Rapisarda Racing’s  finest weekend on the NHRA Full Throttle series came to a premature end when Cory McClenathan smoked the tyres in round one of eliminations against Texan Steve Torrence.

A personal best of 3.85/311 mph for Rapisarda Racing has catapulted the Oz team into 12th spot spot at the end of qualifying for the O’Reilly Auto Parts NHRA Route 66 Nationals in Chicago.