Allstars Drag and Drive Completes Their 3-Day Event in Australia - Daniel Smith Tops the Field with a K-Series Powered Toyota Celica!
The drag and drive events calendar gained over ten events for the 2025 season, and one of those is the Allstars Drag and Drive.
A three-day event through Australia, Allstars Drag and Drive visited Willowbank Raceway and Warwick Dragway, and added the challenge of the drives between the two tracks.
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Allstars Drag and Drive featured nine classes, from an Unlimited class, to both ‘Naturally Aspirated’ and ‘Forced’ (forced induction) version of a 235 / 255 tire class and a 28-inch tire class, as well as three index classes, a ‘Cruise Crew’ and a Top Ten listing.
The overall champion with the lowest time total came from the Forced 235 / 255 class, in what could be the first time a 4-cylinder captured an overall drag and drive event title.
Daniel Smith scored the top spot for the event, wheeling his K-series Honda powered Toyota Celica to a best run of 7.60 at 185 mph on the final day, and a 20.215-second overall total.
Jason Kenny captured the second spot with a 20.957-second total for the three days, with a best pass of 7.85 on the first day. This also scored Kenny the victory in the Forced 28s class.
The third overall was Scott Hoffman, who finished second in the Forced 28s class, with a 21.255-second tally, and a best single pass of 7.694.
Pro Import would find Paul Butler at the top of the standings, with his Holden Gemini TX putting together a total of 21.844 seconds for the class win, a top five overall finish.
Kevin Brown would lay down the quickest run on fuel and sir alone to lead the N/A (Naturally Aspirated) 235 / 255 class, putting up a total time of 24.004 seconds for the class victory.
The N/A 28s class had Russell Tonkin and his Holden HT putting up the best score, with a 25.04-second tally for the class accolades.
Shaye O’Reilly topped the Unlimited class, guiding a Datsun 1200 to a 25.935-second total for the event.
The quickest of the three index-based classes, the Pro 8.50 / 5.50, also featured the best performance of the three. Michael Basile only varied a total of .022 of-a second from the index standards, including a solid 8.503 on the final day, to score the top spot with his Holden Commodore.
The Pro 11.50 / 7.50 index-based class would see the Ford XT Falcon of Michael Wyton at the top of the standings, with a tally of only .044 of-a-second from the index over three days.
Matt Moloney would do the best in the Pro 10.50 / 6.50 index-based class, varying .068 of-a-second from the index standards to park his Chevrolet Camaro in Victory Lane.
Written by Derek Putnam. Photos courtesy of Allstars Drag and Drive / dragphotos.com.au
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