On the weekend we headed South down to the new Eastern Creek Speedway. This place is and will be the best in Australia in no time at all – what a place and what a race track!
There were 48 cars entered which meant we were all put into groups to qualify against and heat race against. I qualified 3rd in my group and with an invert of 4 I started the heat from 2nd place. I had a great start and was running 2nd for about 3 laps then I managed to get past the other car on the bottom and held my lead, winning my heat.
This meant I was 2nd overall on points for the night so I made the dash. I went out to draw a number and was second to pick a number and drew 7th, so I went from 2nd to starting 7th in the dash. I was too low at the start of the dash as there was some track prep done before we went out and it was really wet so I came 8th in the dash.
I started the feature from 8th. After about 10 laps I had made my way up to 5th place and then we had a restart and I lost a few spots and dropped back to 8th again. With 7 laps to go I found a really good line on the bottom and managed to fight my way up to 4th place. On the last lap I got into 3rd and had to move down straight away to cover my line and keep my position.
I was over the moon with my 3rd place finish at Eastern Creek. This is only the second time I have raced there since it’s opening, so to come away with a 3rd place against 48 cars was a great achievement for me!
Now I need to carry this momentum onto this weekend at Toowoomba for Pink Night. So come on out and support Breast Cancer and watch some great racing.
Thanks to my family and friends that always come along to support me. Thanks to my crew Michael and Todd for all their effort over the night and the weekend driving down and back for me.
Results Below:
Hot Laps time: N/A
Time Trials: 12.276 3rd in group
Heat 1: Started 2nd Finished 1st
Heat 2: N/A
Dash: Started 8th Finished 8th
B-Main: N/A
A-Main/Feature: Started 8th finished 3rd
I would like to thank my sponsors and family for giving me the opportunity to race, thank you.
Sprint Shack
Inglis Race Engines