Steve Greentree returned to the track with a fresh new look after significant body damage was sustained to the hearse last time out while negotiating the braking area turn. Shane Olive was back behind of the wheel of the now renamed “Fast Company” Nostalgia Fuel Funny car of Graeme Cowin, Olive is still licensing but ran 6.11 on his first full powered pass.
There were some reservations about running on such a green surface, but these were soon dispelled with some cracker passes made. The concrete race surface was ground down and polished smooth, the test and tune designed to let racers lay down valuable rubber to rebuild traction back to a championship event level.
But the end result was a billiard table smooth surface that greeted over 140 racers last weekend for the first test and tune of the new season. It has been six weeks since Sydney Dragway has seen any serious horsepower action with track works taking longer than planned.
