Another month comes to an end and another long awaited race meet is uploaded online. I am glad to report i am almost cought up on the backlog of images and will have the last 2 events uploaded in the next 2 days, those being the 2010 Haltech Compac Attak and 2010 Nitro Champs bith held at the world class Sydney Dragway.
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Moving forward i have now uploaded the full gallery from the 24/4 Test n Tune which was a great opportunity for racers to get thier cars on the track for some last minute tuning in preperation for one of the biggest events on the ANDRA calender, the 2010 Nitro Champs.
Take a close look at the image below and you will see the intake in mid air after making it's escape. Thankfully Jake managed to bring the car to a stop and was ok.
Once car you don't usually assosiate with drag racing would be the Mazda MX5, or Miata as they are known by the guys over the water. Commonly reffered to as a hairdressers car, this little machine didn't do much to remove itself from such comments with it's pink exterior.
But once you noticed the chute on the rear and big slicks under the ass end you started to catch on to the fact this is no normal MX5.
When the driver started her up a very familiar brap or a 13BT filled the staging lanes while it made its way through the burnout and into stage where once the required revs were made through the auto box it leaped out of the hole like a frog on a hot plate busting out a 9.4@142mph for it's first pass of the day. Thus dismissing any further comments on it's appearence.
Making its first appearance after a complete ground up re-build was the Castle Hill Exhaust turbo LS1 VT Commodore. The guys have moved to a 3/4 chassis setup running a huge 33x16.5in tyre. The 408ci donk has been treated to a pair of high flowing AFR heads and the whole shebang is now running on methanol.
Although i don't have an engine bay image to show you from this meet i can tell you that under the bonnet is a work of art. Loads of high temp coated piping and not to mention a mother of all turbos up front. The GT55 hits you right in the face the minute you pop the bonnet and is kept in line by a 60mm Turbosmart wategate.
The cars previous best prior to the makeover was 8.9@161mph all on a much smaller tyre. On this particular meet, the first full pass for the car with Dale Helier behind the wheel it layed down an easy 8.2@155mph.
Once the car is fully sorted and the guys get a bit more track time under their belt expect to see this thing depp into the 7's Not bad for a taxi ;)
To give you an idea of the sound and grunt this thing is packing, check out this clip of the car on the in house dyno at CHE. INSANE
I noticed the Sadek RX3 sedan sitting in the staging lanes but it was a surprice to see that neither frank nor Sam would be behind the wheel, rather it was Sam's 18yo son having a go behind the wheel of the methanol guzzling 13BT.
Although the yound lad wasn't able to get a decent full pass in im sure it was not for lack of trying. A bucket full of nerves im sure is what held him back having issues getting off the line with the clutchless box. But i will say that he did give it a go so hats off to him, i can only imagine what it would be like to start off drag racing driving a 7 second rotor......
In true Sadek style he was not afraid to get into it in the burnout putting on a decent show for the camera. Im sure with a bit more practice we will see him wheels up and flying down the strip with the best of them
What do you consider a fast street car now days? 10 sec? 9's maybe?? How bout hitting the streets in your 8 sec GTR.... This stealth black R32 owned and driven by Paul Mauhayet has gone as quick as 8.93@159mph to make it the unofficial worlds fastest and quickest Street GTR.
Shooting down the black top on street leagal MT drag radials and with full GTR interior apart from 2 light weight Kirkey front seats. What will blow you away even more will be the image below. How many 4WD cars have you seen lift the front wheels off the line?? Although the owner told me this was not expected nor ideal resulting in a slightly off the pace but still damn impressive 9.2@158mph run.
With hints of an upgrade to a pair of slightly larger turbos i am chomping at the bit to see this thing out on the track again soon and on its way to eclipse the current official worlds fastest radial tired GTR of 8.55@165 held by the Croyden R32 drag car. Considering paul has got to the level he has with what is still considered a street car, i can't see this being an issue
One car that seems to be gathering some momentum is Brad Woods PIG323. The little white hatch put on some great tyre frying action in it's pre run burnouts before laying down a few impressive passes with a best of 9.4@144mph, a big improvement on its previous meets efforts.
Peter Pronesti's PRO05L Torana is a stunning looking car and never fails to impress at the track running several low 8 sec passes on the day.
The madman himself Frank Mamone was out in the Outlaw 10.5 Chev Nova. After laying down thick black lines along the whole 400m on several occasions.
This pass he unfortunatly ended in the kitty litter after the chutes failed to deploy properly.
Not a fun thing to do on a Saturday afternoon but it was good to see that car towed back down the return land with next to no dammage at all.
There was a real battle going down for the toughest LC/LX (I can't remeber how to tell them apart :( ) Torana. In the running was Anthony Fichera in HYP400,
Simon Kryger in the STAUNCH-mobile
and Jim Bolovinos in the Coupe
My personal favorite for the meet would have to be Anthony's tough as nails black on blue sedan. A very street orientated beast that had no issues showing off it's undercarriage on every pass. Just what we like to see!
Being the last meet prior to the huge national event there were a few Pro Stock guys out testing on the day as well. Some exciting passes were seen on the day and was just a taste of what was to come.
The appearence of both Bill Perdikaris and Ian Browns cars was awesome as was the sound
Rob Campisis Twin Turbo Mustang never fails to impress.
PRO100 would have to be one of the sexiest rotors in the scene at the moment. It just oozes toughness
Zoran Gagic with a nice big burnout in the 2JZ Beemer accross the line ensuring those big bags are plenty warm
Go the 120Y YEW!
Oh so close to that 10 sec pass for Neil Griffiths 1UZ Turbo S13 with an 11.0
NITRO VOODOO!!!
These guys are nuts i tell ya, NUTS!
Check out the crazy clouds above Mark Hinchelwood's monster turbo altered that cam towards the track in the afternoon, luckly we didnt get even a drop of rain
Mark with his signiture 'Thumbs Up' burnout, great work as always Mark.
And while it is always good to end on a bang, the closest thing i got is some nice Top Fuel header flames ala Mariani. Toasty...
Well thats it for another post. All images from the meet are now up on http://www.jngimages.com/ in the events section (TNT240410) so be sure to check out the loads of other awesome cars that attended.
I will be working my ass off to get the remaining 2 major meets done, uploaded and covered by Sunday ready to hit it hard again with Superlap in 2 weeks time.
Until then, keep on it!
Jason
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