pizza's.

Pro Compact is where things start to really heat up. All of these cars are running in the 7 sec bracket and provide plenty of edge-of-your-seat racing. This years event saw all of the 3/4 chassis 20B and 6Cyl cars move out of Pro Turbo and into the Super Compact class for some awesome heads-up action.

Vince Rigoli would start off as 3rd fastest in qualifying with a solid 7.73@175mph but was knocked out in round 2 of eliminations by Steve Dimech

One of my favorite SC car's Rodney Rehayem's 13BT RX3 managed to secure the 2nd spot in qualifying behind Sadek with a 7.45@182mph. Rodney would work his way through the field and into the finals where he would match up against Steve Dimech's 1200 coupe.

The car of the day had to be Steve Dimech's ex Puerto Rican 1200 Coupe. Steve has obviously built a setup to take full advantage of the extremly well setup chassis. Steve was on fire throughout the whole event getting quicker and quicker with each pass. On only the cars second outing it he scored a spot in the final against Rodney. Set to be one of the best races of the event Rodney left the line with a great reaction time however he had issues and was forced to abort the pass as the 1200 blitzed away for another killer pass.

Ben Bray was pushing the SR powered ute as hard as he could but was knocked in Rnd 2 of eliminations when he had trouble building boost on the line

Anthony Daquino running a 7.48@178mph in qualifying

Pro Turbo saw the best of the best from Australia and oversea's on the track going head to head. This is the class everyone comes to watch. The ongoing battle between the big gun 2JZ's and 20B's creating some of the most exciting racing in the world.

Nathan Farrugia managed to score enough point in eliminations to see him end up in the finals after despite loosing in round 3 to Wedlock with a 7.07@192 against Nathan's 8.19@178mph

Titan Motorsports Gary White made the trip back to OZ to steer the Scion and managed to get through to the 2nd round of eliminations but was knocked out by Wedlock in the Aurion.

Rocky Rehayem can put on a mean BBQ while sitting on the 2 step in the Mazda6. Rocky made it through to round 3 where he cam out on top against Archie Kajewski in the Prolux but had dramas during the pass and was not able to make it back out.

Glen Hunter 20B lancer wagon was running strong but unfortunately didn't make it through to eliminations

Archie Kejewski was doing well in the 20B PROLUX qualifying 5th with a best of 7.26@183mph but issues in round 3 saw him bow out of the competition

Rod Harvey would unfortunately be sidelined very early on after damaging the crank in the first round

Tony Wedlock would end up in the final against Nathan Faruggia and with a 7.16 against Faruggia's 7.71 he took the win and top spot.

The whole gallery of my images from the event are now up on http://www.jngimages.com/ so make sure you check them out.

Nitro Champ stuff will be uploaded real soon so be sure to keep an eye out for those.

Thanks for your patience, im hoping the quality of my work makes up for the slight delay in getting these uploaded.

See ya real soon

Jason