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ADRAD Dominates at Australia's Toughest Race

Motorsport enthusiasts will have watched the 2009 Bathurst 1000 V8 Supercar race with keen interest and Holden fans will be delighted by the "full podium" result. We can reveal that ADRAD also achieved a "full podium" result at the event.

The first place TOLL/HRT Commodore driven by Tander & Davison, second place Team BOC (BJR) Commodore driven by Richards & McConville and third place GRM Commodore driven by Holdsworth & Caruso ALL ran with ADRAD performance radiator cores produced at our Currumbin plant.

In fact, around half the field of V8 Supercars at Bathurst were running ADRAD radiators. Darren Duncan has been working with a number of race teams, supporting existing customers and convincing others to adopt our product. HRT recently decided to fit ADRAD radiators for the longer "endurance" races such as Phillip Island and Bathurst and claimed victory at both events. With millions of dollars worth of machinery at stake, it's notable that so many choose ADRAD products to protect their engines and maximise their chances of winning.

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Masterful Effort Earns Podium

A solid performance in his new #S4 Adrad Cool earned Trevor Green second place in the Australian Masters event held at Speedway City on November 7.

After starting the 35-lap feature event from the outside of the front row, Green survived a number of stoppages and a dry and dusty track to finish behind the inform David Murcott and claim second spot in the Masters event for a second successive season.

After suffering a few teething problems in the debut of his new car at the previous meeting, Green displayed he was right on the pace in the chase to add to his previous Australian Masters victory in 1998 by setting the fastest time trial performance.

Unofficially clocking the fastest effort in hot laps, Green showed his new mount had plenty of speed by emerging from the time trials having stopped the watch at 12.058 seconds to set quick time.

The Two Wells charger continued to impress in the eight-lap heat races, bolting away from pole position to win the opening heat, before turning in a determined run from the back of the field in his second heat, which included a typically gutsy high line pass on the final corner to claim third place.

On a track which became slicker on the pole line, Green was pipped on the closing lap of the Top 6 dash event, by Jamie Cobby who earned pole position for the Masters final.

A great start from the outside shot Green into the lead of the feature event which he maintained until a series of stoppages bunched the field up, forcing him to rebuild his earlier advantage once again.

The growing abrasive track surface began to take a toll on Green's tyres and speed and mid race Murcott seized a chance to slip through into the lead.

While temporarily dropping back to third, Green battled on to reclaim second before holding out Cobby over the closing laps to cross the line in second spot.

Post race Green was reasonably positive considering it was just the second outing for the new chassis.

"The car felt pretty good and certainly we learnt a bit more out there tonight, there certainly is an unknown quantity that we will develop more over the coming season" said Green.

"We certainly had plenty of pace and maybe I went a bit hard early, given the way the track went, but overall there were certainly plenty of positives."

The Masters event marked Green's final home town appearance before heading east with American crew man Brandon Inkenberry to take up his spot as a contracted driver on the 2009-10 World Series Sprintcar trail.

Prior to opening WSS round in Brisbane on November 21, Green will compete at Parramatta on November 14, driving a car for Barry Lewis.

Having finished fourth in the final WSS rankings over the past two seasons, Green is confident of yet another competitive campaign.

"Despite the late arrival of some gear from the US, I think we are pretty well prepared ... everything is in place and with the further development of the car, we can only get better" noted Green.

"The competition in WSS certainly gets harder and harder and the equipment better, so we just have to put ourselves in a position to also raise the bar and I think we are probably in the best position we have been for a while to give the series a real good crack."

Having run second at nine major meetings last season, Trevor Green is aiming towards taking a further step up the podium in what promises to be a hectic racing campaign over the coming months.

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Adrad & Harrop - Automotive Icons Join Forces

Iconic Australian companies Adrad and Harrop Engineering have merged to form a powerhouse of automotive manufacturing and engineering expertise designed to allow both organisations to expand their product ranges and market shares nationally and internationally.

The merger was announced today by Mr. Gary Washington, Managing Director of the Adrad Group of Companies and Mr. Ron Harrop, Managing Director of Harrop Engineering. 'Adrad and Harrop Engineering going forward have a huge potential. Both organisations have established their reputations built on innovation, quality, and exceptional customer service. Those fundamentals will remain as the cornerstone of our merged operations', Mr. Washington said.

There are manufacturing sites in Currumbin on the Gold Coast and Auckland in New Zealand. The Group also incorporates Air Radiators near Geelong and CBM Technologies at Regency Park in South Australia.

All up the Adrad Group employs in excess of 500 people.

With its origins dating back to 1954 Harrop Engineering is synonymous with excellence in motorsport design and engineering with Ron Harrop indelibly linked with legends of the sport such as drivers Norm Beechey and Bob Jane, Peter Brock and most Supercar teams.

Harrop Engineering has some 50 staff and is based in Preston, Victoria. It also has operations in both New Zealand and the USA.

In addition to its performance and racing products, including brake components and superchargers that are exported worldwide, Harrop Engineering specialises in computer aided engineering, prototyping aluminium casting, industrial engineering and production manufacturing, to a variety of industry sectors.

In addition to their core businesses the merged Adrad-Harrop Engineering entity will continue its motorsport involvement with links to Adrad Racing (Bryce Washington- V8 Supercars, and Trevor Green - Sprintcars) while also supplying components and design services to professional racing teams both in Australia and overseas.

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