Calder Park Drag Racing Upgrades

       Calder Park Drag Racing Upgrades

By Mark Humphrey

Melbourne, Vic/Aus. 20^th August 2015. Track upgrade works at Calder Park Drag Racing continue to meet targets with the extension of the concrete racing surface completed today. Although running a touch behind the original schedule track promoter Peter Pisalidis is happy with the progress to date. “We have a number of targets set out in the rectification program with the extension of the concrete surface out to around the 330 mark as one of the key points” he said. Pisalidis added “it was frustrating in the beginning as we had to change the original start time due to circumstances outside of our control but today marks a significant point in the program. We have been getting lots of positive feedback about the track upgrades and the future of racing at Calder Park and I’m definitely getting excited about our re-opening day which will be a Test n Tune session open to all racers” he said.

Now that the extension of the concrete racing surface has been completed attention now shifts to the upgrade works on the asphalt racing surface namely the bumps in both lane 1 and lane 2 between the 600 and 1000 foot marks. Pisalidis confirmed that works will start on levelling out the bumps in the track early next week and will be completed by weeks end provided the contractors are not faced with adverse weather conditions. From there the attention shifts back to the recently laid concrete surface where surface grinding will ensure a perfectly flat surface from the existing start line out to the end of the freshly laid concrete surface. Although the grinding will be held off for a couple of weeks Pisalidis is hopeful of running the re-opening day on Sunday September the 6^th. “Yeah I’m hopeful that we will be ready to go on the 6^th but it depends on the weather going forward. The re-opening will definitely be a Sunday so if we miss the 6^th due to foul weather then we will just go to the 13^th” he said. Pisalidis added “racers should keep an eye on the Calder Park Drag Racing website for further updates with regards to the re-opening day. I have had a lot of interest from racers keen to run down the up-graded racing surface so I’m expecting the day to be pretty special” he said.

Pisalidis is looking forward to finalising the works and getting on with racing. The Calder Park Drag Racing calendar will see some minor alterations to it once the ANDRA National Series currently under negotiation has been finalised. For further updates on the calendar go to 

 http://www.calderparkdragracing.com.au/

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Street meets are a great way to try out drag racing and test the performance of your everyday street vehicle in a safe and legal environment.

Calder Park will be hosting ANDRA sanctioned street meets through the second half of 2013 so you can experience the thrill of Melbourne's own quarter mile.

Entry cost: $65 (includes $5 ANDRA divisional day licence)

Spectator entry: $25

To go racing at street meets, all you need is a street vehicle that passes basic safety checks on tyres, brakes, steering and liquid leaks. If you race a vehicle with a manufacture date of pre 1 January 2008 you can run up to 11.00 seconds without the need for a tech inspection or ANDRA licence. Vehicles manufactured post 1 January 2008 can run to 10.00 seconds without the need for a tech inspection or ANDRA licence. Check www.andra.com.au for specific information on safety and licence requirements.