- Top Doorslammer
Top Doorslammer is a class of Australian
drag racing which caters for full-bodied racing sedans, which are replicas of production vehicles. Engines for this class of racing are large-capacity,supercharged V8 engine s, and are fuelled bymethanol .Top Doorslammer is is regulated by ANDRA, and is considered a Group 1 or professional category.
Some notable drivers competing in this category are
Victor Bray , Ben Bray, Brett Stevens,Gary Phillips ,John Zappia and Maurice Fabietti,Gary Phillips .Top Doorslammer originally started out as a exhibition class called Wild Bunch with notable pioneers John Zappia and Victor Bray. After a number of successful years of running the class, ANDRA recognised the bracket as being professional and worthy of a professional bracket. By 1996 Top Doorslammer was officially recognised as a Group 1 class, and has since grown into one of the most spectacular and successful brackets.
2007/08 Championship
Round 1: 31 August - 1 September, WSID, NSW
Round 2: 14 - 16 September,Willowbank Raceway , QLD
Round 3: 30 November - 1 December,Perth Motorplex , WA
Round 4: 15-16 February, WSID, NSW
Round 5: 1-2 March,Perth Motorplex , WA
Round 6: 19 April,Willowbank Raceway , QLD
Round 7: 6-8 June,Willowbank Raceway , QLDRecords
Elapsed Time: 5.922 seconds (
John Zappia ,Perth Motorplex , December 2006)
Speed: 246.58 mph (Peter Kapiris,Willowbank Raceway , September 2007)Champions
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