Tony Higgs, Street Eliminator victor at Easter, defeated defending champion Andy Bond in the final round, had a great race with multiple personal bests, few apparent mechanical problems and important race craft in the final. Tony wrote:
Test day Friday, was pretty much a washout. Had gotten to the start line, just about to do the burnout and then arrives the rain.
Saturday morning, first qualifying round with the new tune (courtesy of John Sleath Racecars), completely blew the tires off on the start line. She hooked in third gear and felt really powerful crossing the line @ 166mph with an 11.40.
Second pass of the day became a huge turning point for Triggers Broom, with a massive PB of 192mph! Third qualifying run came as another PB of 7.48 @ 193mph. That concluded qualifying at No2. After following Elliot Day, we accidentally took the long way round on the cruise just about making it in time.
Sunday Eliminations started with a run against Graham Smith in the 57, the run was peddled a little but still went through with a huge 7.57 @ 197mph! Through to the next round. Next round we had close friend, Elliot Day in the Willys, we had tire slip down the track and only just made the winning light. A great PB for Elliot with a celebratory piggy back from Dave and Jen. It's always a good race no matter the outcome. This then put us through to a bye into the finals, where I met Andy Bond.
Brilliant run, left both teams on the edge of their seats but The Broom just pulled in front and took the win!! Well done to everyone for a great weekend racing and for all the PBs in the class.
Thank you to: John Sleath Race Cars, Hilsea TYRES, Trevor Hirst, Edge Performance Transmissions, Straub Technologies, KTH Photography and anyone else who anyone else who has helped.
