Piranha Racing - Supercharged Outlaws

Well the first round of the revised 2009 Enzed Nightfire New Year Series Nitro Funny Cars at Willowbank has been run and done for the Lexus Real Deal Motorsports Insurance Team. Unfortunately we didn’t have the new F.E.D ready as it still needs some more work done on it but the Hot Rod performed very well considering the poor weather conditions. The three qualifiers were a 7.90, 7.80 & 7.84 we dialled in @ 7.75 against Les Rodgie’s funny car “Teachers Pet”. Nathan could not hear him coming as the funny car is a 200mph car which you can certainly hear only when they come thundering past, so unfortunately with backing off and two hits on the brakes we still broke out with a 7.70, needless to say it was an early night. The only good thing to come of this was we got to pack up a lot of the trailer early in the night rather than early in the morning.

My eternal thanks go to the long suffering crew who put in many hours in the shed, as too to my long suffering wife Heather for the check book. A special thanks to Alan Croft my next door neighbour for the immense amount of work he does on the heads, our two truck drivers Darren & Macca and Bernie for her special effort in helping keep the transporter stocked and in ship shape condition. The highlight of the meeting for me was the excellent runs by Paul Shackleton & Damien Harris with there new nitro funny car, superb performance also from Gary Densham. The lowlight was the sheer destruction in some of the other nitro funny cars particularly the Bailey brothers, how they ever have the heart and soul to take that junk home after they have been blown up and burnt by it only to rebuild it and have another go, it just amazes me.

Similarly, Brisbane based Steve Reed’s funny car provided the most violent alcohol explosion and fire that I have ever witnessed. I was sitting with Deb & Sally at the time of the explosion and it really brings back to you how quickly things can go wrong, from the ecstasy of watching Steve go past to the agony of not knowing if he was hurt. It was such a relief to hear the announcement that he had made it out of the car and was Ok. On the Sunday morning Debbie bought Steve back to the track where there were only half a dozen teams left packing up and his only comment was he thought someone would of at least packed up for him whilst he was in hospital for the night. Steve, see you at the track as soon as you can, I guess you will be stealing Debbie’s funny car now.

It never ceases to amaze me the varying people who approach the “Lexus Piranha Real Deal Motor Sports Insurance” camp to have look at the Hot Rod. I am sure the crowd will double when we have the Penguin F.E.D at the track as well. The crowd varies from all ages, we came across a special guest at our last meeting an Australian, Pommy with a dual passport that lives in Belgium and works for a motor bike shock absorber company in Belgium he was home for Christmas and this was his first drag meeting. He was an absolute delight to have a lengthy conversation with but all he wanted to know was the G’s, the acceleration, the braking all in G’s. I was to quick to point out to him that drag racers could not give a hoot about G’s all they look for is ET, MPH and win lights.

Remember too, any fans out there mums & dads if you have a youngster please feel free to bring them up to the Hot Rod and with time permitting we will always pop them in the driver’s seat or prop them on the mud guard for any photos. At the “Lexus Piranha Real Deal Motor Sports Insurance” camp we are all well aware that the fans of today are the racers of tomorrow and without the paying public we would not be able to sustain the prize money. Aside from that I just love the sheer delight and looks on some of the kid’s faces when you stick them inside the Hot Rod and Mum or Dad take a photo, it is something that costs nothing but the feeling is precious and is something money just cannot buy.

Our next meeting is the 2nd round January 16th & 17th look forward to an improved performance by the Hot Rod and maybe the debut of the F.E.D. Following that we are off too Sydney Dragway for the 2009 Wynn’s Spitfire Summer Nationals to defend our Supercharged Outlaws crown that we won last year.

Regards and thanks to everyone,

Peter A. Peirano

CROSSROADS FREIGHTLINES SUPERCHARGED OUTLAWS QUALIFYING ROUND ONE
02/01/2009 4:17 pm 25Deg,64%H,1009mB,2000RA,(TT)34Deg
1452 Right Lane NATHAN PEIRANO LEXUS HOT ROD , 240CU 4 LITRES

#Tst RcNo 59_______Time Trials, Test and Tune (R)
NUM CLASS HCAP REACT 60 330 660 MPH 1000 ET MPH
1452 SC/O 6.50 0.650 1.153 3.235 5.002 137.95 6.559 7.900 168.10 1

CROSSROADS FREIGHTLINES SUPERCHARGED OUTLAWS QUALIFYING ROUND TWO

02/01/2009 5:58 pm 24Deg,70%H,1010mB,1730RA,(TT)32Deg
623 Right Lane LES RODGIE FUNNY CAR ,
1452 Left Lane NATHAN PEIRANO LEXUS HOT ROD , 240CU 4 LITRES
#Tst RcNo 85_______Time Trials, Test and Tune (R) Right Win M:0.680
NUM CLASS HCAP REACT 60 330 660 MPH 1000 ET MPH
623 SC/O 6.50 0.451 1.120 2.987 4.559 154.32 5.924 7.078 194.38 2
1452 SC/O 6.50 0.409 1.137 3.179 4.932 140.10 6.475 7.800 169.94 2
Nathan Peirano and Les Rodgie, both are taking their time to come into stage, they leave Rodgie has the edge and keeps ahead of the Lexus for the win in this the second qualifying session.

CROSSROADS FREIGHTLINES SUPERCHARGED OUTLAWS QUALIFYING ROUND THREE

02/01/2009 9:21 pm 22Deg,85%H,1012mB,1560RA,(TT)31Deg
756 Right Lane RUSSELL SCHAFER RAIL , 454
1452 Left Lane NATHAN PEIRANO LEXUS HOT ROD , 240CU 4 LITRES
#Tst RcNo 181_______Time Trials, Test and Tune (R) Right Win M:0.192
NUM CLASS HCAP REACT 60 330 660 MPH 1000 ET MPH
756 SC/O 6.50 0.434 1.223 3.250 4.961 143.40 6.451 7.720 176.96 2
1452 SC/O 6.50 0.497 1.144 3.209 4.970 139.06 6.519 7.849 170.97 3
Nathan Peirano and Rusell Schaffer are our first pairing in this last session of qualifying for Supercharged Outlaws, both into stage, nice pass on both sides of the quarter with Schaffer crossing the finish line first.

CROSSROADS FREIGHTLINES SUPERCHARGED OUTLAWS ELIMINATIONS ROUND ONE

03/01/2009 6:16 pm 21Deg,71%H,1015mB,1140RA,(TT)30Deg
1452 Right Lane NATHAN PEIRANO LEXUS HOT ROD , 240CU 4 LITRES
623 Left Lane LES RODGIE FUNNY CAR ,
#Gp3 RcNo 115 SC/O SUPERCHARGED (R) Left Win M:0.078
NUM CLASS HCAP REACT 60 330 660 MPH 1000 ET MPH
1452 SC/O 7.75 0.496 1.117 3.155 4.885 141.69 6.397 7.708 165.62 B
623 SC/O 6.95 0.458 1.151 3.014 4.557 160.37 5.891 7.024 198.41
Les Rodgie and Nathan Peirano are the first pair to compete here this afternoon in Outlaws, this is a good pass, Peirano is out and away, Rodgie is catching him and Rodgie takes the win as Peirano breaks out.



	RACE REPORTS: Nitro Funny Cars Willowbank Raceway 2nd & 3rd January 2009 Well the first round of the revised 2009 Enzed Nightfire New Year Series Nitro Funny Cars at Willowbank has been run and done for the Lexus Real Deal Motorsports Insurance Team. Unfortunately we didn’t have the new F.E.D ready as it still needs some more work done on it but the Hot Rod performed very well considering the poor weather conditions. The three qualifiers were a 7.90, 7.80 & 7.84 we dialled in @ 7.75 against Les Rodgie’s funny car “Teachers Pet”. Nathan could not hear him coming as the funny car is a 200mph car which you can certainly hear only when they come thundering past, so unfortunately with backing off and two hits on the brakes we still broke out with a 7.70, needless to say it was an early night. The only good thing to come of this was we got to pack up a lot of the trailer early in the night rather than early in the morning. My eternal thanks go to the long suffering crew who put in many hours in the shed, as too to my long suffering wife Heather for the check book. A special thanks to Alan Croft my next door neighbour for the immense amount of work he does on the heads, our two truck drivers Darren & Macca and Bernie for her special effort in helping keep the transporter stocked and in ship shape condition. The highlight of the meeting for me was the excellent runs by Paul Shackleton & Damien Harris with there new nitro funny car, superb performance also from Gary Densham. The lowlight was the sheer destruction in some of the other nitro funny cars particularly the Bailey brothers, how they ever have the heart and soul to take that junk home after they have been blown up and burnt by it only to rebuild it and have another go, it just amazes me. Similarly, Brisbane based Steve Reed’s funny car provided the most violent alcohol explosion and fire that I have ever witnessed. I was sitting with Deb & Sally at the time of the explosion and it really brings back to you how quickly things can go wrong, from the ecstasy of watching Steve go past to the agony of not knowing if he was hurt. It was such a relief to hear the announcement that he had made it out of the car and was Ok. On the Sunday morning Debbie bought Steve back to the track where there were only half a dozen teams left packing up and his only comment was he thought someone would of at least packed up for him whilst he was in hospital for the night. Steve, see you at the track as soon as you can, I guess you will be stealing Debbie’s funny car now. It never ceases to amaze me the varying people who approach the “Lexus Piranha Real Deal Motor Sports Insurance” camp to have look at the Hot Rod. I am sure the crowd will double when we have the Penguin F.E.D at the track as well. The crowd varies from all ages, we came across a special guest at our last meeting an Australian, Pommy with a dual passport that lives in Belgium and works for a motor bike shock absorber company in Belgium he was home for Christmas and this was his first drag meeting. He was an absolute delight to have a lengthy conversation with but all he wanted to know was the G’s, the acceleration, the braking all in G’s. I was to quick to point out to him that drag racers could not give a hoot about G’s all they look for is ET, MPH and win lights. Remember too, any fans out there mums & dads if you have a youngster please feel free to bring them up to the Hot Rod and with time permitting we will always pop them in the driver’s seat or prop them on the mud guard for any photos. At the “Lexus Piranha Real Deal Motor Sports Insurance” camp we are all well aware that the fans of today are the racers of tomorrow and without the paying public we would not be able to sustain the prize money. Aside from that I just love the sheer delight and looks on some of the kid’s faces when you stick them inside the Hot Rod and Mum or Dad take a photo, it is something that costs nothing but the feeling is precious and is something money just cannot buy. Our next meeting is the 2nd round January 16th & 17th look forward to an improved performance by the Hot Rod and maybe the debut of the F.E.D. Following that we are off too Sydney Dragway for the 2009 Wynn’s Spitfire Summer Nationals to defend our Supercharged Outlaws crown that we won last year. Regards and thanks to everyone, Peter A. Peirano CROSSROADS FREIGHTLINES SUPERCHARGED OUTLAWS QUALIFYING ROUND ONE 02/01/2009 4:17 pm 25Deg,64%H,1009mB,2000RA,(TT)34Deg 1452 Right Lane NATHAN PEIRANO LEXUS HOT ROD , 240CU 4 LITRES #Tst RcNo 59_______Time Trials, Test and Tune (R) NUM CLASS HCAP REACT 60 330 660 MPH 1000 ET MPH 1452 SC/O 6.50 0.650 1.153 3.235 5.002 137.95 6.559 7.900 168.10 1 CROSSROADS FREIGHTLINES SUPERCHARGED OUTLAWS QUALIFYING ROUND TWO 02/01/2009 5:58 pm 24Deg,70%H,1010mB,1730RA,(TT)32Deg 623 Right Lane LES RODGIE FUNNY CAR , 1452 Left Lane NATHAN PEIRANO LEXUS HOT ROD , 240CU 4 LITRES #Tst RcNo 85_______Time Trials, Test and Tune (R) Right Win M:0.680 NUM CLASS HCAP REACT 60 330 660 MPH 1000 ET MPH 623 SC/O 6.50 0.451 1.120 2.987 4.559 154.32 5.924 7.078 194.38 2 1452 SC/O 6.50 0.409 1.137 3.179 4.932 140.10 6.475 7.800 169.94 2 Nathan Peirano and Les Rodgie, both are taking their time to come into stage, they leave Rodgie has the edge and keeps ahead of the Lexus for the win in this the second qualifying session. CROSSROADS FREIGHTLINES SUPERCHARGED OUTLAWS QUALIFYING ROUND THREE 02/01/2009 9:21 pm 22Deg,85%H,1012mB,1560RA,(TT)31Deg 756 Right Lane RUSSELL SCHAFER RAIL , 454 1452 Left Lane NATHAN PEIRANO LEXUS HOT ROD , 240CU 4 LITRES #Tst RcNo 181_______Time Trials, Test and Tune (R) Right Win M:0.192 NUM CLASS HCAP REACT 60 330 660 MPH 1000 ET MPH 756 SC/O 6.50 0.434 1.223 3.250 4.961 143.40 6.451 7.720 176.96 2 1452 SC/O 6.50 0.497 1.144 3.209 4.970 139.06 6.519 7.849 170.97 3 Nathan Peirano and Rusell Schaffer are our first pairing in this last session of qualifying for Supercharged Outlaws, both into stage, nice pass on both sides of the quarter with Schaffer crossing the finish line first. CROSSROADS FREIGHTLINES SUPERCHARGED OUTLAWS ELIMINATIONS ROUND ONE 03/01/2009 6:16 pm 21Deg,71%H,1015mB,1140RA,(TT)30Deg 1452 Right Lane NATHAN PEIRANO LEXUS HOT ROD , 240CU 4 LITRES 623 Left Lane LES RODGIE FUNNY CAR , #Gp3 RcNo 115 SC/O SUPERCHARGED (R) Left Win M:0.078 NUM CLASS HCAP REACT 60 330 660 MPH 1000 ET MPH 1452 SC/O 7.75 0.496 1.117 3.155 4.885 141.69 6.397 7.708 165.62 B 623 SC/O 6.95 0.458 1.151 3.014 4.557 160.37 5.891 7.024 198.41 Les Rodgie and Nathan Peirano are the first pair to compete here this afternoon in Outlaws, this is a good pass, Peirano is out and away, Rodgie is catching him and Rodgie takes the win as Peirano breaks out.