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Mark Sheehan was victorious for round one of the ENZED International Nightfire New Year Series (Brock Parcell)
Rookie
driver Mark Sheehan has taken an upset victory over ‘the Master’ Gary
Densham in the USA vs AUS Nitro Funny Car Showdown, round one of the
ENZED International Nightfire New Year Series, at Willowbank Raceway
tonight.
The result, which saw Sheehan take the win from the US legend - who had
earlier in the evening clinched and reset the National time and speed
records in the class after running the first ever ‘four second’ pass
outside of North America and the first 300 plus mph run on Friday night
- will no doubt inspire a spirited rematch at Willowbank Raceway for
round two of the Series on January 16/17.
Both drivers left the line strong in tonight’s final, before the 62
year old Californian Densham found the limit mid-track as he tried to
push for a 4.80s/320mph pass to top off his impressive record-breaking
passes and had to shut off early.