J20

Jamboree 20 is this month, 21st and 22nd of August at Willowbank Raceway, West of Brisbane.

It will be the biggest ever, with over 220 entrants already, including a couple of the fastest Peurto Ricans ready to go head to head with Australia’s best.

Be there or miss out!     More info www.sportcompact.net.au, and www.willowbankraceway.com.au

 EDIT: Saturday qualifying:
1st run: wheel spin off line, 12.6 @ 139 MPH

2nd run: better but not great launch, 9.406 @ 142 MPH

3rd run: 9.343 @ 144 MPH

EDIT: Sunday eliminations:

Elim 1: solo  9.21 @ 143.8 MPH (9.4 dial)

Elim 2: 9.338 @ 140.6 (9.2 dial), scraped in by a wisker right at the finish line.

Elim 3: cancelled due to lack of cars, straight to semis

Elim 4(semis): Deja vu! Broke out 9.277 @ 132 (9.3 dial). Didn’t back off enough.

Congrats to Brad Wood in ‘Pig 323′, who went on to win ST289.

Thanks once again to Justin/Renee/Merv at Blacktrack Performance,
Murray and the guys for the tow/pit crew,
Trade and General Towing for helping out with some truck transport finances.

 Pics and vids here

Pre J20 Testing

We will be testing before the Jamboree event in the coming months. We need the car set up perfect, as J20 will certainly be tough this year.
There is a Test and Tune event at Sydney Dragway on the 25th of July, or Track Championship 1 on 31st July/1st August.

Stay Tuned www.sydneydragway.com.au

EDIT: We were only able to do 2 runs on 25th of July due to a delayed start and a rain delay during the day. First pass we launched and then wheelspun before the 60ft line and aborted the run. The second pass was a good 9.399 @ 142MPH, with the power turned down abit to test the recently re-adjusted rear end.  Pics here.

EDIT2: A delayed start at the track championship on July 31st, resulted in 2 runs instead of 3. The consistancy we have been chasing is now a reality: first pass was 9.396 @ 142 (compared to last weeks 9.399) and second was 9.385 @ 141.3MPH. The car is now launching straight again too. Pics and vids.

Private Track Day

We will be testing at a Private Track Day soon at WSID, to exercise the right foot, as the new season is fast approaching.

Edit: One 5 minute rain delay was the only weather problem for the cool winter day. The track was nice and sticky for everyone, thanks to the meeting the day before. ‘El Sniper’ Starlet debut resulted in one good 8.2 sec pass at the end of the day. ‘Dragme’ returned in its new form with new driver, resulting in a underperforming 9.3, but showing its potential.

7SINS ran consistant 3 x 9.3 second passes and 4 x 9.2 second passes, with some issues to iron out before J20 in August.   

Pics and vids.  Video of 7SINS, Pictures include ‘El Sniper’  and ‘DRAGME’. More soon.