Showers couldn’t dampened the enthusiasm or show the for this year’s Atlantic Oil Supercharged Shootout at Mildura’s Sunset Strip.
The premier event on the Sunset Strip drag racing calendar, the Atlantic Oils Easter Supercharged Shootout was again a huge success. As part of the regions Easter Powersports spectacular, where a number of motorsports are showcased across the Easter weekend in Mildura, following a huge motorsport display in the centre of town, the Supercharged Shootout rocks Saturday’s festivities.
With a another big crowd in the house, around 130 entries populated the pits with 18 Supercharged Outlaws lined up chase the prestigious win. The Supercharge Shootout portion of the event was run over three Chicago Shootout rounds then a final. Dale Tucker with his HQ GTS Monaro and Doina Day have her dragster both picked up three round win to race each other for the event win. A killer .026 reaction from Tucker set up the win over the 1/8th mile distance, at the stripe Tucker crossed for a 5.025 on a 4.98 dial to take the Atlantic Oils prize money to Day’s 4.525 on a 4.35.
Bob Sherry’s little high stepping Chevy Monza took out the B Final with a 5.264 on 5.15 against the hard charging Top Alcohol Funny Car’s 4.232 on a 3.95 of Wayne Talbot.
In other results, Dave Foster’s big cube ’57 Chev defeated Alex Johnston’s Mustang. In a very tight race, CJ Davies was right on his 5.32 dial in with a 5.330 to take the win in his FED over Matt Ponton’s altered. Robert Kardum’s XE Falcon was the victor in Super Sedan, defeating Colin Griffin in his veteran Celica.
Ash Hayley with big burnouts and all took home the win in Nostalgia with the ‘Haywire’ 55 Chev against Kieley O’Connell’s HB Torana. In a big Super Street field, John Kalantzis came out on top in his HK Monaro, taking out Brock Langley in the final round. Greg Oberti’s Suzuki held off Derryn McGregor’s Honda at the line for the win in Modified Bike. Finally in Junior Dragster, Cooper Plummer out drove Mason Kuchel in the final to add the Atlantic Easter Supercharged Shootout winner’s trophy into his collection.
“It certainly tested us, and the weather threw what it could at us but we persevered and got the job done. Considering the conditions we faced, the track held up, and was awesome in which we saw more than a few PBs ran between Friday and Saturday,” said SDRA President Kingsley Kuchel.
“To the members and volunteers for all their help in the lead up to this event and after. These events take a massive amount of time to put together and it doesn’t just happen the day before and the day after. Danny, Stuart, Wags, Jodie, Brock, Claudia, Danny, Dean, Buddah, Lauren, Rod, Dave, Amanda, Kris, Jayke. Thank you so much, apologies if I have forgotten someone.
“To all the helpers and volunteers that travelled from away for this event, Craig, Janelle, Jane, Paul, Jason and Luke, a big thank you to you all. Thank you to all the volunteers and staff that have helped today to get this event run and done. Gate staff, track staff, tower staff, end of track, bar, timecards, food vans, water truck. Everyone single person who did a job is the only reason we can run events like we do, so a huge thank you. To our emergency crews, Women 4 Wheels and St Johns Ambulance. Cannot do it without you, and you are pivotal part of our team.
“To all the competitors and crews for coming and making it an awesome event, without your support we would not have an event. To our track sponsors and supporters – Max Services, Fulton & Hogan, B&S Earthworks, Atlantic Oils, Clean Away, Ductmakers Sheetmetal, Audisound, Pluming Plus Mildura, Mildura Mechanical Services, Enzed Mildura, Just Red Gum, Steve Power, Apelle Apparel Services, M.B Performance Engines, Orana Motor Inn, Charlies Engineering, CPM, No 1 Solar, Nick Burke Plumbing, Coates Hire, Johnsons Trucks, Mildura Ice Works.
“Alan and John for their commentary, plus all those that went up and assisted throughout the day, and Mark for the live streaming. Atlantic Oils, Steve and Suzanne, thank you so much for being the event’s naming sponsor, and for recently coming on board as a permanent major track sponsor. Atlantic Oils have also signed on as Easter naming sponsor for a further 3 years which we are so thankful for.
Thanks to Brett from Automotive Event Images for these photos from the event.
