Grudge Kings 2023 – Sydney Dragway

The annual event Grudge Kings was hosted by Sydney Dragway – where the fastest Blown, Turbo, Nitrous, and Naturally aspirated cars race head up in multiple classes.

George Haramis – Maatouk’s Racing

On its first-ever full pass, George Haramis made a strong statement, setting a new record with a 6.71@212mph making it Australia’s quickest Supra!

The Maatouk’s Racing built GH0747 Supra is controlled by a Nexus R5 VCU.

Riccardo Pontonio – MPW

Hailing from Melbourne, Riccardo Pontonio claimed the overall win for the R275 class with a blistering pass of 7.56@181mph putting him at #1 place on the True Street leaderboard!

The brown Holden VK Commodore is controlled by an Elite 2500 ECU and is expertly built, prepped, and tuned by MPW Performance & Race Fab.

Adam Rogash – MPW

Another beast from the MPW stable was none other than Adam Rogash‘s beautiful blue 1970 MK1 Capri. For its first-ever event, the team’s goal was to hit 6s, and that it did with a 6.91@199mph!

Powered by a 3000hp, twin-turbo, 596ci Big Block Chevy with the whole setup controlled by a Nexus R5 VCU.

Trent Blainey – MPW

All eyes were on another immaculate build by MPW Performance and Total Workz – Trent Blainey’s 1800hp Group A Walkinshaw VL.

Trent did not hold back and propelled his car into the 7-second club with a pass of 7.7@187mph. “WALKE” is locked and loaded with a twin-turbo 427ci Dart LS and controlled by a full Haltech system from end to end.

Fox Cullen

After sorting out a few gremlins and a last-minute effort to make the event, Fox Cullen and his wild Valiant ended up smashing out a new PB on small tires with a 4.74@158mph over the eighth mile!

Fox’s blown Valiant is equipped with an Elite VMS-T ECU accompanied by a PD16 PDM, iC-7 display dash, and an 8-button CAN keypad all wired in by Tuned By Dale.

Stuart Bennett

Stuart Bennett ran a super solid 6.17@230mph on Friday’s test day, however, unfortunately, had transmission issues on Saturday wrapping up the weekend for the team.

Chuck Jifkins

Chuck Jifkins set a new eighth-mile PB with a run of 5.0@143mph in his Commodore ute thanks to his new 2JZ combo.

The 2JZ setup is controlled by an Elite 2500T ECU.

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