JIM DENARO - Meeting Report After warming up the car, we headed out for our first qualifier at 10:45am. I was ready for my first paired pass in the new car. After a strong burnout, I headed for the line. On launch the shifter went straight into top gear which didn't please me at all. The ET wasn't that good, so that was a wasted pass. Our second qualifier was at 1:23pm. This time it felt like the linelock wasn't working properly as the car kept creeping while I was in the burnout box. The burnout was pretty ordinary, but I eventually got to the line. This time the car did what it was supposed to do, with me manually shifting, this would be the quickest pass in which I have had. It ran 10.136 @ 137.51 mph, which put a smile on my face.

With the 2 qualifiers out of the way, it was time to put a dial in on the car. I decided that I would put 10.00 flat on the car. Either way I was in a win - win situation with the dial in. If I break out I will be happy. The linelock seemed to be working OK this time. I proceeded with a big burnout and got some good heat into the tyres. I slowly brought the car into stage, the top light came on the car hooked up really good and I saw red, minus .027. The car ran 10.127 @ 135.58 and I pulled the chute for the first time to see what it felt like, and all was good.

TIM NIELSEN - Meeting Report It's been almost 2 months since I last had a run. We arrived at the track hoping that the weather would be kind to us. I left the dragster at home for the last Bracket Attack as I was sure that it would of been cancelled due to rain. This time I took the dragster and the rain stayed away, you work it out. With the dragster warmed up and the exhaust leaks fixt from the Australian Nationals, it was all systems go. Our first qualifying pass was at 12:10pm and we ran 8.679 with the 60ft time being a little down, while the second halft of the track the engine seemed a little rich, we decided to leave the tune and adjust the dial in for the day. Our second qualifying pas was at 1:59pm, our 60ft time was the same, with the dragster running 8.650, so we were looking good for the first round.

First round saw us paired up against Brendon Luke in his Lucky 777 Altered, I dialed 8.63, while Brendon dialed 7.97. This race was won th the tree, I left with a .026 light to Brendon's .169, I rolled off the throttle at the stripe to take the win running 8.65 on my 8.63 dial in. There were a few bad incidents at the track later on in the day and before we could run our second round, the track decided to cancel the meeting.

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