HOT TIME IN INDY FOR RAI

Posted: 6th September 2015

 Rapisarda Autosport International is in 19 th place after day two of qualifying at the 61st annual Chevrolet Performance U.S Nationals in Indianapolis.

The all ‘Aussie’ team like many of their peers found the track conditions a challenge with the temperature hovering around the 117F mark.

Wayne Newby’s opening pass ended in a cloud of tyre smoke around the 330 -foot mark.

“We weren’t the only car not to get down the track,” explained Newby. “There were probably only four or five cars who did decent runs. I was under orders to not pedal it or do anything silly. We got the car back to the pits, stripped the engine and there were no damaged parts.”

“On the second run we were fast to 60 feet, really marching, when something broke in the engine. Tomorrow will be tough but I think we are up to the challenge.” Said Newby.

Later the team confirmed that the car suffered a broken #2 piston and torched a head gasket around 1.8 seconds into the run.

On a brighter note Santino and Santo Jnr. were reunited with team favourite Khalid al Balooshi making his first appearance of the season on the Mello Yello series for 2015. END