Larry Dixon sees the silver lining in the dark clouds these days.
Dixon, the three-time NHRA Top Fuel champion, was just about the stage one of three Rapisarda Autosport International dragster in competition at the Australian Winter Nationals when a race official frantically motioned for the defending event champion to shut off his car.
Dixon was in the last pair of dragsters, in Saturday night’s final session, as rain began to fall in the shutdown area of Willowbank Raceway, the popular Aussie drag strip located outside of Brisbane. Unfortunately for Dixon, this was the last time he’d get on the track for a chance to score the 50th anniversary title of the event.