Ryan’s Evo started life like any other street car and had it’s fair share of dramas, including  a head gasket problem only 2 days out from the event then a start motor, gearbox and oiling issue at the event! This made the time even more impressive! His main opponent was Brett Sherriff in the RX-7, a very well set-up and developed car, and they finished within 3/100ths of a second with a 1:01.4149, taking out 2WD in the Tuner Class.

The leaderboard for Tuner Class ended up like this:

1- Ryan Palazzolo  - Evo VI          1 :01.3908

2 – Brett Sherriff – RX-7                1:01.4149

3 – Pete Major – Evo                     1:02.6513

4 – Troy Wilson – Evo                    1:03.8077

5 – Rob Hoare                                1:03.9600

6 – Paul Brockbank – R33 GT-R    1:04.6284

7 – Gareth Simpson – Evo IX         1:05.1489

8 – Robert Turner – S15                 1:05.9027

9 – Simon Richards – R32               1:06.7902

10 – Mathew Edgar – WRX STi      1:07.0510

11 – Bradley Dean – R34                1:09.4028

In street class, Franz Esterbauer was the man to beat before the event had even started. His reputation was upheld after he took the outight and fastest 4WD win in Street Class with a 1:05.1489. This time was so fast that it also put him in 7th outright for the entire event! Beating a host of Tuner Class cars. Richard Gilmore was hot on his heels though in his R33 GT-R and only finished up less than 5/10ths of a second behind Franz. Jason Hallam also surprised a few people with his R31 Skyline taking out fastest 2WD in street class. Mathew Edgar was running 1:09′s in a borrowed car after his own STi wasn’t ready in time for the event, and he decided to switch to Tuner Class and see how much difference a set of R-comps would really make. 2 seconds around Barbagallo Raceway was the result! Here is the full result list for street class.

1 – Franz Esterbauer  -  Evo                          1:05.1489

2 – Richard Gilmore – GT-R                            1:05.5069

3 –  Alan Quan – Evo –                                     1:06.3220

4 – Jason Hallam  - R31 Skyline                    1:06.3833

5 – Andrew Soubertijis – Commodore         1:07.6949

6 – Chris Kostopoulos – Evo X                         1:08.0142

7 – Danny Williamson – R33 GTS-t                 1:08.3920

8 – George Eames – R33 GT-R                        1:09.1220

9 – Geoff Weir – WRX                                       1:09.6295

10 – Leon Wilken – S14                                    1:12.2378

11- Jason Un  - Evo IX                                       1:15.6936

All times can be found on the natsoft website  HERE

Ryan Palazzolo – Evo VI – 1:02.3189 – Leader Tuner Class

Peter Major – Evo – 1:02.6513

Brett Sherriff – Mazda RX-7 – 1:02.8068

Rob Hoare – Subaru Liberty – 1:04.1809

Franz Esterbauer – Evo 8 MR 0 1:05.1489 – Leader Street Class

Paul Brockbank – R33 GT-R – 1:05.2818

Robert Turner – S15 Silvia – 1:05.9027

Richard Gilmore – 1:06.0923

Jason Hallam – R31 Skyline – 1:06.3833

Alan Quan – Evo IX – 1:06.4721

Gareth Simpson – Evo IX – 1:07.1159

Andrew Soubertijis – Commodore – 1:07.1159

Simon Richards – R32 Skyline – 1:08.2505

Danny Williamson – R33 Skyline GTS-t – 1:08.3920

George Eames – R33 GT-R – 1:09.1220

Mathew Edgar – Subaru WRX STi – 1:09.2377

Bradley Dean – R34 Skyline – 1:09.4028

Geoff Weir – WRX – 1:09.6295

Chris Kostopoulos – Evo X – 1:09.8215

Leon Wilken – S14 – 1:12.2378

Jaon Un – Evo IX – 1:16.9613

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0600           GATES OPEN FOR COMPETITORS

0700-0900 Scrutineering

0900            GATES OPEN FOR MEDIA

0900-0920  Time Attack Drivers Briefing

0930-0950  Drifting Drivers Briefing

0950-1000  Track Inspection by Stewards

1000-1030  Time Attack Session 1

1030-1230 Drifting Practice

1230-1300  Lunch Break

1300-1340  Time Attack Session 2

1340-1445 Drifting Prelim Qualifying

1400            GATES OPEN FOR SPECTATORS

1445-1450 Track sweep

1450-1530 Time Attack Session 3

1530-1630 Drifting Prelim Qualifying

1640-1720 Time Attack Session 4

1730-1900 Drifting Top 32 Solo Qualifying

1900 EVENT FINISH

SATURDAY 18th NOVEMBER 2011

0600             GATES OPEN FOR COMPETITORS

0600-0800 Safety Check

0745-0800 Track inspection by stewards

0800            GATES OPEN FOR MEDIA

0800-0820 Time Attack Drivers Briefing

0830-0845 Drifting Drivers Briefing

0830-0900 Time Attack Session 5

0900            GATES OPEN FOR SPECTATORS

0900-0930  Drifting Top 32 Warm Up

0930-1030  Drifting Top 32 Battles

1030-1045 FMX stunt show 1

1045-1055 Time Attack Top 10 Shootout

1100-1215 Drifting Top 16 Driver Intro & Top 16 Battles

1215-1315 Lunch Break

1225-1240 FMX Stunt Show 2

1230-1310 Pit Walk

1330-1410 Drifting Top 8 & Top 4

1410-1425 FMX Stunt Show 3

1430-1440 Time Attack Top 10 Shootout

1440-1520 Drifting Finals and Trophy Presentation

1520-1535 FMX Stunt Show 4

1535-1600 Extreme Entry Comp/Powerdrift comp

1600-1640 Time Attack Session 6

1640-1730 Expression Sessions & Media Rides

1700-1710 Time Attack Trophy Presentation

1730 EVENT FINISH

We love going to Perth and this video from Motive DVD explains why. Great people, awesome cars and always a good time. Round 3 of Track Battle Australian Time Attack Series is coming to WA on the 18th and 19th of November!

Marty’s RX-7 is what caught many people’s attention running a 58 around the Clubman circuit at Round 2 of the Track Battle Australian Time Attack Series. It’s PB is in the 57 second range!

This is the reason it turns so many heads. A Chevy V8 under the hood! Rotary fans are probably turning in their graves, but the lap times prove it certainly works and is reliable!

Marty’s brother’s Silvia time attack car runs a 2JZ-GTE out of a Supra. Clearly the guys don’t like sticking with factory engines! The car was still receiving finishing touches when we visited in preparation for our event.

The boys made the engine look like factory fitment and with a lap time of a minute flat on it’s first outing it certainly works too.

The guys at STZ also prep plenty of customers cars for time attack racing, some of which are stored at the workshop. Th 180.5 is the boys back up car while the 2J powered Silvia was being built.

The workshop may not be the prettiest one around, but the boys certainly get the job done.

We also stumbled across this genuine Mazdaspeed RX-7 project car hiding over the back. This one still has a rotary in it!

But this really freaked us out. A full tube-fram 180SX Sprint Car running a 2JZ-GTE!That’s right, a 600hp V8 destroying dirt racer!!!!! Clearly the guys at STZ Automotive can do anything! For more information check out their website:

STZ WEBSITE

Motive DVD’s project car JET200 is on the cover of the latest issue of Fast Fours magazine. Be sure to grab your copy from newsagents and take a good look at this dedicated time attack car that ran 1:39 on its first outing at Eastern Creek! Check out the video below.