Saturday, November 13, 2010

Fast Friday wrap up.

Good evening all,

It has been a big day down at the shed, many visitors have come through to say hello.
Team Gavin/Jen Davis came up from Bunbury to pick up some wings for Darren Higgins in their new transporter, this transporter is going to be a nice unit when completed, it is huge, we chewed the fat over some ways to get the new motor back up to speed, it was a little disappointing last night, I reckon it was at about half the power it was before it went away to get rebuilt, we came up with a few ideas we will try for Manjimup on the 27th.
Then we had the Wodj's come in to talk turkey over some parts for Wodj's retransformation from shed to track take 2, although I must point out I am not inferring he is a shed racer in any way, he is slowly putting the car together as his budget allows, a sensible approach.
Then we had Chris Dicker from Mandurah Bolt Supplies turn up, Chris was wrapped with the performance of Michael Armstrong last night, Michael was on the pace all night and would have won but for a few unfortunate bangs which damaged his steering, Chris is also one of the sponsors of the upcoming trip East with Kris Coyle and also a sponsor of the SJ Crushing team, so Mandurah Bolt Supplies had a 1/2/3 result for the night, not a bad start to his year.

So to the results.
Heat 1 was on a track slowly hooking up, it was greasy during hot laps.
Glen Oliver was off pole with yours truly out of 2, Glen drove off into the distance with daylight a close second, then yours truly with Ian Dhu finishing 3rd.
Heat 2 had the 2 Watson Express 10's off pole and looked like they would run away with the heat, Watto pulled out early and Dhuy led the way for most of the heat with Michael Armstrong in hot pursuit, as they came up on Annette to lap her they baulked allowing Glen the chance to work his way under both of them, with the finishing order being Glen Oliver first, Ian Dhu second and Michael Armstrong third.
The feature saw the limiteds running with the 360's but we will only deal with the Limiteds.
Glen Oliver was off pole with Michael Armstrong off outside pole, Ian Dhu was off inside row 2 with tours truly off outside row row 2.
The track had absolutely no drive off the bottom of turns 3 and 4 so the inside row was never going to get away quickly, Michael Armstrong got the jump on Glen and I followed Michael away, it felt like we were pulling away as I could not hear another car close by, by mid race though the yellows came on, this brought out the double row restart and I was forced to start on the inside, at the start I watched Michael Armstrong drive away as I spun up in the slick area of the track, soon after Glen slid by me and all I could do was watch them up ahead.
Glen managed to get through into first as Michael sustained some damage in an incident with a 360 which caused him to slow dramatically on the last lap, Michael finished second with yours truly third, and this was the way the points went for the night as well.

Good luck to the 320's and the Limiteds in Geraldton tonight, if you read this Sunday and you have the results then let me know so I can post them.

Crabby


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