Archerfield Sprintcar

We raced at Archerfield Speedway for Round 10 of the East Coast Logistics Sprintcar Track Championship Series on Saturday 19^th February.

As we were the first group out and the track was still quite wet time trials were tough. However, on the last lap I managed to get 1 good lap in, which gave me quick time for the group I was in. I just wasn’t high enough on the track until I hit the right spot on that last lap. After everyone had finished time trials I was 7^th quickest overall, which was really good considering the track conditions.

Heat one I started from 5^th position, managing to get forward a couple of spots straight away before there was a yellow flag and we had to form up single file for a restart. I ran around the top and moved from 3^rd to 2^nd place, then managed to catch 1^st place a lap later. Going into turn 3 he left the inside slightly open, just enough for me to get in there and come out of turn 4 in 1^st place. I then managed to hold onto 1^st place for the remainder of the heat.

Heat 2 saw me start out of 5^th again. I managed to move forward 1 place but then lost it on the next lap. Settling the car and myself down I gained 4^th place back a lap later, then I was in 4^th for a couple of laps and ran around the top to get into 3^rd place. I went for an inside overtake but missed my marks and spun the wheels on the exit, losing a heap of ground which I couldn’t get back in time and finished in 3^rd for heat 2.

Dash saw me the 2^nd highest point scorer out of everyone which I was very happy about. This time the dash was Bronze, Silver, Gold arrangement meaning 8^th,7^th,6^th & 5^th go out together to spread out and time trial and the 2 fastest times stay on track. Then 4^th & 3^rd join them and then the same thing happens again with the 1^st and 2^nd (being me) joining them. I was fairly disappointed with my dash performance as I didn’t drive the car in the right part of the track and know I could have done a way better job – but it’s all experience and next time I will. I lost 2 spots and came 4^th quickest so I started the feature from 4^th.

Starting the feature race from 4^th position I got a fast enough start but after only half a lap the yellow lights came on and there was about 6 or so cars involved in an accident on the exit of turn 2. So the board got reset to 30 laps and we all started again. This time it was all good and we were back racing – on lap 2 I managed to get a great exit out of turn 2 on the top, getting myself into 3^rd place. I held 3^rd place for 18 odd laps, switching between the top and bottom of the track. I made a few errors here and there but all in all was driving well until about lap 18 when I was overtaken by another car on the bottom. I was unable to regain 3^rd position, in spite of throwing everything at it, and had to settle for 4^th position yet again!!!!

Results Below:

Hot Laps time: N/A

Time Trials: 12.103 1^st in my group (7^th overall)

Heat 1: started 5^th finished 1^st 

Heat 2: started 5^th finished 2^nd

Dash: 4th

B-Main: N/A

A-Main/Feature: started 4^th finished 4^th  

I am really looking forward to racing at Toowoomba this weekend – this will be my 30^th sprint car race meet since I started late last year. A podium would be amazing!!! So I will give it my all this weekend and hope to see you all trackside on Saturday.

Thanks to all my sponsors, family and crew for all their support and help getting me out on the race track each week.

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