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LAPS OF LUXURY

RICCARDO Pontonio has long been campaigning his LSFKNX VK Commodore (SM, Mar ’20) at Drag Challenge. That car entered the Seven-Second Club at DC 2022-’23 earlier this year, and has a PB to date of 7.56@181mph.

Running a car at the pointy end of the DC field is a stressful exercise, so for his next build, Ric wanted to take a more relaxed approach. “I just wanted a nice, simple cruiser for the next one, so we can spend more time having fun and hitting the beers than fixing

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