RACE REPORT : ADELAIDE INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
rest the bike and keep it cool for the final .
“ The air came around and let us run a seven second pass which we had been chasing all day . The crew did an awesome job and kept on top of the bike all day – this is as much their win as mine .
“ Funnily enough , my good mate Robert Cassar of Ballistic Performance Parts has been helping me tune the bike today and also with parts , it was a great effort by him to help us as well and it was good to race him in the final .”
For Victoria Modified racer Jess Turner , it was a strong win which was proceeded by a strong day .
On her way to the final against good friend Matt Czerny , Turner faced off against Kinglsey Kuchel , Bradley Hicks and Top Qualifier Medallion recipient Adam Mundy . Meanwhile , Czerny raced against and defeated Simon Barlow and Derek Wills before enjoying a bye run into the finals .
“ We started the day off pretty well , running a 7.21s which was our best and then the car was pretty consistent after that in qualifying ,” Jess explained after the event .
“ In the first round we had a close race with Kingsley , and then Bradley Hicks broke on the next run . In the semi-final we raced Adam Mundy and he red-lit , before in the final I was able to race my good friend Matt Czerny and we were able to come away with the win .
“ I am definitely happy , I have a great team behind me , everyone put in and we got it done . I have to send a thanks to ETS Racing Fuels , Kavanagh Auto
Parts , Dominator Converters and Paul Rogers Performance Transmissions . We have had a lot of help from these guys recently and I am really happy to be able to take them to the winner ’ s circle !”
For Summit Racing Equipment Junior Dragster winner Bradley Bishop , Saturday ’ s Spring Nationals victory saw the New South Wales racer notch up two round wins in a row .
On his way to the final , Bishop took on Allirah Kardum , Chelsea Sammut and Daniel Carranza before having a bye run in the final . That bye run came after Andrew Shirley was unable to proceed past his own bye run in his semi-final with issues on his dragster . He had earlier raced and defeated Bailey Ponton ( round one ) and Jordan Spencer . Earlier in the day , George Limperis had taken out the Top Qualifier Medallion in only his second competitive event .
“ Qualifying was a bit slower than what we wanted but I was happy with it ,” said Bishop that night , thanking his dad Pete Bishop for his support .
“ Then everyone decided to go red against us ! I don ’ t know if everyone was a bit flustered , but we kept doing rounds , making sure the car was good and it turned out that it was good enough today .
“ That is two rounds wins in a row . You can ’ t ask for much more and we will just keep doing the best we can on the day , setting ourselves up and hoping for the best .”
In the Supercharged Outlaws bracket , Tim Stewart was another back-to-back round winner with victory in Adelaide following on from his Mildura round win last month .
On his way to the final against a redlighting Jason Keily , Stewart enjoyed a bye run in the first round before facing Mark Hunt and Top Qualifier Medallion recipient Adam Murrihy . Keily had earlier defeated Shane Kramer in the first round before enjoying bye runs in round two and his semi-final .
In SuperComp , Daniel Camilleri converted a Top Qualifier Medallion worthy performance into an event win over runner-up Steve Norman . At the same time as taking the event victory , the Victorian racer also set a new record in his Pontiac Firebird , resetting the DD / GA record to 6.215s at 166.38mph ( 1000ft race distance ).
On his way to the final , Camilleri dispatched Alex Panagiotidis ( round one ) and Adrian Vella ( semis ), while he enjoyed a bye run in his second round . Meanwhile , Norman had taken on and beaten David Clark ( round one ) and Tom Dimitropoulos before enjoying a bye run for his semi-final . The runnerup also reset the D / GA record to 6.904s at 149.17mph ( 1000ft ), while Vella was another to reset benchmarks , rewriting the B / APA record to 6.160s at 169.65mph ( 1000ft ).
Shane Walker was another racer to claim a Top Qualifier Medallion ahead of a round win . The Victorian racer had a bye in the first elimination round for Modified Bike before facing off against Mario Baker and Gordon Crawford on the way to his final against Johnny Ireland . Ireland meanwhile had taken on and defeated Toni Keating and Dan Dycer before coming home as runnerup to the Harley Davidson rider .
The Denso Super Street bracket was