With most of the big guns running Outlaw 10.5 or Outlaw Radial the Pro Street Blown final was a bit slower that usual. It was a close race though with the holeshot being the deciding factor.
Okay, it's not the average grocery getter but Tristan Ocker's MINCER Capri is one awesome bit of gear. You might want to turn your sound up or down - depending on how much you like your hearing and how much you loove blown V8s.
Steve Loader and his Holden HT Premier UCSMOKE are a tyre destroying combo. Just watch how much smoke is fired into the crowd at Summernats before he's engulfed in it when the car reaches the pad. Then it's just a matter of listening as that 14/71 supercharged 532ci big block screams at 7500rpm plus.
On of the newest classes to the Australian Pro Street scene is the X275 Radial class where cars are challenged to get the power down through a relatively small tyre. There was plenty of low 8-second action and even a 7.9 that stunned everyone. In the final it was Brett Benz in the twin turbo Commodore up against Scott Cortina in the big block Chevy powered HG Premier.
Phil Kerjean had had a bunch of problems over the last twelve months with his kick arse Commodore Wagon but with a new iginition system and a few other changes it's back and in fine form. After missing out on the Burnout Masters last year Phil is keen to get amoungst it.
When we first saw SUBTLE it was wearing two high mount turbos on a small block Chev. It was plenty fast but the owner Jeremy Callaghan wanted more. So now the turbos are mounted lower and there a Dandy Engines built 622ci big block up front. Oh yeah - it's fast.
Watch the attitude of this wickedly fast Supra change in the top end as Po Tung struggles to keep it off the wall when the right hand rear tyre deflates. Pretty sure he ended up in the sand trap at the end of the track because he was so busy with the steering wheel he didn't have time to deploy the chute until it was too late.
Mick Mcgrath has one of the quickest nitrous small blocks in Australia with his 427ci LJ Torana regularly punching into the seven second zone. It runs a NOS direct port fogger set up to help it punch out those numbers. Considering he's only a few tenths behind those running 200cubes more capacity that's impressive stuff.
Check at the launch on this Mustang at Sydney Dragway. Pretty wild considering the car is only running on a 275 drag radial. To add insult the car also loses it's hood halfway down the track. It back out later in the day and made some passes but without the massive air.
Mark Arblaster had his WAR440 hardtop out at Sydney Dragway on the weekend to prepare for an attack on Drag Week. He managed a string of 8.6-second runs which is pretty stout for a 4000lb+ leaf spring car but a lifter failure at the end of the day damaged the cam and possibly any chance of the car making it to Drag Week. Bummer!
It's amazing what a difference a couple of blue stripes make. Imagine Steve Edsalls Blown XC ute without it's Cobra stripes? You can't can you - it just wouldn't be the same. Cobra all the way baby!
Mad Max was a cool movie but it's not Mel's acting ability that we love, it's the blown Falcon Coupe that he uses to mow down the bad guys. Supercharged Falcon Coupes will always have a special place in our hearts.
We hear alot from the import crowd about how shit the V8s are and how dinosaurs like that should be extinct, but after watching this R32 burnout, do you really think imports are better? He does okay but really I reckon you could do the same in a V6 Commodore.
Kynan Hall made the long haul over from Western Australia (That's just under 4000km) to Summernats for the Burnout Masters. It was a huge trip and Kynan went out for a practice session on Friday during burnout qualifying to acclimate himself with the tight Summernats pad. As you can see, he had no problems.
Ross Heasley delivers yet another stout qualifying effort at Avalon Speedway. The HQ Monaro runs a tough 350 Chev with a 6/71 and twin carbs and is always good for a show.
Summernats 25 burnout winner Warren Eustace shows us how the qualify for the finals in style - smoke out the pad and make the judges reach for their oxygen masks.
We've seen them both on the pad before and even at the same time but never together on the Summernats burnout pad - Peter and Debbie Gray both killing tyres at the same time at Summernats 25. As you can hear, the crowd loved it.
