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Nostalgia Nitro – From Down Under! 
During our recent trip to Australia — we did have the privilege of attending our first Aeroflow Outlaw Nitro Funny Car event – at premium facility Willowbank Raceway (located just west of Brisbane).We were very impressed by the people, the professionalism and the quality of racing which this independent Australian touring series produces. We are going to do a separate post (coming soon) with more information on the series and that will include some details on a world record fast run we witnessed during our evening out with them. But for now please check out some photo imagery from their Willowbank feature race (below).
(Editor’s Note : If you are a true drag racing fan and you plan to visit Australia at some point – we highly recommend you coincide your trip with this series’ racing schedule (you won’t be disappointed!)
For more info visit: www.outlawnitrofunnycars.com.au )
Jason Donnelly’s multi car DBS Racing Team includes two cars within the Outlaw FC series – driving is done by his sons Dan and Jake.
New Zealand’s Morice McMillin plays many important roles for the circuit – in addition to being the Series Manager, and expert race car tuner, he also wheels the super popular “One Bad Kiwi” Firebird.
On the evening we attended — we witnessed Rick Gauci run a world record quick ET of 5.37 secs at 271+ mph in the superbly prepped “Nitro Express” ’57 Chevy. (More details on that coming soon to NitroFCCanada.com!)
This super cool Ford Mustang “The Stormtrooper” is raced by Greg Leahy.
Shane Olive drove the “Lets Boogie” Ford Mustang at Willowbank – just one of many of the circuit cars that are owned by series founder Graeme Cowin.
The “Darkhorse” Mustang is ably driven by Paul Messineo.
The Aeroflow Outlaw Funny Car Series does a truly great job with fan marketing and individual racer self promotion.
John Leahy’s “The Bandit” Firebird (from New Zealand) is one of the series’ most potent race cars overall.
“The Terminator” Chevy Camaro is campaigned by driver Justin Walshe.
The very famous “LA Hooker” FC name continues on in Australia! -The legendary Arrow driver is versatile Australian racer Anthony Begley.
This series features some very cool efficiencies — with race car haulers collectively housing and transporting multiple race cars between some of the vast distances travelled within the continent.
To view more Funny Car images from our Willowbank – check out ou photo gallery posted on our co-production site: HERE
Post and photos by : Bruce Biegler
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