How old is victor bray

Victor gave us a little of his time this week, amidst preparing his Murray Anderson built iconic 57 Chev for his much awaited return.

What has inspired you to come back? I would say I just got to the stage where there were a lot of things I had to catch up on. The sport of drag racing takes a lot out of you, both mentally and financially. I had a lot of stuff going on at home. Victor knows that everyone has a private life outside of drag racing and the Brays are no different. The teams lack nothing in equipment and having had a close look at some of the Pro Modified operations, they have parts as good as those anywhere.

What is lacking is track time with the limited number of Championship meetings, and also track surfaces which are not as smooth in Europe as they are in Australia or the U. Previously we ran drag racing at multi-purpose facilities such as Eastern Creek. We persuaded the Government to get involved as racing would keep kids off the streets. Because of that support, we were able to invest tens of millions into the project. On the back of improved track facilities we have been able to greatly increase the numbers of competitors at meetings and at major events we are now seeing competitors.

This helps the image of the sport and the competition. The Mantorp track reminds me of the old Calder Park. I can see the expansion and improvement of tracks happening over here but it does require a lot of effort to persuade the various lobbies involved.

Victor Bray : The latest development has been the management group led by Shane Gore and his brother, known as WPS Racing co-owners of Team Australia racing in major circuit series who have come up with a proposal to be 'category managers' for Group One. Every pain and overwhelming moment culminated at the moment when the door on his iconic Chevy slammed shut, and he pushed down the throttle to begin his most-emotional burnout ever.

I felt much better on Saturday. Bray was besieged on Friday with an overwhelming number of fans in his Gulf Western-sponsored pit area as his crew thrashed feverishly to rebuild a car which had been used essentially as a parts car for his teammates, son Ben Bray and Frankie Taylor.

Rain began to fall during Friday's Q-1 session, providing a reprieve for a beleaguered Bray. On Saturday, an unexpected engine issue kept the team in the pits for the day's opening session.