PAT O’Shea knows how to make an entrance,
wheel-standing his immaculately presented
XR on its DC debut. The XR ran consistently
throughout the five days, running solidly in
second behind Alon Vella’s Capri in Pacemaker
Radial Aspirated. While Pat’s business Pat’s
Pro Restos is known for top-level show cars,
to back this up with a serious Drag Challenge
ride is a big feat.
“I finished the car the week before DC,” says
Pat. “It had no road miles and had never towed
a trailer so I’m stoked with how the car went.”
Mechanically the car is brand new. Beneath
the two-tone maroon and gold lies a stout
440ci mill with a C4, 6500rpm stall and
nine-inch packed with 4.3s. On Day One Pat
said, “It has 874hp, it should do 9.4s. It ran a
9.49@142mph last week at Willowbank.”
On Day Five he backed that up. “I ran a new
PB of 9.47@140mph after running faster than
9.57 all week.” And the wheel-stand? “I wasn’t
really surprised as it carries the wheels a little
every pass – that time I hit the throttle harder
than normal. Eventually it should run around the
9.2s once we’re on top of it all.”PAT
O'SHEA
AFTER getting oh so close to competing last year, Jason
Walter was stoked to get his XY ute to Day One.
“I drove the car from Colac, it was a 3000-kilometre
round trip and it’s still running fantastic,” he says with a
grin. Jason’s XY runs a Dart-based Windsor with alloy
AFR heads and a 150hp shot of nitrous on board. That’s
all backed by a C4 with transbrake and nine-inch packed
with 3.9s.
“Out on the track I kept PBing,” he beams. “Day One was
11.012@124mph; Day Two with the nitrous I ran my first
1.4 at 60-foot. Swan Hill saw a 10.774@124mph then on
Day Five I got temp in the bottle and ran 10.583@123mph
and a 1.451 60-foot.”
Yet it wasn’t without its hiccups. “We had a battery issue
before we started, then on Day One we had to use torches
as headlights! During the drive to Portland it developed a
misfire from a broken Posi-Lock connector.”
To cap it off, on Friday arvo Jason was stuck fixing a head
gasket. It was promptly remedied for the 700km journey
home, which provided plenty of time to think about future
DCs. “I’m looking forward to the next one. Let’s see if we
can make it a nine-second, genuine street car.”JASON
WALTER
CLUB X
A FLOCK OF BRAWNY ASPIRATED FALCONS TOOK UP THE CHALLENGE
PAT O’Shea knows how to make an entrance,
wheel-standing his immaculately presented
XR on its DC debut. The XR ran consistently
throughout the five days, running solidly in
second behind Alon Vella’s Capri in Pacemaker
Radial Aspirated. While Pat’s business Pat’s
Pro Restos is known for top-level show cars,
to back this up with a serious Drag Challenge
ride is a big feat.
“I finished the car the week before DC,” says
Pat. “It had no road milesand had never towed
a trailer so I’m stoked with how the car went.”
Mechanically the car is brand new. Beneath
the two-tone maroon and gold lies a stout
440ci mill with a C4, 6500rpm stall and
nine-inch packed with 4.3s. On Day One Pat
said, “It has 874hp, it should do 9.4s. It ran a
9.49@142mph last week at Willowbank.”
On Day Five he backed that up. “I ran a new
PB of 9.47@140mph after running faster than
9.57 all week.” And the wheel-stand? “I wasn’t
really surprised as it carries the wheels a little
every pass – that time I hit the throttle harder
than normal. Eventually it should run around the
9.2s once we’re on top of it all.”AFTER getting oh so close to competing last year, Jason
Walter was stoked to get his XY ute to Day One.
“I drove the car from Colac, it was a 3000-kilometre
round trip and it’s still running fantastic,” he says with a
grin. Jason’s XY runs a Dart-based Windsor with alloy
AFR heads and a 150hp shot of nitrous on board. That’s
all backed by a C4 with transbrake and nine-inch packed
with 3.9s.
“Out on the track I kept PBing,” he beams. “Day One was
11.012@124mph; Day Two with the nitrous I ran my first
1.4 at 60-foot. Swan Hill saw a 10.774@124mph then on
Day Five I got temp in the bottle and ran 10.583@123mph
and a 1.451 60-foot.”
Yet it wasn’t without its hiccups. “We had a battery issue
before we started, then on Day One we had to use torches
as headlights! During the drive to Portland it developed a
misfire from abroken Posi-Lock connector.”
To cap it off, on Friday arvo Jason was stuck fixing a head
gasket. It was promptly remedied for the 700km journey
home, which provided plenty of time to think about future
DCs. “I’m looking forward to the next one. Let’s see if we
can make it a nine-second, genuine street car.”A A A A AAAFLFOCK OF BRAWNY ASPIRATED FALCONS TOOK UP THE CHALLENG
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