NZ Hot Rod – August 2019

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Feared Competition campaigner Tony Bellert ran on into the

night long after the group one final eliminations, and with

emptying grandstands won the bracket with 6.897/195.93.

Nothing like a morning NOS purge!

Courtesy of Zac Palm’s Modified altered.

One-shot qualifying made it tough for everyone in Pro Slammer, but for New
Zealand’s Trevor Smith it was extra tough, as he ended up ninth in an eight-car show.
His valiant 6.499 was nearly good enough, in a field which would often be all fives.

Wayne Newby had but one

representative pass during the

event, and it came in round one

with a 3.780/312.13. That pass was

against Phil Read’s 3.810/315.78,

which became the quickest Top

Fuel pairing in Australia. Newby

went on to win the event.

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