DAY two of Street Machine Drag Challenge was run at Heathcote Park Raceway yesterday, before the entrants headed off on an epic 430km journey to Mildura.
In the overall standings, Bubba Medlyn in the twin turbo V8 Commodore is still out on front, with combined best times from day one at Calder and day two of 16.53-seconds. Next up is Adam Rogash in the NOSHOW HSV Clubsport with 16.93 and then Mark Drew in the Crusty Torana with a 17.06 average.
The classes for Drag Challenge are simple – Haltech Radial Blown and Earl’s Radial Aspirated for those running genuine 275 radials or smaller and Turbosmart Outlaw Blown and Mothers Outlaw Aspirated for those running any other tyre. Other than that, you can run what you like – any fuel, any power adders. Many entrants drop exhausts at the track, then convert them back to road spec for the trips from track to track.Chasing Bubba for Turbosmart Outlaw Blown honours is Harry Haig in the Shonky SS and Jarrod Wood in the mental IMGASD one-tonner.
The Haltech Radial Blown competitors had to battle a tough Heathcote surface, with Mark Drew close behind Adam Rogash and with Queenslander Terry Seng in third place in his ballistic VC Brock replica.
Mark Clifford and his crew from Far North Queensland struggled with gremlins in the morning, but worked hard and made it to Heathcote to stay out in front of Mothers Outlaw Aspirated, ahead of Stephen Micallef in the one-tonner and Steve Reimann in his Dodge Dart. Reimann’s Dart was hit by a motorist on the way to Mildura and suffered massive damage. The car is out of the event, but Steve was unhurt and is riding along for the rest of the event. Earl’s Radial Aspirated is being dominated by Fords, with the Capris of Alon Vella and Nathan Goshon leading George Haddad in his XR Falcon.
Tuff Mounts dial-your-own is a tough battle as expected, with Simon McPherson’s VK Calais ahead of Benny Phillips’s HK and last year’s DYO champ, Alesha Teale.
Of course, there are a thousand other stories to tell, including the tale of Max and Jake Edwards. After fitting a replacement LS to Max’s Corona wagon in the pits at Calder, the boys discovered it was a dud with a very noisy valvetrain. Keen to keep following the event, the Edwards’s limped to Hardcourt to use fellow competitor Anthony Burns’s shop to fit a whole new top end to the motor. They then made it to Heathcote in time to do one pass!
Stay tuned for our video update soon.
TURBOSMART OUTLAW BLOWN
Bubba Medlyn | VH Commodore | 16.5349 |
Harry Haig | HQ Sedan | 17.4331 |
Jarrod Wood | HQ Tonner | 17.9875 |
Luke Foley | VH Commodore | 17.9191 |
Brendan Cherry | HQ Monaro | 17.9854 |
Rodney Browitt | HQ Ute | 18.7439 |
Darren Mallison | Toyota Corona | 18.9042 |
Mark Sass | VX Commodore | 19.1404 |
Tim Bailey | VZ Commodore ute | 20.8619 |
John WHYTE | LC Torana | 24.0626 |
Brad Davis | C63 Mercedes | 20.5892 |
Paul Hamilton | XA Falcon | OUT |
Antony Jakovac | Ford Cortina | OUT |
Jamie Arnold | OUT |
MOTHERS OUTLAW ASPIRATED
Mark Clifford | Ford Mustang | 18.9543 |
Stephen Micallef | HQ Holden | 19.0345 |
Steve Reimann | Dodge Dart | 20.3336 |
Andrew Mclellan | Plymouth Cuda | 21.6997 |
Jon Mitchell | Dodge Challenger | 21.7736 |
HALTECH RADIAL BLOWN
Adam Rogash | VT Clubsport | 16.9347 |
Mark Drew | LH Torana | 17.0609 |
Terry Seng | VC Commodore | 17.6229 |
Luke Grima | Red Torana | 18.1068 |
Graeme Horner | VK Commodore | 18.1775 |
Todd Foley | VH Commodore | 18.2203 |
Jason Ghiller | Beige Falcon | 18.6243 |
Jesse Boothroyd | HZ Kingswood | 18.7514 |
Brett Mathew | HT Premier | 18.8404 |
Neil Davey | VX Commodore | 18.8795 |
Elvio Gonzalez | Ford Capri | 19.1888 |
Dusty Benson | VC Commodore | 19.3334 |
Josh O’brien | Commodore Ute | 19.5005 |
Tim Bailey | VZ Commodore ute | 20.8619 |
Tim Rhone | XP Falcon | 21.1614 |
Matt Lampard | HZ Kingswood | 21.261 |
Rohan Hutson | 55 Chev | 21.9369 |
Phillip Edmondson | XB Hardtop | 25.1885 |
Norm Hardinge | 32 Ford coupe | 24.3561 |
Chris Veleski | Toyota Lexcen | OUT |
Adam Styles | LC Torana | OUT |
Vince Stigliano | Ford Mustang | OUT |
Jason Walter | XY Falcon ute | OUT |
Con Pakos | Mitsubishi Van | OUT |
Daryl Amey | HG Holden ute | OUT |
EARL’S RADIAL ASPIRATED
Alon Vella | Ford Capri | 18.6454 |
Nathan Ghosn | Ford Capri | 19.6945 |
George Haddad | XR Falcon | 20.9361 |
Damon Kirkwood | Gemini | 21.4876 |
Daryl Elliott | LH Torana | 21.2301 |
Murray Kelly | HT Holden | OUT |
Josh Ede | XY Falcon | OUT |
John Micallef | LH Torana | OUT |
TUFF MOUNTS DYO
Simon Mcpherson | VK Calais | -0.0029 |
Benny Phillips | 68 HK Holden | -0.0067 |
Alesha Teale | HQ Holden | -0.0071 |
John Kerr | Mercury Comet | -0.0082 |
Justin Mitchell | HQ Holden | -0.0098 |
Grant Pegler | LX Torana SS | -0.0112 |
Daniel Barbary | Chrysler Centura | -0.0113 |
Carl Taylor | Chev Belair | -0.0123 |
Kim Smith | HSV Maloo | -0.0165 |
Joshua Grant | VB Commodore | -0.0181 |
Rod Kerr | Holden Torana | -0.0215 |
Blake Jeffreys Driving | VK Commodore | -0.022 |
Mark Busscher | Holden Adventurer | -0.023 |
Noel Inman | T-model | -0.0248 |
Randall Mortier | VK Commodore | -0.0253 |
Long John Megahorne | Mazda | -0.0263 |
Ben Heyma | 86 Commodore | -0.0295 |
Nathan Clarke | Holden Torana | -0.0343 |
Rob Thorpe | XF Falcon ute | -0.0355 |
Matt Jones | Holden ute | -0.0365 |
Dominic Pelle | 68 HK Holden | -0.0451 |
Damien Reeves | 69 Ford XT Fairmont | -0.0494 |
Simon Lazzaro | HQ Monaro | -0.0515 |
John WHYTE | XR6 Ute | -0.0554 |
Peter Nay | Holden VZ Ute | -0.0583 |
Ben Smith | Ford XW Ute | -0.0611 |
Greg Mason | El Camino | -0.08 |
Anthony Burns | Falcon ute | -0.0921 |
Anthony Gatt | Chrysler Centura | -0.0994 |
Andrew Natoli | VK Commodore | -0.1027 |
Rohan Hutson | 55 Chev | -0.1029 |
Jason Davidson | HQ Tonner | -0.1035 |
Ryan Thompson | VS Statement | -0.1043 |
Charles Absalom | -0.1062 | |
Greg Richards | Ford Fairlane | -0.1254 |
James Graham | VH Commodore | -0.1453 |
Michael Rosser | Holden VX SS | -0.1482 |
Ben Kadel | Valiant Galant | -0.1505 |
Steve Nightingale | Ford XA Falcon | -0.1766 |
Scott Taylor | Ford Sprint | -0.2658 |
Mitch Smith | VG Valiant Hardtop | -0.3516 |
Cory Read | Ford XF Falcon | -0.3571 |
Steve Grima | VK Commodore | -0.3882 |
Robert Adamo | Ford Bronco | -0.3996 |
Paul Mulcahy | Austin Lancer | -0.4872 |
David Best | VY Commodore S/C | -0.5053 |
Scott Levy | El Camino | -0.8600 |
Robert Colombani | 68 Camaro | -1.0141 |
Max Edwards | Toyota Corona | out |
Aiden Taylor | Ford Sprint | out |
Ryan Ford | Camaro | out |
Grant Grech | 77 Torana | out |
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