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“Every win is special, because in drag
racing, you lose way more than you win!”
he laughed.
When it came to the Summit Racing
Equipment Junior Dragster proceedings,
a hard-fought day of racing saw current
championship points leader Jake Berias
pick up his fourth ANDRA Christmas Tree
for the season with victory over West
Australia’s Brodie Zappia.
The Werribee (Victoria) racer had earlier
faced 2018 South Coast Nationals winner
Zara Board in the semi-final after enjoying
a bye in round three and victories over
Allirah Kardum and Joshua Maggs.
Zappia meanwhile secured his first finals
appearance since 2017 and his first in
his new dragster with a bye in the semis
following victories over Daniel Carranza,
Nathaniel Kuchel and Adrian Saliba. Earlier
in the weekend, South Coast Nationals
Top Qualifier Amber Young again topped
the qualifying sheets to secure the Top
Qualifier’s Medallion and prize pack.
For the Competition Bike competitors, the
new three-round format delivered plenty of
racing action with Top Qualifier and South
Coast Nationals runner-up Rob Cassar
going one better this time around to take
out the event victory over runner-up Danny
Rickard.
Like Cassar, Craig Geddes converted a Top
Qualifying result into an event victory,
taking the SuperComp win over Mick Simic
in the final a day after being declared the
Sunoco 260GT Plus Top Qualifier. Earlier
in the day, he had faced off against Alex
Panagiotidis (semi) and Steve Norman
(round one) with a bye in round two, while
Simic enjoyed a bye into the final following
wins over Mark Newman and Jake Chaisty.
ANDRA thanks South Coast Raceway and
all of its volunteers and sponsors for an
outstanding race track and a well-run
event. For full results from the South Coast
660, please click here.
Photos: Automotive Event Images