Alice Springs drag racer Mark Probst will get a chance to compete in the ANDRA Drag Racing Series for the first time in his home state at next weekend’s Top Alcohol championship round at Darwin’s Hidden Valley Drag Strip.
The historic occasion, the first time championship drag racing has been to the top end, will see Probst not only trying to defeat some of the country’s quickest teams but also trying to break his own personal best and see his unique Altered-chassis race car into the five second zone for the first time over the quarter mile race distance.
“The fives are what we are chasing, we are running in Alice Springs this weekend to get some more data,” he said. “We are going to have to be on our toes because people like national champion Gary Phillips and track record holder Scott Maclean are going to be in Darwin and we want to be amongst it.”
Probst is currently competing with the only active Top Alcohol Altered race car in the country. While most of the field compete in carbon-fibre bodied Funny Cars or long dragsters nicknamed ‘rails’, Probst is taking advantage of a subset of rules that allow for the body to become minimal, with a trade off in aerodynamics for a reduction in weight.
“I always felt a bit claustrophobic with the body on in a Funny Car so some people said to have a crack at an Altered,” he said. “It’s created a fair bit
via Hidden Valley Drag Strip August 08, 2013 at 04:02PM
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