Top Doorslammer: It’s Australian for on the edge of your seat drag racing action.

Second in the ANDRA pecking order, behind only behind Top Fuel, Top Doorslammer is the Australian equivalent of American Pro Modified. In Top Doorslammer, the rules mandate the engine must be supercharged. Currently nitrous-oxide injection and turbocharging is prohibited.

You do have a choice of screw [2700 lbs.] or rootes [2550] style supercharger.

Top Doorslammer, T/D in Aussie circles, began in 1995 as an Exhibition Class, from AA/Altered Production vehicles.

Top Doorslammer: It’s Australian for on the edge of your seat drag racing action.

Second in the ANDRA pecking order, behind only behind Top Fuel, Top Doorslammer is the Australian equivalent of American Pro Modified. In Top Doorslammer, the rules mandate the engine must be supercharged. Currently nitrous-oxide injection and turbocharging is prohibited.

You do have a choice of screw [2700 lbs.] or rootes [2550] style supercharger.

Top Doorslammer, T/D in Aussie circles, began in 1995 as an Exhibition Class, from AA/Altered Production vehicles.

Victor Bray is a six-time champion in Top Doorslammer. He has run the class ever since it was introduced.

“I think the drivers down here would stack up quite well against those in the States,” Bray admitted.

Right now, Australian Top Doorslammer is one-dimensional, but there is a push for multiple combinations such as in the United States.

“We don’t have nitrous cars or turbos,” Bray explained. “A lot of pressure to bring the turbo cars back in … don’t know that we’ll ever happen again. The way those guys are running in the States, we are hoping they don’t let them back in.”

If the options are opened up, the Top Doorslammer division could become even tougher. Qualifying becomes almost as meaningful as winning the race. The keyword in the statement is “almost”.

“One you pat yourself on the back, the other, you get hammered and celebrate for months, said Peter Kapiris, No. 1 qualifier at the recent Castrol Edge Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway.

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In 1997, Scotty Cannon traveled Down Under to race with Victor Bray during the 1997 - 1998 season. The following videos chronicle his time in Australia.

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