Video: Australian Rob Campisi First Doorslammer To 260 MPH

Image credit: Sydney Dragway

It was just a couple of weeks ago that DRAGZINE reported on Australian drag racer Rob Campisi, who with the tuning assistance of American Mike Moran, blasted into the record books with the first five-second pass ever recorded by a turbocharged doorslammer in the land down under, lighting up the Sydney Dragway scoreboards with a 5.97 at 254.52 MPH during a test session. But that was just a prelude of what was to come.

During the season opening Fuchs Australian Nationals held in Sydney this weekend, Campisi inked another milestone, becoming the first doorslammer in the world to surpass 260 MPH as he took the scenic route to an incredible 260.31 MPH blast, coupled with a 5.958-second elapsed time.

Per ANDRA regulations, Campisi’s 632 cubic inch, twin-turbocharged CV Performance/ProComp Motorsport Mustang is illegal for Top Doorslammer (essentially Pro Modified’s Australian counterpart) or Competition Eliminator, leaving Super Sedan Eliminator as the only category which Campisi can compete. And as you’ll see the in the video of this record-shattering pass above and due to the nature of the category, Campisi has to spot his opponent more than four seconds on the racetrack; the result is an eyebrow-raising 154 MPH difference in trap speeds as the Mustang passes its opponent as though it’s parked at about 1,200 feet.

While a four-second difference in dial-in’s is nothing out of the ordinary, this one may have statisticians scratching their heads as to whether this is the largest margin that a car this quick (nevermind that it’s a doorslammer) has ever had to spot another car in a bracket race anywhere in the world.

About the author

Andrew Wolf

Andrew has been involved in motorsports from a very young age. Over the years, he has photographed several major auto racing events, sports, news journalism, portraiture, and everything in between. After working with the Power Automedia staff for some time on a freelance basis, Andrew joined the team in 2010.
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