2006/2007 Sport Compact Group Drag Racing Series

CASTROL EDGE JAMBOREE - VER 1

 

The week leading up to the Castrol Edge Jamboree was one of the wettest in South East Queensland in some time. Despite being in the middle of a drought there were torrential downpours for a number of days straight. With racers and spectators alike (and promoters!) regularly checking the weather forecast it was always going to be a mission to squeeze 300 competitors into a weekend.

When Saturday dawned the weather appeared fine, and qualifying for the street tyre racers got underway as scheduled. The Show n Shine display had a good variety of cars on display, from old school through to late model, there was plenty of action on the main stage with the Million Dollar Babes and the ever popular Northfield bikini competition, and in general there was a positive atmosphere in the pits.

There were a few notable times in the street tyre session including Rob Barac’s EVO Lancer fresh from some APC dyno tuning with a couple of gentle (on the gearbox) runs in the nines with a 9.79 at 148mph best. Marty Kirkby ran a stunning 9.60 at 147mph in his appropriately named “DRAG ME” GTS-T Skyline, on drag radials no less! It was good to see Mick Mcgregor back on track in his stunning Green NIS-016 Datsun 1600, with a backing off 11.05 at only 98mph showing great potential. Theo Woollett was “ON EDGE” with his Skyline GTR recording an easy 9.25 at a big 156mph. Also into the nines was Shane Crichton in his Blacktrack Dyno prepped Cressida with a clean 9.87 at 144mph also on drag radials. Ron Lange was having some traction issues in his “IGOTU” Gemini, the unusual 1GGTE powerplant helping Ron to a tough 11.58 at 131mph.

Unfortunately the rain came just as the slick tyred guys were getting ready and as it looked to set in for the evening, qualifying was postponed. Sunday dawned as a beautiful (and hot) sunny day. Just the kind of day that Queensland is known for and we were all looking forward to a cracker of a day with qualifying followed closely by eliminations. Unfortunately, in the early morning the stunning little BOS-100 R100 was involved in an incident where it veered sharply from the left lane and collected the right wall heavily damaging the car. While the track crew cleaned up the mess the Queensland sun was beaming down and baking the surface of the track. Unfortunately, with the torrential rain the water was being drawn out from everywhere and it became apparent that little pockets were forming under and on the race surface. After some deliberation and several attempts at rectifying the situation, the racer’s safety was given the priority it deserves and the meeting was postponed until further notice. An unfortunate situation but sometimes with drag racing you are at the mercy of the weather, as most experienced racers appreciate. Checkout the Event Gallery from Aug 25/26 for the highlights before the decision was made to re-schedule by clicking HERE. You'll also see the Show'N'Shine results by clicking HERE..

Hopefully the newly rescheduled date of November 3, 2007 will allow a number of racers to finalise testing of their new cars and we should be treated to some great match ups (and hopefully some better weather!) at the rescheduled meeting, already dubbed “Jamboree Ver 2.0”! We’ll see you there!

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