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BEAT THE HEAT - WA

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Holden VF SS Sedan - the fifth
vehicle donation to the off-duty
police-run, community based antistreet racing road safety program.
The “undercover, stealthy” VF
will be raced under the Tango 4
banner and joins;
- Tango 1 - a VT Commodore
(donated in 2003)
- Tango 2 - a Pontiac GTO (2006)
- Tango 3 - a VE Commodore
SS-V Sportswagon (2011)
The original Tango 1, a VQ
Statesman, was donated to WA
Police Tango 1 Police Drag Racing
Program in the early 1990s, ran
under that banner until 2003.
“Holden has been a proud
supporter of the Beat the Heat (WA)
Inc program since its inception,
and supports its goals of reducing

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the incidents of illegal street
racing on our roads by educating
young drivers or those who may
be tempted.” said Paul Rietveld,
National Aftersales Operations
Manager at GM Holden Ltd.
Beat the Heat (WA) Inc’s anti-street
racing program run by off duty
“fun” police is aimed at reducing
the incidents of illegal Street racing
by encouraging participation in the
sport of drag racing in a safe and
controlled environment.
Beat the Heat (WA) Inc program
contests as many as 40
competition events annually, with
the majority of these are held at
the Perth Motorplex, where offstreet drag racing events run each
and every Wednesday nights.
The Beat the Heat (WA) Inc team
also conduct static displays

promoting the road safety
message and the sport of drag
racing at school fetes, trade shows
and motoring events across the
state of Western Australia.
“Beat the Heat (WA) Inc is proud
to be associated with GM Holden
Ltd. This generous donation has
again demonstrated not only
Holden's support of our program,
but also their commitment to
road safety initiatives of this kind
across Australia.” Sergeant Mike
PEARSON, President of Beat the
Heat (WA) inc said.
“Our aim is to unashamedly
encourage anyone who may be
tempted into participating in
illegal street racing, to come and
compete against us in safe and
controlled environments like the
Perth Motorplex.”

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