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GLORIOUS RB30 POWER SENT ZAC SHEPHERD'S DEBUTANT LJ TORANA TO SECOND IN TUFF MOUNTS 235 BLOWN AT DRAG CHALLENGE 2023

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YEAR after year, fresh homebrewed cars line up to have a crack at Drag Challenge. While they can't all collect an 'I survived' sticker at the end, some nail it first-try, like Zac Shepherd's LJ sedan.

The 28-year-old has owned the little Holden since he was 14, which checks out when you learn he grew up in a drag-racing family in the seaside town of Portland, just minutes away from South Coast Raceway.

"The car was pretty well a roller [when we started], and we got it done with a hot 179 and an Aussie four-speed," Zac says. "That did me for a while, but then I wanted to make it more fun for when I was off my Ps."