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World record set at Castrol Edge Winternationals qualifying |
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Saturday, 07 June 2008 |
NEW WORLD RECORD SET, MULITPLE AUSTRALIAN RECORDS BROKEN AND TWO FIVE SECOND PASSES IN QUICKEST EVER TOP DOORSLAMMER FIELD - WITH ONE MORE QUALIFYING RUN SCHEDULED FOR THIS AFTERNOON
The second run of qualifying for Group One has more than delivered with a new world record, a new record for the fastest Australian side-by-side doored pass and two 'five' second passes set by the quickest Top Doorslammer field in Australian history.
Please see below for a run-down of the feats achieved during today's Top Doorslammer qualifying - with perfect conditions and one more qualifying run to go more records are set to be smashed and that bump spot (last qualifying spot available) is set to change.
- World's fastest (mph) doored car pass: Gary Phillips - 6.07second, 249.86mph (402.2746kmh)
- First time in Australian drag racing a sedan car has breached 400km/h: Gary Phillips, 402.2746kmh
- Fastest ever (mph) Australian Top Doorslammer side by side pass - Gary Phillips (6.07s/249.86mph) and Aaron Lynch (6.02s/243.77mph)
- Two five second passes - Robin Judd (5.94s) and Ben Bray (5.924s) - bettering his first-ever five second pass of last night. These are only the sixth and seventh times a five second pass has been achieved by a doored car in Australia.
- Bray's pass was two thousandths of a second off the all-time speed record (5.922s - John Zappia)
- Australia's quickest Top Doorslammer field: 6.102second bump spot with one round of qualifying yet to run. (Was previously 6.17s in Sydney in February)
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