Pro Mod Perfection In Sydney For Craig Burns

Eight FuelTech Pro Mod racers well and truly delivered in Sydney running to a 5.85 performance marker, but it is safe to say that for one racer in particular, it was a perfect weekend.

Top Doorslammer regular Craig Burns decided to turn his hand to the FuelTech Pro Mod Class with ‘The Villian’ Ford Mustang this weekend and with a top qualifying result, stand-out consistency (5.865/5.870/5.871/5.857) and three race wins – including the all-important A-Final – well and truly made his mark.

“This is awesome – what a great day,” Burns said when handed the NDRC Gold Christmas Tree trophy. “It really has been a perfect weekend and a really great weekend for us. I come from Top Doorslammer but there was no Doorslammer racing this weekend, so I thought, let’s do this!"

“We have run on the money over the whole race day which has been just awesome, and we top qualified as well. We ran as fast as a 5.857 and as slow as a 5.871 – it is just amazing what it did."

The A-Final was everything a FuelTech Pro Mod final should be – two cars racing door handle to door handle all the way down the quarter mile, with neither Burns or Campisi letting up despite the fact that Campisi had red lit on the tree by -.043 seconds. 

Burns laid down an event-winning 5.857 second pass at 382.9kph, while Campisi did all he could to take it up to him with a 5.909/406.47 run regardless of the cherry on the tree. 

FuelTech Pro Mod will next be on-track at Willowbank Raceway, hitting the Queensland facility alongside Top Fuel, Pro Alcohol and the Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship across December 1-2. 

Before it does however, the NDRC Group One show will travel across the country to the Perth Motorplex for the Goldenstates on November 24 and 25, with that event to be headlined by Nitro Funny Car, Pro Alcohol and Top Doorslammer alongside Australia’s best sportsman racers. 

For more information, visit www.nationaldragracing.com.au