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After a rain affected opening round of the 2008/2009 ANDRA Championship Drag Racing series at the Western Sydney International Dragway over the weekend (12^th–14^th September), the husband and wife Reed Racing Top Alcohol team have sent a clear message to the competition that they are real contenders for this season’s National Title.

Competing at the Australian Nationals, Steven and Debbie Reed had their 2 entries spectacularly occupying the first and second positions respectively after early Qualifying.

While many of their competitors struggled to come up with a good setup for the conditions, Steven powered his 3500 horsepower Funny Car to a 5.693 second quarter mile pass, with Debbie only fractionally behind recording a personal best time of 5.697 seconds.

They eventually settled in the third and fourth spots and were confident of a good showing in the Elimination rounds before rain on Final’s day forced the postponement of the event.

“We spent a lot of time and effort during the off season giving the entire team an overhaul and it really paid dividends with our times in Sydney,” Steven Reed said.

“It was a good feeling to see our 2 Reed Racing entries at the top of time sheets after the first Qualifier and we are hoping to be up there even more this season.”

“It’s unfortunate the rain came in on Sunday and we couldn’t go on to challenge for the event win, but the results so far have the team on a real high looking forward to the rest of the season.”

Debbie Reed was also extremely happy with her performance and running her first ever 5.6 second pass down the quarter mile strip.

“To run a personal best time in my first run of the season is a real boost to the team and is hopefully a good sign of things to come,” Debbie Reed said.

“I was really looking forward to the Elimination rounds as our cars were really on the money, but I will have to wait for the next event to see what else I can pull out.”

“The next round of the Championship is at Willowbank Raceway and if all goes well after the event I will be looking at possibly trading up my Dragster to the team’s new second Funny Car, which should hopefully see me setting more PB times.”

The Reed Racing team will next be taking to the track in the ANDRA Championship Drag Racing series at the Spring Championships at Willowbank Raceway from the 26^th-27^th September.

Shake up at Nitro Champs

REED RACING SHAKE UP NITRO CHAMPS

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The Reed Racing team really shook up the Top Alcohol field at the Western Sydney International Dragway’s Nitro Champs over the weekend (2^nd-3^rd May) when they were able to get both husband Steven Reed’s 3500 horsepower Funny Car and wife Debbie Reed’s Dragster into the Finals field.

This was the first time in 2008 the team had their two car Top Alcohol assault back to together with the return to Championship racing of Debbie Reed, and they didn’t disappoint the huge crowds that attended. The mother of two occupied the number 5 qualifying position and was especially happy with her times in the tough field considering it was her first event since December last year.

“My first goal this weekend in Sydney was to make the top 8 which is getting harder and harder with such quality competition,” Debbie Reed said. “So to go out and run a 5.8 (second pass) and qualify 5^th was extremely pleasing for both me and my team that have worked extremely hard to get me back out racing.” “Despite a problem with my rear wing delaminating and me having to shut off in my Quarter-Final, we feel we are right back on track with our development program that should see us moving up the field even further.”

“I can’t wait now to get back out there at the Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway in June to shake things up even more amongst the guys.”

Steven Reed also had a solid weekend qualifying 6^th behind Debbie despite suffering tyre shake issues as his Funny Car as he over powered the racing surface. After not being able to put down a top 8 time on his first two qualifying runs, and the track becoming increasingly more slippery as the night went on, he was able to call on all of his Drag Racing expertise and skills to pull off a 6.0 second quarter mile pass on his final attempt to secure the number 6 position.

“We were having a bit of trouble in early qualifying getting the power to track and I had to do a couple of peddles which wrecked my runs,” Steven Reed said. “It was all or nothing on the last attempt which was when the track was probably at its worst, luckily though I was able to get down and into the Eliminations rounds.” “I then went out in the Quarter-Finals but gained enough points to climb up the Championship ladder inside the top 5 with just one round remaining.”

The Reed Racing team will next be taking to the track for the final round of the ANDRA Top Alcohol Championship Drag Racing series, the Winternationals held Willowbank Raceway, Queensland from the 5^th-8^th June.

For further information please contact:James PeateReed Racing PR Manager0414 878225

Winternationals Champion

DANIEL REED CHARGES HOME FOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WITH WINTERNATIONALS WIN

The largest Drag Racing event in the Southern Hemisphere and the finale of the Australian National Drag Racing series rocked Queensland’s Willowbank Raceway last weekend (June 8-10) when it hosted the 40^th anniversary of the Winternationals.

One of the local standouts was Brisbane’s Daniel Reed from the Reed Racing team who wrapped up his first Australian Championship with a win in the Supercharged Outlaws bracket at the event.

In front of a near capacity crowd, Daniel drove his ‘Start Ya Bastard’ Altered to victory which not only sealed the National Title for him, but also the Willowbank Raceway track Championship.

“The pressure was really on me to perform at the event, I was leading the points chase going into the Winternationals but there were 5 other competitors that could have overtaken me,” Daniel said.

“I knew though we were a good chance to take the title so I just went out there and did what we had been doing all season.”

“To win a Winternationals title is an achievement that all Australian Drag Racers strive to achieve, so to win the event and the Australian Championship on the same day is just unbelievable.”

“I would really like to thank my sponsors Nulon and Start Ya Bastard, the fans, my crew and everyone involved with the Reed Racing team for giving me the opportunity to get where I am today.”

The Reed Racing team also contented the professional Top Alcohol bracket at the event with Steven Reed driving his Nulon Engine Oils Funny Car and Debbie Reed in her Nulon Dragster.

With consistent results throughout the season, both of the teams entries in what is one of the most competitive bracket in the sport, finished inside the Top 5 of the Championship with Steven securing the number 3 plate and Debbie number 5.

“Finishing the season with both of our Nulon cars inside the Top 5 in the Australian Championship in what has arguably been one of the most competitive seasons in Top Alcohol history,” Stevens said.

“The bracket has really come of age and is now one of the leading categories in Australian Drag Racing, so it is a great achievement for the team to gain the result it has.”

“It would have been great to go further than the quarter finals at the Winternationals after qualifying well in 4^th position, but over all the 2006/2007 season has been a resounding success for the entire Reed Racing team.”

“I would again like to thank all of our team sponsors, the crew, the fans and to all those who have helped us gain our excellent results this year.”

Throughout the season the team has stocked up their trophy cabinet with some great results that have included an East Coast Nationals Top Alcohol win (Debbie Reed), Australian Nationals Supercharged Outlaws win (Daniel Reed), Summernationals Top Alcohol runner up (Steven Reed), Summernationals Supercharged Outlaws runner up (Daniel Reed) and a Winternationals Supercharged Outlaws win (Daniel Reed).

With Daniel’s success throughout the year the team have also decided to licence him in Stevens Nulon Engine Oils Funny Car as a backup driver should he be required.

Following the completion of the Winternationals Daniel took control of the 3500 horsepower vehicle for the first time and spectacularly reeled off a pass of 5.71 at approximately 400 kph during licensing. This time would have been good enough for the number 4 qualifying position in the Top Alcohol bracket at the Winternationals.

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