The Queensland/NSW Sprintcar State’s Series Final was held at Archerfield Speedway on Saturday 15th January.
The race at the new Eastern Creek track was cancelled (as they couldn’t get the track ready in time due to bad weather). We headed to Archerfield instead to finish off the State Series – sitting in 6th place overall after all the rounds we were pretty happy.
Unlucky with my time trial position getting the lucky last (meaning I was the last one to qualify out of everyone). I managed a not too bad lap and qualified 13th overall, which again I was pleased with.
Heat 1 saw me start out of second – I missed the start but luckily the pole sitter jumped the start so he went back a spot and we started again. I managed a better start (still not the greatest) and was in 3rd after the first lap. I then fell back another 2 places as the heat went on and came in 5th – not a very good heat for me given I started off the front row.
Heat 2 saw me start from 2nd again and I was not going to do what I did in the first heat. I held my 2nd place for a couple of laps then overtook to get into 1st. Putting my head down and driving clean laps, coming home with the win in heat 2.
I started the feature race in 10th and finished 5th (most likely my favourite race since being in a Sprintcar). The track was slick and had a nice cushion around the top. I got a good start and moved up quickly into 5th position.
The race went straight up for about 25 laps – I managed to get up into 5th position and was trading slide jobs and overtakes with another car for about 3 laps straight (it was awesome!) I overtook him and went to the bottom on the entry to turn 3 and he turned me around causing a stoppage. I had to get started again but only lost 1 spot (due to us lapping cars) so I restarted in 6th position. Again getting a good restart and managing to overtake 1 other car on the 2nd last lap to finish in 5th place.
Results Below:
Hot Laps time: 12.039
Time Trials: 12.194 13th overall
Heat 1: started 2nd finished 5th
Heat 2: started 2nd finished 1st
Dash: N/A
Feature: started 10th finished 5th
Thanks to all my sponsors, family and crew for their support and help getting me out on the race track each week. I couldn’t do it without you …
