BRAY ver BRAY IN LAST HURRAH FOR TOWNSVILLE
Team Bray spent 2 days prior to the event promoting at different venues
around Townsville and a near capacity crowd turned up for the 2012 Trevor
Mobb's Memorial 8th mile Slamfest round. The event no doubt will go down
in history as the best ever event held at the Townsville dragway.
When qualifying wrapped up at 1.30 it was Ben Bray in 1st with a 4.459@179.91mph
and Victor Bray in 4th with 4.550@163.63mph. In the first round of eliminations
Victor put Maurice Fabietti on the trailer with a 4.546@141.95 and Maurice's
5.205@118.11. Ben had one by run into the semi's.
In the Semi final Ben's 4.248@167.91 was too good for Russell Pavey's
4.437@158.99 and in the other semi final two of the sport's all-time greats
lined up in Gary Phillips and Victor Bray. And what a race this was. Victor's
reaction time got him to the end first when he ran 4.341@172.41 to Gary's
4.316@171.10 and that set the stage for a Bray V Bray final.
Benny "The Kid" had saved his best until last laying down a
solid 4.232@166.66 and this means his name will be engraved on the Trevor
Mobb's Memorial trophy.
The Sidchrome Team Bray racing team leave Townsville with its name firmly
in the history book.
Victor 's MPH 8th Mile record, 8th mile ET record and final entry on the
Trevor Mobb's Memoral trophy.
Victor Bray said: "Well that was a great weekend of racing in Townsville.
When you have a good weekend at the track with great performances, final
round appearances and a weekend of fun with your family and race team,
it is not only worth all the hard work but it gives you a real sense of
satisfaction. Ben had a 10th of second on me so I knew I had to hot my
car up a bit for the final, unfortunately I hoped it too much and over
powered the track.
I would also like to thank the council of Townsville of all there help
to make this event happen.
On final note I have a little bit of history to add in 1981 in the first
ever Wild bunch ran in Townsville and I won the final and tonight is the
last ever final that will be run here and I was in that one too only runner
up this time. "
Ben said: "A Bray verses Bray final how good is that? I am sure the
worst nightmare for the rest of the Doorslammer field, probably even Dad
on this occasion. I had a fast car all day and I was really happy with
how it was handling.
Last time we met Dad got me on the lights and I was not going to let this
happen again. I got him on the light and I had him pegged all the way
to the finish line. That will teach him for putting on his facebook page
before the final that he was going to give me a spanking.
I would also like to say a big thank you to all concerned and the fans
who turned up. I really hope that something can be done soon to get Townsville
a new home for Drag racing and we can come back and do it all again".
A full list of results has been posted here:- http://www.teambrayracing.com/slamfest-results.html
