WinterNats round up

It was a flipping fantastic weekend!


Just the racing alone made these Winter Nationals a thing to remember. It was the fastest and closest racing I've ever seen. The Top Doorslammers field had a qualifying time of 6.09 seconds, with 4 cars qualifying with sub 6sec runs! Victor Bray with a 6.11 didn't even qualify for the finals!!!!

Plus we saw Chris Judd in his Studebaker do a 5.90 pass making his Studie the world's fastest doorslammer!

The eliminations and finals were a little less fast, but still dramatic with cars loosing control and swinging into the other lanes... engines blowing and Ben Bray eventually won the final against Brett Stevens when both cars had problems but Ben managed to make it to the line first.

The Top Fuel was even more exciting, with a heap of 4 second passes... Four seconds to travel a quarter of a mile, can you believe it! The fastest qualifier was Steve Reed with a 4.56 (Australian Record) at 320mph (514.98kph!!!!!!!!!!!!). The passes were so fast and straight it was amazing to be standing on the track with the teams as each car flew down the line!

Pro Stock was another record breaking field, with some of the fastest qualifying times in history.

I loved being out on the track really amongst it all. That's what really made the whole event special - cause I also got to see how much a part of the team Dad and I have become.

We stand on the track - right at the start line with the guys who do the safety stuff. When some of the cars broke down one of the guys called out "You might be the chaplain but you can still come help push" so I spent the rest of the time actually helping with the maintenance of the track - which felt good cause sometimes I just wonder if I'm in the way.

Dad did the opening prayer during the official ceremony, just before the national anthem - it was excellent - the crowd all stood in silence and gave a big cheer at the end. It's great that we have the opportunity to pray in Jesus name right in the middle of such a huge event.

I've included a heap of photos throughout... here are some more, but there are even more on my flickr account (see the sidebar...)













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