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While surfing the net we came across this clip on Youtube of our good friend Anthony DeOlivera getting a bit excited with the throttle in his 10-second Mazda 1000 ute during the off-street racing at the recent Sydney Powercruise.

Watch how what began as a pretty awesome powerskid quickly turns into a spin-dry, sending the little orange ute flying towards yours truly while I was snapping away at the action. As you can see, I was given a front row seat to the spin as it unfolded so keep an eye out for the sequence of photos in an upcoming issue of Zoom.

Rodney Rehayem’s back-halved Mazda RX3 was never supposed to be racing at J20 but after a convincing discussion with Jamboree promoter Ray Box, the car was loaded onto the truck and sent north from the Sydney workshop to the sunny delights that Queensland holds.

Full team report over the fold.

Things are definately hotting up in preparation for Australia's biggest Sport Compact event, the 2010 Jamboree, with crews trying to squeeze in as much testing as possible before the big day. With limited opportunities to actually get on the blacktop at this time of the year we have seen a few private test days organised on automotive forums such as this meet we caught on Monday (19/07/10) at Sydney Dragway.

There were a number of top level cars attending including Pac Performance in the Mazda6 and we thought it would be a good idea to head down to the track to get a sneak peak at what we should expect when we make the trip to sunny Queensland next month.

Read on over the fold to check out the action.

The annual Jamboree held at Queensland's Willowbank Raceway is already considered Australia's premiere Sport Compact drag racing event attracting a world-wide audience keen to see what the Aussie scene has to offer. This years event is shaping up to be bigger and better with some oversea's visitors making the trip to the land down under.

Earlier this month we recieved confirmation that the worlds fastest 13B rotary-powered vehicle, the Sporty Motorsports RX7 would be making the long trip from Puerto Rico along side the Pica Motors El Yankee RX8 to attend the event and take on the local competition.

Read more over the fold