The 2011 Street Sprints was taken out by Glenn Frew who had to beat the conditions, a broken diff and 53 other drivers for the title. After a wet start to the second day of the street sprints, the final showdown was between Frew and Carl Vaughan in failing light where Frew managed to hold his nerve and claim the crown.
It was Frew's first win in his fourth street sprints but it was nearly all over before it had begun.
"It was good to get the win but it got off to a bad start with a broken diff on the start line in one of the earlier runs and then the rain this morning didn't help," Frew said yesterday.
"The car went great though and I managed to keep getting faster with each run so I'm pretty stoked."
Frew in his Mitsubishi Lancer clocked the fastest time in the semifinal round of four which gave him the option of who went first in the final where he chose to set the time to beat.
"He sort of had to get the demons off his back I guess," Frew's pit crew member Damon Findlater said.
"Because he had a similar final down south at the end of last year where he chose to go second and pushing to match the time spun off on the second-to-last corner and wrecked the car so we convinced him to go first here. Whether it was right or not it worked."
It certainly worked as after setting the pace throughout the day he was looking good at the split to better his semifinal time and was just as quick on the second lap to clock 2 minutes 27.090 seconds, around a second faster than his previous effort.
That left Vaughan needing to improve by a little over two second to take the title in his single seater open wheeled Suzuki.
Vaughan gave it a fairly good nudge improving his time but was just under a second off Frew's time at 2min 28.129 seconds.
Frew's win capped off another highly successful street sprints, and Wheels Week with the drivers already anticipating next year's event.
It was Frew's first win in his fourth street sprints but it was nearly all over before it had begun.
"It was good to get the win but it got off to a bad start with a broken diff on the start line in one of the earlier runs and then the rain this morning didn't help," Frew said yesterday.
"The car went great though and I managed to keep getting faster with each run so I'm pretty stoked."
Frew in his Mitsubishi Lancer clocked the fastest time in the semifinal round of four which gave him the option of who went first in the final where he chose to set the time to beat.
"He sort of had to get the demons off his back I guess," Frew's pit crew member Damon Findlater said.
"Because he had a similar final down south at the end of last year where he chose to go second and pushing to match the time spun off on the second-to-last corner and wrecked the car so we convinced him to go first here. Whether it was right or not it worked."
It certainly worked as after setting the pace throughout the day he was looking good at the split to better his semifinal time and was just as quick on the second lap to clock 2 minutes 27.090 seconds, around a second faster than his previous effort.
That left Vaughan needing to improve by a little over two second to take the title in his single seater open wheeled Suzuki.
Vaughan gave it a fairly good nudge improving his time but was just under a second off Frew's time at 2min 28.129 seconds.
Frew's win capped off another highly successful street sprints, and Wheels Week with the drivers already anticipating next year's event.
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