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XPRO Nitro from Australia! Fuel Funny Car class highlights from Australia’s single most famous annual event – the 58th running of the Gulf Western Oil Winternationals – from Willowbank Raceway Queensland.
A blazing XPRO Nitro Funny Car finale has packed house on its feet!
Adam Murrihy and Josh Leahy well and truly delivered an A-Final worth waiting for in XPRO Nitro Funny Car, putting on a true flame-throwing show down the Willowbank Raceway quarter-mile with a brilliant side-by-side event concluding run.
All the way from the Northern Territory, Murrihy was in the box seat to take his first ever NFC win after having been on a charge all weekend long, but it was Leahy who would ultimately lift the NDRC Gold Christmas Tree thanks to his 4.030/439.71kph effort over Murrihy’s 4.248/456.81kph result.
Josh Leahy drove his Rocket Industries Mustang to a huge win for NDRC’s Gulf Western Oil Winternationals. 
Making the win even more impressive for Top Qualifier Leahy (4.007 secs) was the fact that he is under the weather this weekend.
“It is the Winternationals, baby! It doesn’t matter if you are sick in bed, you get out here so you can be part of moments like this. I am literally lost for words,” an emotional Leahy said after pausing to collect himself upon climbing out of the car.
“I can’t thank the team enough – all the race shop boys putting in the hard effort, Graham, Wendy, Morice; they’ve given me this opportunity. And my mum, dad, and family for supporting me in doing this. Never in a million years did I think I would be holding this Gold Christmas tree at the Winters in an XPRO Nitro Funny Car. It is more than a dream come true.”
Independent racer Adam Murrihy had a superb R/UP placing for the Winternationals event. The B-Final win went the way of Damon Paton (6.354/171.06kph) after a full-track pedal fest for both he and his opponent, Justin Walshe (8.010).
Damon Paton won the event’s B-Final driving his slick new look XTR-presented Toyota. 
The C-Final saw Morice McMillin take on the newest XPRO Nitro Funny Car racer Luke Shepherd, with what had already been a challenging weekend for the reigning champ (round one shutdown on the line due to oil leak, round two hit a timing block) continuing in his final pass. What started out as a staunch run ended with him crossing the centre line and mowing down a few timing blocks, handing the win to Shepherd who was off the throttle early.
It was most certainly an unexpectedly troubled weekend for normal XPRO Funny Car powerhouse Morice McMillin! Posted with files by Amanda Salmon & Bruce Biegler
Photos by Bruce Biegler
Link to more XPRO Nitro FC photos from NDRC Winternationals contained to our LMLCMedia photo gallery: HERE
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