Records and person bests were the order of the night at Round 4 of the Track Championship Series at Hidden Valley Drag Strip on Saturday with Scott MacLean piloting his Top Alcohol Funny Car to a new track record.
MacLean started the night with a shattering 5.723 second pass 251.20mph but he didn’t stop there. He went one better running another personal best and resetting the TA/FC ET and MPH records with a 5.685 second run 251.95mph.
“We have been working on the combination all year in preparation for the national ANDRA round in August and it is coming together well” said Scott MacLean.
“We have a good crew and some great local businesses behind us and we look forward to giving the Darwin community a local to barrack for in two weeks’ time.”
Matt Abel also pulled out a new personal best in his 1957 Chev Top Doorslammer, topping out with a 5.866 second pass at 247.16mph. While he was not able to back up the pass for an official record it does make him the quickest Doorslammer to run at Hidden Valley to date.
But back to the Track Championships and it was a mixed affair with at least two finals awarded based on unusual circumstances.
Outlaws had a familiar finals list with Dieter Herrmann set to take on Todd Knight for the third time this year. Herrmann made it 3 wins from 3 finals after Knight jumped the start and red lit. Knight ran a very
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