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ROLLING THUNDER Racing E News/Magazine
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Issue 8, June 2009
Lambs New Colours?
Colin Brooks - All Stars
Rookie of the Year
Stephen Lines
wins at
Lernerville.
www.racermagazineaustralia.com.au
Paul Solomon
All Stars Champion
CONTENTS — Issue 8
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News
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PHOTO’S
Courtesy of:
- West, Track Champ
- Pitcher on the Redline
AMCA — Paul Clark, repeat track champ
Lines wins USA Sprint feature
Colin Brooks - Rookie of the year
James Wren—Vic1 3 Litre
AllStar awards
Edwards—Open Independent Vic 1
Mick Woodhams Memorial
Drouin—May 17th
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Huge Aussie wrap up of USA All
Star campaigns by Bell-Bowen
and Lines.
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SCCA Rule Changes.
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Brett Swanson Media.
[email protected]
CLT Photography. (Cassie Tuckett)
[email protected]
Darren Winter - Frosty Photographics
Corey Gibson Photography.
Caption Photography.
Pit Pics MEDIA RELEASES:
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Pirate Media—Brett Swanson
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Dean Thompson (DMT Media).
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COX INJURED
Young Australian speedway star Brad Cox was knocked
unconscious and sustained a dislocated finger and bruising to the upper torso, in a racing incident Friday night
(30th May) at Path Valley Speedway (USA). The accident
occurred during the A Main event when Cox was dicing
for third position with a fellow competitor when their two
machines came together, resulting in little damage. Moments latter Cox was struck from behind at full speed by
another competitor who apparently "had not seen what
was happening in front of him" Cox stated. Momentarily
knocked unconscious from the force of the impact, Cox
was still suffering from headaches and dizzy spells Sunday.
The #17c Castrol/ Leckie Insurance Brokers machine suffered significant damage from the impact, both to the
chassis and engine. With the car already undergoing
chassis repairs, and engine components on order, The
Brad Cox Motorsport Team are hopeful that their driver is
fully recovered in time for the Illinois Speed Week in ten
days time.
BRAD COX MOTORSPORT- PROUDLY SUPPORTED
BY; - CASTROL, Leckie Insurance Brokers, Fourways
Investments LLC, PANCHO'S Racing Products
Fourways Haulage,
Prize Rides – a dream come true.
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Victoria), promoter Ray Solomon offered four drivers a chance
to get behind the wheel of a 360 cubic inch Sprintcar.
There was a drive on offer for the highest point scorer from the
AMCA Nationals (Campbell Hughes), Street Stocks Tri-Series
(Brad McClure) and Standard Saloons (Chris Whatmore – Rolling Thunder Series & John Barwise – Tri-Series).
Brad McClure, Campbell Hughes, Chris Whatmore & John
Barwise spent a pleasant Sunday (June 28th) sampling the speAll Drivers acquitted themselves well in the unfamiliar surcifics and speed of a winged Sprintcar as reward for their efforts
roundings treating the 600plus horsepower machine with due
during the 2008/09 season at Rolling Thunder Raceway.
respect and thoroughly enjoying themselves at the same time as
they savoured the opportunity they’d been given.
McClure, having raced Dale Matthews’ Wingless Sprints Australia wingless Sprintcar at Bacchus Marsh previously, was perhaps the quickest due to his prior experience. All drivers however looked neat and tidy throughout.
Whatmore and Barwise both agreed that the car drove vastly
differently from their sedans.
“These things are awesome.” Said Whatmore.
“They react so fast that you have time to change your mind half
way through the corner.” added Barwise. “If you want the car to
go in some other direction you just turn the wheel and it goes
there.”
Thanks must go to Ray Solomon and Bob Forbes for supplying
the car and also for the Formula Motorsports team who looked
after the car and the Wettenhalls’ two seater Sprintcar throughAs a unique incentive to encourage competitors to race consis- out the day.
tently at the big Rolling Thunder Raceway (Bacchus Marsh –
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Mark Skidmore, a close associate of Weaver was also in action and Mark Lincoln the biggest winners on a gala night attended
with his Wingless Sprint. The car looked resplendent in its red by over 100 drivers and guests.
Mark Weaver unleashed his All Star Sprintcar at Rolling Thun- Gulf Western Oils livery and “Skiddy” too is adapting to the
der Raceway last weekend giving the car it’s first run with open wheeled V8 wingless Sprintcar.
The Awards night kicked off with category owner Michael
wings. Previously Weaver had given the car a shakedown run at
Reidy thanking all the teams for another great season of compeAvalon minus the wings.
tition before handing out medallions to all drivers present.
After his first blast around the big oval which he loves so much,
he exited the car with a face splitting grin.
Veteran Kevin Peachey and his Daughter Shea Bradley were
the recipients of the New Image Antennas Best Presented Crew
“It (the grin) doesn’t get any bigger than this.” He said beamaward for their two car team.
ing. “Gary (Isom) set the car up and it was beautiful to drive.
The team manager (his daughter Liz) left to go to the USA last
The hotly contested Geelong Citrus Packers Rookie Of The
Monday and is not happy about not being here and has given
Year award went to David May who was a real find for the
me all these instructions.” He laughed.
Victorian division.
MARK II—Weaver and Skidmore unleash new beasts.
The annual two night Barry Reidy Memorial is the classes biggest blue ribbon event outside of national and state championships and this year the Reidy Family gladly donated the winners hardware to close family friend Mick “Action” Jackson.
Bendigo blaster Darren Clarke was second ahead of Daniel
Kate Searle is quietly building towards her long awaited Scott.
Sprintcar Debut running in her mothers Sprintcar All Stars Series. Many years ago Searle and her then partner Darren Phill- Colin Newcombe donated a number of trophies the first of
pott bought a chassis and were working towards a debut. Sadly those being for the Best Presented Car which went to Geelong
the project never came to fruition and over the past couple of character Frank Thierry.
seasons Searle has sated her need for speed by competing in the
Formula 500 Stampede Series.
Danny and Julie Amato from Australian Racing Products provided the hardware for the most improved driver which this
With Searle's partner Simon Amato sitting out the next season, year went to Bill Lodwick Jnr
the pair have decided that the Sprintcar All Stars Series is the
perfect place for Kate to finally make her debut.
Perry McCowatt’s Tri tech Lubricants again supplied the bling
“We’ve sold most of our Formula 500 stuff and have purchased for the hotly contested Country Cup which went to Campbell
a new frame for me to drive.” Revealed Kate “We’re not going Hughes from Scott “Stumpy” Ellis and Adam King.
to buy a complete engine but already have some parts and will
build one up ourselves.”
The very likeable Hans Lovski was a worthy winner of the
“The car will have a new look and a new number compared to Colin Newcombe supported Personality Award. Lovski is a
our cars from last season.” Said Searle.
veteran of Victorian Speedway, mainly from a non-driving
point of view but said he’s has been having a fantastic time
since joining the AMCA division as a competitor.
Hughes and Lincoln share the major
After a dozen quick shake down laps and a think about things,
Weaver headed out for another go which proved even quicker
despite the track being slower.
“It seemed a bit faster that time.” He commented later. “The car
is set the way Gary (Isom - Crew chief for Outlaw Terry
McCarl) told me to set it and it feels nice. Weaver, who has
spent a life time racing various forms of tin tops showed that he
has quickly adapted to the winged wonders and will be a welcome addition to the All Star and 360 ranks this summer.
There also exists the possibility of Isom having a steer at some
spoils at VIC AMCA presentations.
Kirrally Racing Products identified Jacquie Clarke as a deservstage also.
ing winner of the Encouragement Award.
“It would be great if the All Stars could arrange something as a
support for the classic and then we could put Gary in the car It was later than usual but the Victorian AMCA Nationals presentation diner was another great success with Campbell Hughes
and have some fun.” Weaver concluded.
Tide turns for Lambco racing.
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forklifts, Rigid, buses, Semi Trailers and Multi-Combination BDoubles.
Speedway and Motocross veteran Colin Lamb is champing at
the bit for the new season to start having secured a new sponsor The new TIDE supported Stealth Sprintcar (Artist’s impression
pictured below and on the front cover) will be highly visible
for his 2009/2010 Sprintcar campaign.
with the team, headed by crew chief Peter Fox ,currently buildLamb has secured the support of leading driver education training a brand new trailer which will be hauled by one of the fleet
of TIDE vehicles.
ing outfit Transport Industry Driver Education—TIDE.
Lincoln Earthmoving recognised Stewart Grant-Campbell for
his loyalty to the class in the 2008/2009 season and the Buildcon Could Have Been Award fell to Ricky Clarke for “Rolling
his car while leading a feature race???”
This left the two major awards of the Action Series and the
Overall Victorian Championship.
In the Blue Ribbon Grain Transport Services Action Series it
was Australia #3 Mark “Manners” Lincoln who scored top honours ahead of Scott Ellis and Campbell Hughes.
Campbell “Voodoo Child” Hughes however took home the
biggest trophy of the night after being crowned the Formula
Motorsports Group Overall Victorian Champion, a fitting reward for a huge season of travelling and circumstances made
even more difficult by the necessity to spend the working week
away from his home base and being forced to commute back
and forth on race weekends. This difficulty was highlighted
when the car was virtually destroyed in the NSW Championship but was somehow repaired during the week to be in good
enough shape to make the next event.
This is great news for Lamb, the perennial battler who’s ability The team will also be supported by Spaghetti Engineering, Foxtrans, Lambco Performance and Pirate Media.
far exceeds the resources and performance of his budget.
“This is the best news that we’ve had for a long time.” Said
Lamb about his new sponsor. “The guys are just so eager to
help us take the next step and compared to our normal budget .
they have committed a significant
amount. On top of
that they are extremely enthusiastic
and are doing as
much as they can
for us with what
they have available
and we appreciate
their faith in our
potential. Hopefully
we can have a better
season and have a
lot of fun along the
way.”
TIDE, based in
Campbellfield, is
one of Victoria’s
leading VIC-Roads
accredited driver
training organisations conducting
courses in everyAMCA Nationals would like to thank all of the competitors, thing from fatigue
crews, fans and supporters all around Australia for another fan- management to litastic season and look forward to another fun filled season in censing from cars to
four wheel drives,
2009/2010.
WEST A FUTURE LEGEND TAKES VICTORY
Sunday May the 3rd was the traditional end
of season Track Championship at Redline
Raceway Ballarat which also doubled as
the Legends Cup for SDAV Rods. Current
state champion Allan Pitcher, hot shoe Jason Kavanagh, former Victorian champion
Phil Jenkins and consistent performers
Dean West and Kali Hovey were all set to
do battle and try to take the spoils.
Jenkins (#1 P & S Automotive) and Toulmin started from the front in the second
heat. Jenkins led lap one to six before
West who started eighth took the lead
when Jenkins slipped back through the
field with handling issues. Pitcher who began in seventh followed West and took
second on the sixth lap. The lead two were
followed by Toulmin, Hovey (# 22 Dandenong Iron Foundry), Jenkins, Welsh and
The program for the day consisted of three Lawless.
heats with top point scorer taking the
Championship and the Legends Cup. In The last heat of the day had a simple
heat one Ray Welsh and Pitcher (#7 Seven equation for who was going to take the
Steel) started from the front and it was the spoils for the day. West (#4 Ace Timber &
Victorian Champion that blasted to the Fencing) or Pitcher had to finish in the top
lead where he stayed for race distance to three and in front of each other to be the
take the victory. West held second the winner for the day and Hovey needed to
complete distance whilst Kavanagh moved win with 3 cars in between her and West
from eighth to third on lap two before pull- and Pitcher to win the day.
ing out of the race on lap six with fuel issues. Welsh finished on the infield with a Hovey from pole position got the best of
flat tyre and Tony Green had engine con- the start leading Pitcher and West on the
cerns and didn’t finish. Hovey finished third first lap before West took second on the
after starting seventh with Shaun Toulmin second lap. Toulmin from seventh worked
(#73 Geelong Fasteners), Jenkins and Glen his way through the pack and the battle
Lawless the other finishes.
raged at the front with West and Pitcher
keeping the SDAV faithful on edge as the
battle for who would finish ahead of each
other raged on.
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kins, Welsh
Autotech).
and
Lawless
(#99
AJD
Final points for the day in order were
West, Pitcher, Hovey, Toulmin, Jenkins,
Lawless and Welsh (#75 Donna’s Hair Design)
The season for the SDAV is now over and
the club looks forward to doing it all again
next year with new members welcome.
The next event on the calendar will be the
presentation and annual general meetings.
The SDAV Club would like to thank their
minor sponsors:
Mega Auto Parts
Ribeau Interstate Transport Carrier
Tony Delmo Radiator Service
Bob Fisher Automotive
Meehan’s Race Engines
Hovey did a fantastic job to go on and win
the last heat and West crossed the line to
take his first SDAV victory as winner of the
Redline Track Championship for SDAV
Rods and the winner of the annual
‘Legends Cup’ when he finished second
with Pitcher third ahead of Toulmin, Jen-
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SDAV HOT RODS
NUMBER SEVEN BACK IN VICTORY LANE
Redline Raceway at Ballarat, was the latest
stop for the Thunder Down Under SDAV
Hot Rod series with the category looking to
impress their bigger cousins in the Dirt
Modifieds.
Ray Welsh, Steve Robertson and Glenn
Lawless (# 99 AJD Autotech).
Off the front row Rod Smith led heat two
for the first four laps whilst from back in
seventh spot Pitcher stormed through the
As it was the action was fantastic and even field to take the led from lap 5 and went
the National category hot shots couldn’t on to win from Smith, Dean West (#4 Ace
resist a peek at the boys and girls of the Timber & Fencing), Jenkins, Shaun ToulSDAV.
min (#73 Geelong Fasteners), Robertson,
Hovey, Gilligan, Welsh and Lawless.
Three heats were run and in a clean sweep
Allan Pitcher (# 7 Seven Steel) took victory Shaun Toulmin had the early led in the
in all three.
third heat until Pitcher from sixth snatched
Heat one began with Phil Jenkins (#1 P &
S Automotive) the leader early from
Pitcher. Pitcher assumed the lead on lap
four and was never headed whilst Kali
Hovey snatched second on the last lap getting past Jenkins. Rod Smith finished
fourth ahead of Ron Gilligan, Tony Green,
Lawless on the redline, on the highline, at Redline Raceway
passes Allan Pitcher ???. (Text interpretation supplied by Glen
Lawless) © Mark Lynch 09
it on lap three. On Lap four Smith connected with Toulmin and launched his car
off into the fencing pulling down the catch
fence. Close by was Dean West and he
unbuckled and ran to the aid of Smith (#
14 Complete Signs) instantly disqualifying
himself from the heat. Smith was fine and
common sense prevailed when infield
officials helped
West buckle up
again and he
started rear of field.
Hovey broke a caliper and Green (#34
Scooters Metal Fab)
pulled out with
steering issues.
West, Robertson, Welsh (#75 Donna’s Hair and went on to win from Toulmin & Hovey
Design) and Lawless.
with Welsh, Gilligan, Jenkins, Green,
Robertson (#69 Solar City Canvas) and
The feature line up with highest points to
Lawless trailing him home.
the front was Pitcher, Jenkins, Gilligan,
Toulmin, Hovey (#22 Dandenong Iron
The SDAV Club would like to thank their
Foundry), West, Robertson, Welsh, Lawless minor sponsors:
Mega Auto Parts
Pitcher took the win and Green. Pitcher got the jump at the
green
after
Jenkins
had
been
sent
rear
of
Ribeau Interstate Transport Carrier
in the third from
field
for
jumping
the
start
twice.
Toulmin
Tony Delmo Radiator Service
Toulmin, Gilligan (#
and
Hovey
were
running
well
in
the
minor
Bob Fisher Automotive
92 L & L Smash
placings.
Pitcher
lapped
right
up
to
third
Meehan’s Race Engines
Repairs), Jenkins,
place including Jenkins, Welsh and Gilligan
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Paul Clark takes back to back Redline
AMCA Track Championships.
The final event on the Victorian AMCA Nationals calendar is the traditional Redline
Track Championship at the famous Ballarat venue.
The event is based purely around heat
racing with no stand alone feature event
and for the second year running local
racer Paul Clark has taken home the coveted trophy.
lost control of his car in turn 1 on the first
la p .
B ot h
T i m
R e id y
(www.amcanationals.com.au V3) and Mick
“Action” Jackson (Kingston Automotive
V39) ploughed into Thierry. Darran
O’Reilly (Justin O’Reilly Race Engines V99)
then had nowhere to go and ran up the
back of Jackson which caused Jackson to
go over the back of Thierry and nearly
roll, but as he came down on all four
wheels he hit the wall and was out with
front end damage.
A very healthy field of cars arrived for the
traditional Sunday “picnic” meeting but by
the end of the day many of the cars were The second heat saw the very quick Stewart Grant-Campbell (Emjay Signs V97)
anything but healthy.
blast from 4th to 1st defeating Campbell
Paul Sullivan (Container Fumigation Ser- Hughes (Voodoo Ride V21) and Bill Lodvices V28) was back in the saddle and wick Jnr. Stan Marco (Aluminium Express
took the opening heat win after starting V47) broke a gearbox and was done for
from the outside pole. Paul Clark (Robert the day and Steven Broadbent (Broadbent
Lister Signs V30) followed Sullivan through Bulk Services V31) crossed the line with oil
into second with Kyneton veteran Bruce spewing from his engine after having
Tait (Kyneton Tyres & More V9) grabbing thrown a rod.
third.
The heat also saw some spectacular action The championship decider could probably
when Frank Thierry (Juicy Boy Citrus V7) have been heat 2A when Paul Clark was
able to come from seventh to win the heat
ahead of David May (Emjay Signs V98)
and Sullivan. Thierry was again in trouble
when Peter Timberlake (Advanced Record
Management V33) ran into the back of
Thierry. Amazingly while Thierry’s car was
severely beaten up he was able to see out
the remainder of the days racing.
grabbing second from Hughes, who’d May, Lodwick Jnr, Shea Bradley (Rolling
started back in tenth place.
Thunder Raceway V80), Grant Cullinger
(Essendon radiators V55), Robert Taylor
In his final heat Paul Clark inherited the (Braybrook Auto wreckers V14), Kevin
front row start that should have belonged Peachey (Hot Impression Cool Image
to Jackson and made the most of it to V51), Heath Bunting (Ramsdale Wreckers
take the win from Sullivan and Tait.
V78), Timberlake, Hans Lovski (Highport
Cylinder Heads V88), Broadbent, Brenten
The final heat saw the beaten up Thierry, Farrer (Outlaw Race Trailers V18), Jacquie
who had tied on points with Paul Clark for Clarke (Star Studio Performance & Arts
the title last year, take the win from Dar- Space V29), Reidy, O’Reilly and Marco.
ren Clarke and Hughes. Clarke had earlier
been the unlucky victim who’d punted The time has now come for all the drivers
Reidy up the backside when Reidy’s car and crews to take a break and look forslowed down the back straight.
ward to the next event, the annual presentation dinner scheduled for July 4th,
So when all was said and done it was Paul where all the glittering hardware will be
Clark who went home with the track distributed after a long, hard fought seaGrant-Campbell again used his speed ad- Championship for the second straight year son.
vantage to win heat 2B from seventh with with Grant-Campbell next ahead of SulliDarren Clarke (Clarkie's Car Carriers V66) van, Hughes, Darren Clarke, Thierry, Tait,
Lines—A fast Learner at
Lernerville.
Priest, and Lines.
This was no easy result for Lines as Sodeman Jr is a recent feature race winner and
Lynch Jnr took his 100th Lernerville SprintAs his American tour was drawing to a close car Feature just recently. Rod George is also
Stephen Lines ensured he would return
a multiple Western PA feature winner each
home a winner after taking the glory at the season so this is a huge result for Lines and
hallowed Lernerville Speedway, located in
Sarver, Pennsylvania.
Lines jumped out to a torrid pace early in
the race only to be slowed by the first caution on lap seven brought out by Kevin
Schaeffer.
After the second caution brought out by
Garrett Krummett, Lines brought the field to
a crawl atop turn three then quickly got on
the gas getting off to an amazing run to the
cone.
Lines in the end, lead all 25 laps and collected his first Lernerville victory along with
his first 410 win on his USA tour.
The rest of the top five finished with Jack
Sodeman Jr. in second, third Ed Lynch Jr.,
fourth Rod George, and fifth Scott Priester.
Heat races went to Jack Sodeman Jr., Andy
the team.
The AUS # 45 Camden Neon Signs supported J&J driver was simply too strong for
his rivals on Friday night at Lernerville
Speedway where he won his qualifying heat
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race and then started the feature race from
the outside of the front row. Lines managed
to dominate the entire 25 lap feature race
distance, as he carved his way through
lapped traffic, and score his maiden feature
race victory of the tour. In both his heat race
and the feature race Lines recorded the fastest laps.
July 10, 2009 Commercial
Truck & Trailer DIRTcar
Sprint Feature: 1. (45AU)
Steve Lines, S. Australia 2.
(23JR) Jack Sodeman Jr.,
N. Jackson OH 3. (2L) Ed
Lynch Jr., Apollo 4. (4)
Rod George, Kittanning 5.
(11) Scott Priester,
Rimersburg 6. (21N) Andy
Priest, New Castle 7. (08)
Dan Kuriger, Freedom 8.
(10) Carl Bowser, Sarver
9. (9) Kevin Schaeffer,
Kittanning 10. (45) Todd
Bauer, Clarion 11. (8)
Mike Lutz, Mercer 12.
(15) Charlie Holben, Cabot
13. (0) Andy McKisson,
Strattanville 14. (D4)
Danny Holtgraver, Pittsburgh 15. (33) Brent
Matus, Wampum 16. (56) Ralph Spithaler, Evans City 17.
(51P) Jason Pisani, Pittsburgh 18. (44) Pete Landrum, Jeanette
19. (1R) Gale Ruth Sr., Pleasantville 20. (6) Shelia Rankin,
Renfrew 21. (3J) Brandon Matus, Wampum 22. (3) Pete
Miller III, Port Vue 23. (43) Garrett Krummert, New Castle
24. (97S) Aaron Shaffer, Oak Park IL DNS: (24S) Brian
Steinman, Lucinda DNS: (96) Lindsay Enscoe, Petrolia
COLIN BROOKS
BCM—All Star ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
23 Rookies for the season meant the battle for the Brian is well known for his Promotion and Marketing
skills in his home state.
Rookie of the Year was certainly taken seriously.
BCM clientele is diverse, and includes such people as
#SA75 Colin Brooks in the Bartlett Automotive Cool 6 time West Aust Sprintcar Champion "Flyan" Ryan
Chassis from Hawthorn, South Australia was the Farrell,
3 time Australian Sprintcar champion
lucky winner of this prize.
Brooke Tatnell,
Krikke Motorsport from Bunbury
“Colin also finished 2nd overall in the Series, a fan- Western Australia as well as Monte Motorsport,
tastic achievement for a young Rookie driver. Doing Steve Caunt Racing, Late Model Racing Australia &
so well in his first full season of Sprintcar racing he Dirt Late Model Champions Bert & Craig Vosbergen
can only improve with time and experience” says of Team Vosbergen Racing.
Mandy Searle, Series Promoter
Brian has gained a reputation for creating some of
“When Brian Chambers from BCM Motorsports Mar- the most unique and custom websites and graphics
keting, West Australia offered to support the Fire in Australia. Check out his web site
Service Plus Sprintcar All Star Series by donating an www.bcmbear.com
awesome prize for the “Rookie of the Year” we had
no idea just how many rookies would compete with
us. The numbers are fantastic, just showing how
popular 360 Sprintcar’s are.” grins Searle. “BCM will
build, set up & offer the
first years hosting & domain, what a great opportunity for any new
team. This is something
many teams do not have
the budget for but would
love to have.”
Runner up for this Award
was #V49 Damien Dannett and 3rd placed was
#V69 Colin Barker.
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VICTORIA # 1 CHANGES HANDS TO
JAMES WREN IN THE 3 LITRES
Swan Hill Motorsports Club played host to the states
best 3 Litre Sedans on Easter weekend as they held
the annual Victorian Title with 30 cars on the entry
list and ready to battle it out to earn the right to sign
write their car with the Victoria 1.
The in form driver of the season James Wren was
the man to beat with defending double champion
Rodney Burr not ready to give it up without a fight.
Locals Troy Simpson and Mick Mannix were the biggest threat from Swan Hill whilst experienced drivers
Russell Hill and Lennie Clark and the youngsters of
Will Lamb and Nick Hill also looked to play their part
and end up on the podium.
Fifteen heats were run with all drivers able to drop
their worst heat result. The results panned out as
follows:
Grid: Rodney Burr, Ross Burrows, Damian Miller,
Steve Honeyman, Troy Simpson, Andrew Wilson,
Ben Falk, Michael Boyle, Wayne Alberni
Result: Burr, Honeyman, Simpson, Miller, Burrows,
Falk, Alberni, Boyle, Wilson
Heat 4
Grid: Morrison, Sutherland, Honeyman, Luy, Wilson,
Temby, Gerlach, Hateley, Leahy
Result: Morrison, Sutherland, Honeyman, Temby,
Luy, Leahy, Hateley, Wilson, Gerlach
Matt Gerlach a blown engine so the family went back
from Swan Hill to Horsham to pick up a replacement.
Heat 5
Grid: Lamb, Ehms, Nick Hill, Falk, Wren, Clark, Miller,
Mallon, Boyle, Alberni
Result: Wren, Lamb, Clark, Mallon, Miller, Hill, Falk,
Boyle,
Heat 6
Grid: Simpson, Ahearn, Bodger, Horvath, Swanson,
Mannix, Burrows, Russell Hill, Burr, Jenkins
Heat 1
Grid: Scott Mallon, Peter Temby, Russell Hill, Nathan Ehms, Dale Morrison, Morris Ahearn, James
Wren, Steve Horvath, Zac Swanson, Jeff Leahy
Result: Hill, Mallon, Temby, Ahearn, Horvath, Swanson, Wren, Leahy, Ehms
James Wren whilst second sent rear of field for
spinning
Heat 2
Grid: Steve Hateley, Lennie Clark, Matt Gerlach, Peter Bodger, Will Lamb, Steve Sutherland, Mick Mannix, Nick Hill, Brett Luy, Darren Jenkins
Result: Clark, Sutherland, Lamb, Hill, Gerlach, Luy,
Bodger, Hateley, Jenkins
Heat 3
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Result: Simpson, Horvath, Swanson, Ahearn, Burr,
Hill, Mannix, Burrows, Jenkins
Bodger DNS when he attempted to race in race
boots out of date and was found by officials.
Heat 7
Grid: Swanson, Wilson, Russell Hill, Hateley, Burrows, Ahearn, Leahy
Result: Swanson, Ahearn, Hateley, Burrows, Hill,
Leahy, Wilson
Heat 8
Grid: Falk, Wren, Nick Hill, Miller, Mallon, Clark,
Ehms, Lamb, Boyle, Alberni
Result: Wren, Clark, Lamb, Miller, Alberni, Boyle,
Ehms, Mallon
Heat 9
Grid: Luy, Mannix, Horvath, Burr, Temby, Sutherland, Honeyman, Morrison, Jenkins
Result: Mannix, Burr, Horvath, Morrison, Sutherland,
Honeyman, Luy, Temby, Jenkins
Heat 10
Grid: Wilson, Mallon, Burrows, Gerlach, Nick Hill, Simpson. Miller,
Hateley, Boyle, Jenkins
Result: Hill, Burrows, Miller, Mallon,
Hateley, Wilson, Jenkins, Boyle
Simpson didn’t start due to continuing problems from work after replacing an engine that day due to damage to the previous night’s engine.
Heat 11
Grid: Morrison, Ehms, Russell Hill,
Ahearn, Lamb, Mannix, Sutherland,
Temby, Alberni
Result: Lamb, Mannix, Sutherland,
Morrison, Ahearn, Temby, Ehms, Alberni
Russell Hill whilst leading lost left
rear on lap four and was a non finisher.
Heat 12
Grid: Falk, Luy, Burr, Wren, Clark,
Honeyman, Swanson, Horvath, Leahy
Result: Burr, Wren, Clark, Horvath,
Leahy, Luy, Honeyman, Swanson,
Falk
Heat 13
Grid: Hateley, Sutherland, Nick Hill,
Wren, Ahearn, Burrows, Morrison,
Jenkins
Result: Wren, Sutherland, Ahearn,
Burrows, Hateley, Jenkins
Nick Hill hit the lead then the car
switched off with kill switch setting
problems.
Morrison last to second before engine
blew and car caught fire.
Heat 14
Grid: Temby, Miller, Honeyman, Burr,
Russell Hill, Ehms, Wilson, Boyle
Result: Burr, Hill, Honeyman, Miller,
Temby, Boyle, Ehms, Wilson
Heat 15
Grid: Horvath, Swanson, Simpson,
Clark, Lamb, Luy, Mallon, Leahy, Alberni
Result: Horvath, Swanson, Clark,
Lamb, Leahy, Mallon, Luy, Alberni,
Simpson
Feature Grid:
Rodney Burr – Nyora Raceway Inc –
Commodore,
James Wren – Avalon – Commodore,
Lennie Clark – Bendigo – Commodore, Will Lamb – Ballarat – Commodore, Steve Sutherland – Bendigo –
Commodore,
Steve Horvath – Nyora – Commodore, Zac Swanson – Ballarat – Commodore, Russell Hill – Nyora – Commodore
Morris Ahearn – Bendigo – Commodore
Steve Honeyman – Stawell – Commodore
Ross Burrows – Ballarat – Commodore Damian Miller – Nyora – Commodore
Scott Mallon – Laang – Nissan Skyline
Troy Simpson – Swan Hill – Commodore
Nick Hill – Nyora – Commodore
Peter Temby – Drouin – Commodore
Steve Hateley – Horsham – Commo-
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ing
dore Jeff Leahy – Drouin – EL Ford
st
1 Emerg) Brett Luy – Horsham –
James Wren a deserved winner in
Commodore
2nd Emerg) Wayne Alberni – Nyora – front of a massive fan club that had
come to watch him compete whilst
Commodore
Burr was gracious in defeat saying he
just wasn’t going to catch Wren.
Big Incidents of the feature race:
Horvath an emotional and stirring
 Burr leading initially.
 Wren taking the lead with Burr drive making up for the disappointment 12 months ago when he findropping back as far as fifth.
ished fourth at the state title when
 Horvath up into second.
 Russell Hill out of the race when coming of the fourth turn in third.
on a charge from 8th to 4th and safety
Scott Mallon finally doing well in the
equipment un-buckled causing him to
Nissan Skyline in recent weeks conspin out of the race.
tinued his great form whilst Hateley a
 Simpson pulled out engine issues
non association driver from Horsham
again.
doing a fantastic job staying alive
 Nick Hill damag sustained after a and recording a 8th after starting 17th.
spin and being collected by other
drivers.
With new drivers coming into the
category the entry list for next years
Results:
title is expected to grow with upVictoria 1) James Wren – Bluescope wards of 10 new or returning drivers
Ballarat
on their way into the category.
Victoria 2) Rodney Burr – Gonsalves
Engineering/Northgate Mining
Victoria 3) Steve Horvath – Horvath
Transport Services
Victoria 4) Will Lamb – Daylesford
Dyno’s
Victoria 5) Lennie Clark – Permapave
6) Scott Mallon – Dingo Auto Sport
7) Damian Miller –
Town & Country
Tennis Courts
8) Steve Hateley –
Horsham Concret-
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“ALL STARS” CELEBRATE END OF SEASON
10 rounds complete, several thousand miles trav- Shannon Barry.
elled and lots of laughs along the way, the Fire Ser- ($250) Thanks to Margaret & Ron Lee.
vice Plus Sprintcar All Star Series have finally comRicky Barrand, Chris Solomon & Karl Enderl were
pleted a very successful second season.
also recognized with product donated to the series.
The All Stars End of Season Presentation Night at
Mildura on Sunday evening immediately following Top 8 for the Series are:
$2000
the delayed final round had a James Bond theme, to 1st. Paul Solomon.
$1500
add some more fun to the night we all gathered to- 2nd. Colin Brooks.
rd
gether to celebrate and thank everyone for support- 3 . Darren Hickman. $1200
4th. Brad Foster.
$1100
ing us.
5th. Phil Lock.
$1075
Awards were presented to the following 6th. Chris Solomon.
$1050
th
Teams.
7 . Damien Dannett. $1050
8th. Colin Barker.
$1025
Best Presented Car & Crew – Colin Barker
Sponsors were thanked on the night. Without all of
Most Improved Driver – Paul Solomon
these companies we could not achieve what we
have during this season.
1-11 Tools Crew Chief of the Year – Murray Lock
Encouragement Award – Brad Foster
Outstanding Achievement – Bartlett Motorsport
All Stars Driver’s Driver - Colin Brooks
BCM Motorsport Rookie of the Year – Colin Brooks
Vortex Altitude Award – Darren Hickman
Battler of the Series – Damien Dannett
Encouragement Awards to:
Shaun Forrell.
($250) Thanks to Commercial Automatics
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Fire Service Plus – Steve Caunt,
Hoosier Tire Australia,
Red Ed Sheds ,
BCM Marketing,
1-11 Tool Storage Specialists,
Cascade Industrial Products,
Vortex Racing Products,
IDIGIT,
Simpson,
In Charge Racing,
Smileys Racing Products,
Maxim Printing,
Head Caps,
Formula Motorsports Group Pty Ltd,
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Sprintcar World,
Commercial Automatics,
AUTOPREMIER Truck &
Trailer Repairs,
Margaret & Ron Lee.
“Thanks to everyone for all their hard work
throughout the Season and we all look forward to a bigger and better season in 2009 –
2010.” Mandy Searle (All Stars Series Promoter).
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NYORA SPEEDBOWL
SOUTH GIPPSLANDS HOME OF MOTORSPORT
AWESOME EDWARDS
OPEN INDEPENDENTS
VICTORIA #1
Nyora Speedbowl was host to the Victorian Speedway Council’s Open Independent Sedan State title on May 9th
with more than 20 race drivers vying
for the opportunity to wear the coveted Vic #1 signage for the next season. Amongst the favourites were Rick
McCormack who had won many features at Nyora this season, Dale Morrison who was in form at the right end
of the season and Rod Edwards who
was last Nyora Open Independent feature race winner a few weeks ago.
Podium Left to right: Morrison 3rd, McCormack 2nd, Edwards 1st, Gould 4th, Bickham 5th
Photo by CLT Photography © 09 Cassie Tuckett
Defending champion Steve Young and
Ray Gould a veteran of Nyora along
with Rob Bickham, Darren Skillton,
H4) Morrison, Trevor Wise, Daniel AnTrevor Wise and young Jaedn Alberni
gus
were also expected to figure at the
H5) Edwards, Gould, Evans
pointy end of the field.
H6) McCormack, Young, Alberni
H7) Edwards, Gould, Ross Wise
Nine heats were run with the following
H8) Morrison, Young, Shane Ardley
results:
H9) McCormack, Trevor Wise, Bickham
H1) Morrison, Mick Evans, John Cole
H2) Skilton, Trevor Wise, Gould
Decided on a count back of cars
H3) Edwards, Young, McCormack
passed Edwards took pole position in
the feature race with Morrison, McCormack, Trevor Wise, Young, Gould, Skilton, Bickham making up the top eight
of 18 starters.
McCormack, Young and Gould in a
keenly contested battle for second
back to fifth.
Edwards on a fantastic race track with
low and high lines all the way round
When the green flag dropped to send carved up the field pushing forward in
the field on its way Edwards skipped his big old style Grand National race
away from the field with Morrison, car as he zigged and zagged through
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Whilst he shot away Morrison and
McCormack had a fierce battle which
McCormack got the better of through
lapped traffic. Gould and Bickham kept
ahead of Skilton and Alberni.
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Edwards took the 30 lap race victory
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from McCormack, Morrison, Gould and
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Skilton, Alberni and John Cole.
Modified Clubman Karts saw all three
heats won by Wayne Packer whilst the
In Mini Sprint cars Jason Andreatta feature race was won by an ecstatic
won all three heats and the feature Dave Kis from Dave Gourlay and
race with Terry Williams and Steve Packer.
Trewin filling the podium in the feature.
Support classes on the night included
ASCF Juniors where Mitch Whiting
won all four heats and the final with
Dylan Campton and Brooke Whiting
In Speedway Karts Wayne Packer,
Wayne Hurford and Lloyd Hobson took
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HILL JUNIOR—A CHIP OFF THE OLD
BLOCK
Goon who only just turned 17 passed Victoria 2 Burr then
Victoria 1 Wren and went on to take the massive win
over the top two drivers in the field. Wren held out Burr,
and then came Gerlach and Swanson, Morris Ahearn,
How often in Speedway or any sport does a father win Simpson, Steve Garlick, Clarke and Scott Mallon in the
an event one year only for his son to win the same event only Nissan in the association.
the following season? I hear you say not very much at all
if ever. It happened Saturday night May 16th when Nick With no changes made to the car other than tyre’s, Hill
Hill won the Mick Woodhams Memorial for 3 Litre Sedans who had clinched top points in the feature elected to
at Alexandra Speedway.
start from the outside of the front row so the field looked
as follows, Burr, Hill, Wren, Gerlach, Swanson, McClure,
With five heat races to run in the ‘Ramsdale Wreckers & Morrison, Lamb, Leahy, Ahearn, Simpson, Garlick and
Horvath Transport Services’ 3 Litre Association series Clarke.
with all entries having three heat races each in which to
tally qualifying points the first ‘B & H Scrap Recyclers’ In the initial race start turn two mayhem brought undone
heat began for Hill with tough competition alongside on Leahy who found his car’s front end torn apart and sitthe front row in the guise of the ‘Daylesford Dynamo’ Will ting infield. When the race started it began in what was a
Lamb. State champion James Wren was at the back of fantastic clean battle with Burr and Hill out front managthe field off row five.
ing to put some distance between themselves and Wren
and with the lead swapping before Hill took the clear adThe race was fantastic with both the youngsters Lamb vantage. Wren was caught up by Swanson and those two
and Hill sharing turns at the front of the field with Dale set about catching Burr.
Morrison hot on their heels. Eventually on the last lap
Lamb made the significant passing move through turn Morrison was doing well in the XF Falcon and he got past
one and two and took the win from Morrison who got Gerlach. Clarke was coming from the rear and doing well.
past Hill. The other finishers were Zac Swanson, Wren, Swanson took the challenge up to Wren and he took over
Matt Gerlach, Troy Simpson and Lennie Clarke.
second and latched onto the rear of Hill.
In the third heat of the night and Hill’s second heat Victoria 2 Rodney Burr took the win after getting past the
front row. Hill from fifth on the grid took second after
making significant passes on Dale Morrison first then Jeff
Leahy in his EL Ford. Leahy finished third ahead of the
only other Ford in the category driven by Morrison and
then Garlick and Jack McClure.
State Champion James Wren started in pole for the
fourth heat and led much of the race with Swanson, Burr
and Hill behind him. Hill the youngster from Nar Nar
A delighted Nick Hill was wrapt with the win. “To race
cleanly with Burrie and Swanno was a pleasure. I knew
this was my race to win or lose once I got ahead of
Burries car and then later in the race I got the shock of
my life when I realised the next guy trying to pass me
was Zac Swanson. My dad and mum and the crew all
give me a fantastic car and its great fun going racing
with this team. My dad is my hero and to win the event
he won last year here is a dream and to see our names
together on the same trophy is going to be something to
remember forever.”
Nick Thanks his sponsors:
Ramsdale Wreckers Pakenham, Allcare Exhaust, Horvath
The closing laps was most exciting as Hill and Swanson Transport Services, DNKC Transport, Team Galley Moclosed in on their first ever association round wins. It torsport, GB RaceCars, B & H Scrap Recyclers, Daylesford
was Swanson who was having a real crack at Hill who Dyno, D.A.M Towing,
slipped a couple car lengths behind the last time they left
turn two in the race and he wasn’t able to recover for the
next two corners and that was all Hill needed to record
his first ever association victory and his second feature
race victory this season. Swanson finished second with
Wren, Burr, Lamb, Morrison, Gerlach, Clarke, Garlick,
Ahearn and McClure the complete finishing order.
Ramsdale Wreckers
Factory 2/18 Racecourse Road
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being taken out. Judd, Dubois and Paul Drew placed second with Bowden led all the way to win from Day, Danny
DROUIN SPEEDWAY ROCKED Scott Drew all out of the race. Walsh in third ahead of Attewell and Robson. Stainer, Pete Robotham, Ian Jones,
at the re-start took the lead and set
Jason Crawford, John Unwin, Chris
BY THE FANTASTIC
about
laying
out
some
scorching
laps.
Ten
Compact
Speedcars
arrived
for
Serle and Robin Crawford with a 17.53
NOS SPRINTS AND COMPACTS
First there was 17.55, then 17 sec- their final race meeting of the season lap time the best time recorded.
Sunday May 17 at Drouin was an en- onds, then 16.90 before ending the with Australia # 1 and 2 in the field.
thralling day of racing with the head- final lap with a 16.65 and the victory. Herb Hecker and Brad Day began heat Heat two began with Day and Crawone at the front and it was Hecker who ford at the front and the current Ausline acts the Nos Sprints and the Compact Speedcars putting on a fantastic
show to compliment the regular class
categories.
th
The NOS Sprints arrived with 9 staters
fresh from their final State series
round the night prior at Alexandra.
Current State champion Jeff Judd was
on hand along with Mark Walsh, Grant
Attewell, Troy Small, Gary Bowden,
Paul and Scott Drew, Dan Dubois, and
Dan Robson.
Day alongside Unwin © CLT Photography 09 Cassie Tuckett
The first of two heats started with
Bowden and Robson at the front of the
field and Gippsland driver Bowden held
strong for the locals as he recorded an
all the way win in front of Walsh, Judd,
Attewell, Scott Drew, Paul Drew, Dubois and Robson.
Heat two also dished up a front row all
the way winner as Paul Drew took the
spoils ahead of Dubois, Walsh, Scott
Drew, Judd, Bowden, Robson and
Small.
The Nos feature was a cracker with
Walsh and Paul Drew on the front row.
The start of the race began with 3 cars
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ours on the day the 6 cylinder Standard Saloon point’s victory went to
Rene Van Der Elst ahead of Ben Drouin Speedway would like to thank
Phayer and Sam McGill.
the following for their wonderful support:
Ladies Standard Saloons was won by
new Victoria 5 Anne Gooding from Ramsdale Wreckers
Moe Grain & Farm
Charlene Dike and Tegan Bullard.
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Junior Standard Saloons victory was Drysdale Chaff Mills
taken by Brian Scandrett ahead of Logue’s Auto Wreckers
Cindy-Lee Drewrey and Travis Ev- West Gippsland Welding Supplies
J & J Printing
ans.
Brad Day the Winner Compact Speedcars
© CLT Photography 09 Cassie Tuckett
Walsh in the Nos © CLT Photography 09 Cassie Tuckett
tralian Champion starting at the back
of the pack came through the field
during the eight laps and stormed
home to victory with Robotham on his
tail. Day held third from Serle, Jason
Crawford, Hecker, Unwin and Robin
Crawford.
The feature race over fifteen laps for
the Compact Speedcars began with
Hecker and Day at the front of the
field and for Hecker his good work
came undone quickly when he spun in
front of the field out of turn four and
was sent rear of the field. Day led all
15 laps with a best lap time of 17.34
seconds to defeat Robotham, Stainer,
Crawford, Hecker, Jones and Unwin in
the first feature race for compacts in
some years at Drouin Speedway.
The support classes on the day all
held two heats each car and a feature
race with the ASCF Sedan feature being won by Ben Tilendert ahead of
Phil Pottage whilst no other drivers
officially finished.
The best V8 Standard Saloon on the
day was Leigh Gooding and although
he took overall Standard Saloon hon-
Aussie’s take on the All Stars
Ohio Speedweek.
Sydney's Roddy Bell-Bowen was the first
cab off the rank in terms of Aussies heading stateside this winter and is well settled
into his life as a travelling All Star Circuit
of Champions Racer.
Roddy and the team led by the renowned
Bill Roberts are based at the residence and
workshop of multiple All Star Championship winning crew chief Brian Kemenah
and utilising the Formula Motorsports
USA transporter as well as being supported
by Kistler Performance.
Roddy’s first shake down run was at
nearby Fremont on 23rd May, a track that
has particular nuances and is very difficult
to master.
Veteran Danny Smith set fast time at
12.494 seconds with Roddy timing in at
13.219. Not a bad effort considering the
tracks vagaries and the calibre of teams
assembled there.
In his heat he moved up one position and
in the B-Main he managed a 12th place finish from a full field that included All Star
Standouts and local aces including Rob
Chaney, Lee Jacobs, Phil Gressman, Byron
Reed, Kaley Gharst, Darren Clayton and
Brandon Martin. Danny Smith took the
win.
“We weren’t too disappointed with the performance as the whole idea was just to give
Roddy a run and make sure the car was put
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Fabulous Fremont Action.
back together properly.” Stated Roberts.
Next up was a blast around Attica raceway park with the Outlaws. Attica is very
similar to PCR including having a trotting
track around the outside, but has more
banking.
Despite having run against the Outlaws at
home Roddy was clearly star struck to be
running against them in the USA and his
results were a little less than expected.
Chad Kemenah set fast time at 12.105
while Roddy was back on 13.297.
In his heat he ran 10th then finished the
night 8th in the C-Main.
Dale Blaney scored a big win over the outlaws.
The next event for Roddy was the daunting Eldora raceway, a track that scares the
best of them and Roddy was certainly nerv-
ous about his Eldora debut.
Despite this Roddy timed in 13th fastest of
the 40 cars on hand. Cale Conley set fast
time at 13.338 while Roddy was on 13.689
seconds. This led Kemenah to comment to
Roberts “Man you’ve sure got some stuff
for when you come here (Eldora)!” a reference to two years ago when Roberts
brought Troy Little for his maiden run at
the big oval and they snared fast time.
Unfortunately Roddy’s engine was not as
well suited to the restart requirements
needed at Eldora and while running in a
transfer position in his heat he was jumped
by three cars at a mid race restart and
couldn’t recover.
“Unfortunately you really need your motor
to jump away hard or you just get eaten up
on restarts here and that was what hap-
a three day swing through PA starting at
the legendary Williams Grove.
The Grove is a specialist track if ever there
was one and the winners here use engines
that are configured specifically for here
and here alone.
Not surprisingly Fast Fred Rahmer set
quick time at 16.661 seconds with Roddy
not disgraced on 17.471.
In his heat Roddy backed it up a little but
made good progress in the B-Main moving
up nine positions to finish 7th.
Bring your own grandstand.
pened.” Explained Roberts. “Apart from
that he did really well considering how
nervous he was.”
In the B-Main Roddy finished 7th not far
off a transfer to the main event.
Blaney scored his second win in two nights
after battling with Greg Wilson.
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8ths in his heat and the B-Main.
Next up in the triple header was a blast
around Central PA Speedway, a big half
miler self proclaimed to be PA’s equivalent of Eldora.
Two Aussies were in action this night with
Stephen Lines joining the competition.
Roddy however timed 13th of the 35 cars
(showing a liking for the faster big tracks).
Lines was 26th fastest.
In the heats Roddy was the best Aussie
coming home 6th while Lines was 7th.
A short trip down the down the road saw Roddy then placed fourth in the B-Main
them at Lincoln Speedway where the behind Stevie Smith, Dale Blaney and Jack
learning process continued with a pair of Sodeman Jr. Lines was 7th.
hitters Lynch(?), Mark Smith, Clayton,
Jesse Hockett and Dan Shetler.
Tim Shaffer was the man to beat in the
main event.
The following night the boys headed interstate to West Virginia and Ekins Speedway.
The “Modern Day Cowboy” Clayton set
fast time at 12.263 with Roddy on 12.932.
A top five finish in his heat put him into
the feature but unfortunately he was taken
out by “the Cowboy” who hit Roddy while
trying to lap him. Officially Roddy was
classified 15th. Shaffer scored a double
winning this one as well.
A week later the team headed interstate to
Lernerville in Pennsylvania (PA) where
again Roddy was less than a second off the
fast time set by track legend Ed Lynch Jnr
who has nearly 100 Sprintcar feature wins
at the venue. Lynch’s time was a 12.413
while Roddy’s time was 13.056.
In his heat Roddy neither lost nor made
any positions but in the B-Main he did
After some time in the workshop repairmove forward a few places to finish 8th.
Once again the B-Main included heavy ing the damage the crew looked forward to
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Speedway. Once again this was a first time “Although our results first up haven’t
visit to the track and it proved to be a been too flattering we have managed to
tough introduction.
take a number of positives away from our
opening two race meetings and that is goBeing one of the first cars out on the way ing to hold us in good stead for our uptrack for qualifying Lines posted the 26th coming race meetings,” Lines commented.
quickest time out of 35 cars. Due to miss- “When you come over to America and
ing the top 25 inversion by one place for visit new tracks it’s not easy adapting to
the heat races Lines started his heat race them and they are tracks that are nothing
from position seven and that was where he like the ones back home so you just have
finished. Lines’ seventh place heat race to go out there and have a go.”
result wasn’t good enough for him to make
a direct transfer into the feature race so he “It would have been great to get another
was forced to line up in the B-main. In the feature race under my belt as you simply
B-main Lines started from inside the third cannot beat race laps especially as this
row, position five, and once again missed a early stage of the tour where we are simply
transfer spot into the feature race by finish- just trying to find our feet,” added the # 45
ing in seventh place.
Camden Neon Signs supported J&J driver.
Unfortunately a minor engine problem saw
Roddy retire from the main event and he
was classified 20th.
All three PA events were won by local
Posse members (Cody Darrah – Williams
Grove, Brian Montieth – Lincoln & Chad
Layton – Central PA) showing just how
tough it is to beat the locals.
had started from position two. Due to winning his heat race, Lines started the 30-lap
feature race from position four and quickly
moved into second place. Mid way
through the feature race the Attica Raceway Park track went away and it caught
Lines, along with plenty of other teams,
out setup wise and he feel back down the
order and finished in 14th place.
Meanwhile Mt Gambier's Stephen Lines
had arrived in the USA to start his cam- The following night Lines was scheduled
paign.
to contest a race meeting at Fremont
Speedway (Fremont, Ohio) but unfortuJune 12 Lines made his tour debut at At- nately that was cancelled due to wet
tica Raceway Park (Attica, Ohio). In what weather.
was his first ever visit to the Attica Raceway Park, Lines started in the best possible Lines made his first appearance of the
fashion by winning his heat race after he tour in the All Star Series at Central PA
Speedweek was next up on the calendar
for both Roddy and Lines but sadly the
Attica opener was washed out and was
rescheduled to later in the week.
That elevated Eldora to the speedweek
opener and to make matters worse a number of Outlaw teams were also in attendance.
Young Cale Conley set quick time at
13.577 with Lines 20th (13.976), Brooke
Tatnell 28th (14.046 and Roddy 40th
(14.405) still less than a second off quick
time.
All three Aussies were in the same heat
with Lines claiming 4th after starting 2nd,
while Brooke was 7th and Roddy 9th.
It wouldn’t be Speedweek
without Veteran photographer
Mike Campbell.
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in the heart of Amish country.
Roddy just missed joining the others in the
B-main when he finished 3rd in the CMain.
Tatnell ran 5th from 9th in the B-Main just
missing a transfer to the feature while
Lines was 13th. Terry McCarl took his first
Eldora victory.
The following night was at Millstream
Speedway where Chaney set quick time at
14.628. Roddy was 32nd (15.231), Lines
25th (15.141) and Brooke 39th (15.450).
Both Lines and Brooke scored a 7th place
in their heats while Roddy managed to finish 6th.
Tatnell was forced to run the C-Main
which he won and then he ran 2nd in the BMain while Lines was fifth and Roddy was
10th.
Lines was only a single lap away from
transferring into the feature race in the Bmain only to be bulked by a lapped car and
be passed by fellow Australian Brooke
Tatnell for the final transfer spot.
Tatnell then finished 17th in the Main event
after starting 23rd. Tim Shaffer scored the
win.
Hilltop is an amazing story in itself after
being rejuvenated back in 2006 after laying dormant for 30 years, yes 30 years.
Stevie Smith in the Zemco#1 set fast time
at 13.26 seconds with Lines 9th fastest of
the 42 cars on 13.371. Roddy was 22nd
quick on 13.725.
Both Lines and Roddy scored a 6th place
finish in their respective heats pushing
both into the B-Main. Lines made the
transfer in fourth while Roddy finished 9th.
The B-Main included the likes of Eldora
winner McCarl, Dean Jacobs, Brad Sweet
and Jason Johnson.
In the feature race Lines finished 16th after
starting 14th. Smith won the event.
Wayne County Speedway made a late
withdrawal from the series leaving teams
with a night off before heading to Hilltop
Next up was a trip to Waynesfield where
Lines was the impressive Aussie.
Stevie Smith set fast time again at 10.511
with Lines 24th of the 50 cars on 10.923
with Roddy 41st on 11.270.
In his first heat Roddy finished 10th but
still beat Danny Smith and Chad Kemenah.
Lines pulled a desperate last corner pass to
run fifth in his heat and claim a direct
transfer to the feature.
Roddy then ran 2nd in the C-Main, and
went from the back of the B-Main to eventually finish 15th. The B-Main again included the likes of Dean Jacobs, Craig
Mintz, Blaney, McCarl, Clayton, Kemenah
and Mark Keegan.
In the feature race Lines moved from 21st
to finish 16th.
It was here at Waynesfield that Titan Racing USA crew celled this attempted re-run.
chief Rob Hart confirmed that after the Knoxville Nation- On to the beautiful Limaland Motorsport Park and it
als in August the team will fold due to budgetary reasons. was local ace Chaney who set quick time around the high
banked oval on 11.484 seconds. Lines was quickest of the
The troupe moved back to Attica for the rained out trio of Aussies on 11.874 (16th) with Reed 12.423 (32nd)
opener and Matt Reed was added to the ranks. Sadly, se- and Roddy 12.870 (43rd) of the 49 cars on hand despite
vere weather (which included the threat of a tornado) can- tipping the car over in hot laps.
Roddy then moved up from 11th to 7th in his heat while
Lines ran fifth and locked himself into the Main event.
Reed backed up from 8th to tenth in his heat.
Roddy was made to run-off in the C-Main where he finished 9th while Reed was 14th in the B-Main. Lines would
start 14th in the A-Main but was shuffled back to 18th.
Veteran Danny Smith took the win. His second win came
some 19 years after he last won here.
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Dale Blaney wasn’t smiling very often in
this years speedweek. The once dominant
force was lacking speed in his George
Fischer owned #2.
The historic Fremont—“The track that action built” was
the finale of a tough week, and as anyone who has competed in a speedweek will tell you, it is a tough week.
Stevie Smith again set fast time at 12.701 on the relatively flat 1/3 mile oval. Lines was 36th on 13.444 while
Roddy was 42nd on 14.142.
Fremont was not to be a great night for the Aussies as
Lines ran sixth in his heat with Roddy 11th. In the B-Main
the pair ran together with lines 13th and Roddy 14th.
There was some Aussie joy however when Tim Shaffer,
running some Grizzly Racing developments and being
assisted by Grizzly Racings Bill Roberts, came from the
B-Main to win the feature race.
Overall Stevie Smith won the Speedweek Series.
“It was tough, very tough!” Lines expressed. “When you
are racing on foreign tracks, many of which are very
daunting places, the main goal is to just get up to speed as
quickly as possible without coming to grief. Over the six
nights I would get up to speed pretty quickly, but at some
tracks it would take a little longer and by the time I would
be up to fairly good speed it was a little too late.”
“I knew it [Ohio Sprint Speedweek Series] was going to
be a very big challenge and it didn’t let me down in that
regard,” he confessed. “With 50 plus cars each and every
night qualifying time trials are very important and if you
mess it [time trials] up or get a bad marble draw then you
are going to be on the back foot. Back in Australia most
of the time you can get away with a poor time trial; you
just make it up in your heat race and still get into the fea-
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The famous Terra Haute should have been
next but was rained out so Roddy headed
to Fremont and Lines went to Mercer
where he was joined by Matt Reed.
Sharon Speedway with the Lou Blaney
Memorial featuring NASCAR stars Tony
Stewart, Kasey Kahne and Dave Blaney.
Lines finished just off the podium in fourth
place at the completion of the Lou Blaney
At Fremont Roddy had an ordinary night Memorial Classic feature race.
with 32nd in qualifying, 8th in his heat and Reed was back in 13th with Roddy 21st
12th in the B-Main.
but also scoring a heat win.
Meanwhile the other pair of Aussies were
doing much better at Mercer.
Both Lines and Reed scored heat wins and
Lines had moved up to fourth in the main
before dropping out (credited as 16th).
Reed however continued on to record a 6th
place finish.
Lines, driving the AUS # 45 Camden
Neon Signs supported J&J, started the feature race out of position three, as the top
12 point scorers starting positions were
once again drawn out of a hat, and third
place was where he stayed, keeping within
eyeshot of both front row starters Tony
Stewart and Cale Conley, for the majority
Tuesday the 7th was a special night at of the 30 lap distance. It was only during
Waynesfield Motorsport Park.
ture race, but with the competition being within a handful of laps I was pushed back
so much tougher you simply cannot do that to sixth as the drivers around me were just
over here.”
so much faster and more experienced
around there.”
“I can look back over my performances
over the six nights and be pretty pleased After a tough week it was off to K-C racewith how we went, but being the racer that way on July 3rd where both Tatnell and
I am, I always strive to do better,” Lines Roddy were in action.
confessed. “Going to a track like Eldora Tatnell timed 13th and Roddy 27th. TatSpeedway [which is regarded as one of the nell then won his heat from the outside
most daunting tracks in the world] with front row and Roddy came home 9th in his
only a couple of hot laps and then qualify- event.
ing 20th in time trials was a very proud A 5th place finish in the B-Main put
achievement, however the racing itself Roddy into the final where he moved up a
there is just insane. It’s the type of track few spots to finish 20th while Tatnell also
that takes you years to get a handle on, as moved up a few places to finish 13th. The
you just cannot turn up and be straight on feature was won by the track promoter Jim
the pace there. In my heat race at Eldora Nier.
Speedway I started from the front row and
Is this a speedway or a picnic ground? - Limaland Motorsports
Park clearly sets the bench mark for all other speedways with its
permanent barbeques and a lake with a fountain and couloured
lights at night, Not to mention the green grass and white picket
fences.
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the latter stages of the feature race, while he tried to
bridge the gap between himself and second placed
Conley, when Lines was passed by Lee Jacobs for the
final spot on the podium.
Lou Blaney Memorial Classic, aside from mixing it
with the stars, was his performance on what was quite
a slick Sharon Speedway
“It would have been awesome to finish on the podium, surface.
but being the racer I am, I wasn’t content with sitting in
third and I tried to make up ground on second place and “Slick tracks have in the
that was when I made a bit of a mistake and drifted up a past not been my strongest
bit too high and that allowed Lee [Jacobs] to put his nose points and at Sharon Speedunder me and make the pass,” explained Lines. way it was quite slick and I
“Although it was disappointing to miss out on a spot on managed to perform strongly
the podium, fourth place is a great result and considering and credit must go to my
that the likes of both Blaney’s [Dale and Dave] and crew for giving me such a
Kasey Kahne finished behind me gives me even more wonderful car,” mentioned
satisfaction as those guys are stars of the sport.”
Lines, who had earlier in the
night scored a strong victory
One of the most pleasing aspects of Lines’ result in the in his heat race. “During last
year’s tour I ran a few
times at Sharon Speedway
and going back this time
enabled us to use the
knowledge we gained from
back then and we weren’t
just flying in blind and that
helped quite a lot.”
Outlaws champion Dave Blaney, driving a Jeff McCall
owned car, utilised the spare Maxwill Racing Engines
prepared 410ci engine from Lines’ team.
Roddy continued on with the Allstars at Hartford MI on
July 10 where he had a good night. He was 12th fastest in
time trials then 3rd in his heat and a fine 7th in the main
after starting 12th.
Lines loves Lernerville.
The Famous Lernerville Speedway– Scene of Lines’ Victory.
The Lou Blaney Memorial Classic feature race
was won by Tony Stewart July 10 was a huge night for Lines as he broke through for a
ahead of Cale Conley and win at Lernerville Speedway ahead of Ed Lynch Jnr—a
Lee Jacobs.
man who recently took his 100th Sprint Car Feature victory at this track (see page 10 for a more detailed report).
Another interesting fact to
come out of the Lou After his stunning win at Lernerville Lines backed it up
Blaney Memorial Classic with a solid second place back across the border at
was that former World of Sharon Speedway in Hartford Ohio.
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row in the feature race, Lines was
caught up in some early traffic and it
allowed eventual winner Bob Felmlee
to get a break on the field. Despite
closing rapidly in on Felmlee during
the closing stages of the 25 lap feature
race; Lines fell narrowly short of his
second feature race success in 24
hours and ended up finishing second.
A second place finish in his qualifying heat race, where In the feature race Lines’ speed was
he recorded the fastest lap, placed Lines directly into the evident by the fact that he had easily
feature race line up. Starting from the inside of the second recorded the fastest lap of the race.
“We were quite
unlucky not to take out
the victory at Sharon
Speedway, but I am
rapt to be able to finish
the tour in such strong
fashion, it’s now just a
shame that we have to head back home,” qualifying he ran 8th in his heat and then 7th in the Bremarked Lines. “Returning to both Main behind local winners Mike Linder, Chris Andrews
Lernerville and Sharon Speedways after and John Ivy. The feature was won by Craig Mintz.
the previous weekend certainly helped our
speed as we were able to get back out there
and improve immensely with the knowledge that we had gained.”
Veteran Bob Felmlee led the final 17 circuits to garner
his second Sharon Speedway victory in 2009. Lines
closed on Felmlee in the final laps to bring home the runner-up spot.
"I used up my left rear and was hoping that I had enough
left to hold of Steve (Lines)" stated Felmlee.
Lines had also taken a heat victory.
At Fremont Roddy was having a much
tougher time. After not setting a time in
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Ed Lynch is normally the master of Lernerville with 100
Sprint Features at this one venue alone.
Former Attica 305 Champion Chris Andrews gets
up close to the Hilltop fence on the exit of turn
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ANTI DOPING POLICY
(l) The SCCA Inc. Anti Doping Policy, under the ASADA
Act 2006 and the NAD scheme established under
that Act shall apply to each Participant in the activities of
SCCA Inc. or any of its Member organisations by
virtue of the Participant’s membership, accreditation, or
participation in SCCA Inc., its Members, or their
activities or Events.
This Anti-Doping policy shall apply to all Doping Controls
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(ll) ASADA Act 2006 means the Australian Sports AntiDoping Authority Act 2006 (Cth) as amended from
time to time.
NAD scheme means the National Anti-Doping scheme
as defined under the ASADA Act 2006 as
amended from time to time.
Participant is defined in the Anti Doping Policy and this
rule book.
LIQUOR POLICY
(l) Interpretation of this rule:
(a) “Duty Period” means the time period between the
commencement of a Participant’s duties, driving or
other role, in the course of a race meeting, until the removal of all powered vehicles from the race track
at the end of the last race of the meeting;
(b) “Suspension” means suspension from any and all
activity as a Participant;
(c) “Aggravated Offence” means:
(i) An offence under rule 5.6 Liquor Policy (ll) (b), 5.6 Liquor Policy (ll) (c), where the Participant is a driver
and has a percentage of alcohol in his/her blood exceeding 0.02%; or
(ii) A refusal to provide a sample pursuant to sub rule 5.6
Liquor Policy (lll).
(ii) Presentation and Ingestion Offences
A Participant shall not:
(a) Consume alcohol or a Prohibited Substance within a
Duty Period nor within 12 hours preceding a duty
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taking of that sample in accordance with
period;
(b) Commit any offence against sections 59, 59A, 60, 61, Australian and New Zealand Standard 4308:2001:
“Procedures for the collection, detection and quantitation
64, 64A, 64AA, 66, 67 or 67A of the Road Traffic
of drugs of abuse in urine”, or such other
Act 1974 (WA), in the course of travelling to or from a
standard professional practice or best method as may be
race meeting, and Participants place of residence,
adopted from time to time.
lodging or employment.
(c) Have a percentage of alcohol in his/her blood equal- (d) In all such cases the cost of collecting, transporting
and testing any breath, blood or urine samples shall
ling or exceeding 0.02% during the Duty Period.
be borne by the club or clubs conducting the race meet(iii) Participants to provide samples for random testing:
The Chief Steward, or up to three persons nominated in ing who will not be entitled to contribution by any Participant for any testing conducted.
advance in writing by the Chief Steward being
and Referral for Disciplinary Purposes:
members of good standing and
experience,
or
any
of
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The Chief Steward upon receiving the results of any
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purpose of detecting the presence
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and
(vi)
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not require
a
Participant to provide a sample of his/her blood for analy- First Offence: Up to two years disqualification, a
$1,000.00 fine, (or both);
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shall be entitled to receive, at the time a sample
he/she may substitute his/her sprintcar
of his/her blood is taken, a sample of the Participant’s
and has one lap at the end with 15th best possible.
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Drivers are not permitted to participate in any race, offi(c) Urine Samples:
cial practice, and time trial or warm up
The Chief Steward and/or his or her nominees shall not
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require a Participant to provide a sample of urine
from the recognised state/territory service
unless the Chief Steward has provided facilities for the
is in the speedway complex.
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