The crew have long been hunting for that elusive sub 8sec pass and after some fine tuning of the rear suspension prior to the first round of eliminations Damien finally got the monkey off his back and flew down the track for a 7.978@150.30, even after backing off slightly in the deep end. Needless to say the team were over the moon with the time, but as we all know, it doesn't mean much if you can't back it up.
Damien rolled up to stage for the second round against another Qld local Brice Miller in his stunning RX3 sedan. With all eye's on the little green rocket it once again bit down hard out of the hole and ran through flat-chat for a 7.917@175.21. Not only did the car back up the previous pass, but it went even quicker.
With this win Damien also took out the championship in Super Compact and while this was a great finish to the season his day was about to get even better.
In the final Damien would line up against another super-quick small tyre car in the form of Matt Lisle in the Extreme Rotaries Gen1 RX7. With both cars performing extremely well throughout the event the air was thick with excitement and the stage lights lit up. As the lights dropped both cars left the line hard but in the end it was a one horse race with McKern pulling away from the 7 to a blistering 7.864@180.84mph. WHAT!! Yes, it's not a miss-print. Damien Mckern and the Pac Performance crew had pulled off what was an amazing few days of racing and walked away on top of the world and the 289 class.
All i can say is you better get ready for Jambo, because it's going to be one event you won't want to miss!
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