this week i will spend about 16 hours / day working on the car, cleaning tanks and lines, finishing all the little things. making the last of the brackets, bolting in whats not, putting it all together ready for its maiden launch, of which i will be nervous as hell. its been over a year since i drove last, and a new everything, driving pos, controls, view. I’m sure the new car will have it own characteristics.

when i do drop the clutch, there is no telling where it will go. so if I’m not 100% focused, IE; tired and/ or not on the ball, we may have to give it a miss (I’m sure there will be a lot running through my head the night before).

also we will have to get the car tech inspected, and ANDRA approved, hopefully we are all legal. fingers crossed, and i look forward to blogging  next sunday.

it re-invigorates you.

and also gives me a chance to trial some siticker locations etc.

with the new car requiring only a handful of days to finish it off, it is actually feasable we could be here racing/ testing.

We intend to have the car fully race ready for April at Mildura. Accomodation is booked, we are there. we had a strong showing last time in mildura, lets hope we can settle into the car and put on a strong showing.

no doubt we will have to iron out some bugs, fingers crossed it doesnt take too long to get up to speed.

Ep 489 – Seg 3 feat. Victor Bray, Peter Kapiris & Maurice Fabietti from insideSPEED on Vimeo.

 Heathcote slamfest 2012 promo. sadly we cannot make this event.

Inside Speed video, Bray, Kapiris, Fabietti Slamfest interview

http://www.insidespeed.com.au/ep-489-seg-2-feat-victor-bray-peter-kapiris-maurice-fabietti/

Thursday, 07 April 2011 10:28

Almost every racer to have won an Australian Top Doorslammer drag racing championship will headline an outstanding field or drivers contesting Slamfest Mildura at the Sunraysia Drag Racing Association’s Sunset Strip this weekend.

Six time champion Victor Bray, former champs Ben Bray, Peter Kapiris, Gary Phillips along with three time and reigning champion John Zappia are all aiming to not only win the prestigious race but also reset the track record in the process. The Slamfest series is contested by sedan based vehicles with huge supercharged engines producing over 3000 horsepower capable of covering the eighth mile racing distance in under four seconds while reaching speeds over 300 kph.

For West Australia’s John Zappia it will be his first Slamfest event having previously concentrated on the traditional quarter mile series. Despite his lack of familiarity with racing over the shorter distance Zappia is still expected to be one of the front runners on Saturday.

Long time rival Victor Bray said “It’ll be great to have Zap here in Mildura. I’ve raced against John all over Australia over the last couple of decades and you know when he pulls into the pits he’s going to throw everything he’s got at the track and never take a backward step.

This weekend he’ll be facing a dozen equally ferocious drivers determined to beat him. Last year’s winner Matt Abel has been particularly strong at regional tracks and will be a big threat again but really when you have a look at the field just about anyone could win this thing so I think it sets the scene for a really good event for the fans.”

One notable absentee this weekend is Slamfest Series leader Peter Blake who has elected to sacrifice his points position and stay in Sydney where his wife Katie is due to give birth to their first child this week. Second placed Peter Kapiris and Ben Bray in third are both very well positioned to take over the series lead this weekend if the cards fall their way.

The Doorslammers will hit the track for a test session at 11.00am Saturday morning followed by their qualifying and racing rounds from 2.00pm with the final expected around 8.00pm.

The Top Doorslammers will be backed up by strong fields in the Pro Street and Supercharged Outlaws categories along with a full range of the usual sportsman classes.

The Slamfest event will receive extensive television coverage with one hour shows on Speedweek on SBS and Inside Speed on Speed Channel. An additional 30 minute Full Noise show will also appear on Foxsports. The first broadcast will be SBS Speedweek on Sunday May 1st.

2011 Slamfest Series Points

Position Driver Rd1-CPR Rd2-SCR Total

1 Peter Blake 30 95(ET) 125

2 Peter Kapiris 90 10 100

3 Ben Bray 30 60 90

Maurice Fabietti 60 30 90

5 Scott McLean 10 70 80

6 Sean Mifsud 40 30 70

7 Mat Abel 30 35(S) 65

8 Deno Brijeski 50(ET-S) 10 60

9 Victor Bray 10 30 40

10 Reece Mellenewycz 30 0 30

11 Dale Clothier 10 10 20

Phil Glendenning 10 10 20

Peter Lovering 10 10 20

Frank Mamone 10 10 20

15 Marcus Chambers 0 10 10

Tony Defelice 10 0 10

Points allocation Winner 90

Runner Up 70

Semi Final 40

Elim Rd win 30

Elim Rd lose 10

Low ET 5

High Speed 5

South Coast Raceway was playing host to its first professional event and a track record crowd jammed into the recently updated venue just expanded to accommodate the expected influx. The whole weekend was a special one for Portland with festivities across the town being held to raise money for the Make A Wish Foundation. The raceway was no different with over $6000 being raised by the SWDRA and the event being dubbed “Slamfest For Wishes”.

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The most obvious is the body;

The Holden Statesman is 1995 model, aside from the the chop top and the side skirts, the body is relatively standard. the mustang is a more modified car, back when i started the body, the Top Doorslammer Association along with ANDRA re-defined the body rules. this allowed us to have a little more freedom. things like; no car can be narrower than 68″ at rear axle and 65″ at front, no lower than 45″ etc. and we took as much advantage of these rules as we could.  in theory the car should be a lot more aerodynamically efficient if for nothing other than the frontal area cross section.

Chassis;

well there are similarities and many differences, probably most important is the adjustment we now have on the suspension and four-link. i have also tried to incorporate as much into the chassis as possible to eliminate bolt on bits which weigh more. the chassis was designed by me on solid works, this was a huge advantage, because it allowed us to change bars and mounts etc in seconds, it saved us a lot of work when it came time to build. another key design is having alot of the components do double duties. the new car is simpler to work on and the same goes for the body mounting, 4 dzues and 2 quick pins and we can take the body off. all in all we where able to shed a bunch of weight and that was the main goal.

Engine & drive-line;

The engine and clutch will be essentially the same. with new gearbox and rear end. we will continue with the four speed, we have 2 identical now, so we can swap and service, which should make between event maintenance less demanding. the rear end, we have gone with the Mark Williams set up, simply because there are a wide range of ratios available (also the ADRL guys all seem to use this set up). the main change in the engine will be the breather. we have struggled with extreme sump pressure with the old combo. in the new care i will have a special puke / breather line and tanks. if this works, we may see several hundred horsepower gains. fingers crossed.

Wheelie bar;

The new wheelie bar is a bit more rigid. this worries me, because the old ones worked very well and i am not sure about the technology.

Controls;

not much has changed other than the cockpit is more cramped. i have a neat pedal setup, and all the leavers are well set. the big difference is the vision. i will be able to see the tree from either lane as well as each other. now all i need is lane choice.

Stopping;

carbon brakes and a set of black chutes (beats the hell out of stoping on pink and yellow)!!!

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