overall to Adam Rogash, while Josh Lopreiato moved into fourth
and Luke Foley also shuffled up to make it an all-radial Top Five.
Jarrod’s exit paved the way for Rodney Browitt and his HQ ute to
assume the lead in the Turbosmart Outlaw Blown class, just ahead
of a surging Paul Hamilton in the XA sedan.
And still there were more twists to come. Adam Rogash, who
had been on tenterhooks with the imminent birth of his third
child, got the all-important call from his wife Kelly, and his crew
dropped him off at Mount Gambier Airport where he flew home
to Melbourne for the birth. Into the driver’s seat slid Johnny Pilla,
who had pre-registered as a co-driver of ALLSHOW in case the
baby couldn’t wait.1 QUENTIN FEAST, Holden LH Torana 21.664
2 MARK DREW, Holden LH Torana 21.823
3 ADAM ROGASH, Holden VK Commodore 22.454
4 JOSH LOPREIATO, Holden VZ ClubSport 22.570
5 LUKE FOLEY, Holden VH Commodore 22.78601: Third-time Pacemaker Radial
Aspirated winner Alon Vella stumps
up with his Swan Hill-to-Portland
checkpoint pic, gaining him a route
map to Radelaide02: There’s a great deal of merit
in doing Drag Challenge in a
late-model muscle car like Peter
Karayannis’s CV8 Monaro,
especially when the weather
turns sour. With such niceties as
air conditioning, a demister, and
functioning wipers, Peter was
all smiles03: Mark Mills’s LH Torana is not
only super-cool, but it’s a 9sec
rocket thanks to its turbo Toyota
2JZ in-line six-pot. Running on E85
and maintaining a sub-100km/h
cruising speed helped keep it cool
on the highway04: Tim Rhone did an alternator
change in Mildura, then had the
re-engineered pulley break apart
as he headed back to Adelaide. The
XP produced a tidy 9.72@142mph
on Day Five, and Tim then drove it a
further 700km to Castlemaine!Mark Barber endured a stack of
mechanical issues with his LJ, but it’ll be
awesome once he gets it dialled in. The
owner-built Torry runs a 186ci red motor
with EFI, backed by an electronic overdrive
overall to Adam Rogash, while Josh Lopreiato moved into fourth
and Luke Foley also shuffled up to make it an all-radial Top Five.
Jarrod’s exit paved the way for Rodney Browitt and his HQ ute to
assume the lead in the Turbosmart Outlaw Blown class, just ahead
of a surging Paul Hamilton in the XA sedan.
And still there were more twists to come. Adam Rogash, who
had been on tenterhooks withthe imminent birth ofhisthird
child, got the all-important call from his wife Kelly, and his crew
dropped him off at Mount Gambier Airport where he flew home
to Melbourne for the birth. Into the driver’s seat slid Johnny Pilla,
who had pre-registered as a co-driver of ALLSHOW in case the
baby couldn’t wait.1 QUENTIN FEAST,Holden LH Torana 2 1. 664
2 MARK DREW, Holden LH Torana21.82 3
3 ADAM ROGASH, Holden VK Commodore22.4 54
4 JOSH LOPREIATO, Holden VZ ClubSport 22.57 0
5 LUKE FOLEY,Holden VH Commodore22.78 60 1: Third-time Pacemaker Radial
Aspirated winner Alon Vella stumps
up with his Swan Hill-to-Portland
checkpoint pic, gaining him a route
map to Radelaide02 : There’s a great deal of merit
in doing Drag Challenge in a
late-model muscle car like Peter
Karayannis’s CV8 Monaro,
especially when the weather
turns sour. With such niceties as
air conditioning, a demister, and
functioning wipers, Peter was
all smiles03 : Mark Mills’s LH Torana is not
only super-cool, but it’s a 9sec
rocket thanks to its turbo Toyota
2JZ in-line six-pot. Running on E85
and maintaining a sub-100km/h
cruising speed helped keep it cool
on the highway04 : Tim Rhone did an alternator
change in Mildura, then had the
re-engineered pulley break apart
as he headed back to Adelaide. The
XP produced a tidy 9.72@142mph
on Day Five, and Tim then drove it a
further 700km to Castlemaine!MarMMM k Barber endured a stack of
mechanical issues with his LJ, but it’ll be
aweaa some once he gets it dialled in. The
owner-built Torry runs a 186ci red motor
witwwh EFI, backed by an electronic overdrive
DAY FOUR: TOP FIVE OUTRIGHT