As I am sure many of you are aware of, the growing interest of the 4wd japanese and US cars for drag racing has been on the rise over the past few years. Until recently the top cars have always been from and in Japan. It all changed over this weekend in Australia. For the FIRST time they do not own the title of the quickest 4wd car on street tyres. At a huge sanactioned event in Australia, the 4's and rotory Jamberee a New Zealand owned, built, and driven 1994 R32 GTR re-wrote the record books.

The Croydon Wholesalers car ripped up the strip in a mind blowing 8.55 @ 165mph. They backed it up with a nearly identical run of 8.56 @ 165mph to make it official. The other cars it beat it reads like a list of who is who in the world of Japanese Tuning houses.

4WD DRAG RECORD (ON STREET TYRES)

1. Croydon Wholesalers New Zealand R32GTR 8.55
2. Veilside Japan R32GTR 8.612
3. Waste Sports Japan R33GTR 8.916
4. Garage Decide Japan R32GTR 8.933
5. Signal Auto Japan R34GTR 8.999
6. Endless Japan R33GTR 9.025
7. Garage SPL Japan R33GTR 9.104
8. Red Zone Japan R32GTR 9.122
9. M's Factory Japan R32GTR 9.140

You can view the Croydon Car HERE (http://www.croydons.co.nz/)