Steve Carlsen: 1965 Ford Falcon Sprint

Steve Carlsen. 1965 Ford Falcon Sprint. <br>[Photo by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GrahamsGlimpses/" target="_blank"> Grahams Glimpses</a>]
Steve Carlsen. 1965 Ford Falcon Sprint
Steve Carlsen. 1965 Ford Falcon Sprint
Steve Carlsen, and team, with his silver christmas tree in Sydney
Steve's 1964 Ford Falcon Sprint was very successful in Super Sedan. [Photo by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GrahamsGlimpses/" target="_blank"> Grahams Glimpses</a>]
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Steve's 1965 Ford Falcon Sprint at the 2025 Winternationals.
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Steve's started racing his Ford Falcon Sprint in ????. He won both the IHRA and NZDRA Super Sedan titles in 2018, before stepping up the combo and moving into Top Street. He once again topped the NZDRA points series come seasons end. Steve then had Paralax Race Cars construct a new chassis under a fibreglass 1965 Falcon Sprint body, to house a 521 Brad Anderson Hemi backed by a B&J/Quickdrive transmission.

2025 started out well for Steve with a 6.276 PB at NAPA Auto Parts Dragway. A long held desire to race overseas then saw Steve start an Australian campaign. First up was a new PB of 6.261 competing at Dragway at The Bend, in South Australia, before transmission problems reared their head. It was then on to the Nitro Champs in Sydney. Steve top qualified with his first 5, a 5.999, in Pro Mod and then progressed through to the final. A transmission leak meant that he could not contest the final, but he still got to collect the runner-up's silver christmas tree. Finally, it was onto the Winternationals at Willowbank Raceway in Queensland, just the biggest drag meeting outside the USA.........

Class Top Doorslammer
Body Fibreglass 1965 Falcon Sprint
Engine 521 cubic inch Brad Anderson
Supercharger PSI
Fuel Injection Enderle
Ignition MSD Pro Mag 44
Data Logger RPM DL10
Torque Converter Neal Chance
Gearbox B&J 3 speed
Differential 10" Ford. 4.31 gears
Front Suspension Strange struts
Rear Suspension Four link with Kinetic Engineering shocks
Chassis Chromoly by Paralax Racecars
Wheels 15 x 4 Race Star. 18 x 16 Race Star.
Tyres 25 x 4.5 x 15 Mickey Thompson. 34.5 x 17 x 16 Hoosier
Brakes Strange
Paint By Steve Carlsen
Major Sponsor Wairarapa Automotive & Engineering, Chickenhawk Motorsport,
Best times 5.999 secs. 237.63 mph
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