Benaraby Raceway, Australia - Drag Racing Event 28th Nov 2009


By Terri Sander

November 29, 2009

Latest news from the Mama's Toy Racing Team:
Benaraby Raceway situated in Australia had their end of season drag race meeting on 28th November with a Test'n'Tune format the night before.

Mama, Warren, some of the crew and friends decided to make the 7 hour trip to have some fun and compete at this event. Conditions on arriving at the track both days was very hot and dusty.

We had four runs of the Friday night with the first pass being rather hairy. Lots of wheel spin off the line and I was wrestling with the steering wheel trying to keep the old girl, (not me, the Rover - lol ) headed in a straight line.

Benaraby's tree reads in .4 of a second and my first reaction was a red light.

My other reactions: .470 .461 .459

Best elapsed time on this day was 11.75

Before qualifying commenced on Saturday, I pulled out the Portatree, purchased from Bullseyeracing a while back, to practice my reactions. We had 5 qualifying passes and quickest ET was 11.71

Reactions: .471 .345 OOPS! .421 .518 sleep time then .416

Racing for us commenced at 6.40pm with it being CHICAGO SHOOTOUT racing which means 3 races to determine who's in the final. We dialled in 11.76 in the first round of racing with a .482 to my opponents .678 reaction and mama being the winner.

Second round and I'm up against Australia No1... Paul Dilley. We dropped the dial-in to 11.71 and ran 11.75 with a .487 reaction to his .543 and again mama was the victor.

I had a BYE in the third round as the other racer I was to come up against (James O'Sullivan) destroyed his engine at the finish line on his last pass. Because of this style of shootout even though I'd just won 2 rounds of racing this last run would be the decider as to whether or not I'd make the final.

The rule to win this round was not to red light or breakout. I aired on the side of caution with my reaction and waited for the lights to come down and had a .594 and ran 11.76 on my 11.73 dial-in.

The word came back that we had succeeded and made it into the final. It's now around 10pm. Our dial-in 11.73 my opponent 12.27

Reactions: mama .536 Oops .... another snooze! Must be a bit late for grandma...lol

opponents .516

My run: 11.735

Opponents: 12.280 for the win and the margin was only .015

The whole team was just rapt that we made the final. I found the track itself to be rough in the right hand lane, especially mid-track, however manageable and I enjoyed racing immensely.

I also had the opportunity to have a chat over the PA System with the commentator as did other racers and the atmosphere at Benaraby Raceway was absolutely fantastic. The meeting was run extremely well by the organisers and everyone so friendly, to the extent that we would not hesitate on travelling again next year to compete.

Congratulations to Benaraby Raceway for a great meeting!

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