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2008 Supercheap Auto Drift Shootout

Following on from our successful series earlier in the year we are proud to announce another one to commence in August with one round a month through to the Final in December. We have secured Supercheap Auto as a naming rights sponsor for the series!!

With $10000 in Prizemoney and Product up for grabs over the series and a Traditional Battle format there is going to be plenty of action!

The dates have been set and will be:

August 9th Saturday

September 26th Friday

October 17th Friday

November 14th Friday

December - TBA

Prizemoney will be allocated at the series end as follows to be paid at the Presentation to be held at Option1Garage at a date to be announced

1st Place $2000 cash $1000 to spend at Supercheap Auto

2nd Place $1000 cash $1000 to spend at Supercheap Auto

3rd place $1000

4th Place $750

5th Place $500

6th Place $400

7th Place $300

8th to 9th Place $250 ea

10th to 12th Place $200 ea

13th to 15th Place $150 ea

16th to 20th Place $100 ea

To Enter the series you must comply with the following conditions

Scrutineering will be as follows:

  • Battery Securely mounted
  • Oil catch can fitted or breather vented to intake
  • No oil or water/coolant leaks from vehicle
  • Seats and seat belts securely bolted in - harness for driver preferred (but not essential)
  • Fire Extinguisher fitted and securely mounted in the vehicle
  • Car presented in tidy condition - no primer and body kits fitted
  • Driver to have a driving suit or overalls and enclosed shoes must be worn
  • Helmets must be worn - to be presented at scrutineering and have Aust. Stand AS1698

As we are trying to put on a show here presentation of cars and drivers must be of a high standard - if you are not sure if you will qualify please contact us to find out.

Format for Events

The field will be divided into two groups of 16 cars seeded on past results at Archerfield at the organisers discression – Group 1 will be the more successful and experienced group , Group 2 will be the remaining drivers entered.

To get a top 32 battle tree for the competition each group will randomly draw a number from 1 through to 16 and that will be their first battle. So who draws number one in Group 1 will battle who draws Number 1 in Group 2 and so on down to 16. The reason for this is we do not have the time to Qualify drivers at each round. By splitting the groups for the Top 32 we are achieving a more realistic battle tree whereas the top qualifier usually gets the bottom qualifier in the first round.

Cars will be on track for an hours practice at the start of the event, this will be followed by a driver's parade and then straight into the battle rounds. As always we will run approx 1hour at the end of the night as an expression session for some fun. There will be no compulsory passenger rides at the end of the night, we will arrange this with drivers who are happy to do them on the night. You will be able to take out passengers in the expression session.

Series Pointscore

Points will be awarded as follows for each round

1st 25 points

2nd 22 points

3rd 20 points

4th 18 points

5th > 8th 14 points

9th > 16th 8 points

17th > 32nd 5 points

Entries for the Series

If you would like to enter the series go to the Archerfield page on the Option1Garage web site and fill in the pre enter form. Your entry will not be confirmed until payment as follows. The organisers have the right to not accept an entry and refund the fee at their discression.

$250 with your nomination, $250 to pay by the 15th October before the 3rd round

$500 up front payment if you take this option we will randomly draw one entry at the first round who has paid in full to get $100 back in cash on the day!

As a condition of entry you must purchase from us numbers for the car - one each side on the rear windows and one LH side of the windscreen with your surname to go on the windscreen below the number. Look at any DA entry to see what we are trying to do. We will also have 2 Supercheap Auto stickers to go on the vehicle at our discression . All of these will be fitted by the organisers at the first round and must be present on the vehicle at every round following. If removed you will have to purchase more. Cost will be kept to a minimum and charged at our cost price so that no profit is added on.

There will be no exceptions - If you have not paid or the numbers/stickers are not there you don't run!

So get your entries in and let make this huge for Supercheap Auto :(

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DRIFTERS MEET AND BBQ LUNCH AT OPTION1GARAGE – SATURDAY 26TH JULY

On Saturday 26th July we are holding a gathering at Option1Garage to discuss all the details of the upcoming 2008 Supercheap Auto Drift Shootout. We will be holding a BBQ lunch for all those attending and will have Truck’n Djs out here with the sound system :thumbsup: This is a good chance to ask any questions you may have regarding the series and we will also be doing sign ups on the day!

It will start a 1pm with no set finishing time so feel free to drop in and say hi! This is open to both drifters and also anyone that is interested in the series!

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