Queensland and Willowbank Raceway presented their best faces for J18 with almost perfect conditions, blue skies,warm temperatures and a westerly head-wind on the Saturday.The track had 'teeth' and 14 PAC cars presented for qualifying runs.The street-tyred cars ran in the morning and the slick-tyred cars in the afternoon.Three qualifyers were allowed and the PAC team were running cars in Pro Turbo,(George in the MX6,Ivan in the pink RX3,Sam in 'The Godfather' RX3 and Rob Stanbury in the old 'PACMAN'yellow RX3),Pro Compact,(Rodney in the RX3,George Marcevski in 'Eat20B' RX3 and Jim Magliveras in the Corolla),Street 289,(Damien McKern in GRUMP2 RX2),Street RWD,(John & Russell Archer's RX4,and Paul Katar's RX4) and Super Mod,(Fred Sadek in the RX3,Karim Balloot in his RX2, Jamil Jaafar in the RX3 and Mohamed Majzoub in the RX3).At the end of the day the best qualifying times by each were as follows:
Russell Archer 11.17@120.1mph.
Paul Katar 10.09@131.37mph
Damien McKern 8.15@170.65mph
Fred Sadek 9.03@145.87mph
Jamil Jaafar 8.63@153.27mph
Mohamed Majzoub 9.53@114.77mph
Rodney Rehayem 7.50@168.73mph
Jim Magliveras 7.81@172.22mph
George Marcevski 7.71@174.82mph
Ivan Skaramuca 9.92@93.95mph
Sam Sadek 7.26@187.58mph
George Rehayem 7.12@196.94mph
Robert Stanbury 8.01@120.26mph
Karim Balloot 9.5@143mph
Saturday was a mixed bag with some good performances,but nothing that set the world on fire.Perhaps the highlight of qualifying was Damien's early evening run against Wayne Dyson when even a 0.402 light by Damien could not hold off the wily old veteran at the end !!! Great stuff and another great match up between these two.
Sunday and race-day ! The weather was even better than Saturday and there was the promise of some great racing ahead.It was time to get down to business ! First on the track of the PAC team was Paul Katar and a first round win.Russell Archer was next and another win for the PAC team.Damien McKern was next up and the lone St289 in the PAC team,but once again another win.Jamil Jaafar was next and yet another win ! Round one of eliminations was looking good ! Fred Sadek was next up and once more,another win. Mohamed Majzoub was next and unfortunately out to the fearsome VL Calais of Anthony Maatouk. Karim was having a great weekend with the debut of his new yellow RX2 until his left axle snapped on a launch, that was his racing over for Jambo 08.
The first round of Pro Compact and suddenly the place comes alive ! Younger brother Rodney was up first and a great win 7.55@178.22mph.Next up Jim Magliveras against Ben Bray and double red lights ! Ben takes the win as Jim red lights by the bigger margin ! EAT20B next up,but a little snooze on the lights by George,hands Mark Borg the win.
Into Pro Turbo and after an indifferent weekend,the MX6 lifts her skirts and George pulls off a 6.90@198.85 win for the team's first 'six' of the meet.Next is Sam Sadek against the the fearsome might of Tony Wedlock's Toyota Aurion and even another brilliant 7.29@186.26mph is not enough to win.Rob Stanbury is next and after a troubled Saturday with transmission problems,Rob pulls out a 7.59@176.89 to lose to a stronger result from Smokin' Joe Signorelli.
Russell Archer takes another great win in Street RWD to progress to the third round,but Paul Katar is not so fortunate and bows with a red light.Damien Mckern is next and another great light sees him progress to the third round.Jamil Jaafar has a bye run and runs it out the back door to check his dial-in.Mohamed Majzoud meets Mark Jacobsen's awesome R32 Skyline and is beaten by a great reaction from Mark. Fred Sadek is next and takes the win against Neil Penboss's VW.
Next round of Pro Compact sees Rodney with a bye,so wisely takes the green and backs the car out.Next out George Marcevski against Ben Bray and this time the bragging rights go George's way after Ben slows with a problem.
Pro Turbo and a bye to Rob Stanbury sees him drive it out the back door to another consistent 7.56&176.68mph run.The MX6 is on a solo as well and George checks out the launch but shuts off early.
Russell Archer is having a dream run and takes another great win.Damien is on a bye as well and just accepts the green.Next up Super Mod finds team-mates together with Jamil and Fred pitted aginst one another.Jamil is a little eager on the lights and hands the win to Fred.
George Marcevski finds himself on a bye and decides to go for it with a brilliant p.b.of 7.64@174.49mph !! Rodney is next against Billy Nabhan and out -reacts Bill for another strong win at 7.59@179.07mph.
Pro Turbo again and this time Rob Stanbury against Tony Wedlock.A strong 7.58@177.73mph is not enough to keep the Aurion driver out this time.George is on another solo in the MX6 and can't repeat his previous six with a 7.41@164.41mph pass.Sam is also on a solo and drives the 'Godfather' out the back door for another great 7.25@186.34 pass.
Russell Archer is on a bye in Street RWD and progresses to the semi-final.
Damien has made the semi-final of St289 and takes a great win over Darryl Parker in the T.A.S. RX7 to progress to the final.
Jamil Jaafar is next and takes a great 8.7 win on an 8.7 dial-in.Russell Archer is next and takes a great win to progress to the final.Russell cuts his luck a little fine and pulls a 0.366 light in the final,but is a deserving runner-up.Well done John and Russell !
The final of SuperMod sees Fred Sadek against Mark Jacobsen and a sharper light sees Fred triumphant and a deserving winner.Well done Fred ! This also gave Fred overall Champion in the Toyo Tire Series for this class.
The final of St289 sees Damien against Gary Halpin in the 2JZ powered Datsun 1200 coupe and this time Damien is the victor.Well done Damien and his win at this rounds secures him second place in the championship as well great effort !!
The final of Pro Compact sees the youngest brother Rehayem,(Rodney) fighting the 'old enemy',Anthony Rodrigues in the swoopy Cougar and even a great 7.58@165.08mph pass from Rod is not enough to keep the hungry cat at bay !! Well done to both drivers,you have done the sport proud. Although not taking the win in the finals, it was still enough to see Rodney take out Championship honours for Pro Compact. What a great achievement in his first year of racing.
Sam has made the 'B' final of Pro-Turbo and this time prevails against an ailing Rod Harvey,with a great 0.494 light from Sam and an 8.04@183.45mph pass.
The team had a great time at the event and would like to congratulate John and Russell Archer on being runner-up in StRWD,Damien McKern for winning St289,Fred Sadek for winning SuperMod, and Rodney for a great runner-up result in Pro Compact. Congrats also goes out to Mohammed Majzoub whom also took out Best Wheel stand of the weekend.
After the points were all allocated from the event, the Championship standings for the PAC team were as follows:
George Rehayem - 3rd place - Pro Turbo
Anthony D'aquino - Runner up - Pro Turbo
Rodney Rehayem - Winner - Pro compact
George Marcevski - Runner Up - Pro Compact
Fred Sadek - Winner - Super Mod
Damien Mckern - Runner Up - St 289
John & Russell Archer - Runner Up- Street RWD
We are so proud of all the achievements of the whole team and hope the new season of 09 will be just as successful. Congratulations to all, great job!!!!!!!!!!!!
Also a big thank you to all the fans and supporters and the Team's valued sponsors,Castrol Edge,Turbosmart,Garrett Turbochargers and VP Racing fuels.
Next meeting is the Fuchs Australian Nationals at Western Sydney International Dragway on Sept 12-14,so make sure you come along and support the team !!!!
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