19/08/2024
The season opening Nostalgia event is always a great way to kick off our racing season. Lots of cool cars and great people, it always delivers a successful weekend.
Friday night’s BBQ gathering set the scene for the weekend ahead. It was a great social event with plenty of laughs and a couple of drinks. Saturday’s racing got underway on time with the threat of some inclement weather around lunchtime.
We almost got through the 2 rounds of qualifying before we had a small shower, shortly after our track staff had the track ready to go to start racing again when we had another shower. A series of delays after further showers (and even some hail) saw a massive effort by our volunteers and racers to get the track ready again to start racing. We got going and completed qualifying, and then pushed on into the evening for as long as the track was safe and made it through 2 rounds of racing.
A fantastic dinner was had on Saturday evening, and then Sunday morning’s pancake breakfast saw us ready to get started and complete the event. One more round of racing was required and then the finalists were determined and the finals run with the results as follows:
Oz Muscle, W: Peter Karayannis, RU: Nick Karayannis
American Muscle, W: Tony Antonino, RU: Rick Pfitzner
Vintage Gas, W: Ash Hayley, RU: Troy Newton
Hot Rod, W: Noel Inman, RU: Ed Emanuelli
Nostalgia Super Stock, W: Kieley O’Connell, RU: Wayne Edwards
Top Gas, W: Brian Keane, RU: Peter Furlanetto
Middle Eliminator, W: Peter O’Connell, RU: Bill Crozier
Top Eliminator, W: Dale Tucker, RU: Chris Dalton
Massive thanks to all our track staff for another huge effort leading up to and during the event and getting it done. Thanks to the Rambunctious Rodders for your help putting the event on and feeding us all.
Another fantastic event completed under trying circumstances, we look forward to our upcoming events and hopefully some better weather.
See you all again soon.
Atlantic Oil Atlantic Oil Racing Mildura Rural City Council Mildura.com Australian National Drag Racing Association Mallee Sports Assembly Inc.