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Test Day at the Perth Motorplex At the test day PC was testing the 13B Twin Turbo with an auto, and Beefy did numerous passes and PB's - topping it off with a 10.02 et, and 138 mph. 13B PP Twin Turbo testing PC put the 13B on the dyno up at Pro Race Products with Mike at the controls. The RX-7 will be tested Wednesday 26th May at a private test day at the Perth Motorplex. ANDRA Pro Series Coverage Zappia gets to finals at Nitro Champs Sydney – Australia’s largest city, was host to some of the most exciting ANDRA Pro Series Top Doorslammer drag racing last weekend at the Nitro Championships – and John Zappia managed to knock out Championship leader Judd, and go on to the finals with Maurice Fabietti. The championship race has now hotted up with one round to go. [Full story] ANDRA Rocket Allstars Coverage Zap wins coveted Top Comp Championship. John Zappia won his first Western Australian "Top Comp" Championship after the results of the last A Final were run at the Grand Final event at the Perth Motorplex last weekend. In a nail biting run for the Zappia Racing Team, Maurice Brennan in the AA/AP Commodore could have won the Championship, but was beaten by close friend and Top Comp Rookie Jeffrey Clark in the BB/D dragster handing the Championship to Zap by five points. [Full story] ANDRA Rocket Allstars Coverage Beefy at the Grand Final Event Brad "Beefy" Morris presented for the Grand Final event at the Perth Motorplex in the BB/OM Group 2 Class, and had another excellent days racing. The RX-7 managed a 10.254 @ 134.52mph off the trailer, then a PB of 10.191 @ 134.32mph to settle in 12th out of the 13 cars in Super Comp. First round eliminations saw Beefy up against rival Colin Mortimor, and a 10.360 @ 134.52mph on an 8.45 index was not enough against a Colin's 9.295 off a 8.87 index. The 10.191 reset the quickest rotary IRS in Australia time - quite an achievement for the RX-7 that runs a standard Mazda gearbox and rear end. ANDRA Rocket Allstars Coverage Zap goes 5.814 in Perth. John Zappia presented his Zappia Racing team for the local Perth Motorplex event last weekend - Nitro Funny Cars, and ran the quickest doorslammer pass in Australian history with a 5.814 in Craig Pedley's Striker "Crusher" Monaro. [Full story] AERO Outlaw RX-7 Update AERO Racing owner and driver Paul "PC" Carey has called an early end to the 2009/2010 Season after encountering problems with the standard Lexus heads. "Look we had an amazing first season with the AERO billet block. We overcame all the development snags with logical progression, and moved through a series of personal bests to settle at a quickest of 7.36 @ 186 mph. Not bad for a 282 cube engine. My mentor John Zappia first went 7.36 @ 186 mph in 1988 with a 482 KB Hemi, so I reckon we have done alright with the small quad cammer. Unfortunately the heads have not held up as I wanted, seeing as we are pushing the tuning envelope a little. So Dennis from High Speed Engineering agreed to build billet heads for the AERO block, so they are underway right now. For some Outlaw teams it's about detuning their huge big blocks to Super Sedan type performance, but not for us. We take the opportunity to push the envelope with NO RULES - true Outlaw thinking. No overdrive rules or weight breaks - go hard or go home!" ANDRA Rocket Allstars Coverage Beefy at the Nitro Funny Cars Event Brad "Beefy" Morris presented for the Nitro Funny Car event at the Perth Motorplex in the BB/OM Group 2 Class, and was knocked out in the first round of Eliminations. ANDRA Pro Series Coverage John Zappia wins the Westernationals Last weekends Westernationals saw John Zappia give a commanding performance in the 5th Round of the ANDRA Pro Series Top Doorslammer bracket, driving Craig Pedley's Striker "Crusher" Monaro into the winner's circle and stamping his authority on the race to the finish line for the Championship. [Full story] ANDRA Rocket Allstars Coverage Beefy is Australia's quickest IRS Rotary Brad "Beefy" Morris presented for the Westernations - his first National Open round of competition - in the Super Sedan Class, after insufficient numbers for the Sport Compact class he entered under. Qualifying saw Beefman rattle off an off the trailer PB of 10.30 @ 131.57mph, a 10.98 @ 125.00mph (missed gear), and another PB 10.20 @ 131.19mph to settle him into 45th position in the 58 car field. First round eliminations saw Beefy put away by verteran racer Christine May when another missed gear change saw him back on the trailer. "I am just glad to be finally racing" said Beefy, "After nearly four years in the build I can now enjoy the fruits of my labour, and the many sponsors and supporters that have helped me get to the track. The car is faultless, and steadily getting quicker. My driving will only get better as well with more laps under my belt." ANDRA High Tech Titles Brad (Beefy) Morris debuted his RX-7 at the High Tech Titles with great success this weekend. After a long build time and a lot of heartache, Beefy progressed through his two licensing passes with no dramas and was duly signed off by the ANDRA Stewards, then reeled off PB after PB as he got used to his new ride. A 10.311 @ 134.93mph was the quickest run, and the car performed flawlessly - on a day that produced lots of mechanical failures in the field. The car will contest the upcoming Westernationals in Group 2 Super Stock bracket in the BB/OM class.
ANDRA Pro Series Coverage - next National Open event for AERO Racing ANDRA Pro Series Coverage Top Alcohol Meeting 29th and 30th Jan 2010 The AERO Racing Team presented at the two day Top Alcohol event at the Perth Motorplex this weekend, with the AERO RX-7 entered in Supercharged Outlaws, and the team really keen to test new components on the AERO Lexus engine. "We have been dealing with some niggly little problems this season" said team owner and driver Paul Carey, "So solving all the problems was a priority so we can concentrate fully on getting the car to reach the lowest sustainable et and achieve consistency at that". "Friday nights qualifier started with a nice strong burnout - the quad cam engine loves to rev, but tends to bog down very quickly if the revs drop. I have been experimenting with a two-step on the launch, and slowly getting my 60 foot times down lower - the two step allows a more even launch rpm regardless of the temperature, and I get 40 pounds boost prior to launching. Unfortunately an engine miss that has been in the engine all season was worse than ever, so I got off the power at 1,000 feet and failed to meet the 7.99 unofficial cut-off". "Back in the pits is was obvious our oil problems were over with the new Peterson oil pump performing perfectly. Overnight we completed servicing and took off the complete MSD Magneto system and fitted my old faithfull back-up Mallory points magneto and we prepared for the 1.30 run. The track was a little slippery in the heat of the day, but a strong run free of missing showed potential with a 7.78 @ 181mph black tracking most of the way". "The crew turned the car around pretty quick, and I put in a small change to the tune. In the compulsory qualifier at 7pm the RX-7 took off like a rocket - on the back wheels for ages. I hit my shift point and almost hit the rev limiter in top (that's 10,000 rpm) on a lovely straight pass that set a new personal best - 7.367 @ 185.95mph with a fantastic 1.096 60' time". "That put the RX-7 10th in the field of 18 cars, and a first round match up with Gary Busch in the Pontiac Firebird Funny Car who top qualified with a 6.570. We had to do little to the car for the next round and dialed in a 7.330, and after a nice strong burnout faced Busch who had dialed in a 6.550. The car launched hard again but at 1,000' the burst panel blew with a boom that sheared all the blower studs as well. A 7.384 @ a slowing 166.66mph was no match for the Funny Car's 6.553 - 0.003 over their dial in". "We made brilliant progress this meeting with the new AERO billet engine, and look forward to the Westernationals in a month". ANDRA Pro Series Coverage Next event for the AERO Outlaw RX-7 is the Top Alcohol two day event at the Perth Motorplex - Friday 29th Jan, and Sat 30th Jan 2010. BE THERE! [Entry List] [Event Details] Sport Compact Racing Beefy's RX-7 has passed ANDRA Tech Inspection for both Group 3 SS/BB and Group 2 BB/OM classes. Dyno tuning was commenced on Factory RE's chassis dyno. A stronger clutch is required to handle the extra power found during testing. Zap ready for Motorvation - John Zappia will have both the Striker Top Doorslammer HQ Monaros on display this weekend at the annual Motorvation spectacular, with a good range of merchandise for race fans. Motorvation is one of Australia's greatest Street Machine and Custom Car shows, and returns to the Perth Motorplex this Saturday and Sunday. Motorvation 24 has it all - a huge Burnout comp, Tint a Car Miss Motorvation, Alberts Car stereo Sound Off, Dyno comp, Crusiing, the Elite Pavilion and over 800 Street Machines. [ Full media release ] Top Fuel Meeting 8th and 9th Jan - AERO Racing presented the Outlaw RX-7 for racing in Supercharged Outlaws, and ran a new PB on the Friday night with a 7.46 @ 181mph. Oil pump problems caused an early retirement on Saturday night.
The crew had a great night in the shed Monday night in preperation for racing. Started the Toyota, and Beefy is getting there with his 13B Turbo. Older archived news [HERE] |
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