SUMMIT RACING EQUIPMENT SPORTSMAN SERIES
“ We struggled mightily in Darwin but it all came good today – it is just a matter of me getting in the car again , I am forgetting all sorts of things , at 70 years of age you tend to do that ,” he laughed .
“ We went our fastest ever last night in the 60 foot time and mile per hour , so we were pretty wrapped on that . And then in the first round we had a tough one with Kim , we knew he would be tough , and then the second round was even tougher with Dave Dequen , if he hadn ’ t of bolted I think Dave would have had us . And then we raced Louis - I knew he is sharp on the lights so we had to have our A-game on at the lights . I kind of missed them but he missed them a lot more so it was kind of over at the start .
“ It feels good to be back in the seat , and it feels great to have a win too . It was tough - all the racing was tough this weekend , so to go through and get to the final and win , I will take it ! I am wrapped .”
In Summit Racing Equipment Junior Dragster , Luke Veersma ( 8.146s at 79.65mph ) took the win from Alanah Cope ( 8.234 at 78.53mph ) after having earlier raced Lachlan Slamar , Daniel Carranza and Kelly Donnelly . On her way to the final , Cope took race wins against Mikey Naylor , Madison Brown and Ross Spadaro .
In Super Sedan , Peter Tzokas ( 9.859 at 135.55mph ) triumphed over the ‘ breaking out ’ George Tipouikidis ( 10.238 at 129.40mph ). On their way to the finals , Tzokas faced off against David Yanko , Mike Brideson , and
Darren Baumann ; while Tipouikidis emerged with race wins from Brett Matthew , Ned Karanovic , and Steve Hunt .
For the Super Street bracket , it was Jacob Mills ( 12.211 at 93.39mph , 12.1s dial-in ) who left with the winner ’ s trophy after taking on Allan Hutchen ( 11.451 at 110.62mph , 11.3s dial-in ) in the finals . Earlier , Mills defeated Matthew Jarvis and Paul Garbellini , while Hutchen raced against Conan Latham , Craig Caton and Simon Lazzaro .
Victory in the Modified bracket went to Gavin Chisnell ( 5.395 at 129.68mph ) from the red-lighting Zac Shepherd ( 5.578 at 120mph ). Chisnell had earlier faced off against Chris Farrell and Leanne Braggs – whose outfit won the Gridstar by YBI Best Presented Team Award , with the team receiving the Best Presented Trophy , six Best Presented caps and a $ 50 Summit Racing Equipment credit voucher .
On two-wheels , the Modified Bike win was taken out by Leith Darrach ( 10.095 at 145.50mph ) from current champion Bryan Finn ( 11.186 at 117.08mph ). It was
Finn ’ s third straight Desert Nationals final ( winner in 2014 , runner-up in 2015 ) and he lead all the way and was certain of the win , but broke-out by going faster than his 11.20s dial-in .
ANDRA congratulates the Central Australian Drag Racing Association and Alice Springs Inland Dragway on a fantastic event and thanks the volunteers for their outstanding efforts throughout .
The next round of the Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series will be at the Mildura Sunset Strip across October 22-23 , 2016 . For more information , visit www . sunsetstrip . org . au
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