With three rounds remaining in the ANDRA Pro Series
Top Fuel Championship Mildura based racer Darren
Morgan will take the opportunity to test some new
components on his Shannon's Insurance dragster at the
upcoming Edge Motel Easter Shootout on Saturday April
3. The event will be staged in Morgan's home town at
the 1/8 mile Mildura Sunset Strip so it will provide
the chance for his local sponsors and fans to witness
the 7,000 horsepower machine in action on home turf.
During a recent conversation with team owner/driver
Darren Morgan he mentioned that the entire Darren
Morgan Racing (DMR) team are excited about the chance
to perform a couple of passes at home and that they
can't wait until the weekend. "We have some new
components that we want to test and the Easter meeting
is a good chance for us" he added.
"We really enjoy racing in front of our home crowd in
Mildura. It gives us a chance to repay the local
community for their support. Hopefully if the test
goes well we can put on a good show for the crowd. We
have run at Mildura before with our best time being a
3.598 at 177.28 mph over the 1/8th mile track".
"Finally we must thank Shannon's for their support of
the (DMR) Top Fuel Dragster. This weekend will be a
special one for the entire team as it will be the
first time we would have run under the Shannon's
Insurance banner at home so it will be a good
opportunity to represent the company in our home
town".
Throughout the event the team plans to do two passes,
both of which will be at night.
Having the DMR Top Fuel dragster at the Easter
Shootout will be a hu ge boost for the event and their
appearance comes hot on the heels of an extremely
successful meeting on March 20 when the Mildura Sunset
Strip held the Mildura Slamfest, which attracted a
full field of Top Doorslammers and Supercharged
Outlaws. In front of what was a huge crowd Scott
McLean reset the track ET record to 4.15 at
178.37mph.Although it was supposed to be a night off
for the DMR team several of the crew members lent a
hand working on the Team Bray racing cars.
The next championship event for DMR will be the ENZED
Australian Top Fuel Championships which will be held
on the 17-18th April 2010 at Queensland's Willowbank
Raceway. The meeting will be Round 5 of the Australian
Top Fuel Championship and with Darren currently
sitting in 5th position in the overall championship
the team is looking forward to a strong finish to the
season.
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