Fresh off winning a seventh back-to-back ANDRA Top Doorslammer Championship in Sydney, John Zappia traveled to Perth Motorplex for the WA Drag Racing Championship event and won the final.

Zap and his team headed back to Perth from Sydney a week ago with the damaged Fuchs/Striker Crushing Monaro after a hard hit on the LH wall in Sydney, and set about to make extensive repairs. He was also directed by ANDRA to cut the rear wing ten inches shorter as the Top Doorslammer design grandfather clause would expire at the end of 2014.

Fresh off winning a seventh back-to-back ANDRA Top Doorslammer Championship in Sydney, John Zappia traveled to Perth Motorplex for the WA Drag Racing Championship event and won the final.

Zap and his team headed back to Perth from Sydney a week ago with the damaged Fuchs/Striker Crushing Monaro after a hard hit on the LH wall in Sydney, and set about to make extensive repairs. He was also directed by ANDRA to cut the rear wing ten inches shorter as the Top Doorslammer design grandfather clause would expire at the end of 2014.

“The crew and our supporting sponsors worked very hard to get this car ready for the event,” said Zappia. “We were keen to test our new rear wing design, in preparation for the new Top Doorslammer season. I am pleased to say that our design was a success, and we ran a Motorplex personal best speed of 252.80 mph and kept our directional stability.”

“Our qualifying runs saw the car launch to the right – the first pass I clicked it off early, and the second compulsory qualifying run at 6pm I pedaled the car and ran it through for a 5.967 to capture second spot in the qualifying order.”

The crew set about making the necessary suspension changes, and prepare for the first eliminator. The run was important, as it would determine entrance to either the A or B Final depending on ET.

“Staging better, the car launched better and I was able to hold full throttle all the way to win with a 5.804 @ 252.80mph. That was good enough for an A Final berth.

“In the A Final into an even stiffer breeze the car went right off the launch, so I pedaled and wrestled the car back into the groove and drove it straight out the backdoor for a 5.835 @ 252.80mph win,” Zappia said. “That was a great comeback for the team after our Sydney incident, and positive development with our aero package. Many thanks to Clyde at Bravo Resources for the chassis and rear wing work, Brett at Windrush Motorsport Composites for repairs, Jamal from Current Trendz for late night sign work, Nobby from Hiltone Body Works for the paintwork and all the crew that put in late nights to make it all happen.

“We now get ready for the Nitro Thunder event at Perth Motorplex on the 29th of November and will try to improve on what we have already done in preparation for the start of the 2015 ANDRA Championship series, which starts on January 9 & 10 for the Home Group WA Nitro Slam event.”