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At
this point we realised the car was so good and with my
almost perfect reaction times, that we would not compromise
our chances in Super Comp and competed in Super Gas as
well. In fact, we convinced ourselves it would be good
practice! The year went like a movie script - out of 89
rounds of racing, lost 3 rounds, resulting in:
Super Comp(SC) national champion
SC APRIRA divisional champion
SC SPRC divisional champion
Super Gas (SG) APIRA divisional champion
SG SPRC 3rd place divisional championship place
SG national championship 3rd place
During 1999, I built a Super Pro dragster for a team,
which was completed for the start of 2000 championship year.
The team driver competed in the first meeting and then due to
health problems was prevented from competing for the rest of
the season. The team owners generously invited me to drive the
car for the remainder of the season. This resulted in Super-Pro
National Champion runner-up!
2001-2002
was again busy with work commitments and I occasionally
guest drove cars, apparently with a
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reputation
of being able to drive just about anything competitively.
This lead to another season offer in 2002. Another car that
I had built for a class called Street Eliminator with sponsorship,
video sales and full press coverage from Custom Car Magazine.
The
car, a 1956 Chevy Bel-Aire, was a beautiful high profile
show winner, which the customer wished to compete in the
championship with. Work commitments prevented him from doing
this, so he asked if I would take the seat when he couldn't
make it. Unfortunately, the owner wasn't very confident and
was not conditioned to the car, getting less than perfect
results. However, the car proved itself as the events that
I drove the car resulted mostly in winning as well as setting
National and European records along the way.
Simmering
along in the background from 2002, I was spending some of
my free time over at Peter Knights premises, putting together
a TOP FUEL dragster, which had no deadline for completion
at the time.
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