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Queensland based Drag Racing star
Kath Stevens from the Jack Daniel’s Racing team celebrated her 31st
birthday in fine style by setting a World Record at the Western Sydney
International Dragway tonight (16th February).
Kath is the only female in Australia that
competes against the men in the professional Top Doorslammer bracket, and took
it another step further by becoming the first female in history anywhere in the
world to drive a ‘doored’ car down the quarter-mile strip in 5
seconds.
Lining up against team mate Steve Packman in his SP
Racing Ford Falcon in the B quarter-finals, Kath surprised all by laying down an
amazing 5.96 second pass to take the round win in her 3000 horsepower
beast.
“This is amazing! We have been working and developing
our Brett Stevens Racing built Ford Falcon Top Doorslammers now for around 18
months and it has all finally paid off,” Kath Stevens
said.
“This is the ultimate birthday present as well; we
will be celebrating hard tonight!”
“I would like to thank my husband Brett for giving me
this chance, my friends and family, and to all of my sponsors that have
supported and shown faith in me over the years.”
“There were a lot of them here tonight as well so it
was great to be able to put on a show like this for them.”
As well as Kath setting the stunning World Record,
she also had the honour of beating her Drag Racing legend husband and team owner
Brett Stevens to the magical ‘5 second club’.
 Despite this, Brett was equally excited about Kath’s
achievement that even overshadowed his own sensational record setting weekend
that included running the fastest Top Alcohol
Funny Pass in the Southern Hemisphere at 263.15
mph (423.50 kph), as well as the second quickest Elapsed Time at 5.55
seconds.
“I couldn’t be happier for Kath, as hard as it may be
to believe I think it is even better her running a 5 than me,” Brett Stevens
said.
“She is really something else to achieve such a feat,
she is just amazing.”
“It has topped off a fantastic weekend for the team
and I would also like to pay a special mention to my fantastic crew for their
efforts in helping make all this possible, we couldn’t have done it without
you!”
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