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TIM BRYAN
racerprofile
Team
Super Roo Racing
How did your win at Nitro Up North come about?
DOB
13/02/1966 It was a good field and a great bunch of racers as usual for Super Street. The final was very
tight against Shaun Boyer in his V8 Gemini. From memory there was only two-thousandths
in it!
Hometown
Marlow Lagoon, Palmerston NT What excites you most about drag racing
Status
Married
Occupation
Locksmith, Manager
Started Racing
31 years ago
Classes competed in
Street and Super Street
ANDRA Drag Racing Career Highlights
Winning the first year the Summit
Racing Equipment Series started for
Super Street at Nitro Up North and
backing it up this year. It was very
special to hold those Christmas Trees.
Best ET & Speed
11.02s at 120mph
Sponsors
TLC Towing and Salvage, Darwin Lock
and Key, Exide Batteries, AFA Insurance
Brokers and Uniglide
Hobbies
Building and playing around in our
garage with our cars
Favourite Race Vehicle
The Bathurst XC Coupes
Favourite TV Show
Street Outlaws
Favourite food(s)
Grilled Barra
Favourite Track
Hidden Valley
I love the challenge of getting our dial-in to the exact number. I love the ability to work out
her number and seeing the run within hundredths or better.
Why Super Street?
I raced Street way back in the day and stopped while I got life under way with family and
business and so on. When I got back into racing, I started in Street and after a season each
in a Typhoon and then a Blown BA, I found the XW which we affectionately call Super Roo.
Super Street has a great bunch of racers that I’m proud to call friends. Since travelling for
the first time this year, it’s been the same with interstate racers we’ve meet. It’s a great
class. However mostly it’s about cost and time. Super Street is relatively cheap with a ‘start
of season’ prep and then very little effort for the remainder of the year. I find racing in
Super Street doesn’t consume your life while giving you great racing and time too to enjoy
other cars and interests.
Do you have any pre-run routines or superstitions?
Yes…and I’m sure I’m not the only one! Not wanting to risk sounding stupid, I’ll keep this
to myself. I can tell you though that it has to be the same every run.
What drives you to keep on drag racing?
That’s not hard, I love drag racing. It makes and keeps me feeling young with huge amounts
of enjoyment, satisfaction, comradery and self-fulfilment. I love the admiration that Super
Roo brings and the memories and reminiscing she provides is priceless for me with her
fans.
What are you aiming to achieve this season?
After competing in the first two rounds we sit on 170 points so are planning to travel to
Adelaide for Christmas and then spend a few weeks in Tassie holidaying before competing
in Rounds Seven and Eight in Victoria. If we do well, we will leave Super Roo in Adelaide to
compete in Round 10 and throw our hat in for a shot at a title.
Are there any special people you would like to thank for being part of your drag racing
journey?
My wife Allana, she is fantastic support and always there for me…she is an unbelievable
woman and I love her dearly. I also want to thank Joe, the partner of one of my daughters,
as well as Terry and his son Zac – they are always there to help crew and we couldn’t do it
without them – having a great crew gives you so much confidence for racing. Huge thanks
must also go to Danny Maxwell and Brian Breed for all their spanner work. Super Roo sure
loves the attention and affection lol!