fastlane give a big shout out to my crew Paul , Jen and Courtney – without them , we can ’ t do what we do .”
In SuperComp , it was a clean sweep for Jim Ioannidis who put himself to the front of the points standings for the competitive bracket .
On his way to the victory , Ioannidis did battle with Mick Simic in round one before having a bye into his semi-final against Alex Panagiotidis . Taking victory from that semi , he went on to win the final against Shane Baxter , who had earlier taken victory over Daniel Camilleri and Tom Dimitropoulos before enjoying a bye run in his semi-final .
Ioannidis was also one of four racers in SuperComp to run under the current national eighth mile record for the bracket - resetting both ends of the C / MSA record to 6.050s and 112.17mph .
“ I am really happy with the weekend ’ s results , and with the car ’ s performance . The car did everything it was supposed to do and we still have a bit in reserve which is just great ,” Ioannidis said .
“ Also to take the clean sweep with top qualifying , taking the round win and both ends of the record while maxxing out on the points which puts us in the championship lead – it is just great and we will see now what the future holds !
“ I have to thank my crew – they are amazing and without them we don ’ t race , we race as a team – I drive it , but it is a team effort .”
Ioannidis wasn ’ t the only one breaking records either . In fact , no less than three racers reset national records during the event with Chris Soldatos and Alex Panagiotidis also setting new markers in the Group Two Super Stock Eliminator record books .
Panagiotidis bowed out in the quarterfinal against eventual event Super Comp winner Ioannidis , but not before resetting both ends of the E / GA record to 5.562s and 122.51mph in his Camaro .
“ We were pleased with the performance of the car . We had a great time at the track , it is a really nice facility . We had never been to Portland before and we just enjoyed the weekend a lot and we had a great time ,” Panagiotidis said .
“ It is a fairly new combination and we are still sort of finding what it likes , we weren ’ t surprised ( by the record ) but we were happy – we have only raced this season with this combination so we are pleased we have made some gains with the car from the first couple of races we have done , and we are getting somewhere with the car .
“ I hope so , I definitely hope so !” laughed Panagiotidis when asked if there was ‘ more in it ’.
“ It is a new combination and we are still just learning what it likes but it is definitely improving as we go along . We are going to go to Perth and we hope it goes a little bit quicker again !”
For Pro Stock regular Soldatos , who was driving Craig Geddes ’ Cavalier at the event , resetting the D / GA speed record to 129.25mph was the icing on the cake of a fun weekend .
“ It was a really good weekend , it is a pretty good little track down there with a good set up and I quite enjoyed it – to set the record was a bit of the icing on the cake !” Soldatos said .
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