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| Saturday update - 9.50pm | SUMMERNATS - DAY 2 | 2010-02-12 | No Picture |
| Well we have arrived back out at the track today and the rain has started up again, and with no relief in sight on the weather radar for today or tomorrow, the meeting has unfortunately been abandoned. | |||
| Friday update - 8.30pm | SUMMERNATS - DAY 1 | 2010-02-12 |  |
| Well just after our last update, the heavens opened up and a rain front passed through at the track here. It was a heavy shower which lasted 10 minutes or so, it stopped, and now it has started bucketing down again! I don't think there will be any more runs tonight, so more updates as informatrion comes to hand which will probably be tomorrow now. | |||
| Friday 6.30pm - update | SUMMERNATS - DAY 1 | 2010-02-12 |  |
| The first round of Top Fuel has been run, and Martin Stamatis qualified second with a tyre smoking 4.98, and Phil Read struggled with a cylinder out and shut-off early with a 7.51. | |||
| Friday - 4pm update | SUMMERNATS - DAY 1 | 2010-02-11 |  |
| Just arrived at the track after our flight in from Perth and battling the Sydney traffic! But we are here now and the weather is hot and humid. It was 36 degrees when we landed, and thundery clouds have been clapping overhead not so long ago, but things appear to have cleared up a bit now, and the temp has fallen probably a few degrees. As for Phil Read and Martin Stamatis' JRR Top Fuellers, the crews have fired up and done their routine pre-run warm ups ready for the first qualifying session which is scheduled for around 6pm. More updates after the first round... | |||
| Perth Top Fuel final: | PERTH TF - DAY 2 | 2010-01-09 |  |
| Perth Top Fuel final: The final has been run, and it was Phil Lamattina who took the win with a tough 4.68 second lap against Phil Read's 4.85. It was a great close final race, and for Read, he had an engine problem and was actually in front until Lamattina drove past after his problems, and the big crowd stayed around to witness yet another awesome final between Lamattina and Read, and it was well worth the wait. It has been a great event, and we look forward to next season when the Top Fuellers return to Perth, and stay tuned to the JRR website for upcoming events. Results courtesy www.motorplex.com.au TOP FUEL No. NAME CLASS LANE RUN TIME ET MPH RT 60' ET 330' ET 660' ET 660' MPH 1000' ET RESULT ROUND ONE 3546 MARK MARIANI T/F 1 18:02:53 4.858 281.25 0.158 0.857 2.241 3.269 248.61 4.105 LOSE 1957 DARREN MORGAN (VIC) T/F 2 18:02:53 4.834 306.12 0.149 0.888 2.288 3.286 254.01 4.113 WIN 531 ALLAN DOBSON (WA) T/F 1 18:08:41 5.002 235.60 0.130 0.850 2.215 3.226 242.67 4.124 LOSE 33 PHIL READ (NSW) T/F 2 18:08:41 4.870 263.15 0.152 0.859 2.230 3.189 295.45 4.078 WIN 282 BOB SHEPHERD T/F 1 18:19:02 5.481 189.07 0.184 0.904 2.329 3.389 239.13 4.394 LOSE 819 MARTIN STAMATIS (WA) T/F 2 18:19:02 4.809 271.90 0.111 0.863 2.231 3.214 256.75 4.042 WIN BYE RUN - 145 PHIL LAMATTINA T/F 2 18:23:03 4.694 309.27 0.106 0.856 2.218 3.181 273.17 3.995 WIN SEMI FINAL 33 PHIL READ (NSW) T/F 1 20:22:53 4.708 298.01 0.115 0.873 2.228 3.178 266.52 3.985 WIN 819 MARTIN STAMATIS (WA) T/F 2 20:22:53 4.967 230.17 0.049 0.883 2.250 3.216 262.85 4.064 LOSE 1957 DARREN MORGAN (VIC) T/F 1 20:27:04 5.011 244.56 0.150 0.884 2.235 3.222 244.47 4.082 LOSE 145 PHIL LAMATTINA T/F 2 20:27:04 4.729 282.13 0.124 0.854 2.217 3.183 262.02 3.991 WIN FINAL 145 PHIL LAMATTINA T/F 1 22:48:30 4.682 311.41 0.120 0.860 2.214 3.180 262.85 3.983 WIN 33 PHIL READ (NSW) T/F 2 22:48:30 4.852 260.86 0.095 0.855 2.215 3.200 250.96 4.059 LOSE | |||
| Top Fuel round 2 | PERTH TF - DAY 2 | 2010-01-09 |  |
| Top Fuel round 2: The second round of Top Fuel has been run and Phil Read was the winner of the round in a close race against his team-mate Martin Stamatis. Stamatis was on a good lap and was in front of Read until his blower belt came off allowing Read to take the well deserved win after struggling with mechanical gremlins through the weekend. Read's time was 4.70 to Stamatis' 4.96. The final round is due out at 10pm where Read will meet Phil Lamattina. | |||
| Top Fuel round 1 | PERTH TF - DAY 2 | 2010-01-09 |  |
| Top Fuel round 1: The first round of Top Fuel has been run, and both Martin Stamatis and Phil Read advanced to the semis. Phil Read was first to win the round running a 4.87 against Allan Dobbo Dobson's 5.00, and Stamatis got over the line first in his race with a 4.80 winning against Bob Shepherd's slowing 5.48. Round 2 of eliminations due at 8pm. | |||
| Top Fuel qualifying - round 2 | PERTH TF - DAY 1 | 2010-01-08 |  |
| Top Fuel qualifying - round 2 For the photo gallery of this event, copy this link here: JRR Perth Top Fuel round 3 - photo gallery POS# LICENCE DRIVER NAME VEHICLE DESCRIPTION CLASS ET 1... 145 PHIL LAMATTINA MCKINNEY T/F 4.708 2... 819 MARTIN STAMATIS (WA) DRAGSTER T/F 4.748 3... 531 ALLAN DOBSON (WA) DRAGSTER SACRMENTO T/F 4.945 4... 1957 DARREN MORGAN (VIC) HADMAN DRAGSTER T/F 5.215 5... 3546 MARK MARIANI MCKINNEY T/F 5.318 6... 33 PHIL READ (NSW) ATTAC DRAGSTER T/F 6.265 7... 282 BOB SHEPHERD UYEHARA RAIL T/F 6.290 The 2nd round of qualifying was run in humid conditions, and for Phil Read, he was on a strong pass until he had a firey engine problem from the front of the engine just before half track and slowed to a 6.26. Mean time on the other side of the JRR stables, it was another good consistent round for Martin Stamatis in his Rob Cavagnino tuned dragster running a good 4.74 with the blower belt delaminating and shredding before the finish line, but was still good enough to put him into 2nd qualifying position . More results tomorrow after round 1 due to run at 6pm. Results courtesy www.motorplex.com.au http://d2869.mysite.westnethosting.com.au/dr_results/dr_090110/tf.html | |||
| Top Fuel Results - qualifying round 1 | PERTH TF - DAY 1 | 2010-01-08 |  |
| Top Fuel Results - qualifying round 1 For the photo gallery of this event, copy this link here: JRR Perth Top Fuel round 3 - photo gallery POS# LICENCE DRIVER NAME VEHICLE DESCRIPTION CLASS ET 1... 145 PHIL LAMATTINA MCKINNEY T/F 4.708 2... 819 MARTIN STAMATIS (WA) DRAGSTER T/F 4.879 3... 531 ALLAN DOBSON (WA) DRAGSTER SACRMENTO T/F 4.945 4... 282 BOB SHEPHERD UYEHARA RAIL T/F 6.290 5... 3546 MARK MARIANI MCKINNEY T/F 7.460 6... 33 PHIL READ (NSW) ATTAC DRAGSTER T/F 8.006 7... 1957 DARREN MORGAN (VIC) HADMAN DRAGSTER T/F 8.720 It was a good qualifying session, and for Phil Read on his first run, he experienced tyre shake and drifted left towards the wall getting out of the racing groove just before shutting off. For Martin Stamatis, he was on a great lap until the blower belt came off shutting the car down for a good 4.87. More results after the 9.30 round. Results courtesy http://www.motorplex.com.au http://d2869.mysite.westnethosting.com.au/dr_results/dr_090110/tf.html | |||
| Stamatis wins home Perth Top Fuel Final | PERTH TF ROUND - DAY 2 | 2009-12-05 | No Picture |
| Stamatis wins home Perth Top Fuel Final Martin Stamatis won the Top Fuel Final in a close race against Phil Lamattina until he lifted off the throttle and then chasing again with a big top end speed, but wasn't enough giving Stamatis' 4.70-second time the win. Phillip Lamattina (0.176) 5.202 - 315.78 Martin Stamatis (0.109) 4.705 - NTR It was a great result for the team, and Stamatis is wrapped to have finally won in front of his home crowd, and it is a well deserved win to everyone involved. | |||
| Top Fuel semi-finals results | PERTH TF ROUND - DAY 2 | 2009-12-05 | No Picture |
| The Top Fuel semi-finals have been run, and it was Martin Stamatis who won the race against his team-mate Phil Read in an awesome side by side drag race. The cars were level until Read's car erupted in a fireball giving Stamatis the win, Stamatis' winning time (0.139) (reaction) 4.752 - 276.92 mph to Read's (0.140) (reaction) 5.040 - 216.34 mph lose. Stamatis will race Phil Lamattina in the final, and it is sure to be a great race with both cars running hard and fast all weekend... | |||
| Results round 1 eliminations | PERTH TF ROUND - DAY 2 | 2009-12-05 | No Picture |
| After an exciting first round, both JRR cars are through to the second round...RESULTS COURTESY www.motorplex.com.au/results/dr_051209/tfladder.html: 2009 ANDRA PRO SERIES - TOP FUEL ROUND 1 Top Fuel Elimination Results Winner - Runner Up - Low ET 4.681 (Phil Read) High Speed 318.02 (Phil Read) 1 33 Phil Read w (0.196) 4.814 - 260.11 8 0 BYE 0 Phil Read # (0.000) 0.000 - 0.00 Martin Stamatis 4 531 Allan Dobson 0 # (0.115) 5.094 - 219.51 5 819 Martin Stamatis w (0.157) 5.032 - 230.17 2 1957 Darren Morgan 0 (0.141) 5.990 - 160.42 7 1 Phillip Lamattina w Phillip Lamattina # (0.167) 4.703 - 311.41 Mark Mariani 3 3546 Mark Mariani w # (0.143) 5.831 - 220.58 6 282 Bob Sheherd 0 (0.139) 5.927 - 227.27 PHIL READ -v- MARTIN STAMTIS ROUND 2.. | |||
| Perth Top Fuel round - Saturday Dec 5 eliminations | PERTH TF ROUND - DAY 2 | 2009-12-05 | No Picture |
| 5.30pm - Well the cars are ready to go out to the track. They both sounded strong on the warm-ups, and it has been a stifling hot day today, so hopefully the hot track will have cooled down a bit now that the cool breeze is in. More updates after first round... | |||
| Blog from today's awesome racing | PERTH TF ROUND - DAY 1 | 2009-12-04 |  |
| 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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| QUALIFYING - TOP FUEL - ROUND 2 | PERTH TF ROUND - DAY 1 | 2009-12-04 |  |
| QUALIFYING - TOP FUEL - ROUND 2 PRO SERIES TOP FUEL - 04/12/2009 MAXIMUM FIELD SIZE : .. 8 POS# LICENCE DRIVER NAME VEHICLE DESCRIPTION CLASS ET 1... 33 PHIL READ (NSW) ATTAC DRAGSTER T/F 4.681 2... 1957 DARREN MORGAN (VIC) HADMAN DRAGSTER T/F 4.740 3... 3546 MARK MARIANI DRAGSTER T/F 4.849 4... 531 ALLAN DOBSON (WA) DRAGSTER SACRMENTO T/F 4.901 5... 819 MARTIN STAMATIS (WA) DRAGSTER T/F 4.986 6... 282 BOB SHEPHERD UYEHARA RAIL T/F 5.191 7... 145 PHIL LAMATTINA HADMAN DRAGSTER T/F 5.581 RUN LISTING 145 - PHIL LAMATTINA - T/F LANE RUN TIME ET MPH RT 60' ET 330' ET 660' ET 660' MPH 1000' ET 1 19:09:57 10.795 68.85 0.069 0.871 2.672 5.006 92.28 7.767 2 21:39:40 5.581 170.77 0.146 0.861 2.197 3.164 291.62 4.350 1957 - DARREN MORGAN (VIC) - T/F LANE RUN TIME ET MPH RT 60' ET 330' ET 660' ET 660' MPH 1000' ET 1 19:04:28 5.219 179.64 0.122 0.876 2.252 3.235 257.66 4.144 2 21:35:28 4.740 315.78 0.122 0.886 2.255 3.195 326.30 4.037 282 - BOB SHEPHERD - T/F LANE RUN TIME ET MPH RT 60' ET 330' ET 660' ET 660' MPH 1000' ET 2 19:04:28 5.191 207.85 0.135 0.896 2.270 3.190 0.00 4.217 33 - PHIL READ (NSW) - T/F LANE RUN TIME ET MPH RT 60' ET 330' ET 660' ET 660' MPH 1000' ET 2 19:09:57 4.696 273.55 0.167 0.849 2.192 3.031 0.00 3.938 1 21:39:40 4.681 318.02 0.123 0.860 2.216 3.178 263.40 3.983 3546 - MARK MARIANI - T/F LANE RUN TIME ET MPH RT 60' ET 330' ET 660' ET 660' MPH 1000' ET 2 19:13:24 8.053 95.33 0.152 0.899 2.350 3.936 132.77 5.875 1 21:35:28 4.849 262.39 0.140 0.898 2.278 3.245 22.93 4.058 531 - ALLAN DOBSON (WA) - T/F LANE RUN TIME ET MPH RT 60' ET 330' ET 660' ET 660' MPH 1000' ET 2 19:24:35 4.939 240.64 0.187 0.872 2.244 3.241 253.56 4.084 1 21:44:48 4.901 289.38 0.082 0.848 2.272 3.324 245.63 4.167 819 - MARTIN STAMATIS (WA) - T/F LANE RUN TIME ET MPH RT 60' ET 330' ET 660' ET 660' MPH 1000' ET 1 19:13:24 4.986 263.15 0.132 0.856 2.243 3.291 237.81 4.183 2 21:44:48 6.167 142.18 0.157 0.888 2.282 3.367 307.00 4.730 RESULTS COURTESY: www.motorplex.com.au/results/dr_051209/tf.html | |||
| TOP FUEL QUALIFYING PERTH DECEMBER 4 - ROUND 1 | PERTH TF ROUND - DAY 1 | 2009-12-04 |  |
| TOP FUEL QUALIFYING PERTH DECEMBER 4 - ROUND 1 POS# LICENCE DRIVER NAME VEHICLE DESCRIPTION CLASS ET 1... 33 PHIL READ (NSW) ATTAC DRAGSTER T/F 4.696 2... 531 ALLAN DOBSON (WA) DRAGSTER SACRMENTO T/F 4.939 3... 819 MARTIN STAMATIS (WA) DRAGSTER T/F 4.986 4... 282 BOB SHEPHERD UYEHARA RAIL T/F 5.191 5... 1957 DARREN MORGAN (VIC) HADMAN DRAGSTER T/F 5.219 6... 3546 MARK MARIANI DRAGSTER T/F 8.053 7... 145 PHIL LAMATTINA HADMAN DRAGSTER T/F 10.795 | |||
| JRR update - Friday 04.12.2009 1pm | PERTH TF ROUND - DAY 1 | 2009-12-03 |  |
| The JRR team arrived into Perth on Tuesday, and Phil Read was out testing with Phil Lamattina and Darren Morgan, as well as Martin Stamatis having a test ride in the new Bob St Lawrence car on Wednesday. Phil's first lap was instant tyre smoke, and his second pass got him just out past 100 feet before tyre shake on the warm track, so hopefully tonight will be a bit better once some cars have run up the track and got a race groove happening. For Stamatis, he ran a shut-off at about 300 feet running a 9.23 in St Lawrence's dragster. Stamatis will still be on driving duties in his Billview Top Fueller for this weekend, as well as driving the St Lawrence Top Fueller hopefully for an exhibiton lap only, possibly this evening as one of the last runs of the night. Today (Friday - 1PM) it is a very very hot day, and the forecast for today and tomorrow is for 37 degrees, and with the cars scheduled to be running at 7pm and 9.30pm, hopefully the sun will be down and the track will have cooled off some making traction a little easier on the cars. More updates later on today :) PHIL BLONDEL | |||
| Phil Read 2009 Fuchs Nationals - on-board video montage. | VIDEO GALLERY - Phil's Clips | 2009-09-22 | No Picture |
| Includes day one and two qualifying runs which saw Read sitting on the bump in 8th spot after gremlins plagued the team managing a 5.97 best ET. On day three in Round One of eliminations was where Read's weekend finished after he was eliminated by Top Qualifier, and eventual winner Pom Steve Read who beat Phil 4.76 to his slowing 5.54. | |||
| Martin Stamatis 2009 Fuchs Nationals - on-board video montage | VIDEO GALLERY - Phil's Clips | 2009-09-22 |  |
| Martin Stamatis 2009 Fuchs Nationals - on-board video montage. Includes day one 4.8-second qualifying runs, and day two elimination runs where Stamatis came runner-up in the Final against Pom Steve Read, 4.77 (Read) to 4.87 (Stamatis) who's parachute fell out 1/2 half track. | |||
| 2009 Fuchs Nationals - finals update - 7.15pm | 2009 FUCHS NAT'S - DAY 3 | 2009-09-13 | No Picture |
| The final of Top Fuel has now been run, and for the JRR team and Martin Stamatis, unfortunately they had to settle for runner-up after Stamatis' parachute came out at half track slowing him to a 4.8 second pass, while the Pom Steve Read deservedly rocketed away on a 4.7 second win. It was a big weekend for both teams, but more so for Pom Steve Read who at this event last year crashed his dragster after the throttle jammed, and this event was the team's return, so it was a mammoth effort from them to win the event and congrats come from the JRR team for their stellar effort all weekend. So it's off to Perth now for the next Top Fuel round in December, and stay tuned for updates on our website. Happy Racing, and signing out now for the final time from Sydney Airport....(and lucky our plane has been delayed now so I can write this report!!) Phil Blondel, Phil Jackman and Kaye Hall :) | |||
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