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I
went private and all I got was this lousy,
rainbow-coloured thong.
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While
I had
to sit out Round 1
I popped down to PI for some admin.
For the uninitiated, the VSKC offer full points
to a competitor electing to do admin. There
are certain criteria and it does not include
the final round. Some might not like the thought
of being pipped in the series by admin points,
but it is a "Club" series and such
contribution is considered to be in the spirit
of the competition. |
I
happen to agree- and that's coming from someone
who had to swallow being out-scored by Jon Crooke
in '06 for that very reason! (And don't you forget
it Jon).
It's
nice to remember we're not racing for sheep stations
(will someone please explain to me from where
that expression is derived? Why "sheep stations"?
Why not "money", or "women"?).
However, from the quality of the racing, you wouldn't
know it. It was full on. Close, a little tardy
at times, exciting, and full on.Since I wasn't
racing this race report will be a little thin.
Because I'm a narcissist, and it's supposed to
be all about me.
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"I've
been looking at some of your lap times Dean
and, well, quite frankly they're a bit disappointing".
Dean Davies attempts to explain "running
in" to an administrator who's gone
mad with power
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Most
of my duties were in the control tower with
Elaine Fultiak and Jon Booker, two people
without whom the race meetings would barely
function. It should be said that I'm no
stranger to the inner workings of CAMS officialdom
( 6 x GP's, ALMS Street Race Adelaide 2000,
Rally SA Course Vehicle 2001, Stage commander
Classic Adelaide, loads of comms etc) but
it was still a revelation to see the effort
required just to get the racing started.
This
one started with the doom of a failed timing
system after qualifying. Remembering that
the final round of '07 had to suffer random
grid confusion for the same reason, us dedicated
control tower bunnies sifted through 200
lines of data to manually produce the correct
starting grid, 1 minute before race control
were going to send 'em out. Elaine was close
to requiring valium but she sorted the computer
niggles like a pro.
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Carrying on from '07 was the idea of rolling starts,
and as a further bonus, the field was separated
into G'box and Non g'box races. Ripper! No more
cardial infarctions as Gary Pegaroro rockets past
with arms waving! Now I was definitely
wishing I was out there...
Some
shuffling in the classes; our 07 heavies champ
Mark Wicks moved up to Lights, despite still giving
away 15-20 kg over the minimum. Apparently
his demand for a pay rise forced Hyper Racer to
sell his motorhome which of course included the
gymnasium. Rod Clark was now driving Craig Taylor's
Arrow last raced in the Nationals and the final
round of 07, leaving Peter Howard flying the Howards
Equipment Racing colours. And what impressive
colours they are- his kart and whole package being
the most spectacularly presented by far.
Serious bling. And it goes as fast
as it looks. Peter Howard dominated heavies in
the Howards Equipment Racing Arrow
As
it transpired the Howard yellow terror terrorised
the heavies field and Peter deservingly scooped
the points for the day with 3 wins, and daylight
second. P-plater and Britek Motorsport's manager
Chris Jewell in the agent-orange Hyper ran as
high as second during race 1, only to be nailed
by eventual 3rd placegetter Lee Filliponi into
MG, leaving Chris languishing back in the field
for the rest of the day. Filliponi's team mate
David Byrne finished second with his usual consistent
fast run. Another Britekian, Mick Treloar, put
in some fine performances mixing with #27 Rod
Clarke, while the usually quick Andrew Jackman
was beset with engine troubles in race 2.
I
watched all this from the control tower, pondering
how many guys I'd have to beat to be even close
to the top three this year!
Not happy Jan. Despite being harpooned
in race 1 Chris Jewell's speed was impressive.
He looks like he's done this before...
In
Lights the frontrunners were Brad Stebbing, Peter
Gazzola and Dean Crooke. Since Dean spent most
of 07 sorting the new chassis and various bits
he was sweating on a successful day. He needn't
have worried.
Race
1 Dean was pipped by Stebbing at a gap of 0.006sec,
with Peter Gazzola a similar distance behind.
They were this close for many laps in race 1 and
2, making the control tower the best place to
be. In race 2 Dean managed to pull out a massive
gap only to be hauled in by the slipstreaming
siamese twins Stebbing and Gazzola. In Race 3
he just drove away and won with a 3 second plus
margin, wrapping up with a second, two wins and
first place overall for the day. Next was Brad,
then Peter. Wicksy hung with the pack for the
early laps in each race but succumbed to the weight
disadvantage to finish fourth.
"Who
are you calling FAT"? Wicksy mixes with the
Lights, but Dean Crooke is long gone
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Dean Crooke and Hyper Racer, back where
they belong
Peter Howard chokes on Gazzola's dust
in race 2
Jason McIntyre stepped into an Inter, after yet another
serious hospital stay, and was up the sharp end the
whole time, including a win in race 3. Also pictured
are Gary Pegaroro and Wayne Sproston who had a coming
together over Lukey Heights in race 2, putting Sproston
out for the final
125MAX
LIGHT
| POS |
DRIVER |
HEAT
1 |
HEAT
2 |
HEAT
3 |
POINTS |
| 1 |
Dean
Crooke |
2 |
1 |
1 |
62 |
| 2 |
Brad
Stebbing |
1 |
3 |
2 |
57 |
| 3 |
Peter
Gazzola |
3 |
2 |
3 |
52 |
| 4 |
Mark
Wicks |
5 |
4 |
4 |
42 |
| 5 |
Ross
Horsey |
4 |
5 |
5 |
40 |
| 6 |
Leigh
Cavallin |
7 |
7 |
7 |
32 |
| 7 |
Shaun
Trounson |
9 |
8 |
6 |
30 |
| 8 |
Tracey
Tyler |
8 |
DNF |
8 |
21 |
| 9 |
Ben
Degenhardt |
6 |
6 |
DNF |
20 |
| 10 |
Peter
Strangis |
DNF |
DNS |
DNS |
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125MAX HEAVY |
| 1 |
Peter
Howard |
1 |
1 |
1 |
65 |
| 2 |
David
Byrne |
4 |
3 |
3 |
48 |
| 3 |
Lee
Filliponi |
2 |
4 |
6 |
45 |
| 4 |
Michael
Treloar |
DNF |
2 |
2 |
39 |
| 5 |
Chris
Jewell |
3 |
5 |
8 |
39 |
| 6 |
Rod
Clarke |
6 |
6 |
4 |
38 |
| 7 |
Scott
Appledore |
8 |
8 |
5 |
32 |
| 8 |
Brendan
Luneman |
5 |
7 |
9 |
32 |
| 9 |
Gary
Vick |
9 |
9 |
7 |
28 |
| 10 |
Matthew
Palmer |
7 |
10 |
DNF |
15 |
| 11 |
Andrew
Jackman |
DNS |
11 |
DNS |
5 |
Next
round is Calder Park, April 6th. Don't miss it!
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