Tell us how the car ended up being called Nemo?
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2025 9:22 am
Next was the Top 16, which saw a very remarkable field and some serious battles. A withdraw from Mad Mike saw Michael Truscott take his place to battle Gaz Whiter.
Nathan Weissel came up against Australian Champion Luke Fink for a very tough battle, Fink took the win.
James ‘Jabbit’ Abbott battled Cole Armstrong and came out on top with a pretty convincing win.
Battle of the V8s – Tony Harrison vs Khudar Elhaouli – Australian National runner up Harrison took the win.
Rob Whyte vs Fanga Dan – Tough battle saw Fanga come out on top.
Leighton Fine vs Jason Sellers – Fine drove hard graphic design services considering he was competing in a car he hasn’t had much comp experience in. His consistent driving shone through and he took the win.
Dan Kenneally vs Beau Yates – this was always going to be a tough battle, Yates took the win after fixing mechanical issues on the car seconds before his battle.
Josh Boettcher vs Suenaga – Boettcher withdrew because of mechanical issues which put Suenaga straight through.
Top 8 saw what was definately the best the comp had to offer. With a field of Australian and international champions, competition was heating up and battles like this had never been seen before.
Next we saw the “Best of the Rest” competition! Simon Michelmore took out the very well deserved win! Although this comp was strictly for those who didn’t make it into the Top 16, the field was still full of some of the world’s best drifters and showed the crowd that the entire field was full of pro class drivers.
Top 4 saw some controversial battles and a few re-runs in there as the driving was so close! With such a high level of competition it is to be expected.
CE: When Nemo came home, prior to its transformation, we decided we needed to do an event at Lakeside. We rushed in the 1 week we had available from getting her off the boat to the event to get a roll cage installed, strip out the interior and then tune her on Australian fuel.
I brought her home on the car trailer the night before the event. My then 2 year old son walked out and said, “Dad what’s that?”. I said that’s my racing car I am driving tomorrow. He asked; “Is that a Porsche?” I said “No. It’s an Evo”. He responded: “You are going to race a Nemo?”
Funnily enough I have another friend, who can’t stand motorsport, whom I showed the photo of Nemo too. They responded with what the hell is that, they are used to me driving the 911 as well. I said it’s an Evo. They then said why the hell would you want to race a Nemo? So since then that’s been it. My children all talk about her as “The Nemo”. We all started calling her Project Nemo and it just stuck. We thought we then had to immortalise it in her so we have ghosted elements in the carbon.
Nathan Weissel came up against Australian Champion Luke Fink for a very tough battle, Fink took the win.
James ‘Jabbit’ Abbott battled Cole Armstrong and came out on top with a pretty convincing win.
Battle of the V8s – Tony Harrison vs Khudar Elhaouli – Australian National runner up Harrison took the win.
Rob Whyte vs Fanga Dan – Tough battle saw Fanga come out on top.
Leighton Fine vs Jason Sellers – Fine drove hard graphic design services considering he was competing in a car he hasn’t had much comp experience in. His consistent driving shone through and he took the win.
Dan Kenneally vs Beau Yates – this was always going to be a tough battle, Yates took the win after fixing mechanical issues on the car seconds before his battle.
Josh Boettcher vs Suenaga – Boettcher withdrew because of mechanical issues which put Suenaga straight through.
Top 8 saw what was definately the best the comp had to offer. With a field of Australian and international champions, competition was heating up and battles like this had never been seen before.
Next we saw the “Best of the Rest” competition! Simon Michelmore took out the very well deserved win! Although this comp was strictly for those who didn’t make it into the Top 16, the field was still full of some of the world’s best drifters and showed the crowd that the entire field was full of pro class drivers.
Top 4 saw some controversial battles and a few re-runs in there as the driving was so close! With such a high level of competition it is to be expected.
CE: When Nemo came home, prior to its transformation, we decided we needed to do an event at Lakeside. We rushed in the 1 week we had available from getting her off the boat to the event to get a roll cage installed, strip out the interior and then tune her on Australian fuel.
I brought her home on the car trailer the night before the event. My then 2 year old son walked out and said, “Dad what’s that?”. I said that’s my racing car I am driving tomorrow. He asked; “Is that a Porsche?” I said “No. It’s an Evo”. He responded: “You are going to race a Nemo?”
Funnily enough I have another friend, who can’t stand motorsport, whom I showed the photo of Nemo too. They responded with what the hell is that, they are used to me driving the 911 as well. I said it’s an Evo. They then said why the hell would you want to race a Nemo? So since then that’s been it. My children all talk about her as “The Nemo”. We all started calling her Project Nemo and it just stuck. We thought we then had to immortalise it in her so we have ghosted elements in the carbon.