FUCH'S APSA SHOOTOUT this weekend @ Calder Park Raceway 18/2

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Spectator gates will be open at 8am with qualifying set to start at 9am.

ENTRY LIST:
http://www.calderpark.com.au/f.ashx/Revision-22.pdf

HIGHLIGHTS:

Pro Street comes back to Calder Park Raceway….

The start of the APSA Pro Street Series for 2012 will begin in Melbourne, at what has been called in the past, “the home of Pro Street”. Due to popular demand and racers requesting a points round in VIC, APSA sponsors and Calder Park Raceway are happy to bring Pro Street back to VIC here at Calder Park on 18th February 2012. Now fans can enjoy these Street Style animals entertaining the masses, as they battle it out to see who is king or queen of their Pro Street class. The different categories offered by an APSA shootout have an interesting variety of styles, with racers building street cars to comply with a set of rules setup for their respective class. To mention some, 10.5 Outlaw, Pro Street, Mod Street, Radial, True Street and DYO. There are wars going on inside all the ranks and these beefs can vary from power adders (Turbo vs. Nitros vs. Blown). to manufacturers (Ford vs. Holden) and this type of heads up racing can even get personal between racers.
Pro Street highlights for this meeting will be as follows:

True Street..
The true street class has become very popular and in turn one of the most competitive classes in Pro Street racing. This meeting will offer two of the fastest true street racers in the country, Melbourne’s own no1 Tony Bonikos’ big block HJ Sedan vs. Qld’s Janelle Scott, running a small block chev powered hatch back. Nick’s car is an awesome combo with more than enough power to run mid nines but Janelle’s, precise driving skills and very stout combo, has pushed her to the national number two spot and won her the 2011 championship… don’t be fooled by this girl racer guys, she can cut fast lights and is as serious as the fastest and the best in the True Street class. We have a ten car field ready to race at Calder for this meeting, so get ready to watch some very competitive close racing..

Modified Street..

Next battle occurring will be the fight to catch Ali Saad’s number one 7.66 elapsed time for the Mod Street NA class. Although weights have been put up to bring parity into the class, the crazy Capri’s of Tony Cusolito and Danny Sharbon have more than enough hp to catch that time. But what makes this chase even more interesting is that these guys are personal rivals and have very similar combos; being very light weight over cubed Chev powered Ford Capris, very similar in build and sixty foot times, as well. This battle will be a good one to keep an eye out for, as these guy wrestle with these grossly over powered standard suspension and small tyred street style cars… Who will win?, and in the chase who will wheel stand or shred tyres and open up a hole for other racers in the ranks to capitalise on?


Pro Street Blown..

The fight in Pro Street blown for the illusive six second pass is on for a couple of these guys.
Ford Vs Holden and friend vs. friend. Locals, Peter Pisalidis and Dominic Luppino both have the power and goods to dish out six second passes at this meeting. Peter’s Chev powered Turbo Camaro ran a bottom seven second pass in testing and he was unhappy with a result that most would wish for! He is on a mission and he will be up against Ford man Dom Luppino with his Twin Turbo big block, which is rumoured to have 2800HP and has already done a six second pass. As these guys push, all sorts of mayhem can occur, opening up chances for the rest of the field. These top runners will be pushing for glory, wrestling with massive amounts of HP, traction issues, and wheels, trying to shoot for the sky at three quarter track.….

10.5 Outlaw..

The 10.5 Outlaw’s official point’s series is also starting right here at Calder on Feb 18th. 10.5 Outlaw is set to be one of the most exciting classes to watch as racers are pumping anything up to 3000hp through 10.5W rated tyres. This can only spell excitement as these guys challenge themselves and run to see who can get the power down on this tyre.
The 10.5 class has already got some great entrants, with racers such as the awesome machine of Tristian Ockers; a Blown injected Ford Capri and George Bastiras’s show winning Shotgun Falcon. Gorgeous high powered machines all running on one evening factor, a 10.5 inch tyre.
Also Staunch Racing’s, Johnny Wilson and Simon Kryger will be in the 10.5 field with the awesome 69 Camaro just imported from the states. It boasts an 800ci quad nitrous kit Big Block, built by TRE engines in the states. With this Combo the guys are chasing the title of “Fastest Nitrous 10.5 Outlaw car in the World!!!!” Staunch Racing will debut right here at Calder Park Feb 18th. South Australian drag racing legend George Bastiras is confirmed to line up in the FUCHS Shootout next month! The super tough twin turbo Ford Futura with 604 cubes and 1800 RWHP, will certainly be a big hit with the local Ford fans.

TOP FUEL
Calder Park would like to welcome in February, 4 of Australia's fastest to take part in the Fuchs Triple Crown Final. They are Damien Harris, Darren Difilippo, Phil Lamattina and Darren Morgan. With all 4 of them set to run the newly formatted 1,000ft as introduced in the United States, it will add a safer aspect to top fuel and funny cars that Calder is sure will catch on across the rest of the country.



PRO STOCK
Pro Stock legend from Kew Automotive, Bill Kotsias will be bringing down his impressive red Pro Stock Pontiac GTO which will be out to add more muscle to a rapidly expanding line up in this years biggest race event at Calder Park.



Central Victorian drag racing team Soldatos Motorsport is the latest addition to the growing field of Pro Stock cars set to race at the Fuchs Triple Crown Final at Calder Park Raceway on November 19. The Pontiac GTO, driven by Chris Soldatos, will race against fellow Victorian Pro Stock drivers Bill Kotsias, Nick Xerakis and Richard Caval. After running a personal best of 7.04 seconds at a recent event at Sydney Dragway, the Castlemaine based team is looking forward to putting on a show at their home track. “To have the opportunity to go head-to-head against some of the best Pro Stock racers in Australia, and to do it on our hometrack is something we are really looking forward to” team member Tim Soldatos said. Soldatos Motorsport would like to thank their major sponsors Tingay’s Smash Repairs, Perrow’s Automotive Paints and Ridgeway Motorsport for their continued support. They would also like to give credit to cacklingpipes.com for the use of their image for this website.


PRO STOCK BIKE
Australia's best up and coming Pro Stock bike team will be making an appearance at this year's Fuch's Triple Crown event. Lachlan Ireland of Vulture Racing will be onboard the Johnny's Hog Shop/Lucas Oils Suzuki. Also racing will be Johnny Hog himself who is the proud sponsor of the Modified Bike bracket for this event. Johnny will be racing his wheel standing Harley and in addition, is offering $500 to anyone who can eliminate his entry on the day.



Maurice Allen is the current Australian Pro Stock Bike Champion. He will be out on his Team Milwaukee Tools Pro Stock Bike at the Fuch's Triple Crown and is looking forward to running some fast times out at the famous Calder Park Raceway. Having just won the Fuchs Nationals giving Maurice four Nationals Crowns, he also won the Golden States and the Nitro Champs. These great achievements have resulted in the team being on a real high and looking forward to putting on a great show right here at Calder! Maurice Allen will be match racing Graeme Morell on his Nitro Harley, so stop by and check out all the latest with Team Milwaukee Tools Pro Stock Bike versus the Nitro Harley!!