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Jay Upton and his Top Fuel Promotions Team had a mixed season in 2009/10. |
West Australian Drag Racer Jay Upton was disappointed not to regain the ANDRA Pro Series Drag Racing Top Fuel Motorcycle National Title, finishing runner-up in the Championship they have won four times already, in a year that saw the team recover the Australian Top Fuel Motorcycle National Record from New Zealand and set the fastest half track speed in the world this year.
‘We don’t count the second places” quipped Jay, “but we’d have to be close to ten by now!”
Upton and the team have been fore runners of motorcycle Drag Racing all over the world, but three years in a row have been hit by a strange set of circumstances out of their control that have thwarted their championship aspirations including a transport incident that destroyed a chassis and much of the support equipment, a new engine program that caused several explosions, and a horrific crash that completely destroyed a brand new bike and left Jay with a broken pelvis.
Losing in the semi-final at the recent Winternationals…. to a starter motor problem, typified the recent challenges the team has faced.
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Upton racing at the recent Winternationals in Queensland. |
“I guess we shouldn’t be too hard on ourselves, we did win an event this season, set a National Record, made the Finals at two events and was runner up in the title chase"
"But to us that is a bad year!”
The plan for the WA based Top Fuel Promotions Team for the upcoming ANDRA Pro Series season includes the addition of a second bike and to source opportunities for a car in the team going forward.
Jay and the TFP team have contested more than 100 National Events at the professional level in Australia, and continue to campaign the most unique and recognisable Drag Racing vehicles in the world today.
Jay added “We could not have achieved this without the incredible support that racing fans the world over have shown to us, and without the continued support of our sponsors and our racing peers over the years".
Top Fuel Promotions wishes to thank ongoing support from Gates Belts and Hose, Sprintex Superchargers, Honda MPE, Crawford Real Estate, Speed Torque, Ranch Auto Engineers, JPP, Bravo Resources, SignHere Signs, TomCat Hardchrome, Gulf Western Oils, Sainty Engineering.
