Drag Challenge 2026 Day One results

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Day one of DC26 was a mix of highs and lows. Oil downs punished both the racers and the track stuff, but when the raing was happening, it was spectacular! You can check out the video coverage here and the full results below.

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TOP TEN OVERALL:

260	Barry Hall	Holden	VH Commodore	7.154	198.57
173	Danny Howe	Ford	XE	7.266	195.63
122	Keith Hards	Ford	XW	7.277	203.31
175	Brandon Zito	Holden	LC Torana	7.452	192.79
161	Daniel Smith	Toyota	Celica	7.494	189.25
135	Luke Foley	Holden	VH Commodore	7.517	186.77
205	Jason Kenny	Holden	VN	7.632	190.15
48	Chris Kaarsberg	Holden	Torana	7.757	183.13
52	Luke Edwards	Holden	VL Commodore	7.79	180.84
32	Nathan Rainbird	Holden	Commodore	7.81	185.54

VCM PERFORMANCE & HP TUNERS DYO

273	Robert Rizza	Hsv	Maloo	9.898	139.18
240	DMITRI PITTAKIS	HOLDEN	VT COMMODORE	10.25	134.62
224	Mick Thomas	Holden	HG Belmont	10.537	130.65
207	Guy Thornell	Holden	VN Commodore	10.628	127.37
212	Tim Parker	Ford	Coupe	10.634	126.63
255	Tracey Henley	Holden	HT Monaro	10.644	125.8
297	John Jansen	Holden	Kingswood	10.684	125.89
213	Rhys Hinkley	Holden	VL Commodore	10.749	126.77
113	Kevin English	Chevrolet	C10	10.821	105.81
27	Troy Ryan	Chevrolet	Chevelle	10.894	128.92
178	Warren Eustace	Holden	HG	10.941	124.08
263	Jamie Sessions	Ford	XD Falcon	10.949	123.75
259	Luke Green	Ford	XR Fairmont	11.001	123.14
63	Andrew Fry	Chrysler	VG Hardtop	11.057	123.04
210	Ryan Vella	Chevrolet	C10	11.062	118.36
283	Sinisha Skrnjug	Ford	BA	11.096	126.56
303	Adrian Abela	Ford	Fairlane	11.097	121.09
195	Chevy Barnes Librio	Ford	XB ute	11.179	119.83
226	James Stevens	Holden	HZ	11.269	119.13
241	Rod Lyall	Holden	LJ Torana	11.342	123.75
286	Christina Hunter	Holden	VT Calais	11.374	121.12
180	Daniel Mills	Holden	HZ Kingswood	11.387	120.91
281	Francesco Haber	Datsun	1200	11.398	117.83
203	Glenn Archer	Toyota	CELICA	11.518	118.25
279	Mark Eccles	Holden	EK	11.567	120.21
129	Kristian Mammoliti	Holden	VN SS	11.647	116.2
110	James Downie	Ford	F100	11.67	118.56
171	Alysha Teale Pollock	Holden	HQ	11.671	118.51
214	Sandra Horne	Ford	32 Coupe	11.702	118.07
305	Matthew Laird	Holden	VS Statesman	11.723	116.81
257	Craig House	Ford	F100	11.728	113.88
280	Rhys Spedding	Ford	XE Falcon	11.776	115.4
217	Matt Dietrich	Valiant	VF Hardtop	11.833	109.66
319	Jason Waye	Holden	HQ Belmont	11.833	115.69
300	Billy Parnis	Holden	Belmont	11.845	125.38
149	Todd Dicker	Holden	HK Kingswood	11.847	115.22
186	Adrian Christie	Isuzu	Dmax	11.887	117.92
327	Tony Younis	Mercedes	C63	11.907	120.66
15	Kane Spiers	Holden	VS Commodore	11.909	116.03
189	Shane Emanuelli	Holden	Gemini	11.951	114.81
89	Simon Moir	Ford	F100	11.96	113.49
233	Michael Heawood	Chevy	Nova	12.006	113.95
208	Ryan Beard	Holden	Commodore	12.03	115.43
242	Rebecca Pattinson	Holden	HG Kingswood	12.194	118.25
270	John Cleary	Holden	SSV Redline VF	12.273	109.75
251	Bradley Quirk	Ford	XD Fairmont	12.274	110.64
222	Daniel Kemlo	Holden	Belmont	12.31	118.94
231	Shaun Parsons	Holden	VC Commodore	12.626	115.3
221	Dan Barbary	Ford	TC Cortina	12.636	107.98
256	Rick Verbeek	Holden	HK	12.636	107.98
292	Lisa Trezise	Holden	VF SSII	12.65	110.72
262	Brenton Farr	Holden	VT Commodore	12.658	107.72
220	Lachlan Trethowan	Holden	VS Commodore	12.697	107.43
282	Neal O’Donohue	Ford	Compact	12.775	106.01
285	Scott Golding	Valiant	VG Hardtop	12.811	96.6
18	Scott Levy	Chevrolet	C10	12.893	105.75
69	Marcus Skilbeck	Holden	VT Calais	13.041	109.6
198	Frank Marchese	HOLDEN	HG BROUGHAM	13.127	105.97
17	Dwayne Heagney	Holden	Statesman	13.212	105.07
95	Warren Mitchelson	Ford	Territory GHIA	13.232	107.97
304	Duncan Willis	Holden	Commodore	13.257	109.75
97	Duane Daye	Ford	F100	13.297	106.43
246	Glen Ross	Chevrolet	Camaro	13.407	113.14
152	Jeremy Clark	Nissan	Skyline	13.561	113.07
275	Darren Binnion	Ford	XT Fairmont	13.627	100.37
13	Dave Downie	Suzuki	Grand Vitara	13.641	13.08
96	Benjamin Tanswell	Valiant	Charger	13.777	99.71
237	Kat Wadley (Auto Chick Photography)	Holden	VE SS	13.937	103.94
200	Nigal Sparrow	Holden	VB	14.137	102.73
287	Jay Chandler	Holden	LX Torana	14.409	97.18
269	Jason Gnagell	Ford	XF	14.487	112.21
230	Adrian Nicholls	Holden	Commodore VK	15.073	98.54

TUFF MOUNTS OUTLAW ASPIRATED VMP

ENTRANT #	NAME	VEHICLE	ET	MPH
130	Daniel Cassar	Ford Coupe	8.3	162.44
21	Dan Case	Holden Torana	9.112	145.83
258	David Chapple	Holden LC Torana	9.667	139.69
105	Jamie Turner	Holden VK Commodore	9.801	137.43
312	David Lorinc	Holden VH Commodore	10.365	129.41
106	Thomas Baker	Holden VH Commodore	10.391	129.81
159	Stephen Willies	Ford Ranchero	11.1	121.14
58	Matthew White	Ford XW Falcon	11.529	121.57
288	Kelvin Blackett	Ford XB Falcon

ITF HIRE OUTLAW BLOWN

ENTRANT #	NAME	VEHICLE	ET	MPH
260	Barry Hall	Holden VH Commodore	7.154	198.57
161	Daniel Smith	Toyota Celica	7.494	189.25
248	Juan Kudnig	Holden HT	7.995	178.18
9	Chris Veleski	Nissan Patrol	8.318	166.21
199	Vince Stigliano	Ford Mustang	8.911	153.98
108	Muff Murphy	Holden HQ	9.742	139.67
204	Adam Foreman	Holden HZ One Tonner	9.794	135.2
54	Damon Horsfall	Holden VU ute	10.808	155.76
91	Alon Vella	Ford Capri

SPEED PRO RADIAL BLOWN

ENTRANT #	NAME	VEHICLE	ET	MPH
173	Danny Howe	Ford XE	7.266	195.63
122	Keith Hards	Ford XW	7.277	203.31
175	Brandon Zito	Holden LC Torana	7.452	192.79
135	Luke Foley	Holden VH Commodore	7.517	186.77
205	Jason Kenny	Holden VN	7.632	190.15
48	Chris Kaarsberg	Holden Torana	7.757	183.13
52	Luke Edwards	Holden VL Commodore	7.79	180.84
32	Nathan Rainbird	Holden Commodore	7.81	185.54
324	Louis Younis	Holden Torana	7.842	188.43
56	Brett Mathew	Holden HT Premier	8.05	150.65
116	Jude Drew	Holden Commodore	8.357	177.86
103	Clinton Kelly	Holden HT	8.568	147.95
80	Steven Serone	Holden LC Torana	8.582	167.22
46	Kelvin Mann	Holden VS Commodore	9.663	150.65
254	George Ritchie	Holden LJ Torana	10.439	133.87
144	Michael Rohal	Ford 1937 Pickup	11.166	144.93
141	David Hill	Holden HQ	11.674	118.2
325	Jamie Watson	Holden VS Commodore	12.356	82.8
127	Andrew Ricketts	Holden	12.65	134.97
162	Zack Loft	Holden
167	Richard Collins	Holden
326	Mark Arblaster	Chrysler
328	Marcus Cripps	Ford
102	Shane Baker	Holden

KEMPPI AUSTRALIA RADIAL ASPIRATED

81	Hayley Vella	Ford Capri	9.401	146.42
268	Peter Haravitsidis	Ford XY Falcon GT	9.558	140.88
160	Ji Ackland	Ford AU Falcon	10.295	137.16
229	Kate Woodbridge	Ford XP Hardtop	10.486	131.37
313	Steve Reimann	Chevrolet 1967 Corvette	10.579	126.87
36	Steve Nightingale	Ford Falcon	10.951	123.27
29	Melanie Lucas	Ford Fairlane	11.285	124.46
71	Brenton Edwards	Mercedes Benz C63 AMG	11.942	119.37
191	Peco Zdravkovski	Holden Commodore	12.328	110.6
137	Brian Ward	Ford Cortina	12.582	110.51
100	Stephen Micallef	Holden LJ Torana	8.776	158.75
193	Paul Wood	Holden LJ Torana	8.219	171.1

PROFLOW 235 BLOWN

321	Aydin Taheri	Holden HK ute		7.931	180.59
183	Max Vidau	Holden VS Commodore		8.536	165.31
30	Joel Beatson	Ford XP van		8.607	160.33
4	Jake Crumblin	Holden HZ Kingswood		8.973	155.11
121	Tim Fettell	Volvo 240 Wagon		9.426	152.08
232	Pete Hamilton	Holden VB Commodore		9.436	143.95
22	Kyle Jarvis	Holden HJ		9.663	135.13
10	Mic House	Holden HD		9.796	136.91
2	Adam Zollenkopf	Volvo	240 GLE	9.823	139.75
79	Dean Rossiter	Holden	VH Commodore	10.51	110.61
60	Kyle Bray	Holden	HK	10.515	135.24
238	Brett Simmonds	Holden	HG Kingswood	10.686	129.59
35	Shane Toft	Holden	LC Torana	10.747	97.31
140	Michael Ludica	Ford	XR Falcon	11.312	121.4
75	Anthony Mohring	Chrysler	Centura	12.54	124.59
146	Daryl Amey	Holden	HG Kingswood	12.794	108.5
223	Daniel Hough	Ford	EF Falcon	13.677	101.91

ITF HIRE 235 ASPIRATED

120	Donnie Zurcas	Ford	Capri	8.949	149.97
139	Jason Mansweto	Ford	Falcon XY Ute	9.162	146.39
19	Aaron James	Chrysler	Centura	9.332	150.08
87	Andrew Simmons	Holden	HT Ute	10.285	130.86
65	Aiden Stampalia	Holden	HG Monaro	10.583	129.34
206	Peter Raditsas	Holden	Kingswood	10.709	126.79
99	Rob Kranjc	Holden	VN Calais	10.881	123.11
170	John Kerr	Mercury	Comet Caliente	10.918	123.2
117	Aiden Leist	Holden	HJ Kingswood	10.92	124.47
289	Lane Stampalia	Holden	Belmont	10.998	123.47
134	Marvick Attard	Ford	XW Fairmont	11.027	124.81
59	Peter Kelly	Holden	HQ	11.193	110.48
311	Steven Alldrick	Ford	34 Ford	11.687	120.23
267	Leigh Horgan	Volvo	240	11.956	114.02
202	Ash Neumann	Holden	HJ	12.672	108.16
146	Daryl Amey	Holden	HG Kingswood	12.794	108.5
223	Daniel Hough	Ford	EF Falcon	13.677	101.91

TUFF MOUNTS SIX CYLINDER

181	Ryan O’Donohue	Toyota	Corolla	7.929	177.17
185	Ben Neal	Toyota	Cresta	8.066	170.42
28	Ben Paganoni	Ford	Mustang	8.348	169.57
118	Joe Camilleri	Ford	BA Falcon XR6 Turbo	8.448	142.61
41	Anthony Fortunato	Holden	LC Torana	8.531	161.96
148	Shane Neumann	FORD	XF FALCON	8.647	157.59
47	George Hatzi	Ford	Fairmont Ghia	8.774	156.42
156	Aidan O’Shannessy	Holden	VH Commodore	8.782	152.2
37	Adrian Calleja	Ford	BA Falcon	9.013	154.55
51	James Miller	Holden	Bedford	9.234	145.12
11	Aaron Hamilton	Ford	XD Falcon	9.367	148.99
142	Heath Black	Ford	G6E	9.608	27.96
235	Corie Pring	Holden	VS Commodore	9.885	138
124	Dustin Doolan	Ford	ED Falcon	10.04	141.18
77	Mark Heyward	BMW	335i	10.088	144.12
43	Dean Doolan	Ford	EL XR6	10.15	135.96
115	Corey Connor	Ford	EL Falcon	10.174	137.27
165	Matthew Smart	Ford	Falcon EF	10.322	136.66
150	Kris Starkey	Ford	XF Spac	10.356	140.42
67	Ryan Harris	Ford	Falcon XF S-pack	10.397	101.83
68	Ben Hamilton	Ford	Falcon	10.686	128.47
154	Casey Thomas	Ford	XY Wagon	10.948	5.14
296	Jarrod Rose	Ford	FGX G6E Turbo	11.05	132.86
215	Christopher Smith	Holden	VR Commodore	11.151	130.59
114	Tim Hudson	Nissan	Skyline	12.024	135.85
44	Luke Hamilton	Holden	LC Torana	13.356	64.31
278	Paul Stagg	Ford	FG turbo	13.379	111.69
299	Brett Abraham	Ford	XR8 Falcon	14.907	95.12
76	Leo Franke	Ford	Falcon XR6T	15.049	87.94
176	Kalman Lorinc	Ford	XT	16.982	138.85
23	Reuben Davison	Ford	Fairmont
128	Travis McAllister	Volvo	240

PULSAR TURBOS 8.5 RADIAL

94	Jim Spiers	Holden	VS Commodore	8.514	162.94
158	Jayden Grimshaw	Holden	HQ	8.53	153.1
157	Brad Schreiber	Holden	VB Commodore	8.539	163.26
49	Warwick Meldrum	Valiant	VF Regal	8.687	159.41
5	Shae Bastian	Holden	HZ	8.718	160.32
277	Jake Teuma	Holden	VN SS Commodore	9.173	161.43
188	Brad Durtanovich	Holden	LX Torana	9.301	143.28
291	Tim Sullivan	Holden	HJ	9.414	148.42
92	Tim Rhone	Ford	XP hardtop	9.418	146.74
16	Harrison Dale	Toyota	Hilux	9.427	137.78
306	Darren Strong	Holden	LX Torana	10.184	142.44
45	Michael Noack	Holden	HJ Kingswood	12.253	92.52
42	Tim Fletcher	Holden	VL Commodore
244	Chris Campbell	Holden	VL Calais

PULSAR TURBOS 9.5 RADIAL

61	Paul Rush	Ford	EB Fairmont	8.959	152.16
82	Dan Harms	Chev	Chevelle	9.508	141.05
143	Rob Bertram	Holden	LX Torana	9.511	146.16
261	Jake Hennock	Holden	VY	9.524	152.19
138	Ollie Kent	FORD	XE FALCON	9.525	132.93
153	Kevin Cox	Holden	HT Premier	9.533	140.62
24	Dave Carnell	Holden	HQ	9.551	145.21
40	Ross Harris	Toyota	Supra Mk3	9.559	147.16
34	Matthew Cowley	Holden	VE Commodore	9.574	134.68
145	Wayne Luckett	Ford	XD Falcon	9.635	143.69
234	Chris Reynolds	Ford	AU Falcon	9.781	144.04
62	Luke Spalding	Holden	VS Acclaim	10.068	142.85
250	Craig Tonissen	Holden	LH Torana	10.096	136.85
26	Vahe Kassardjian	Holden	VH SLX Commodore	10.117	137.17
179	Steve Hutchins	Holden	HZ Kingswood deluxe	10.146	141.19
295	Jamie Small	Chev	1970 Camaro	10.177	118.95
73	Alex Bird	Holden	HZ	10.19	129.16
104	John Urquieta	Valiant	Charger	10.251	130.68
6	Jesse Davidson	Holden	HG	10.298	131.74
264	Stephen Barbara	Ford	XY Falcon	10.339	144.77
53	Darcy Russell	Holden	VL	10.415	140.82
168	Scott Bradshaw	Holden	VT Commodore

AUSSIE DESERT COOLER 10.5 RADIAL

239	Ben Cass	Holden	VR ute	10.523	134.4
190	Sam Torney	FPV	FG GTP	10.533	130.51
314	Paul Hamilton	Ford	XA	10.558	129.72
132	Nichole Willett	Holden	HG Kingswood	10.567	128.21
93	Ben Brown	Holden	VE SS	10.572	131.17
219	Adrian Brown	Holden	VH Commodore	10.6	135.79
38	Sam Fichera	Ford	AU Fairmont Ghia	10.605	133.16
225	Luke Mannix	Holden	VH Commodore	10.613	129.69
98	Scott Mckenzie	Holden	FE	10.621	126.55
3	Joel lucas	Ford	Falcon ute	10.627	128.17
64	Nathan Camilleri	Ford	XE Falcon GL	10.637	126.37
255	Tracey Henley	Holden	HT Monaro	10.644	125.8
201	Tim Ackland	Ford	ZC Fairlane	10.649	125.82
228	Corran Wickham	Holden	VL turbo	10.661	131.03
284	Nic Hughes	Holden	VS Commodore	10.669	128.37
172	Tara Johnston	Toyota	Supra	10.694	125.63
109	Jason Davidson	Chevrolet	Camaro	10.7	93.93
7	Jason Spiteri	Holden	VL Commodore	10.704	132.99
177	Riccardo Pontonio	Mercedes	230TE	10.738	133.24
12	Noel Inman	Ford	Model T	10.752	121.2
307	Clive Polidano	Holden	HZ	10.761	128.6
119	Simon Cooper	Holden	HZ kingswood	10.771	131.65
14	Ian Carpenter	Holden	HJ	10.784	131.78
20	Brent Dowton	Volvo	240 Wagon	10.814	136.01
50	Ben Sharp	Holden	Commodore	10.815	125.75
39	Stephen Ibbeson	Holden	LX Torana	10.82	124.71
194	Justin Roylance	Holden	HQ ute	10.862	123.08
72	Nick Hansen	Ford	FPV	10.872	129.29
85	Matt Carey	Holden	VZ ute	10.929	120.36
8	Peter Morris	Holden	Kingswood	10.947	141.71
245	Taylor Henley	Holden	HQ	10.976	119.96
227	Dylan Cavill	Holden	VZ Commodore	11.007	139.06
131	Dennis Atkinson	Holden	HQ	11.048	116.9
209	Kai Drew	Holden	VN commodore	11.204	122.48
147	Nicholas Borraccino	HSV	Grange	11.465	134.42
187	Heath Blackett	Ford	XA Falcon	11.473	125.67
302	David Bowes	Holden	VF	11.982	125.79
163	Adam Saxon	Ford	FG ute	12.046	110.61
253	Leigh Burke	Holden	HQ	12.25	138.32
174	Les Camilleri	Ford	Cortina	12.569	108.55
271	Jayden Dwyer	Holden	HQ Kingswood	12.685	124.55
70	Matthew Cavill	Holden	VX Berlina	12.794	111.2
298	Justin Browning	Holden	Commodore	10.412	135.19
265	Corey Johnson	Holden	Kingswood

UNRIVALED ENGINEERING STICK SHIFT

169	Zane Heath	Subaru	WRX STI	10.216	131.83
86	Bruce Howie	Ford	XL Falcon	10.333	131.5
123	Justin Hallock	Nissan	HNR32 Skyline	10.502	135.05
151	Troy James	Holden	VN Bt1 commodore	10.641	134.16
164	Anthony Burns	Nissan	Skyline	10.783	135.89
272	Trent Daniel	Holden	VE SSV	10.828	133.33
31	Grant Grech	Holden	VK Commodore	10.856	129.38
55	Jake Manhire	Holden	VL Commodore	11.14	126.53
90	Jason Vyner	Nissan	XFN	11.781	123.16
320	Alex Marcus	Holden	CV8 Monaro	11.871	123.29
166	James Mackie	Ford	XY Falcon	12.104	116.92
266	Riley Collins	Ford	FG Falcon XR50 Turbo	12.295	127.36
126	Jarrad Klingberg	Holden	VN Commodore	12.403	121.22
107	Mitchell Bloor	Holden	VN	12.405	133.75
315	Tas McMillan	FPV	Typhoon	13.638	114.69
301	Daniel Cliff-Mollison	Holden	VL Commodore	13.745	95.46
125	Zach Wood	Ford	EF Falcon	13.803	105.59
308	Jamie Heritage	Toyota	TA22 Celica