Event Coverage

2005 Custom Car Magazine Allstar Nationals
Saturday (qualifying)

	Alec Coe has the butterflies closed but the front wheels up in his beautiful blown slingshot.		Colin Lazenby clinched the Street Eliminator championship by qualifying and celebrated by resetting the speed record.
	Dan Page carried the legendary Page family name into the second generation of racers.		Darryl Howells brought the Chain Reaction slingshot back out after engine damage. First person he raced? His wife Sarah!
	Darryn Coleman is running this well turned out Beetle in VW Alt Engine.		Dave Beck checks tyre pressures before ripping off a 7.3 second qualifying run.
	The Gonzo the Great altered features as part of the historic drag racing display.		An unusual view of the induction set up on Martyn Jones' Super Pro Dragster
	Joe Kellett has had a TV crew from Childrens' BBC following his every move today.		A familiar car, but this time it's Joe Williams at the wheel of Wayne Allman's V8 powered Beetle.
	John Hackney will be celebrating tonight after his first nine-second run on his Supertwin Modified TL1000		Kev Perkins is in the driving seat of the Super Mod Olds Cutlass this weekend, and blasted a pair of 7.6 second qualifiers and a speed record
	The Huxley family are once again doing double duty in the Top Banana Roadster, Lee driving in Pro ET and Brian in Super Street.		Martin Taylor stands Lil' Whopper on its stinger pipe, he looks like he is after Pete Englezos' record for wheelying a Fiat!
	Mick Cheley made a welcome return, but unfortunately it only lasted two runs before a rod let go in the burnout.		Paul Hamilton gave some of the trackside photographers a scare by standing the street legal beetle on its back bumper and heading for the armco.
	Paul Knight is currently qualified number 1 in Super Comp after 3 sessions of Super Comp.		Pete Moore lost an oil line off the line but unfortunately still drove it to the finish line resulting in a full track clean up.
	Rachel Prevett has the Duc carrying the front wheel away from the line.		Ray Comer shows no mercy to the Mickey Thompsons on the rear of his Street Eliminator Camaro
	Robert Austwick's VW pickup was a new car to us, Robert is #1 qualifier in VW Sportsman		Roger Goring started out intending to make a checkout pass and finished with a full-bore 6.28 / 252 pass!
	The Stadium Harleys of Bev Riley and Dave Jones were paired in in the first qualifying session of Supertwin Street		Steve Carey ran a 7.823, but transmission problems have forced him to sideline the bike for the rest of the weekend.
	Steve Dunn and Jon Evans made a very welcome return to the track, Steve taking the wheel of their recently purchased Camaro		Steve Venables is once again pacing the Super Street Bike field, this time with a 7.80. He is also on for a speed record if he can back up his 195.24.
	Stu Bradbury is the special guest flag man at the 1/8th mile RWYB.		Tim Blakemore has been struggling to get down the huge amounts of power his Kawasaki Funny Bike is making, with the rear slick going up in smoke more than once.