| Category | DAY 1 |
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| Created | 2009-12-04 | ||||
| Owner | jimread | ||||
| Description | It has been an awesome day at the drags today...been absolutely flat chat myself as we have purchased some high definition cameras for the cars which we were trailing, so it was a busy day testing the new camera equipment, as well as getting all of our other on-board footage with the other in-car video cameras that we use too. So keeping the blog section going was a bit busier than usual, plus to add to the pressure, I also had cameras on Bob St Lawrence's Top Fuel dragster which Martin drove to a very emotional 8.26-second lap.
Phil and Martin did well in qualifying. Phil's first round 4.69-second run was so awesome at just 273.55 mph. He catapulted up the track like he does when that beasty car hooks up, and screamed past me for the early shut-off run. I just knew it was a good number.
Martin's first round pass was also similar, but gremlins struck and he rolled on for a still very good 4.98 at 263.15 mph. The second round I just knew the cars were going to run hard. The track looked great, and it was a nice Summer evening. The cars hit the track, and again Phil pumped out an awesome 4.681 at 318.02 mph to top qualify the strong field. A stellar effort by the hard working team to sort out the car and run so hard after struggling with gremlins at previous meetings. Mean time for Stamatis, he was on a mission going 2.243 to the 330' timers, but he hit tyre shake, and coasted through to qualify 5th with his earlier 4.98. The forecast for tomorrow is for another HOT HOT 37 degrees, so hopefully the Kwinana Doctor (cool sea breeze) will be in early to cool us all down. I will also try to get some time with Phil Read tomorrow to tell you all about how it felt to go number 1 qualifier. So see you from the track tomorrow. PHIL BLONDEL |
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| Title | Blog from today's awesome racing | ||||
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