Victor Bray provided an awesome display of high horsepower driving in his
Castrol '57 Chevrolet to totally dominate the Top Doorslammer category of
racing at the Marlows Westernationals at Perth's Ravenswood Raceway today.
After qualifying fourth in hot conditions during the day, Bray commenced an
unstoppable march to the finals with a strong win over Brett Stevens in the
opening round. In the semi-final he faced top qualifier Robin Judd and not
only took the win with an elapsed time of 6.44 seconds but also recorded the
fastest speed ever registered by a drag racing sedan in the world at 232.55
mph (374.24 kph)
This set up a final round confrontation with series leader, Dave Koop of
South Australia. Bray's 3000 horsepower machine then stunned the crowd
again, taking the win in 6.52 seconds at an enormous speed of 233.12 mph
(375.16 kph) for another new world record. The mark also now stands as an
official Australian National Drag Racing Association record.
"After the bad luck we've had lately this is the best possible lift
for our Castrol team," said Bray. "I didn't expect the speeds to
be as high today but after the heat in the afternoon the air and track
surface cooled down and produced some great conditions for racing. I'm just
so glad to have been able to string a collection of strong runs together and
display the consistency we've felt we should be able to produce. We were on
the edge of overpowering the track in the first half every run and I had to
back pedal a couple of times but in the second half of the track the car was
absolutely flying. It was awesome to drive. The best feeling in the
world."
Victor Bray's win broke a three event string of bad luck that had seen the
four time Australian Champion lose in the opening rounds seriously derailing
his title defense. The win points combined with bonus points for quickest
elapsed time and highest speed of the event saw Bray cut Dave Koop's lead in
the series to a very slim 22 point margin with two events to go. Those
rounds of the championship will both be held at Bray's home track,
Queensland's Willowbank Raceway on April 15th and June 9th to 11th.
Full details of the event are available at www.victorbray.com
For further information contact Oberg Motor Sports Marketing, email oberg@eisa.net.au
