TOP 10 OUTRIGHT
HARRY HAIG – 1972 HOLDEN HQ KINGSWOOD – TIME: 30.258 1
THE Big Dawg took command on Day Three, running the only four-second pass over the eighth we saw this year, and he never let up. A donated lifter from the Szabolics team fixed the HQ’S only major gremlin of the week.
BRENDAN CHERRY – 1987 HOLDEN VL CALAIS – TIME: 30.845 2
BRENDAN Cherry started the week with a new fastest mile-perhour at Calder, and then ran a string of low fives at the eighthmile tracks. A 7.61@184mph on Day Five was enough to put the DC veteran into his highest ever placing.
DANIEL SZABOLICS – 1971 HOLDEN HQ MONARO – TIME: 30.896 3
DAN Szabolics’s Monaro ran the quickest and fastest pass in DC history on Day One, with a 7.35@197mph. Bad luck with the weather frustrated the team, though the HQ still took out the win in the Haltech Radial Blown class.
KAI MCPHEE – 1980 HOLDEN VC COMMODORE – TIME: 31.498 4
THOUGH he didn’t have the sheer grunt of the fat-blocks, Kai Mcphee’s VC Commodore held up a fight on the eighth-mile, taking the quickest time of Day Two at Mildura, not to mention a new PB over the quarter of 7.89@175mph on Day Five.
LUKE FOLEY – 1983 HOLDEN VH COMMODORE SL/E – TIME: 31.915 5
DC REGULAR Luke Foley finished third in Haltech Radial Blown with his 427ci Dart Ls-powered MPW Performance VH Commodore – and got his entry into the Seven-second Club on Friday with a 7.92@176mph in full street trim.
RICCARDO PONTONIO – 1985 HOLDEN VK COMMODORE SL – TIME: 32.427 6
DESPITE being a fresh build with zero track testing before the event, Riccardo’s VK finished the week sixth outright and fourth in Haltech Radial Blown, with a PB of 8.10@174mph.
BRANDON ZITO – 1971 HOLDEN LC TORANA – TIME: 32.916 7
AFTER breaking a motor at Drag Challenge 2018, Brandon Zito and his LC had a killer time in 2019, scoring a Seven-second Club red hat on Day Five with a 7.99@176mph, flying the flag for the old-school mouse motor.
DANIEL DRURY – 1987 HOLDEN VL COMMODORE – TIME: 33.098 8
WITH twin-turbo 428ci Dart LS power, the ex-lorenzo Gullotto VL was back at DC with its new owner, Dan Drury. While Dan said he was just keen to ease into the car, he came away with a red hat for the 7.87@177mph he ran on Day Five.
CHRIS KAARSBERG – 1976 HOLDEN LX TORANA – TIME: 33.132 9
QUEENSLANDER Chris Kaarsberg put in a massive effort, doing the whole event solo in his 1300rwhp LX Torana. He came oh-so-close to a spot in the Seven-second Club on Friday, but a place in the Top 10 wasn’t a bad consolation prize.
MATT LAMPARD – 1978 HOLDEN HZ KINGSWOOD SL – TIME: 33.192 10
WEIGHING in at nearly 4000lb, Matt Lampard’s LUMPER HZ packs plenty of grunt thanks to an 1800rwhp, Dart 427ci LS combo with twin Borgwarner SXE64/74 turbos. The 3970lb brute overcame a few obstacles at DC 2019 – like tearing the rear end out of the floor – to earn a red hat on Friday with a 7.88@181mph.