RACE REPORT : SUMMIT RACING QLD CHAMPS ROUND ONE
SUMMIT RACING QLD CHAMPS
OPEN IN STYLE
The opening round of the inaugural Summit Racing Queensland Championship , held at Palmyra Dragway across July 1 and 2 , dodged forecasted rain to produce an outstanding weekend of ANDRA Sportsman drag racing .
With just over 100 entries , the two-day format was relaxed and provided the crowd with some exciting racing action across all classes , with the Chicago Shootout format ensuring all vehicles and bikes raced in front of the crowd over three rounds before hitting the finals .
Headlining the show was the Supercharged Outlaws bracket with eight cars in the pits . Rodney Hansen led qualifying with his T-Bucket Altered recording a 4.74 / 152.18 over the eighth .
Second fastest for the bracket was the Holden Monaro of Anthony Spataro with a 4.78 , followed by the Roma-based Z28 Camaro of Russell Grulke ( 4.933 ). Randall Mour rounded out the top half of the field in the world ’ s only Holden FJ Funny Car with a 4.938 .
Stirring things up in the category was the fact that former Wild Bunch racer Mark Eves was asked to steer the new Corvette of Steven Wheatley . Corvettes are known to have a reputation for being a handful , as Eves certainly found out during a qualifier . On his burnout , the Vette was past the tree when it suddenly turned and spun around . Thankfully , the car stayed away from the walls , with Eves able to back it up and go on to complete its run .
For the Supercharged Outlaws eliminations , the field was reduced to six with Eves and Mohr not making the cut and then by the time round three was ready to fire , Hansen was out with a broken diff and Grulke was a no-show .
The Outlaws final then came down to a classic Holden versus Ford battle . On the handicap , David Carney was out first with a 0.117s reaction but his 0.692s over 5.772 was no match to a winning 0.304s over 5.304s ET from the Holden Monaro of Spataro .