Kumeu Classic Car & Hot Rod Festival Summer Nationals has some great racing instore.

These two competitors are a show on their own. Wayne Grimmer in the Battery Town sponsored Hemi powered Barracuda taking the win at the Fram Autolite Northern Nationals and setting the new record at 8.27 seconds for AA/Top Street has put pressure on Sam Levien’s wedge powered Brave Design Duster which is not far behind. About a tenth of a second between them and Sam’s ability to cut some pretty sharp lights, could be a change of winner at the Kumeu Classic Summer Nationals event. Besides the close races between these two, it’s the start line action that wows the crowd’s with both Mopar's leaving the startline with wheels high in the air.

Of cause there is also the 406 Chevy powered Cylinder Head Services Honda Accord of Balclutha's Roger Binnima and the big inch Pirtek Camaro of New Plymouths Jeff Dobson to overcome for a repeat for the two Mopars, and be certain, Roger would like to keep his title as New Zealand’s number one Top Street racer! So some serious racing will be assured in the Century Yuasa Power Series at round two the Kumeu Classic Car and Hot Rod Festival Summer Nationals.

Taupo International Dragway Broadlands Rd Taupo 

Qualifying starts 9.00am 

Elimination racing from 12.00 

General admittance $25 

Kids under 13 free

http://www.nzdra.co.nz/event-information-entry-list.html

The Australians called him the flying Kiwi, We’d just call him crazy. Athol Williams is the only foreigner to win a Group One Australian Championship and he did it by riding a 238 mph (382 + kph) Top Fuel bike at an amazing 6.1 seconds in quarter of a mile!  

Financially unable to contest the ANDRA Pro Series this season, Athol is going to run his unbelievable RBS two wheeled machine at the Kumeu Classic Car and Hot Rod Festival Summer Nationals for the New Zealand fans and will undoubtedly smash his own NZ record of 7.65 seconds easily, along with the long standing speed record of Ray Peterson at 166.93 mph (268.59 kph).

That’s right Athol’s best speed is over 115 kph faster at the end of the quarter mile than the existing record!  

A Top Fuel engine, whether it be a Top Fuel V8 dragster or a 4 cylinder bike is something else to experience, the noise when under load is awesome. Originally developed as rocket fuel this stuff makes anything on wheels act like a rocket and to do it on a motorcycle and at world record performances is worth the trip to the Kumeu Classic Car and Hot Rod Festival Summer Nationals on the 4^th of January just to see it, let alone the full fields of Top Alcohol, Top Doorslammer and other support divisions.

Round Two Century Yuasa Power Series

Kumeu Classic Car and Hot Rod Festival Summer Nationals 

Taupo International Dragway

Broadlands Rd

Taupo 

Qualifying starts 9.00am 

Elimination racing from 12.00 

General admittance $25 Kids under 13 free

The Kumeu Classic Car and Hot Rod Festival.

4th January 2010 Taupo International Dragway. 

http://www.nzdra.co.nz/event-information-entry-list.html

Pre entries for the Kumeu Classic Car and Hot Rod festival have closed but surprisingly an unbelievable field of Doorslammers have entered. Nine (9) of the unpredictable beasts will weave there way down Taupo International Dragway in an effort to take the win, none more so that Fram Northern Nationals winner Bob Owens who has a good start on the bigger performing racers of Ross Taylor and the soon to enter competition Parry Hunt.

Wayne Hussey missing the first Century Yuasa Power Series round due to parts not turning up  is keen to make up lost ground and a 7.0 pass at the recent track meeting at Fram Autolite says he is back on pace with only his line lock button to worry about.

Mike Witteveen although not making the final against Owens due a clutch issue has gained consistency and in Top Doorslammer that more often than not is what it takes to win.

Ford man through and through Squig has the STA Falcon performing very well and is another that would not be a surprise in a final, with more runs his performance will be a worry for many.

With some seat time under his belt Dave Tully now racing in the T/D division is another who could work his way through the more powerful but more unpredictable cars in the class, particularly on a surface that is very weather sensitive.

New comer to the T/D class but not new to racing is Tauranga’s Mike Reid, not new to the track is his new pride and joy, a certain 55 Chev that has always found the winners circle and still holds many track records around the country, getting used to a blown 526ci Chev & Lenco may take a bit to get used too though.  

A welcome return although many did not see it when it first hit the track a couple of times here in NZ is Mark Thomas and his 526 TFX powered 56 Ford Customline. Mark recently signed up a major sponsor and had Robert Tynan of Rocket Speed Shop in Hamilton convert the car to left hand drive, another having to reacquaint himself to the driver’s seat this may hinder his performance….but then again……