The ANDRA Championship Grand Final saw four new National Records set, one over 1000 feet and three over the quarter mile.
Mark Drew recorded a new Top Fuel Motorcycle speed record for twin-cylinder machines (TFM/T) reaching 199.86 mph on the way to winning the final against newly crowned Top Fuel Motorcycle Champion Chris Porter. The previous mark was set at a minimum 195.00 mph.
Group Two saw a further three records set over the quarter mile with Jim Ioannidis smashing the Super Stock C/MSA ET record of 9.938 set by Tony Caroscio in 2011 with a 9.902 second pass in qualifying.
Also in Super Stock Jaime Chaisty recorded a new H/MSA record with a qualifying pass of 9.259 seconds to beat his brother Jake’s 9.262-second record set in the same car at the 2014 Australian Nationals.
And finally, on his way to winning the Super Compact final, Andrew Dyson set a new speed record for the RR/SM class clocking 180.20 mph in his semi final defeat of Andrew Sanders. The benchmark was previously set at a minimum 180.00 mph.
ANDRA congratulates all four teams on their achievements.
To view the current 1000 feet records please click here. To view the previous 1000 feet records please click here.
To view the current 1/4 mile records please click here. To view the previous 1/4 mile records please click here.
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