Title Wrap Up

Well not that Literally the dust has settled here are some more details from the title.

Quite a disappointing turn out but we all know that things happen and we all can't race all the time but the drivers that were there put on a good nights racing.

The night consisted of time trials,three rounds of 8 pal heats and a 25 lap feature.

Time trials went to Chris Ackland followed by Mike Armstrong and Todd Davis.

The first round of heats went to Mike Armstrong and Shane Maskell but not till Justin Bell had a wild ride after riding Chris Dickers right rear and hitting the turn one wall very hard. I would expect that will be the last time we see that car as I've never seen a car damaged that bad. Fortunately Justin was not hurt.

The second round of heats went to Todd Davis and Shane Maskell again but not until i took a little excursion to check out the spot where Justin hit the wall. Not much damage luckily and i was able to finish.

The last round of heats was a repeat of the second with Todd and Shane taking them out again.

By this stage the track was getting a but dusty and starting to slick off.

After the heats points were Todd,Chris Ackland,Mike, Shane,Gavin,Aldo,Grant Chisolm,Chris Dicker and Ron Wilson.

Despite the best efforts of the Narrogin track staff the track was getting very slick thru turn three and four and extremely dusty. The feature was quite an eventful race with a few stoppages including Chris Ackland who misjudged the location of the front straight wall in the dust which ended his title defense. Others that didn't finish were Mike Armstrong and Aldo.

So the final order was Todd Davis,Gavin Davis,Shane Maskell,Tony Billman,Grant Chisolm,Ron Wilson and Chris Dicker.

Congratulations to Todd he drove the best in the conditions and deserved to win he was hard to beat all night.

See you all at Bunbury and don't forget to get your nominations in for the Wayne Armstrong Cup.

Mike Armstrong

State Title

State Title has been run and won at Narrogin tonight.

1st Place - Todd Davies

2nd Place - Gavin Davies

3rd Place - Shane Maskell

Few reports in so far, Chris Ackland lead early, but clipped the wall and damaged his well, Mike Armstrong spun and off course was quite dusty.

More reports as they come to hand. Will post full position list once it comes in.

SJ Crushing racing

Hi all just a quick update on blog.
Heat 2 motor was ok, just took it easy for a while until I thought Gavin was going to lap me, then I got on the gas and passed Ron and drove away from Gavin, so really where Shane said we slowed we actually went faster, which was still slower than Chris and Todd, Gavin was trying to pass for position not to lap me, just shows how asleep I was.

Bunbury 11-2-12

What a great night of sprintcar racing at Bunbury last night. All the limited drivers should be very proud!

Heat 1 saw Gav Davis start from pole and wasnt matched for the entire race. Chris Ackland started from near last and ended up 3rd. Final placings were Gav 1st, Cory Gilpin (running 360 engine) 2nd, Aldo 3rd, Chris 4th. Glen Oliver was back in the drivers seat, but once again found his diff hanging out by the end of the heat, so that ended his night. Crabbe had some engine dramas and we all had fingers crossed he hadnt blown another one. Team Crabbe worked hard to find the problem to no avail, so sent him out for heat 2 to see what would happen.

Heat 2 - Todd Davies started off pole, Chris Ackland pulled out on lap 1 with rear end dramas, Ron Wilson managed to hold off Crabbe for a good few laps and Aldo was once again driving very well. Crabbe's engine held up, but again started to fail towards the end of the heat. At least he didnt blow it!

The feature was held over 20 laps with Higgins and Crabbe of the first row, Gav and Aldo off row 2 and Todd in p5.

Gav jumped straigt into P1 within the first lap and Todd set about chasing him down with Aldo settling him behind. Ron Wilson pulled in after a few laps with dramas. Todd managed to get past Gav and then Aldo soon passed him as well, not sure if Gav had car trouble or is just getting old!

With 2 laps to go, Todd was running the low line, Aldo stuck to his guns and held the high line, the move paid off which saw Aldo take out his first ever win - well done!

The A main of the WSS was qute eventful, with Brooke Tatnell being run over by the push car prior to start of the race, Max Dumsney was disqualified. Ryan Farrell lead from start to finish.

We all gathered after that for presentation, big thanks to Chris from Manadurah Bolts for a few prizes, SJC Crushing for donating some tyres Delkara Haulage for some vouchers and a few others, apols if I've missed people - I'm getting old too!. Gav and Crabbe took home new front wings, Todd scored a compressor and Aldo walked away with a 42" plasma courtesy 88degress.

Peter will send thru the official placings shortly, so I'll post those when they come thru.

Next meeting is the state title in Narrogin on the 25th, then back to Bunbury for the Krikke Boys on March 3-4, Moora on the 10th then down to Margaret River on the 17th for the Armstrong Memorial, then back to Kwinana on the 24th. Very busy March - bring it on!!

John Stevens Memorial - Geraldton

Hi all,

From all accounts was a very eventful meeting - well done to all those that survived!

Results:

Heat 1a - 1st Andrew Pedgar, 2nd Nathan Chant, 3rd Grant Chisholm

Heat 1b - 1st Chris Ackland, 2nd Mick Doble, 3rd Shane Maskell

Heat 2a- 1st Mick Doble, 2nd Andrew Pedgar, 3rd Chris Ackland

Heat 2b - Nathan Chant, 2nd Gavin Davis, 3rd Aldo De Paoli

Heat 3a - 1st Mick Doble, 2nd Nathan Chant, 3rd Chris Ackland

Heat 3b - 1st Andrew Pedgar, 2nd Shane Maskell, 3rd Robbie Stevens

Feature - 1st Gavin Davis, 2nd Chris Ackland, 3rd Nathan Chant, 4th Grant Chisholm (plus 6 DNF)

The Muster

Well we definitely had the best turnout for the season so far with 17 limiteds nominated for the muster.

There was a massive crowd on hand and they weren't disappointed with the racing.

The first head was a very quick race and unfortunately a little too fast off the start for Sarah Zemunik as she was relegated two positions for jumping the start. So this handed the win to Todd Davis followed by Aaron Ishiguchi and then Sarah.

Heat two was a good one as well with the Gero guys showing us why they had come down with Robbie Stephens taking the win from Mick Doble and Gavin Davis.

Heat three was a bit scrappy with Todd Davis and Mick Doble both spinning on the back straight early. Race was eventually won by myself followed by Paul Peet and Aldo DePaoli. A great drive from Paul his first time in the car for a few years.

The feature was next and front 3 rows were Robbie and Sarah,myself and Todd and Mick and Gavin behind us. It was a good race with both the top and bottom of the track working well.Sarah was on the pace early and we were all trying to keep up. the minor positions were changing rapidly as everyone was having a good crack.

Unfortunately for Mick he also had a massive dump in turn one and although Mick was OK the same can't be said for his car it was a mess.

The race resumed and it was a fight between 3 with Sarah.Todd and myself running out in front of the field it was a good race and we finished in that order.

It was a great night of racing and a very good example of the show that the limiteds can put on if we get the numbers.

Fast Friday

Firstly apologies for the lack of posts just been too busy.

Well 6 limiteds turned up to race on the 16th Dec for the last fast Friday and we were treated to a really good track again.

There were also 7 360's and we ran together with them all night.

First heat seen myself and Chris Dicker off the front with the 360's one corner behind us. We finished in the order of myself,Trent Pigdon(360) and then Chris Dicker.

The second heat was won by Ryan Farrell in a 360 followed by Shane Maskell and myself in third.

Feature race front row was myself and Shane Maskell. Shane spun in turn 1 early and was collected by Jake Beard Miller and both were out for the rest of the race. We held off the field for the next 6-8 laps before I was passed again by Ryan. I set off after him only to come into contact with Bryan Hall in turn one and has a massive dump. You all have probably seen the pictures by now. Car was not damaged too bad and I had a good headache. 360's finished in the top 3 positions and the first limited home was Chris Dicker with his first win of the season.

Overall points for the night went to Chris Dicker followed by myself and Shane Maskell.

Well done Chris on your first win.

Bunbury 10 December 2012

Was a great night in Bunbury on Saturday. Norbert was farewelled in true speedway style with a four wide lap of honor.

Here's the results:

Heat 1a - Maskell, Dhu, G Davis

Heat 1b - De Paoli, Webster, Higgins

Heat 2a - G Davis, Webster, De Paulo

Heat 2b - S Crabbe, Dhu, Maskell

Heat 3a - Maskell, Dhu, Webster

Heat 3b - Higgins, Wilson, G Davis

The 20 lap feature was run without incident and won by Gav Davis from Higgins, then Maskell.

Overall Shane Maskell won the night on points along with Gav Davis who both picked a new tyre, Ian Dhu picked up a compressor and Darren Higgins (who drove superbly), walked away with a air hose reel.

A drum of meth was raffled off, this was won by Ron Wilson.

Overall we only had 10 cars, Chris Ackland was running his 360 in preparation for the 360 title this weekend and visiting American Kaley Gharst was getting some practice in the 410.

Next LSA meeting is the Muster on January 2, hope to see as many as possible there.

Merry Christmas to you all.

Manjimup

My apologies i posted it was Rob Adley when it was Steve Adley.

Sorry Steve.

Mike

Manjimup

Well after much debate the meeting a Manjimup was held on Saturday night. We had a total of 11 cars including 4 360,s and one 320.

We were greeted with what looked like a soft and wet track. Wheel packing was interesting as the back straight was a mud pit and hard to get through. We eventually got the rest of the track packed and a line down the back straight. Hot laps were still greasy but looking fast as track was really hooked up but starting to get rough.

First round of heats were run with Todd Davis taking out our heat from Shane Maskell and Billy Stocks. In the second group Aldo Depoali had a good win from Chris Ackland and Wade Randall.

The track was getting very rough by this stage and the cars took a lot of holding onto.

Second round of heats saw everyone freeing up their cars a bit to try and make them a bit faster and easier to get through the ruts. First heat of the second round again went to Todd Davis from Billy Stocks and Wade Randall. The other heat of the second round went to Rob Adley from Chris Ackland and Tim Gardiner.

The first race of the final round of heats was won by Billy Stocks from Shane Maskell and Mike Armstrong. There was a coming together of cars during the start of this heat which left Todd Davis watching from the infield. I was leading until i tried to adjust the fuel return and stood on my dick and got passed, well that was the technical version i was given in the pits. Second race went to Chris Ackland,who again got really fast when it mattered, from Rob Adley and Aldo Depoali.

Well I jagged the invert and started of the front row in the feature next to Tim Gardiner. There were a few restarts as everyone was pushing hard and unfortunately for Rob Adley, a little too hard as he had a hard dump in turn 1. He was ok but cant say the same for his car. I lead for the first 15 laps until i was passed by Todd so now i had someone to chase. I caught and passed a rapidly tiring Todd with 5 laps to go and held on for the win. Followed by Chris Ackland, Todd Davis, Aldo, Shane Maskell & Billy Stocks.

Overall points for the night went to Chris Ackland from Mike Armstrong and Billy Stocks.

Martin is looking for nominations for Bunbury so if you can race please let him know ASAP.

I will see you all at the Muster.

Mike