{"id":8062,"date":"2018-11-17T02:16:55","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T15:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.streetmachine.com.au\/news\/drag-challenge-drag-challenge-2018-day-five-results"},"modified":"2023-08-15T00:10:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T14:10:46","slug":"drag-challenge-2018-day-five-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.streetmachine.com.au\/events\/drag-challenge\/drag-challenge-2018-day-five-results","title":{"rendered":"Drag Challenge 2018 Day Five Results"},"content":{"rendered":"
DRAG Challenge for 2018 began\u00a0at Calder Park last Monday, with just over 210 cars facing the starter out of 276 entries. After four days of racing and between 1300 and 1500km\u00a0on the road, 156 cars successfully completed the event at\u00a0Calder Park yesterday.<\/p>\n
With cool conditions and a big crowd on hand, the stage was set for a thrilling finish to this year\u2019s event. And the racers didn\u2019t let us down!<\/p>\n
After leading Drag Challenge for the first three days, Harry Haig and the HQ team conceded the lead to Frank Marchese\u2019s XW on Day Four at Swan Hill. Both cars have the potential to run very low sevens or even sixes over the quarter in perfect conditions, so the Outright title would come down to who could get the most out of their car while avoiding making any mistakes.<\/p>\n
With 156 cars for the hard-working Calder track staff to get through, the pair kept at it until the staging lanes were closed at 9pm. It was nail-biting stuff that we\u2019ll cover in more depth shortly. But for now, here are the Top 10 finishers in each class and the trophy-winners.<\/p>\n
<\/span>OVERALL<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/span>TURBOSMART OUTLAW BLOWN<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/span>TUFF MOUNTS OUTLAW ASPIRATED<\/strong><\/p>\n HALTECH RADIAL BLOWN<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/span>PACEMAKER RADIAL ASPIRATED<\/strong><\/p>\n K&N DIAL YOUR OWN<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/span>TURBOSMART OUTLAW BLOWN<\/strong> TUFF MOUNTS OUTLAW ASPIRATED<\/strong> HALTECH RADIAL BLOWN<\/strong> PACEMAKER RADIAL ASPIRATED<\/strong> K&N DIAL YOUR OWN<\/strong> QUICKEST 235 NATURALLY ASPIRATED<\/strong> QUICKEST 235 BLOWN<\/strong> LONGEST DISTANCE DRIVEN<\/strong> LONGEST DISTANCE TRAVELLED<\/strong> QUICKEST WITHOUT TRAILER<\/strong> QUICKEST HOLDEN<\/strong> QUICKEST FORD<\/strong> QUICKEST MOPAR<\/strong> QUICKEST CHEV<\/strong> QUICKEST LS-POWERED<\/strong> QUICKEST SIX<\/strong> QUICKEST FOUR\/ROTOR<\/strong> HARD LUCK AWARD<\/strong> SPIRIT OF DRAG CHALLENGE<\/strong> QUICKEST STICK-SHIFT<\/strong> <\/span>QUICKEST ET OF DRAG CHALLENGE<\/strong> FASTEST MPH OF DRAG CHALLENGE<\/strong> TOP 10 OVERALL<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Frank Marchese<\/p>\n 2. Harry Haig<\/p>\n 3. Lorenzo Gullotto<\/p>\n 4. Adam Rogash<\/p>\n 5. John Ricca<\/p>\n 6. Matt Lampard<\/p>\n 7. Ben Vlekken<\/p>\n 8. Mark van der Togt<\/p>\n 9. David Best<\/p>\n 10. Alex Moshopoulos<\/p>\n OVERALL WINNER<\/strong><\/p>\n Frank Marchese<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Street Machine Drag Challenge 2018 came down to the wire last night at Calder Park Raceway<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":8063,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[557,1411],"coauthors":[605],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.streetmachine.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/mp8990-dc-five-1422.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.streetmachine.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8062"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.streetmachine.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.streetmachine.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.streetmachine.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.streetmachine.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.streetmachine.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.streetmachine.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.streetmachine.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.streetmachine.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.streetmachine.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8062"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.streetmachine.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=8062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n\n
\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n Culmulative ET<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1<\/td>\n Frank Marchese<\/td>\n XW Fairmont<\/td>\n 33.224<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2<\/td>\n Harry Haig<\/td>\n HQ Holden<\/td>\n 33.374<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 3<\/td>\n Lorenzo Gullotto<\/td>\n VL Commodore<\/td>\n 33.906<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 4<\/td>\n Adam Rogash<\/td>\n VK Commodore<\/td>\n 34.047<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 5<\/td>\n John Ricca<\/td>\n VL Commodore BT1<\/td>\n 34.673<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 6<\/td>\n Matt Lampard<\/td>\n Holden Kingswood<\/td>\n 36.448<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 7<\/td>\n Ben Vlekken<\/td>\n Holden Commodore<\/td>\n 36.609<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 8<\/td>\n Mark van der Togt<\/td>\n XW Falcon<\/td>\n 37.198<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 9<\/td>\n David Best<\/td>\n VY Commodore<\/td>\n 37.405<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 10<\/td>\n Alex Moshopoulos<\/td>\n XY Falcon GT<\/td>\n 37.742<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n \n\n
\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n ET<\/strong><\/td>\n MPH<\/strong><\/td>\n Cumulative ET<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1<\/td>\n Harry Haig<\/td>\n HQ Holden<\/td>\n 6.497<\/td>\n 171.99<\/td>\n 33.374<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2<\/td>\n John Ricca<\/td>\n VL Commodore BT1<\/td>\n 6.645<\/td>\n 158.43<\/td>\n 34.673<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 3<\/td>\n Alex Moshopolous<\/td>\n XY GT Falcon<\/td>\n 6.774<\/td>\n 155.61<\/td>\n 37.742<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 4<\/td>\n Marcus Howe<\/td>\n Ford Falcon<\/td>\n 8.407<\/td>\n 99.3<\/td>\n 40.91<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 5<\/td>\n Cory Read<\/td>\n Ford Falcon<\/td>\n 8.146<\/td>\n 128.22<\/td>\n 42.263<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 6<\/td>\n Joshua Grant<\/td>\n Holden Commodore<\/td>\n 8.454<\/td>\n 123.63<\/td>\n 42.933<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 7<\/td>\n Mark Whitla<\/td>\n Ford Capri<\/td>\n 8.015<\/td>\n 127.69<\/td>\n 43.31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 8<\/td>\n Jake Edwards<\/td>\n Holden Torana<\/td>\n 7.718<\/td>\n 136.04<\/td>\n 43.366<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n \n\n
\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n ET<\/strong><\/td>\n MPH<\/strong><\/td>\n Cumulative ET<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1<\/td>\n Daniel Cassar<\/td>\n 1932 Ford three-window coupe<\/td>\n 9.913<\/td>\n 130.99<\/td>\n 46.016<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2<\/td>\n Mark Busscher<\/td>\n HQ One Tonner<\/td>\n 9.942<\/span><\/td>\n 132.23<\/td>\n 46.355<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 4<\/td>\n Dave Rogers<\/td>\n HK GTS Monaro<\/td>\n 9.625<\/td>\n 143.23<\/td>\n 48.292<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 3<\/td>\n Jon Mitchell<\/td>\n Dodge Challenger<\/td>\n 10.611<\/td>\n 125.92<\/td>\n 49.235<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 6<\/td>\n Stephen Willies<\/td>\n Ford Ranchero<\/td>\n 11.175<\/td>\n 119.08<\/td>\n 51.464<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 5<\/td>\n Bruce Howie<\/td>\n Ford Falcon ute<\/td>\n 11.466<\/td>\n 120.16<\/td>\n 53.531<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 7<\/td>\n Grant Grech<\/td>\n Holden Torana<\/td>\n 12.003<\/td>\n 116.11<\/td>\n 55.338<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n \n\n
\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n ET<\/strong><\/td>\n MPH<\/strong><\/td>\n Cumulative ET<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1<\/td>\n Frank Marchese<\/td>\n XW Fairmont<\/td>\n 6.369<\/td>\n 171.95<\/td>\n 33.224<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2<\/td>\n Lorenzo Gullotto<\/td>\n VL Commodore<\/td>\n 6.476<\/td>\n 167.38<\/td>\n 33.906<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 3<\/td>\n Adam Rogash<\/td>\n VK Commodore<\/td>\n 6.517<\/td>\n 166.93<\/td>\n 34.047<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 4<\/td>\n Matt Lampard<\/td>\n HZ Kingswood<\/td>\n 7.108<\/td>\n 152.47<\/td>\n 36.448<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 5<\/td>\n Ben Vlekken<\/td>\n Holden Commodore<\/td>\n 6.933<\/td>\n 152.31<\/td>\n 36.609<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 6<\/td>\n Mark van der Togt<\/td>\n XW Falcon<\/td>\n 7.126<\/td>\n 144.83<\/td>\n 37.198<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 7<\/td>\n David Best<\/td>\n VY Commodore<\/td>\n 7.166<\/td>\n 149.51<\/td>\n 37.405<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 8<\/td>\n Nathan Jehu<\/td>\n Holden Caprice<\/td>\n 7.264<\/td>\n 150.9<\/td>\n 38.471<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 9<\/td>\n Rodney Browitt<\/td>\n HQ Holden<\/td>\n 8.146<\/td>\n 97.79<\/td>\n 38.687<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 10<\/td>\n Mark Mills<\/td>\n LH Torana<\/td>\n 7.546<\/td>\n 138.66<\/td>\n 39.276<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n \n\n
\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n ET<\/strong><\/td>\n MPH<\/strong><\/td>\n Cumulative ET<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1<\/td>\n Alon Vella<\/td>\n Ford Capri<\/td>\n 8.747<\/td>\n 152.47<\/td>\n 40.818<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2<\/td>\n Peter Haravitisidis<\/td>\n Ford Falcon GT<\/td>\n 9.816<\/td>\n 138.94<\/td>\n 46.048<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 3<\/td>\n Nathan Ghosn<\/td>\n Ford Capri<\/td>\n 9.808<\/td>\n 137.82<\/td>\n 46.115<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 4<\/td>\n Jarrod Wood<\/td>\n Ford Falcon<\/td>\n 10.006<\/td>\n 133.18<\/td>\n 46.596<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 5<\/td>\n Keith Hards<\/td>\n Chevrolet Camaro<\/td>\n 9.986<\/td>\n 135.51<\/td>\n 46.71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 6<\/td>\n Donnie Zurcas<\/td>\n EK Holden<\/td>\n 9.995<\/td>\n 134.2<\/td>\n 46.845<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 7<\/td>\n George Haddad<\/td>\n XR Falcon<\/td>\n 10.354<\/td>\n 132.48<\/td>\n 48.367<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 8<\/td>\n Michael Titmarsh<\/td>\n TD Cortina<\/td>\n 10.881<\/td>\n 129.24<\/td>\n 48.621<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 9<\/td>\n Joshua Ede<\/td>\n VX Commodore<\/td>\n 11.626<\/td>\n 121.21<\/td>\n 51.745<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 10<\/td>\n Bill Ewing<\/td>\n Ford Mustang<\/td>\n 11.387<\/td>\n 118.11<\/td>\n 53.004<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n \n\n
\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n ET<\/strong><\/td>\n MPH<\/strong><\/td>\n Split<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 1<\/td>\n Darren Parker<\/td>\n VF Sportwagon<\/td>\n 11.775<\/td>\n 115.06<\/td>\n -0.008315<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 2<\/td>\n Paul Topping<\/td>\n VF HSV ClubSport<\/td>\n 10.905<\/td>\n 120.51<\/td>\n -0.012005<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 3<\/td>\n Steve Nightingale<\/td>\n Ford Falcon<\/td>\n 11.138<\/td>\n 120.83<\/td>\n -0.014905<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 4<\/td>\n Steve Grima<\/td>\n VK Calais<\/td>\n 10.413<\/td>\n 132.93<\/td>\n -0.02<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 5<\/td>\n Matt Carey<\/td>\n VZ Commodore<\/td>\n 11.038<\/td>\n 123.95<\/td>\n -0.021<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 6<\/td>\n Chris Thompson<\/td>\n Holden Director<\/td>\n 10.912<\/td>\n 122.78<\/td>\n -0.027<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 7<\/td>\n John Kerr<\/td>\n Mercury Comet<\/td>\n 11.218<\/td>\n 120.06<\/td>\n -0.028<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 8<\/td>\n Cam Scott<\/td>\n WB Holden<\/td>\n 12.365<\/td>\n 109.39<\/td>\n -0.029905<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 9<\/td>\n Alysha Teale<\/td>\n HQ Holden<\/td>\n 11.26<\/td>\n 119.43<\/td>\n -0.03008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 10<\/td>\n Daniel Grima<\/td>\n Chevrolet Bel Air<\/td>\n 11.682<\/td>\n 103.67<\/td>\n -0.036<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
Winner: Harry Haig
Runner-up: John Ricca<\/p>\n
Winner: Daniel Cassar
Runner-up: Mark Busscher<\/p>\n
Winner: Frank Marchese
Runner-up: Lorenzo Gullotto<\/p>\n
Winner: Alon Vella
Runner-up: Peter Haravitisidis<\/p>\n
Winner: Darren Parker
Runner-up: Paul Topping<\/p>\n
Nathan Ghosn \u2013 Ford Capri<\/p>\n
Mark Talbot \u2013 Ford Capri<\/p>\n
Brenton Miller \u2013 Chrysler Centura<\/p>\n
Matt Carey \u2013 Commodore ute<\/p>\n
Marcus Howe \u2013 XW Falcon<\/p>\n
Jake Edwards \u2013 LH Torana<\/p>\n
Frank Marchese \u2013 XW Fairmont<\/p>\n
Jon Mitchell \u2013 Dodge Challenger<\/p>\n
Harry Haig \u2013 HQ Holden<\/p>\n
Lorenzo Gullotto \u2013 VL Commodore<\/p>\n
John Ricca \u2013 VL Commodore BT1<\/p>\n
Jay Robinson \u2013 Mazda Capella<\/p>\n
Kim Smith \u2013 HSV Maloo<\/p>\n
Natalie Khoury<\/p>\n
Mitch Pullen \u2013 Toyota HiLux<\/p>\n
Frank Marchese \u2013 7.36<\/p>\n
Frank Marchese \u2013 192.06mph<\/p>\n