TAKING on a drag-and-drive event is no mean feat, especially when you’re on the other side of the world, challenging Americans at their own game. Pushing your car to the limit on the road and track in soaring temperatures and contending with long daily drives, potholes and adverse track conditions becomes a hell of a lot more difficult when you don’t have mates and local contacts to back you up. Flying into the United States and attempting to build a car with limited resources is an even bigger challenge again. Many Aussie teams have thrashed like madmen, only to arrive with untested cars or simply be outgunned in their chosen class.
That’s why you’ve really got to hand it to Mike Ward and his mates from Western Australia,
