Friday Qualifying
The weather had changed and it was now cloudy with some rain forecast during the day, Q1 saw Brad pull a great 0.018 reaction time but the run was 9 hundredths of a second over dial in so no improvement.
Q2 Brad had a great 0.067 reaction time and a ET of 7 hundredths over dial in, so no improvement, this was the last round of Qualifying so his best run of 0.009 thousandths over dial in was only good enough for 14th place but he was safely in the 32 car field, incredibly 31st place was 9 hundredths of a second and the final 32nd place was 1 tenth of a second over dial in.
Saturday Eliminations
In round 1 Brad faced Steve Saunders, a very good 20 year drag racing career driver but Brad’s 0.1095 ( 1 tenth of a second ) over dial was good enough for the win .
Round 2 Brad faced his team mate Dave Catton, Dave taught Brad how to drive the Super Pro dragster, this would be a tight race, Brad pulled another solid 0.050 reaction but Dave left the line too early with a 0.038 red light foul, Brad progressed to the final day !
Sunday Eliminations
Sunday was a beautiful sunny day !
All of Brad’s main contenders for the National Title had fallen by the wayside except for Tom Atkinson, in fact in this quarter final if Brad won his round and Tom lost his race then Brad would have successfully defended his title and be Champion for the second year in succession , however Brad faced Brian Pateman, a 5 time Champion and with 19 event wins to his credit this would be a real test for Brad,
Brad pulled a perfect reaction time of 0.0005 ( 5 ten thousandths of a second ) reaction time, Brian had a respectable 0.050 reaction but Brad’s time gave Brad the “hole shot “ win, Tom won his race against Ian Brown so keeping the championship alive.
