THE smell of rubber had the crowd excited at the inaugural Brobenah Burnouts event recently.
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Following months of hard work and red tape, the green light was given for the event, meaning limited time to promote and advertise the event.
However, word of mouth and social media activity was high, resulting in a big crowd on the evening of Easter Saturday.
“Entries for competitors also opened albeit a bit late, but we knew there was much interest from around the area, so numbers of 30 to 40 vehicles competing would not have been unreasonable,” organiser Carlo Luisi said.
“Three classes of competition were catered for at this show – open pro, street V8 , six and four cylinder and rotary.
“This is a tournament-style event, with competitors given two qualifying runs, on a two-minute time limit, which is judged via a standard, nationally accepted scoring system.
“Then there is a top-10 highest scorers battle in a shootout to determine a winner.”
Organisers managed to secure the services of Kevin Peisley, who is a nationally accredited, chief judge at events such as the Summernats, UBC, Powercruise and more.
Frank Urbiztondo provided commentary on the night and Phil Meline kept the tunes rolling.
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All up there were 58 competitors on the night, with drivers travelling from Central Coast, ACT, Bega, Oberon, Adelaide as well as a strong contingent from Wagga, Junee, Narrandera and Leeton.
The honours of the first skid went to Leeton’s Barry Walsh in his VX SS commodore, which was followed by the qualifying rounds.
“With qualifying done, it was time for the top-10 shoot out, who were announced and staged ready to go,” Luisi said.
“One-by-one they laid their best skids, some going to plan others not, all the while we were glad the judging was in the hands of experts, because it was tough to call.
Last on the pad and on cue was ‘AGROXA’, XA falcon coupe, a car named ‘Street Machine of the year 2017’, piloted by the most experienced and awarded driver anywhere – Gary Myers of Narrandera.
“Arguably the architect of the modern burnout, who put on a masterclass, using every inch of the pad edging out was Jason Schmidt of Castlemaine Steering in his ‘FRASHER’ supercharged VH commodore for the win.
“He took out the Clinton Rowley Memorial trophy.”
Organisers have thanked everyone for their support on the night, with a 2000-strong crowd turning out.
More events will likely be planned in the future in the hopes of becoming a hub for the sport.