South West Victoria's permanent ANDRA Drag Racing Facility
The South Coast Raceway would like to thank everyone that has attended any of our meetings.
It is great to see so many cars and people and the amount of positive feedback we receive is fantastic and very encouraging.
A massive thank you needs to go out to all Club Members, Track Volunteers, Our Sponsors, Community Groups such as
St John's, Heathmere & Portland Fire Brigades, SES, Portland Bay Rotary, Lions and every other person & business that has
helped make our track run so successfully.
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1/8th Mile Doorslammer Round for Portland
Drag racing legend and current Australian No. 5 Top Doorslammer driver Peter Kapiris made the drive down from Melbourne last
weekend to Portland's South Coast Raceway to check out the race track and check over the progress of the current track upgrades.
The former Australia Champion was very excited about the prospect to bringing a round of the Australian 1/8th Mile Doorslammer
series to Portland next year.
Earlier this year they ran the first ever 1/8th Mile Doorslammer event in Mildura which attracted over 5500 people into the Sunraysia District.
"We were just blown away by the support of the Mildura City Council, the SDRA and from the public for this event" said Kapiras,
"the town was rewarded for their support with people coming from all over Australia including Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne and
everywhere in between to watch".
Kapiras was very impressed with the progress of the upgrades and said that the likelihood of running an event in Portland next year
is very high. "The South Coast Drag Racing Association is doing a fantastic job and just need a little extra support to get the track
up to the standards we would require and we will be there" Kapiras said.
"This is a fantastic opportunity for the club and the Portland community" said club president Doug Hetherington. "this would be the first event of its kind ever run in Western Victoria and a chance to fill very hotel and motel in town. These drivers currently only race in
Sydney, Brisbane and Perth and to have the chance to get them in Portland is unbelievable".
For the first time ever in Western Victoria names such as father and son team mates Victor and Ben Bray from Queensland,
Sydney-siders Maurice Fabietti, and Sean Mifsud and Victorian Peter Kapiris and others could be teaming up to bring the loudest
show on earth to town in what would be a spectacular event.
While Top Doorslammers may resemble easily identifiable car bodies as represented by the Holdens, Chevs and Studebakers,
the massive power plant hanging out of the bonnet is a dead give-away that these cars are a bit more than your average motor
vehicle. That 3000 horsepower engine can propel these cars up to 320 kph over the eighth mile with elapsed times in the
high three-second range.
The Top Doorslammers would welcome local schools and the general public to the venue for the opportunity to get a close-up look
at the cars, meet the drivers, grab some autographs, take photos with their heroes and bag some souvenirs!
The Top Doorslammer show would be supported by Supercharged Outlaws bracket as well as Super Sedan, Modified Bike,
Super Street and other sportsman categories.
Photo from Left...
Top Doorslammer Driver - Peter Kapiras, President - Doug Hetherington & Vice President - Chris Farrell
AGM Date Changed to Friday 20th August 2010
Thank you to our club office bearers and members for such a huge effort and a fantastic result for the past
race season at the South Coast Raceway.
It is now time during our off season to prepare for our next race season and to ensure that is just as successful as the last.
Our AGM date has been set for Friday the 20th of August, starting at 7:30pm at the South Coast Raceway Clubrooms,
so we can select our new office bearers for next season. This means that memberships are now due and please
remember only paid-up members can vote on the night.
Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend and have your vote. In case it is wet on the night please enter the track
via the Cleary Landscaping depot front gate, which is just passed the South Coast Raceway main entry off McNeillys Road
and drive directly down and park on the race track.
Memberships are now due...Support Us & Save.
Click here for information about becoming a club member...
Dates set for the 2010/2011 season
Click here to see the racing dates for this season...
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