Independence Day Action
Sunday 4th July saw the action packed program of the 4th round of the Sideways Racing AMA and UDC Championships and the much anticipated Supra V’s Skyline challenge on the drag strip at Bishopscourt airfield circuit.
Due to a clash with round 3 of the JDM AllStars in England some competitors were missing from the entry list but this didn’t diminish the action and excitement on track, and as a special treat (Apart from the Promo girls!) was current European Drift Champion Mark Luney who was there to provide an expert eye for the judging.
A very wet start to the day proved to be a real challenge for the drivers during the practice sessions and there were plenty of spins on track but that didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the AMA – and with some of them in newly face lifted cars they looked anything but amateur! Thankfully the track began to dry out just in time for the battles and after some amazing action and just as amazing tyre wall contact the AMA podium were Tim Smith (1st), Philip Duffy (2nd), and Conor Cunningham (3rd)
The UDC top 16 provided some epic battles and as usual the lads gave it guts round the infamous figure 8 track. The top 4 was Rob Barnett V’s Jamie Russell and Chris Brady V’s Josh Moffett and the hard fought for places in the final went to Rob Barnett and Chris Brady who put on a great show with plenty of big angles and bigger smoke. Rob Barnett finished top of the pile for the second time this season but it was Chris who stole the show with a small brake disc fire after doing donuts round the car of a celebrating Robbie!
The final part of the program was the drag racing and there was the usual massive variety of speed freaks testing their metal on the quarter mile but the highlight was the Supra V’s Skyline challenge which was won by a very special car and driver – so congratulations to our very own Wayne in the SWRC Skyline!
