[Rob Wilk]

Originally Posted by Dazz

If I can manage to find it, or if anyone else has access to old Auto Actions, find the report on the Winfield Triple Challenge where they ran a few of the V8's over the 1/4 mile.

I seem to recall Gardiners car running an 11.9 and think Seto managed an 11.1 at about 127mph (204km/h).

Now having a little experience with some very fast road cars that we have raced at Eastern Creek, an 11.1@127mph would place a 0-100km/h time around the high 3 to low 4 second mark depending on initial traction. I would think low 4's on average would be about the mark for the V8's concidering they are not set up to be quick off the mark.

But as I said, if anyone can find the actual Auto Action report it would help.

The 11.1 @ 127mph (204kph) Glenn seton 1/4 mile at Winfield Triple Challenge, what year and race car are you referring ?

In a Wheels Mar 1991 article I saved from Bauer media Group, it had Mark Skaife's 1991 Skyline Doing a 10.9 sec @ 204kph 1/4 mile, 0 -100kph in 3.2 secs and 0 - 160kph in 6.7 secs , so I would say 11.1 @ 204kph could be 0 - 100 kph in around 3.3 to 3.4 secs.

That 11.1 sec @ 204 kph seems rather quick for the early 90's (unless it was Skyline), Glenn Seton never had a Skyline, so could've it been a Ford Sierra Group A touring car in 1992 ?


I think the 11.9 second 1/4 mile for Gardiner's car could be during 1993 Winfield Triple Challenge.
I say this because in my Modern Motor Oct 1992 issue, it has Dick Johnson 1992 Falcon EB, which I believe is the car that raced at 1992 Nissan Mobil 500 in Wellington, NZ, that wasn't raced much.

In that mag it was estimated that it could do 0 -100kph in 4.25 secs, 0 - 160kph in 7.71 secs and 0 -200 kph in 11.26 secs.
This was with 394 kW @ 7500 rpm (nearly 530 hp) and 1300 kg minimum weight.
They didn't give 1/4 mile time for it, but I reckon that 1992 Falcon EB could probably do an 11.9 secs quarter. Assuming it may average 9.2kph per sec for the last 0.64 sec after 200 kph, that would mean it may of been capable of an 11.9 sec @205.9kph.

1993 Winfield Triple Challenge was only a couple of months later, so high 11.8 closer to 11.9 seems believable.

Not sure what edition of Auto Action you are referring to, I am thinking it may be around 1992 to 1993.
When I typed 1993 winfield triple challenge" on google search , I could find the 1993 racing programme on picclick and there was a link to ebay for it.


On You Tube, I found lots of drag racing on "1993 Winfield Triple Challenge | Eastern Creek", but I couldn't find any Australian Touring Cars being tested.

Is there a video on You tube of Gardiner running this 11.9 sec 1/4 mile ?