HATS off to Swan Hill. The track has experienced a few bumps
in the road (so to speak) since we christened the virgin surface
here last year, but that’s all been smoothed out. All it needs now
is some grass to quell the excessive dust, a little bit of shade
here and there, a dunny block... It’ll get there. First things first,
the freshly resurfaced strip is utterly mint, and with temperatures
cooling (though conditions still muggy), it really came to the party
on Day Three of Drag Challenge.
It seemed like half the township had turned out to watch, including
the mayor, and they got to see a great day of racing, with PBs rung
up for cars in every class. Also worth mentioning were the delicious
pulled pork rolls: “Do you want flies with that? Too bad. You’re
getting them regardless.”
With the threat of rain looming and more dire weather forecast for
the long drive to Portland, the staging lanes were packed solid from
the start. But once everyone realised that this was a track where
it was possible to lay a decent number down, they stayed packed
until mid-afternoon.
Sadly for Harry Haig, he spent the day replacing the gearbox in
his car, but was unable to front before the lanes closed.
Overall leader Quentin Feast reached deeper into the eights
with each lap before notching up the first and only seven-IT SEEMED LIKE HALF THE TOWNSHIP HAD TURNED OUT TO WATCH,
AND THEY GOT TO SEE PBs RUNG UP FOR CARS IN EVERY CLASS
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TOP RIGHT: After running
an 8.20 at Swan Hill, Jarrod
Wood’s HQ bent a valve.
Although he and his mates
mucked in and fixed the engine
ready for the next day, Jarrod
decided to call time on his
campaign to avoid risking
further damage
01: Adam Rogash in the
ALLSHOW VK Blue Meanie
replica ran his best time for
the week at Swan Hill, with a
stonking 8.18@164mph
02: Runner-up in the Dial Your
Own class last year, Alysha
Teale was back for more in
2017 in her tough HQ Premier.
Despite running very consistent
mid-11s, Alysha could only
manage seventh in the class
this time, which shows just how
competitive the pointy end of
DYO has become
03: Another midnight trans
rebuild wasn’t in Harry Haig’s
plans. After swagging on the
street for two hours, he and
his team thrashed to rebuild
the ’box, but missed the cut to
make a pass at Swan Hill
04: Artistic licence by Pat
O’Shea’s crew on the back
of his race seat proves that a
sense of humour is a must to
compete in Drag Challenge
“It carries the wheels a little every
pass,” Pat O’Shea said of his stunning
and ultra-consistent XR Ford. “I ran
a new PB of 9.47@140mph on Day
Five after running quicker than 9.57
all week.” Pat placed second in
Pacemaker Radial Aspirated, on his
first crack at DC
DAY
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HATS off to Swan Hill. The track has experienced a few bumps
in the road (so to speak) since we christened the virgin surface
here last year, but that’s all been smoothed out. All it needs now
is some grass to quell the excessive dust, a little bit of shade
here and there, a dunny block... It’ll get there. First things first,
the freshly resurfaced strip is utterly mint, and with temperatures
cooling (though conditions still muggy), it really came to the party
on Day Three of Drag Challenge.
It seemed like half the township had turned out to watch, including
the mayor, and they got to see a great day of racing, with PBs rung
up for cars in every class. Also worth mentioning were the delicious
pulled pork rolls: “Doyou want flies with that? Too bad. You’re
getting them regardless.”
With the threat of rain looming and more dire weather forecast for
the long drive to Portland, the staging lanes were packed solid from
the start. But once everyone realised that this was a track where
it was possible to lay a decent number down, they stayed packed
until mid-afternoon.
Sadly for Harry Haig, he spent the day replacing the gearbox in
his car, but was unable to front before the lanes closed.
Overall leader Quentin Feast reached deeper into the eights
with each lap before notching up the first and only seven-
IT SEEMED LIKE HALF THE TOWNSHIP HAD TURNED OUT TO WATCH,
AND THEY GOT TO SEE PBss RUNG UP FOR CARS IN EVERY CLASS
SWAN HIL
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WA
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SWA
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TOP RIGHT:After running
an 8.20 at Swan Hill, Jarrod
Wood’s HQ bent a valve.
Although he and his mates
mucked in and fixed the engine
ready for the next day, Jarrod
decided to call time on his
campaign to avoid risking
further damage
01: Adam Rogash in the
ALLSHOW VK Blue Meanie
replica ran his best time for
the week at Swan Hill, with a
stonking 8.18@164mph
02:Runner-up in the Dial Your
Own class last year, Alysha
Teale was back for more in
2017 in her tough HQ Premier.
Despite running very consistent
mid-11s, Alysha could only
manage seventh in the class
this time, which shows just how
competitive the pointy end of
DYO has become
03 : Another midnight trans
rebuild wasn’t in Harry Haig’s
plans. After swagging on the
street for two hours, he and
his team thrashed to rebuild
the ’box, but missed the cut to
make a pass at Swan Hill
04 : Artistic licence by Pat
O’Shea’s crew on the back
of his race seat proves that a
sense of humour is a must to
compete in Drag Challenge
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