The fourth and remaining day of the Gulf Western Oil Winternationals noticed one other packed crowd enthralled with record-breaking and head-turning performances from one of the best of one of the best of Australian NDRC drag racing at Willowbank Raceway.
It was one of many largest drag racing occasions in years with big crowds on each Saturday and Sunday. In addition to internet hosting the normal competitors for extremely lauded Winternationals crowns, Sunday’s race-day additionally noticed the 2024/2025 NDRC Prime Gas Motorbike, Professional Alcohol and Aeroflow Nationwide Sportsman Championship seasons come to an in depth whereas Prime Gas, XPRO Nitro Humorous Automotive, Prime Doorslammer, Professional Inventory, Professional Inventory Motorbike and FuelTech Professional Mod loved the penultimate spherical of their championship chases.
It was a successful weekend for Damian Muscat in Prime Gas Motorbike, prime qualifying, successful the occasion, and taking out the Prime Gas Motorbike Championship in what was the bracket’s season finale – but it surely was additionally removed from a straightforward weekend with plenty of work required from the rider and crew to make all of it potential. Muscat had earlier raced towards Corey Buttigieg and Ian Ashelford on his solution to the ultimate, whereas runner-up and final yr’s champion, Benny Stevens, had put championship runner-up Greg Durack and staff mate Michael Beland on the trailer.
“After Friday’s damaged crank and yesterday we torched a motor and principally torched each air line, each gasoline line, each oil line, and each electrical element within the bike, the crew spent all night time repairing it, going to mattress at 3.00am this morning,” Muscat defined.
“We wakened Sunday to a phenomenal day of racing and a fantastic crowd within the stands, and we bought by the rounds to take the final word Winternationals win, and the championship win as effectively.
“This JTS Transport/Transit Tyres Rocket Ship has been on hearth all season, and now we have received each occasion that now we have raced at this season, so you’ve got to be more than pleased with that!
“I wish to say an enormous thanks to my crew for his or her tireless work – crew chief Brodie Pilkington, tuner Morice McMillin, and crew members Aaron Holland, Brad Luff, Jonno Warrell, Roly Parker, Paul Davies, Geoff Dell, and lots of different folks alongside the way in which which have helped us. Plus a particular due to my spouse Tracey for placing up with me and supporting my craziness.
“Thanks additionally to our sponsors, JTS Transport, Transit Tyres, Aeroflow Rocket, Degoey Contractors, C and C Mining and Civil, Straightforward Web, Nice Northern Motorbike Adventures, BL & SG Lake Brick Cartage, Whem Tools Rent, Utilized Automotive Engineering, FUCHS Lubricants and Sammut Harvesting Hydraulics for all of their continued assist, lets see what subsequent yr brings!”
In Professional Inventory Motorbike, Scott White turned loads of heads along with his win over championship chief Luke Crowley this afternoon. White had earned his place within the remaining by taking wins from Vanessa Rohdmann in spherical one and Paul Andrews in spherical two, whereas prime qualifier Crowley had defeated Tony Frost and Daniel Rabnott on his solution to the ultimate battle for the favored two-wheeled bracket.
“Far out! I’ve been ready for this for therefore lengthy. I ran my first Professional Bike assembly right here in 1991 and it’s taken all this time to win the Winternationals,” White mentioned.
“It’s superb that it was towards Luke who has helped us out a lot, it’s simply unbelievable to win this after 34 years with facet by facet 7.0’s – we’re again!”
Taking out the Aeroflow Nationwide Sportsman Championship titles for his or her respective brackets have been Dean Jamieson (Modified Bike, over Sean Ricketts), Lillian Hagan (Junior Drag Bike, over Lawrence Raschella), Luke ‘Tex’ Griffiths (Tremendous Avenue, over Troy Hutton), David Foster (Prime Sportsman, over Vlado Turic), Tony Miskelly (Tremendous Sedan, over Robert Kardum), Cory Dyson (Modified, over Daniel Carranza), Ken Collin (Efficiency Bike, over Cheryl ‘MsVrod’ Beddoes), Mark Hunt (Supercharged Outlaws, over Kasey McClure), and Pat Firriolo (Tremendous Comp, over Warren Allen).
Additionally awarded on the end-of-event shows have been the occasion winners and runners-up, with the next racers taking out the Gulf Western Oil Winternationals accolades: Dale Marshall (Modified Bike, over Geoffrey Marshall), Steve Warren (Actual Avenue, over Paul Neilsen), Karl Schulz (Junior Dragster, over Shavaun Harvey), Cooper Ashelford (Junior Drag Bike, over Jayden Badcock), Lachlan Maccaskell (Tremendous Avenue, over Ray Ross), Daniel Morris (Prime Sportsman, over Tony Whyatt), Paul Doeblien (Tremendous Sedan, over Chevy Taylor), Adriana Cartledge (Modified, over Chelsea Smith), Matt Walker (Excessive Bike, over Nathan Neilson), Pete Farnell (Efficiency Bike, over Ken Collin), Fiona Reed (Supercharged Outlaws, over Peter Byrne), and Warren Allen (SuperComp, over Craig Geddes).
Keep tuned throughout the approaching week for additional Aeroflow Nationwide Sportsman Championship reporting from the Gulf Western Oil Winternationals.
There may be nonetheless extra racing to come back on NDRC occasion calendar with Prime Gas and XPRO Nitro Humorous Automotive to do battle in an epic finale on the Nitro Nationals at Sydney Dragway (23 August) and the Prime Doorslammer finale at Nitro Up North at Hidden Valley Raceway (29-30 August). The Spring Nationals at Dragway at The Bend throughout October 3-5 will then host the ultimate rounds for Professional Inventory, Professional Inventory Motorbike and FuelTech Professional Mod, whereas additionally internet hosting a race for world data for Prime Gas
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