Friday and Saturday the 21 and 22 on May 2010 are two days that will go down in Australian motorsport history. The World Time Attack Challenge saw some of the fastest Time Attack cars on the planet descend on Eastern Creek in Sydney.
With a field including the Sierra Sierra Evo, R-Magic RX-7, Hi Octane GT-R, PanSpeed RX-7, Cyber Evo and the Tomei Cusco WRX, this was a competition unlike anything that had been seen in Australia before. Adding to the international spotlight was famed Japanese driver Tarzan Yamada, who ultimately took out the competition with a track record time of 1:30:587 in the Cyber Evo.
The Pro Class Winners were;
1. Tarzan Yamada CyberEVO 1:30.587
2. David Empringham Sierra Sierra 1:31.8840
3. Tarzan Yamada Tomei/Cusco 1:31.9010
Rob Whyte made the 12 hour drive from Brisbane to Eastern Creek to compete in the invitational Tectaloy Drift Challenge alongside a field of Australia's top drifters and even Japanese D1 drivers Takahiro Ueno and Toshiki Yoshioka.
In one of the most entertaining but unfortunate events of the drift challenge, Rob stripped a tyre off the 350z during a run and it flew past the car, forcing him off the track. The tyre then rolled across the track and landed at his feet - and you can see it all on the video below!
This was a spectacular event and we were proud to be involved and our sincere thanks must go to Ian Baker and the team from Superlap who worked tirelessly to bring this event together. We can hardly wait for the next one!
