Taken purely on results, PremiAir Racing’s weekend at Willowbank Raceway’s New Year Nitro was not a great weekend, but the team says the lessons learnt there see it ready to launch full force into action at the upcoming Westernationals at the Perth Motorplex (March 1-2).
After top qualifying on Friday, two-time champion Peter Xiberras and the PremiAir Hire Top Fuel Dragster have raced through to the Nitro Up North event victory and second in the 2022/2023 Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship on Saturday evening.
With a B-Final victory over Wayne Newby at this weekend’s Nitro Champs in Sydney, Peter Xiberras and PremiAir Racing have ensured they are in the box seat to challenge for their third straight national Top Fuel Championship.
Two-time and reigning Australian Top Fuel Champion Peter Xiberras is hoping this weekend’s Nitro Champs will see the team unlock a new level of performance as they try and chase down a third straight national title.
Peter Xiberras and PremiAir Racing have raced all the way to their second Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship A-Final in a row this weekend, facing off against Phil Read in a final that had everyone gasping from start to finish.
PremiAir Racing will soon hit the road to Sydney to compete in the next round of the Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship – the Top Fuel Slam at Sydney Dragway – across January 27 and 28.
The PremiAir Racing team have pulled off a massive effort at the Perth Motorplex’s Goldenstates with a complete rebuild between round two and the B-Final to take an edge-of your seat victory over Wayne Newby with a 3.982 second pass at 425.12 kilometres per hour.
PremiAir Racing and the rest of the Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Championship field will have to wait until November to find out who will be crowned as the victors of the opening round of the 2022 season, after the finals at Alice Springs Inland Dragway were called off due to unseasonably cold weather.
Peter Xiberras and the PremiAir Racing Top Fuel team will make their debut at Alice Springs Inland Dragway this week as the back-to-back and reigning Burson Auto Parts Australian Top Fuel Champions begin their title defence.
PremiAir Racing and Peter Xiberras have claimed their second consecutive Australian Top Fuel title at the Hidden Valley Drag Strip this evening while being part of a heart-stopping side-by-side 500+kmh final.
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