PLACING fifth in the Pacemaker Radial
Aspirated class was first-time DC competitor
Jarrod Wood in his stout silver XT sedan. The
tough 688hp aspo 408ci Clevo is carby fed
and backed by a C4 with massive 6300 stall.
At the rear is a nine-inch packed with 35-spline
axles and low 4.56 gears.
“I use huge 30-inch tyres for driving, so it sits
on 3200rpm at 95km/h,” Jarrod explains. “The
PB for the car is 10.06@133mph, which I ran at
Calder Park two weeks before Drag Challenge.
I backed that up with a 10.194@130mph on
Day One, in 36-degree heat. It ran consistently
at every track within one tenth every pass. I was
planning to use the transbrake on the last day
but the rain beat us.
“I can’t believe how good the car went, it was
faultless. I didn’t put a spanner on it all week.
But I knew the car had to make the journey
as it was my daughter’s formal ride two days
after DC.”
As reliability is key for DC, Jarrod may well be
a future podium placer. “I’ll be going next year
for sure, unless it clashes with the iconic Bright
Rod Run. It was an awesome experience.”
JARROD
WOOD
TWINS Josh and Justin Ede were dead keen
to complete in Drag Challenge after last year’s
disaster: Justin’s Falcon was hit by a drunk
driver. But despite the lads’ good prep – the
car has been rebuilt from front to back over
three months – and positive vibes, problems
began even before they trucked north from
Melbourne, with the XY’s C10 auto blowing
up on Friday evening.
Built for nitrous but running naturallyaspirated and in DYO this year, Josh made
a good start with the easy-breathing CHI-
headed 383-cube Cleveland-powered XY,
laying down an 11.1 on Day One.
Then more problems. “We used two second-
hand bits in the whole car,” Josh says. “And they
both let us down!” The first was the distributor
drive pin that sheared on the way to Mildura; it
was fixed in the dark by the roadside. The next
was the fuel pump, which went AWOL on theway into Swan Hill and required a great ‘bush
fix’ to continue. But with a lack of confidence
in the car – and the weather looking fairly crap- Josh and Justin decided to skip the washed-
out Portland check-in and scoot straight back
to Adelaide where the car happily laid down
another 11.1.
“I reckon I would’ve been right up the pointy
end of DYO if I’d finished,” Josh claims. “Bring
on next year!”
JOSH AND JUSTIN EDE
PLACING fifth in the Pacemaker Radial
Aspirated class was first-time DC competitor
Jarrod Wood in his stout silver XT sedan. The
tough 688hp aspo 408ci Clevo is carby fed
and backed by a C4 with massive 6300 stall.
At the rear is a nine-inch packed with 35-spline
axles and low 4.56 gears.
“I use huge 30-inch tyres for driving, so it sits
on 3200rpm at 95km/h,” Jarrod explains. “The
PB for the car is 10.06@133mph, which I ran at
Calder Park two weeks before Drag Challenge.
I backed that up with a 10.194@130mph on
Day One, in 36-degree heat. It ran consistently
at every track within one tenth every pass. I was
planning to use the transbrake on the last day
but the rainbeat us.
“I can’t believe how good the car went, it was
faultless. I didn’t put a spanner on it all week.
But I knew the car had to make the journey
as it was my daughter’s formal ride two days
after DC.”
As reliability is key for DC, Jarrod may well be
a future podium placer. “I’ll be going next year
for sure, unless it clashes with the iconic Bright
Rod Run. It was an awesome experience.”
TWINS Josh and Justin Ede were dead keen
to complete in Drag Challenge after last year’s
disaster: Justin’s Falcon was hit by a drunk
driver. But despite the lads’ goodprep – the
car has been rebuilt from front to back over
three months – and positive vibes, problems
began even before they trucked north from
Melbourne, with the XY’s C10 auto blowing
up on Friday evening.
Built for nitrous but running naturallyaspirated and in DYO this year, Josh made
a good start with the easy-breathing CHI-
headed 383-cube Cleveland-powered XY,
laying down an 11.1 on Day One.
Then more problems. “We used two second-
hand bits in the whole car,” Josh says. “And they
both let us down!” The first was the distributor
drive pin that sheared on the way to Mildura; it
was fixed in the dark by the roadside. The next
was the fuelpump, which went AWOL on theway into Swan Hill and required a great ‘bush
fix’ to continue. But with a lack of confidence
in the car – and the weather looking fairly crap- Josh and Justin decided to skip the washed-
out Portland check-in and scoot straight back
to Adelaide where the car happily laid down
another 11.1.
“I reckon I would’ve been right up the pointy
end of DYO if I’d finished,” Josh claims. “Bring
on next year!”
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