Automotive racing is really a disease that strikes many auto
enthusiasts. C.O.M.E. Racing was born out of the owners' (Issy
and Sam Blumenstein) infatuation with fast cars and motorcycles
dating back to the early 1970's.
15 second ¼ mile E.T.s in our own street cars and
bikes planted the seed very early on. There was no holding
back from that point. Without any corporate sponsorship of
any type right through our racing careers, the sport of Drag
Racing was our most passionate endeavour, although on a budget
basis right from the beginning.
In spite of the financial constraints, we were able to make
a lasting mark on the world of drag racing with a number of
significant achievements and milestones in the history and
development of the sport in Australia.
Being hard core racers spawned many of the activities that
makes C.O.M.E. Racing a major center of performance engine
component development and manufacture as well as performance
engine building and machining.
The old saying "If you want it done right, do it yourself"
created the desire to fully equip our shop with the finest
machinery, and to produce and develop products to bring our
customers' performance levels to the highest level possible.
Our own racing activities have yielded the technology needed
to develop the toughest and most reliable range of performance
products available anywhere in Australia.
As well as that, the racing "disease" is still
there after all those years, and having fun at the drag strip
is still what motivates the owners and staff at C.O.M.E. Racing.
We hope you are also a little diseased, and share the passion.
C.O.M.E. Racing Milestones
How do we know our engines will produce results? We race
them ourselves! Our 30+ years in drag racing have yielded
a number of milestones...
1975: Fastest and Quickest Genuine Street Car in Australia
(HG Holden Monaro)
400ci Small Block Chev, Super T-10 4 speed 3.36:1 Street
Gears, Marvin Miller direct port nitrous system.
12.09 E.T. @ 119 mph
1983: Fastest and Quickest Street Registered Torana in Australia
400ci Small Block Chev, Super T-10 4 speed, Marvin Miller
direct port nitrous system.
10.29 E.T. @ 138.7 mph
 Watch
the Torana run
1989: Fastest and Quickest Street Registered Holden One
Tonner in Australia
496ci Big Block Chev, Powerglide Auto, Marvin Miller direct
port nitrous system.
9.38 E.T. @ 146 mph
Watch
the One Tonner run
1991: Fastest and Quickest Street Registered Car (with treaded
street tyres) in the World
"COME 1" series 1 Torana. 496ci Big Block Chev,
Powerglide Auto, Marvin Miller direct port nitrous system.
M&H D.O.T. approved tyres. This record stood until 1995.
8.80 E.T. @ 158 mph
Watch
the Torana run
1992: First Normally Aspirated Doorslammer in Australia
to Run in the 7-Second E.T.'s
C.O.M.E. Chevy Iroc Camaro. 615ci Big Block Chev, Methanol
Injected, Lenco 3-speed transmission.
7.91 E.T. @ 169.5 mph
Watch
the Camaro run
1994: Australian Super Sedan SS/A Record Holder ('94 - '02)
"COME 1" series 2 Torana. 615ci Big Block Chev,
Powerglide auto.
8.17 E.T. @ 165 mph
Footage
of the COME-1 Torana with 383ci Holden Stroker engine doing
a 1/4 mile pass at Calder Park in 2004 (YouTube)
Another
Torana-COME-1 drag race video. This time an in car view of
a run (YouTube)
1998: Australian Competition Eliminator A/AP Record Holder
('96 - '02)
1996 C.O.M.E. Oldsmobile Cutlass. 500ci Big Block Chev with
Pontiac heads and Lenco 4-speed transmission. Fastest and
quickest normally aspirated sedan in Australia.
7.27 E.T. @ 189.5 mph
Video
of the Cutlass doing a 1/4 mile pass at Calder Park (YouTube)
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