By Peter Beaumont
The local motor racing team Yarra Glen has completed their biggest season yet in the National Drag Racing Series, 400 Thunder, finishing the year Second in the Series.
Chris Hargrave and the Team are absolutely delighted with this major achievement, beating home several previous champions to claim the runner up position.
Chris now believes the team are on track to realise their dream of taking out the national series.
The Middy’s Electrical Funny Car Team had an extremely tough final round at The Winternationals, in Ipswich Queensland.
Hargraves said they destroyed their favourite race engine in the first Qualifying Round and this really set us back as we had to put the old engine in the race car and try to compete on an equal basis.
“Unfortunately, that engine let go as well before racing commenced and we had to go into the race on a bits and pieces engine, but full credit to my Father and the Pit Crew, we still went down the track grabbing good race times and did the Team proud,” he said.
The team accrued enough points in the end to finish second in the 400 Thunder Championship and display the Number 2 on the side of the car next season.
Stephen Hargrave, Father of Chris said that seeing Steve Reed take the number 2 from his car and place it on our car was a very telling and emotional moment.
“Watching a true champion of the sport acknowledge Chris as a racer has made the last 10 years of hard work and effort worth it, we are all so proud of Chris,” he said.
Even though the team has just arrived home from the final race of this season, the team have already started to pull the Race Car apart to purchase new engines and spare parts in order to go faster and take that number one position in the Series.
They have until December to get the team ready for the first round of the National Drag Racing Championship.
