Welcome to our live coverage and new blog from the Santo’s Super 3 Extreme Drag Race at Willowbank Raceway. The event features ANDRA championship rounds five and six for Top Fuel and rounds two and three for Top Alcohol.
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CHAT ROOM
SATURDAY UPDATES
11:00pm – Top Fuel & Top Alcohol finals.
Top Fuel A Final – Allan Dobson 4.78 and wins the Louie Rapisarda Memorial over John Lamattina 5.42
Top Fuel B Final – Phil Read could not make the call
Top Alcohol A Final – Gary Phillips spins the tyres on the green for the win, John Cannuli could not fire.
Top Alcohol B Final – Steven Reed 5.59 on a solo, Darren Fry could not front
9:30pm – Top Alcohol elimination round complete.
Darren Fry 5.64 def Wayne Newby 7.18
Gary Phillips 5.43/262mph on a solo smashing the National Record of 5.46
Steve Reed def Debbie O’Rourke who threw a belt at 60ft
John Cannuli 5.59 def Wayne Price who was shut down
8:30pm – Top Fuel elimination round complete.
John Lamattina 5.629 def Damien Harris 9.951.
Allan Dobson 4.717 def Phil Lamattina NTR
Phil Read 5.995 def Steve Read 6.462.
Final will be Allan Dobson v John Lamattina with Phil Read the B Finalist.
6:50pmTop Alcohol qualifying complete.
1. Gary Phillips 5.470
2. John Cannuli 5.594
3. Darren Fry 5.648
4. Steven Ham 7.501
5. Steven Reed 8.451
6. Debbie O’Rourke 14.978
7. Wayne Newby 31.817
8. Wayne Price NTR
Elimination round match ups will be Gary Phillips v Wayne Price, John Cannuli v Wayne Newby, Darren Fry v Debbie O’Rourke (our upset alert for Debbie over Darren), Steven Ham v Steve Reed (our marquee match up). Like the ESPN touch there?
6:05pm – Top Fuel qualifying complete. Tough session for those guys.
1. Allan Dobson 4.713
2. Phil Lamattina 9.614
3. Phil Read 13.138
4. John Lamattina 13.672
5. Damien Harris 22.912
6. Steve Read 30.995
Elimination round match ups will be Allan Dobson v Steve Read in a rematch of last night’s final, Phil Lamattina v Damien Harris and Phil Read v John Lamattina.
FRIDAY UPDATES
10.20pm – Final Round Results
Top A Final – Allan Dobson 4.677/312mph def Steve Read 6.358
Top Fuel B Final – Damien Harris shakes to a 9.661 for the official win, he did face Phil Lamattina making a exhibition run with 8.32 to make it a paired pass for the crowd.
Top Alcohol A Final – Gary Phillips 5.619/239 def Debbie O’Rourke 16.98
Top Alcohol B Final – Steve Ham 5.525/263 def Steve Reed 7.565
10.00pm – Video of Peter Xiberras 4.80 pass.
8:40pm – Top Alcohol Elimination Round
Darren Fry 6.777 def Mark Hinchelwood, no show
Steven Ham 6.233 def Wayne Price, no show
Steven Reed 5.892 def Wayne Newby 6.011
Debbie O’Rourke 5.750, solo
Gary Phillips 5.606 def John Cannuli 5.654.
Final will be Gary Phillips v Debbie O’Rourke. B Final will be Steven Reed v Steven Ham.
8:05pm – Top Fuel Elimination Round
Steve Read 4.815 def Phil Read NTR (car shut off with fuel leak)
Allan Dobson 4.679 def Phil Lamattina 6.874
Damien Harris 10.102 def Phil Lamattina 10.713
Final will be Steve Read v Allan Dobson. Damien Harris will run in the B Final.
6:30pm – Order for Top Alcohol after Q1.
1. Debbie O’Rourke 5.786
2. John Cannuli 5.826
3. Steven Reed 5.892
4. Steven Ham 6.265
5. Darren Fry 6.595
6. Mark Hinchelwood 6.848
7. Wayne Price 10.264
8. Wayne Newby 17.970
9. Gary Phillips NTR
6:20pm – Order for Top Fuel after Q1.
1. Allan Dobson 4.704
2. Steve Read 4.819
3. Phil Lamattina 8.797
4. Damien Harris 11.755
5. Phil Read 11.955
6. John Lamattina 20.139
We believe Peter Xiberras’ 5.273 was a licensing pass and was not a part of qualifying.
6:10pm – Some video from Steve Read.
3.00pm – Steve Reed fires up looking to repeat last year’s dominance in consistency at this event.
PRE EVENT PRESS
Reed/Read into it what you will
4.40s a possibility for Rapisarda
Lucky seven to race for Top Fuel tribute
‘David’ and ‘Goliath’ look to repeat success
Easter is about family. And nitro.
