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AC
Delco East Coast Thunder Draws
to a
Spectacular Conclusion |
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| Despite the
best efforts of mother nature, the AC
Delco East Coast Thunder has drawn to a
close with sensational racing across the
400 Thunder Professional Series. |
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In Top Fuel, reigning champion and
number one qualifier Wayne Newby was
defeated by his Rapisarda Autosport
International teammate Damien Harris in
the final round. Newby defeated Phil
Read in round one and Mildura based
Darren Morgan in round two. Harris took
down the third of the Rapisarda cars
driven by Ashley Sanford in Round one
and took down a red lighting Peter
Xiberras in the semi -finals. |
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With the win, Harris leads the
championship after round one of the six
round 400 Thunder Top Fuel Series. |
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Pro Slammer provided plenty of
highlight, with American visitor Frankie
Taylor taking the trophy back to Texas
after defeating Michelle Davies in round
one, a red lighting Scott Maclean in
round two, and the reigning champion
Mark Belleri in the semi-final before
defeated Paul Mouhayet in the final
round. |
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With his second runner up in succession,
Mouhayet took over the 400 Thunder
Series points lead for Pro Slammer. John
Zappia, despite being knocked out by
Mouhayet in the semi-final re-set the
National Record to a staggering 5.601
seconds. |
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Pro Stock saw a wounded Jason Hedges
nurse his car to the final round,
however he was defeated by the most
successful racer of his generation,
Aaron Tremayne driving the Mega Bulk
Fuels Pontiac. Tremayne Defeated Hedges
with the quickest run of the day in the
final round with a 6.994. |
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Reigning champion in Pro Bike, Brad
Lemberg, picked up where he left off by
defeating Cory Buttigieg in the Final.
Buttigeig red lit after a stella
performance, returning after a 12 month
layoff. |
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| Top Bike had a
first time finalist in an all Nitro
Harley final round. Adam Layton could
not complete the fairytale but did take
home a runner up trophy for his efforts,
falling to Chris Porter in the Top Bike
Final. |
