Victor Bray
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Victor Bray is an Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n drag racing competitor in the Top Doorslammer
Top Doorslammer
Top Doorslammer is a class of Australian drag racing. It caters for full-bodied racing sedans which are replicas of production vehicles. The class uses large-capacity, supercharged V8 engines which are fuelled by methanol....

 class of racing. He drives a 1957 Chevy.

Victor owns a large race team, Team Bray, which is sponsored primarily by Sidchrome
Sidchrome
Sidchrome is an Australian brand of mechanics' tools. It is a subsidiary of Stanley Black & Decker.-History:The brand emerged when Royston Siddons' Siddons Drop Forgings Pty Ltd turned to tool making to fill post-war shortages after World War II...

, his long-time sponsor. Victor has won the Australian Top Doorslammer
Top Doorslammer
Top Doorslammer is a class of Australian drag racing. It caters for full-bodied racing sedans which are replicas of production vehicles. The class uses large-capacity, supercharged V8 engines which are fuelled by methanol....

 Championship on six occasions.

Victor's son Ben Bray also drives for the team and has also been the Australian champion in Top Doorslammer
Top Doorslammer
Top Doorslammer is a class of Australian drag racing. It caters for full-bodied racing sedans which are replicas of production vehicles. The class uses large-capacity, supercharged V8 engines which are fuelled by methanol....

 and Top Alcohol
Top Alcohol
Top Alcohol dragsters are akin to the premier Top Fuel drag racing class, but produce much less horsepower. They are required to burn a lower-performance mixture of alcohol fuel instead of more volatile nitromethane. Engine sizes cannot exceed . Nitromethane-burning entries may also race in this...

.
Together they have 8 ANDRA Pro Series Championships.

Victor and his team are based in Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

, which is where he was born and raised.

Career championships

1995-96 Australian Top Doorslammer Champion
1996-97 Australian Top Doorslammer Champion
1997-98 Australian Top Doorslammer Champion
1998-99 Australian Top Doorslammer Champion
1999-00 Australian Top Doorslammer Champion
2000-01 Australian Top Doorslammer Champion

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