40 fastlane
of his volunteers as well as ANDRA for a
great event.”
Another popular victory was that of Wade
Kisyma in the Modified bracket, with the
Pascoe Vale resident taking on Peter
O’Connell in the final after taking wins
over Ash Johnson, Kenny Stewart and
Fiona Crisp. O’Connell meanwhile had
ensured his place in the
final with wins from Jess
Proud (nee Voigt), Chris
Farrell and Matt Ponton.
Andrew Thompson picked up his second
ANDRA Christmas Tree of the season,
taking victory in the Top Sportsman
category this evening from Top Qualifier
Darren Saliba after earlier emerging
victorious from battles against Daniel
Jones and Vlado Turic (round one). Saliba
meanwhile had taken a round two win
“I have to thank all of the officials and
the volunteers who stood out in the sun
– what they do allows us to do what we
do. I also would like to thank my wife and
the Sunraysia Drag Racing Association for
putting on a great event, as well as all of
the other competitors.”
Martin Mirco took out the
victory in Super Sedan
from Jeff Maslin. Mirco had
earlier taken on Steve Hunt
(round one), Rob Evans
and Mark Neumann before
enjoying a bye-run in the
semis. Maslin meanwhile
had taken on last-event
winner Chris Lioulios in the
semis after having earlier
dispatched
defending
champion Peter Tzokas,
Robert Kardum and Mark
Hubner.
“It was very hot out there
so we weren’t sure how
the car would run, but
then in the first round it
ran the same as it had the
day before at the same
time and I managed to
get passed Fiona Crisp,
and then in the second
round Kenny Stewart red-
lit against me so that was
a bit of a bonus,” Kisyma
said.
“In the third round I had
Ash Johnson and I got
through that one by being
better on the lights. I was
on the brakes on that run
though so I wasn’t sure
what to run in the final,
and it was a really quick
turnaround so I had to
rush a bit. It was neck and
neck out there and I got him right on the
finish line, running a 5.961 on a 5.96 dial-
in!
good!” Griffin said while accepting his
trophy.
from Jason Arbery after enjoying a bye-
run in round one.
“This feels awesome – this is my second
win and it feels even better than the
first. I have to thank my dad who worked
his butt off all weekend as well as Sean
Agius, he isn’t a full-time guy on our crew
but he helped us all weekend. I also want
to say thanks to Nick Xerakias of ERC
Racing Fuels.” Colin Griffin was another chalking up a
In Competition Bike, the three-round
shoot-out format once again delivered
plenty of exciting racing, with the battle
for the event victory ultimately coming
down to David Willis and Top Qualifier
Danny Rickard, with Willis claiming the
ANDRA Christmas Tree this time around. and Warren Bull (round one). McGrotty,
In the Modified Bike
rankings, it was Shane
Walker who would take
out the big trophy over
runner-up Edge Mallis after
walking away with wins
over Mario Baker, Gavin
Dohnt and Derryn McGregor
across the day. On his way
to the final, Mallis took on
Top Qualifier Nat McKay in
the opening round before going on to
face Nick Thompson before a bye-run in
the semis.
after having taken out the event win at ANDRA thanks the Sunraysia Drag Racing
Association and all of its volunteers and
sponsors for an outstanding race track
and a well-run event.
off against the category’s Top Qualifier For results sheets from the Twilight
Nationals, click here.
second victory for the 18/19 season, going
back-to-back with victory in Super Gas
the recent South Coast 660. Griffin faced
Adrian jakeMcGrotty in the final after
having earlier raced against Jason Wilson
running a borrowed engine, enjoyed a
bye run to his finals appearance after
successfully facing off against Charlie
Saraceno in the first round.
“I like getting these, they are pretty
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