The two day meet held at the Ballarat Dragway was a great success with racers, spectators and sponsors alike.

Saturday started early with qualifying from 10am with competitors getting multiple runs in to fine tune their dial ins for competition on Sunday. On Saturday afternoon it was decided to run an all in bracket with eventual winner Darren Parker taking home $200 for his efforts.

Two hours were set aside on Sunday morning for qualifying for those competitors who could not make it Saturday or who had suffered problems the previous day. Eliminations kicked off with the first round of the shootout, with first rounds losers dropping into either A or B brackets. After some excellent racing the day concluded with the trophy presentations and a BBQ at the club rooms.

Also on hand for some testing were the shoe boxes of Tim Parker, Richard Cray and Graeme Stevens. The blown cars of Parker and Cray wowed the crowed with some smoky burnouts but had trouble getting the power to the ground, while Matt Forbes piloted Graeme Steven's 57 Chevy to sub seven second times.

Thanks once again to the major sponsors for making the two day event possible:

• Coach Catering
• Lusky Automotive
• Stevens Constructions
• Dominator Torque Converters
• Autopro / Revolution Race Gear

Street Car Shootout - Derek Wills
The big money was up for grabs in the street car shootout with $500 for first place. With 11 first round competitors the odds looked favorable for some of the well performed regulars who had proven their consistency throughout the season.

The first match up in round two saw the HK Monaro of Daryl Hepworth blow a line off the transmission, allowing Derek Wills to move through to the semi finals. In the other round two match ups, Andrew Francis is his Chev powered Celica defeated Marc Rowland's XY Ford and the T Model Ford of Noel Inman put away Scott McKay in his V6 powered Commodore.

The first semi final saw good friends Francis and Wills race off for a spot in the final. Wills got the jump on Francis and the little Celica could not make up the ground. In the second semi, Noel Inman had a much easier race taking the bye run into the final.

The final saw the T Model react well with a .47 light. Not to be outdone, the FC Holden of Wills left the line with a .41. Wills crossed the finish line first with an 8.19 on an 8.0 dial in while Inman trailed with a 9.92 on a 9.70 dial in, giving the win to Wills by 9 hundredths and his second win for the season. (View the bracket sheet).

Competition Car - Stewart Johnson
The competition car bracket provided some excellent racing with a full 16 car field. Pace setters for the bracket were Stuart McBain in his Super Gas Gemini and Stewart Johnston in his Chev powered modified dragster, both dialing in with 6.0 for the first round of eliminations.

The two Stews made it to the semi finals along with regular winner Alister Paulin in his HB Torana and the Cleveland powered TF Cortina of Gary Upton. In the first semi, Stewart Johnston drove around Alister Paulin while Gary Upton managed to stay ahead of the hard charging Gemini of Stuart McBain.

The excellent racing continued in the final with Gary Upton gaining the smallest of advantages off the start line with a .5 reaction time to a .53 from Johnston. But the blue rail was able to drive around the Cortina in the deep end, stopping the clocks with a 6.13 on a 6.00 dial in to Upton's 7.39 on a 7.20 dial in. A difference just three hundredths at the finish line.

Competition Bike - Sam Parker
It was good to see the bike racers turn up to put on a show for the crowd. BDRC club member and regular race starter Terry Emery was on hand with A/CB Suzuki blasting out the quickest pass of the day with a 5.35.

Terry was joined by the modified bikes of Sam Parker, Tony Frost and Glenn Wooster. With four entrants, the bracket was run as a round robin with the final coming down to a race between Sam Parker on his Suzuki GSXR 1327cc and the Kawasaki 1394 of Glenn Wooster, both on 2 wins a piece. Parker gained the advantage off the start line by 2 hundredths with a .44 reaction to Wooster's .46 reaction. Wooster then seemed to have problems and Sam Parker took the easy win with a 6.48 on a 5.80 dial in.

A Bracket - Chris Delima
A Bracket was run on a round robin basis with the bracket limited to four entries with cars entering the Shootout and Comp brackets. Paul Attard in his FC Holden finished 4th with 0 wins and Luke Riordan in his LC Torana with 1 win. The final came down to the last race of the bracket with both Chris Delima's HQ Monaro and Scott Carmody's LX Torana on 2 wins each. In the end it was Chirs Delima who took the win with another reaction time in the 4s.

B Bracket - Daniel Penna
B Bracket was also run on a round robin basis, with David Darwin, Daniel Penna, Justin Penna, Paul Duncalf and Luke Webb making up the numbers. The final came down to David Darwin in his 2ltr Gemini and the HQ Monaro of Daniel Penna. At the end of racing the win went to Daniel Penna with 4 wins over David Darwin on 3 wins.

Street Bike - John Burns
With only two competitors fronting for the Street Bike Bracket, John Burns on his Suzuki GSXR 1000 went 5 rounds heads up with David Cooke on his Suzuki RF 900. It was obvious that the extra 100 cc was enough for John Burns who took the win 5 zip.

Saturday All In Bracket - Darren Parker
After qualifying was held Saturday morning, an all in bracket was scheduled for later in the afternoon. Of the cars on hand, 24 competitors entered the bracket to see who would take home the money: $200 for the bracket win and $100 for runner up.

After 3 rounds or racing the final four competitors were Darren Parker in his recently upgraded VP Commodore, the VK Commodore of Andrew Smith, Ben Wallace in another Commodore and the HK GTS Monaro of Daryl Hepworth.

The first semi saw Darren Parker take the win over Andrew smith, while Ben Wallace hung on to win over Daryl Hepworth. The final was a close affair with Darren Parker chasing down and passing Ben Wallace for the win.

Best Burnout - Andrew Francis
The best burnout for the weekend went to Andrew Francis in his 350 Chev Celica. After a tidy start to the burnout, the little Toyota got crossed up off the concrete and slid sideways into the other lane. To Andrews chagrin, he was asked politley by the ANDRA officials to put the car away for the rest of the day.

Kym Oberauer
B.D.R.C