Round 4 of the USC Championships was held at Hi-Tec Oils Toowoomba Speedway on Saturday 5th February. Currently running 12th overall on points, after the first 3 rounds of the Ultimate Sprintcar Championship, I was quite excited to race here again.
Heat 1 was heads up so I started out of 3rd. The pole sitter didn’t get a good start which meant I ended up in 4th on the first corner. I managed to get 3rd position back on lap 3 and that was where I finished.
Heat 2 was inverted and as I was 32nd highest pointwise I started from 6th position. Making a bad start I was fighting to keep my position – I ran it wide and ended in the marbles and fell back to last. However my car was on rails and I managed to drive it back through the field finishing 4th.
There was no Dash as I believe they had to cancel it due to running late. So it was an A main start for me from 10th position. My plan was to just do consistent clean laps and be there at the end – which is exactly what I did.
I was driving nicely, the race was up on the top and I had to do a few slide jobs to get past some cars. My first one I slid all the way to the top of the wall in turn 4, the car managed to turn back under me passing me again. So on the next lap I kept it down half a car off the wall and succeeded in blocking his run on exit, which gave me the run and ability to get away from him. From there on I just kept my head down and tried my best to stay out of trouble.
The track was awesome and the race was great too but with a couple of restarts towards the end I had to hold my position which I managed to do. I got challenged on the last lap but the other car spun out so I managed to finish in 4th – an absolutely awesome result for me, just need to get that one more spot up so I can get on the podium.
Hot Laps time: N/A
Time Trials: 11.919 3rd in my group
Heat 1: started 3rd finished 3rd
Heat 2: started 6th finished 4th
Dash: N/A
B-Main: N/A
A-Main/Feature: started 10th finished 4th
Thanks to all my sponsors, family and crew for all their support and help getting me out on the race track each week.
Next race meet is at Archerfield Speedway on the 19th February – hope to see you all there!
