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DARWIN, AUSTRALIA (JULY 22, 2017) – The 400 Thunder Series made a stop at Hidden Valley Drag Strip in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia for the Nitro Up North event, where Australia’s quickest door-slammers battled for Pro Slammer victory. MOITS Racing debuted their new PLR Hemi-powered ’67 Mustang, driven by Paul Mouhayet, and purpose-built for Australian Pro Slammer domination. Just qualifying for the elite eight-car feature with a brand new car would make most teams ecstatic, but Mouhayet and the MOITS crew decided to take it much further.
Fifteen door cars competed for only eight Pro Slammer qualifying positions, and Mouhayet secured the fourth spot with a 5.83-second quarter-mile charge. Going into eliminations, the MOITS Racing crew turned up the wick on the screw-blown PLR Hemi which resulted in a quicker 5.76-second pass and a first round win over Kelvin Lyle. John Zappia is the man to beat in Pro Slammer racing, and Mouhayet did just that by outrunning the number one qualifier to the finish for a shot at Gary Phillips in the final. Considering that Phillips had ran consistent 5.70s the entire event, the MOITS team put a little too much power in it and smoked the tires at the sixty foot mark to lose in the final. Despite the final round loss, claiming Pro Slammer Runner-Up honors on the first race out with a new car is a huge accomplishment for the MOITS Racing team!
Jason Collins earned his second NHRA Pro Mod victory of the season at the Thunder Valley Nationals in Bristol. After a wild second-round incident involving a detached steering wheel during his burnout, Collins and the Scott Tidwell Racing team battled back to claim the win and lock themselves into the NHRA Pro Mod Countdown to the Championship.
Scott Taylor earned a $10,000 payday after winning the Outlaw Syndicate Racing Series Small Tire event at Southside Dragway, while also setting a new track record.
Travis Harvey captured the $125,000 Pro Mod Mania title at Milan Dragway with a perfect .0000 reaction time in the final round. Harvey's 3.605-second pass at 208.24 mph held off Melanie Salemi's quicker 3.602-second run, proving once again that races are won at both ends of the track. The victory marked one of the most exciting finishes of the weekend at IHRA Pro Mod Mania.
