Beat The Heat was invited to attend the McMahon Grand Reopening of the Hidden Valley Drag Strip on the weekend of 13th & 14th May 2011.
THE HEAT whose freshened up engine from Power Torque in Brisbane only arrived back into Darwin on the Tuesday prior was hastily
reinstalled thanks to hard work from the crew. Thanks also need to go to the Shewring family, who travelled up from Tennant Creek for
the meeting.
Friday evening came, and off to the track the team travelled, not knowing how THE HEAT would perform. First run straight out the box
the car ran 11.11 seconds, pleasing everyone. Overall the car performed well above the crew’s expectations for the weekend.
STR HEAT, with new rear Hoosier rubber also performed admirably, taking nearly a second off its previous best time. Fastest time
for the weekend being 14.1 seconds.
