HARRY THWAITE
JUNIOR DRAGSTER
“Our goal was to make the final
and hopefully take a win and it
did happen and it was even better
because my cousin Kilarney Back
won all three of her races and came
second in the series so we had two
HJ Racing cars up there, that was
really good,” the 15 year old said.
“It was a good weekend, the cars went really well, we had the right tune-ups,
and the track was fantastic.
“To have won it two times and back to back, it is actually pretty amazing, I
just can’t believe it. I have to send a big thanks to all of my sponsors -
JADS Earthworks, Active Skip Bins, B & G Auto Electrics, 1KD Performance &
Mechanical and Robert Ambruosi PSI Race Engines - as well as all of my family
and friends who follow me around the country side watching and supporting
me doing what I love.”
SARAH LANGRIDGE
STREET
“Our season started off pretty
ordinary but we turned it around
with two finals and two runners-up
results in a row,” Langridge said.
“It was honestly not how I wanted
to win the championship though
as Sonya (Wagensveld), the points
leader on the way to the final, had a gearbox issue just outside of the event.
I was thinking about giving her my car to race and try and win, but then she
was still able to compete so we went ahead and I was going to try and block
for her - but then I went and won it! To me, I am sharing this with her – she is
my best friend, our daughters race JDs together, we even live down the road
from each other.
“I quite enjoyed the season, being an ANDRA steward, running a Junior Dragster
and racing myself, I don’t stop. But it is my favourite Series and I look forward
to doing it again next year too. I need to say thank to my biggest fans, my
daughter Ashleigh for her support and also to my partner Dave for taking my
car everywhere, including Mackay and Benaraby where I had to work and so
flew in!”
MATT HALPIN
STREET BIKE
“I was running two bikes (in the
series) – at the beginning of the
series the whole idea was to have
the Street Bike there as an extra;
I took the Modified Bike to race it
and then when there was a Street
Bike class at round one, I decided
that I might as well race that
as well. It was a bonus to take it
there and have a bit of fun,” Halpin
explained.
“When the first round went all right in Street Bike I thought I had better keep
going and it seems like it has certainly worked out and has been worth the trip!