QMDRA Management Committee Contact information
Next Event: 10 JULY, 2010
Classes: Shootout (Bracket Racing), Extreme, Top Doorslammer and Pro Stock.
Time: Racers 8:00am (Spectators from 11:00am to catch the action)
Never drag raced your RC Car, Buggy or Truck before? Come to a QMDRA event and give it a go! We have electronic timing system that will record your times and speeds. All welcome.
CASTROL EDGE WINTERNATIONALS
The QMDRA recently had a trade display at the Castrol EDGE Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway. The QMDRA guys spent 3 days talking to hundreds of people interested in our scale drag cars and our club.
Thanks to our great sponsor Geelong Sales Company for providing the Geelong Tool Chest Combo to raffle at the Winternationals.
The Tool Chest was independently drawn by two lovely ladies who drew a red ticket number F54. The lucky winner was Brian Parker of New Beith (pictured above right) with his prize. Brian was very surprised to have won and very impressed with the Geelong Sales Tool Chest.
Many Winternational's racers and crew visited the display intrigued with the 1/10 scale drag cars and impressed by the times and speeds of the extreme cars.
Crowds gathered every time Peter Ward or Glenn Liddell fired up their Nitro Dragsters. Pictured left is Glenn revving his one-of-a-kind custom 4 stroke dragster as the crowd starts to gather to see the car running.
The QMDRA invites everyone who visited our display to come and watch the cars in action at one of our future race meetings, or better still, bring along a RC car and join in the fun.
Congratulations to all the Winternationals winners in the respective classes.
SATURDAY 8th May, 2010
What a great day of racing! The performances by all competitors was of such standards with closely contested races it came down to reactions and the way drivers tilted their head! It was a very enjoyable day with fantastic weather and friendly atmosphere.
The stand out performances were done by Arran Birmingham with his Nitro Funny Car, resetting the Nitro Funny Car ET and Speed records to 1.668 and 126.0 k/ph respectively, smashing the 2008 record set by Todd Commons.
Arran not only rest the records, he top qualified before winning the funny car class.
Pictured left: Arran next to his record setting time.
Pictured right: Arran vs Ryan in the Funny Car final
Mick Mulcahy went under the electric Top Fuel record to top qualify in the class, only to be edged out the final by Stewart Low. This final was a close contest with only .043 in it across the finish line. Mick also made the shootout final only to have Peter Ward capitalize on his hole shot advantage to take the win by a total magin of .097 seconds.
Car of the meeting - Daniel Snel's custom Altered
SATURDAY 24 APRIL, 2010
The QMDRA hosted the first Australian 'State of Origin' for radio controlled model drag cars. It is anticipated that as the event grows in popularity, so will the representation of more states.
The first event saw individuals representing clubs from two states, QMDRA for Queensland and PDNR for NSW.
The State of Origin class is specifically designed for this once a year event and is comprised of all pro car classes that have set specifications and a record for indexing purposes. However, breakout rules do not apply. This allows competitors to enter in the the State of Origin using a car in which they are most competitive with in normal pro class racing.
Qualifying order is determined by the closest to furtherest from existing current class records or if quicker than an existing record the competitor with the biggest time difference under the class record will be the Top Qualifier. The State of Origin is set to bring out the best in all classes unabling multiclass Pro competition to determine the best of the best.
QUALIFYING RESULTS (Name - Car type - Qual position)
NSW (from Penrith District Nitro Racing)
- BRANDON DIMOSKI - Electric Funny Car - 5
- ROB DIMOSKI - Extreme - 7
- ZLATKO STOJANOVSKI - Nitro Top Fuel - 9
- GORAN TODOROSKI - Electric Top Doorslammer - 10
- FRANK NAYLOR - Nitro Top Fuel - 11
QLD (From Queensland Model Drag racing Assoc)
- PETER WARD - Nitro Top Fuel - 1
- ADRIAN LOW - Electric Top Fuel - 2
- TODD COMMONS - Extreme - 3
- MICHAEL MULCAHY - Electric Top Fuel - 4
- STEWART LOW - Electric Top Fuel - 6
- GLENN LIDDELL - Nitro Top Fuel - 8
After qualifying in last position, Frank Naylor from NSW managed to make the final with a combination of luck and great passes. Mick Mulcahy from QLD also made it through for a very exciting NSW vs QLD State of Origin Final. Mick running a 1.548 on a 1.44 index with Frank running a 1.907 on a 1.639 index. Mick taking the win for QUEENSLAND!
The Dash for Cash Bracket Racing shootout also provided a NSW vs QLD final, with the two most consistant drivers on the day meeting in the final. Both Pete (QLD) and young Brandon (NSW) made the final without a loss during the shootout rounds. Brandon had a snooze at the light handing the win to Pete.
QMDRA Management Committee would like to thank the PDNR competitors and their families who travelled more than 12 hours each way to make this event happen. Also, a thank you to Brian Lawrence for spending the time to make the State of Origin shield, and all the helpers on the day. Everyone chipped in to make the event run as smooth as we could even though we had several rain delays. Hope to see everyone next year!
SATURDAY 17 April 2010
Brendan Podlich creates history by being the first person in the world to backup a 1.1 second model drag racing pass. Brendan made a hat trick of sub 1.2 second passes during qualifying and racing in the following order: 1.180, 1.189 & then a blistering 1.157 to claim the quickest recorded Elapsed Time in the world to date setting the QMDRA Extreme ET record to 1.180.
Todd Commons also laid down some impressive runs in Extreme to claim a new speed record of 170.9km/h.
Congratulations to both Brendan and Todd for your achievements today. It is a honor to say that 2 out of the 3 people in the world to have achieved a 1.1 second pass are Australian! QMDRA would like to thank South Pine Sports Association for providing a World Class racing surface to allow these guys to produce such remarkable times and speeds.
SATURDAY 27 March, 2010
The below video:
Todd testing his Extreme Rail put down an impressive 1.178 pass to be the first in Australia to run sub 1.2.
The Results
Anthony Loveridge winner of Shootout showing everyone once again, that bracket racing is about consistancy.
Ben Cruse taking out Top Fuel. Stewart Low was Top Fuel top qualifier.
New Records
Congratulations to Stewart Low for resetting his own LiPo Top Fuel record to 1.440 @ 153.0 kph.
