An abundance of young race fans have enjoyed a chance to get up close and personal with their drag racing heroes at Queensland’s Hyperdome shopping centre ahead of next weekend’s Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Car show at Willowbank Raceway.
Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Car drivers Greg Leahy, Jake Donnelly, Dan Donnelly, Paul Messineo, Justin Walshe and Chelsea Leahy were joined by Factory Xtreme racer Collin Willshire at the Hyperdome for the meet and greet.
Drivers were enjoying the atmosphere and taking a chance to relax before the pressure of next weekend’s competition.
Dark Horse pilot Paul Messineo said it had been a fun day.
“I wasn’t expecting such a large response, everyone has been really friendly and asking a lot of questions – there has been so much interest and it looks like we will have lots of fans at the event for a big show next week,” he said.
Presented by Donnelly Blasting Services, Saturday’s AONFC event will bring the largest ever field of outlaw nitro cars – more than 60,000 horsepower worth – to the Willowbank Raceway quarter-mile in a 12 September extravaganza.
Spectator entry is just $30.00 for adults ($25.00 for pension card holders and students with ID cards), and as always children aged 13 and under are admitted free of charge. Attendees of the annual Powercruise event (being held next door at Queensland Raceway on the same day) will gain entry at concession prices upon presentation of a promotional entry flyer that will be available at Powercruise during the day.
The action kicks off with a salute to the crowd at 4.00pm and runs through to approximately 9.00pm.
Images by dragphotos.com.au, release from Willowbank Raceway.
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