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Brett ‘The Boss’ Stevens from the
Jack Daniel’s Racing team was the stand out performer at the weekends
(1st-2nd March) Westernationals Drag Racing Championship
with a dominating display in the Top Doorslammer bracket, with team mate Troy
McLean also taking out Top Bike.
In front of a huge crowd at the Perth Motorplex,
Stevens lead from the start with a 6.02 second Top Qualifying effort before
charging through the Elimination rounds with consistent 6.0 and 6.1 second
passes at over 240 mph to take home the winners trophy.
In addition, he also took away the event low ET (6.01
seconds) and high mph (243.24 mph/391.45 kph) bonus points and has catapulted
himself to second place in the ANDRA Top Doorslammer Championship Series with
just two rounds remaining.
“We had a plan as a team coming into the
Westernationals to back up Kath’s (Stevens) World Record performances from
Sydney two weeks ago here in Perth with some good
results and I think we have definitely done that,” Stevens
said.
“The Perth Motorplex really turned on a fantastic
event and I think we have now proved that we have the goods in our Falcon Top
Doorslammers to take it to anyone.”
“I would really like to dedicate this win to my great
crew who have worked long and hard in getting everything right in the cars,
thanks guys.”
“Come the Tin Top Titles next month at Willowbank
Raceway we will again have some high expectations as a team to have myself as
well as Kath (Stevens) and Steve (Packman) running the numbers I did here this
weekend.”
In Top Bike Troy McLean showed why he is the current
Championship series leader with another stellar performance despite a tough road
through the Elimination rounds.
McLean began the event in style sitting in the number 2
position after Qualifying a mere 1 thousandth of a second off the top spot in
what was one of the most competitive fields in recent
times.
He was then made to work hard for his Quarter-Final
and Semi-Final wins against Perth locals Jay Upton, who showed he is
beginning to return to form and Mark Ashelford who set a number of personal best
times over the weekend.
He then faced off against Kiwi Athol Williams in the
Final who was looking for his second win in a row after relegating ‘The Boss’ to
runner up at the Summernationals, but McLean took the win a great side-by-side
pass that had the crowd on its feet.
“It was one of the toughest fields in long time with
no easy rounds, to get through even the Quarter-Finals you had run deep into the
6 second zone which was great for the fans that came out to watch,” McLean
said.
“To get back in the winners circle here in Perth was great against
such quality competition and is also a really big boost for my Championship
hopes.”
“I now have a 122 point lead over the field with just
two rounds to go so will be working hard at the Nitro Champs in May to
consolidate this and put me in a strong position to take out the
title.”
Other Brett Stevens Racing team members Steve Packman
in the SP Racing Top Doorslammer and Kath Stevens in the second Jack Daniel’s
Falcon also had strong events, both mixing it at the pointy end of the field
during early qualifying with solid 6.2 second passes before eventually being
bumped to the number 9 and 10 positions respectively.
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