Ashley Sanford in Australia (1 Viewer)
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Luke Nieuwhof
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'Team C' has a great hot weather car and did well in testing. They were also consistent in the first two rounds (the event using a three round, all run format) and made the final. It was Ashley's second runner up in a row for this season, and for this particular event. She's bound to break through sooner or later.
http://dragnews.com.au/news-all/loc...he-pace-in-testing-for-new-years-thunder.html
http://dragnews.com.au/news-all/loc...mouhayet-get-championships-back-on-track.html
http://dragnews.com.au/news-all/loc...he-pace-in-testing-for-new-years-thunder.html
http://dragnews.com.au/news-all/loc...mouhayet-get-championships-back-on-track.html
Still, it's Australia, there are lots of good things to see. I want to go to Byron Bay - Aussies know there is a good reason for that, lol
Except I don't want to run into a funnel web spider.
mike
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Eugene, ticket prices are around $25-$30USD
There are around 12 fuel cars in the country, only six were running on the weekend just gone.
Huge
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Thanks Michael.
mike
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You’re welcome sir.
Randy
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The bump at the finals in Pomona in 2018 was a 3.98.
https://www.dragracecentral.com/DRCStory.asp?ID=347829&Filter=Year2018#indextop
DAN
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Yep, we're aware of that mate.
Luke Nieuwhof
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Low ET was 3.83. Aside from Ashley, whose best ET was 3.93 (in the heat of the first round I might add), every driver had a best ET in the 3.8s at the event.
A few things to consider. This was run on a 'all run format'. Teams had some open testing the day before, then a test run in the early afternoon of race day (only one team came out in the heat). From then on every round was a race round - they didn't have four sessions of qualifying to experiment with, play with tune ups or take a risk. Every round needed a win light. Every round had changing conditions, from a hot first round with the sun beating down to a tight track at night.
It's a different proposition to your standard NHRA national event weekend.
That all said, it's apples and oranges. Teams in the USA race at many more events, while the larger nature of the sport there allows for higher budgets too. We could also throw in track prep as worth consideration. Though Willowbank's is generally the best in Australia, it still doesn't have 32 fuel cars running up and down it all weekend for that top end rubber.
megadeth
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I agree it’s a beautiful country, I lived there for years!
Go to Cairns it beautiful! Surfers Paradise, Goldcoast!
DAN
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I had the opportunity to sit down with Ashley Sanford at Willowbank on the Friday test day and ask her about 2019, working with Alan Johnson and some advice she would pass on to any young racer looking to advance in the sport of drag racing. She's a fine ambassador for the sport who's already experienced racing in Australia, gaining valuable seat time and learning resilience in the sponsorship/racing world.
Check it out:
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TF CREW
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What"s your point? I worked for Rapisarda in 2013 car ran 70's here. They don't need to run that hard over there and kill parts.
Murrieta Mad Man
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1000' or 1320'?
megadeth
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I read somewhere that Rapisarda would no longer race in their own country unless they shortened the track to 1000’. So if their racing they must have gotten what they wanted.
