NZDRA Nationals & Series Wrap Up

Wednesday, 30 March 2011

The Board and executive of the NZDRA would like to take this time to thank Century Batteries for their support of the NZ Championship Series and the Series Bracket Sponsors; Castrol Edge - Top Alcohol, Castrol Edge - Top Doorslammer, Digga - Competition, K & N Performance Filters - Top Street, DJ Race Fuels - Sport Compact, Permaseal MLS-R - Super Sedan and Fast Parts -Super Street. On behalf of the racers we thank you all and appreciate your involvement.

The Board would like to thank all Racers for their participation in the NZDRA National series and hope they enjoyed their seasons racing.

The NZDRA again proving the Century Batteries Championship events are the ones to attend, good crowd and great racing prevailed with 12 new National records set at the finals.

As the representative organisation of the racers and the governing body of the Sport of Drag racing in NZ, the board believes the growing attendance at these National Events, and in particular with the increase in spectators, is an indication of moving forward with the goal of further developing the sport in New Zealand.

At the NZ Nationals we had a number of "first time Spectators" along with an increase of the seasoned and dedicated drag racing spectators.

Many favourable comments were received from the public regarding the NZDRA event.

"I never realized what an awesome event drag racing was until coming to watch today"

"The excitement of being here today was fantastic with plenty of action!"

"It has been a long time since I have experienced the thrill of such racing, especially those dragsters running below 6 seconds. - You can feel the power!!! "

"Great crowds and a great bunch of racers"

"I have never been to an action packed event where we could wander around the pits and check out the drivers and cars - It was great!! I'll be back for more"!!

The NZDRA also acknowledges that this event would not be possible with out the support of the Fram track workers who all have carried out an excellent job.

Whilst the series was unfortunately shorter that anticipated due to the Central Nationals being cancelled due to bad weather, we believe that the NZDRA format for running the National Series, has streamlined the event making it more action packed for racers and spectators alike.

The board of the NZDRA looks forward to the season next year with enthusiasm, and will take with it the experience gained in this season to further improve the sport for racers and spectators enjoyment.

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