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McALLAN and COONS LEVEL AFTER NIGHT 1 |
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 WESTERN Australian Dene McAllan and defending champion Jerry Coons junior from America are level on points after night one of the 67th Australian Sprintcar Championship. They are locked on 70 points each after the first 12 heats. |
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| New South Welshman Mark Brown, who won the Magic Man 34 at the same venue two weeks
earlier is next on the list with WA’s Scott Glazebrook both on 66 points. Matt Young is fifth with 65, followed by Todd Wanless on 61, Nathan Smee 58, Ken Stanaway 56, Kelvin Hamilton 52 and Steven Henderson on 49 to round out the top 10. It was a tough opening night for some of the competitors. Neville Lance, described as one of the most unluckiest drivers, to have never won a title, was again cursed. His main machine had the back end ripped out of it after he was hit from behind as he slowed up while leading his opening heat. His back-up car then had mechanical problems continuing his woes. Former national speedcar and sprintcar champion Robbie Farr was driving the Graham family owned #14 but ended his night early with mechanical woes. New Zealand Michael Pickens who finished second to Steven Graham in the same event here at the Motorplex in 2005 struggled and never finished a heat, effectively ending his challenge. McAllan, after jumping too early on the first start, led the field away the second time for an easy win in the first heat. Hamilton slid into second late in the race while Brown took third after a spirited battle with Farr and Waddell. Coons waited until half way through the second heat to show his hand, winning from Wanless and Glazebrook. The veteran Watson showed he still had something for the younger drivers with some desperate slide jobs on Wanless for the lead early on. The American watched the action in front of him for a few laps before sliding into the action in what was another great three-car battle. Watson was looking strong for the third until he ran out of power on the last lap, seeing the back-starting Glazebrook the major benefactor. Lance’s chances of trying to win a title took a dive early after he ran out of power on the last lap of the third heat. He was leading the field into the final corner of the 10-lap heat when he slowed up and was collected by a couple of cars, heavily damaging the rear end of the #14 machine. Prior to that led early in the heat from Smee and Stanaway. The field bunched up three laps from home for a restart after Robinson pulled up on the main straight. The race was declared on the last lap when Lance slowed up dramatically in pits bend and was collected by a couple of slow-moving vehicles. Smee won the race from Stanaway and Palmer in an all interstate affair. There were mixed results in the fourth heat with American Ray winning while New Zealander Pickens, who finished second here in the 2005 title, pulled infield early. Smith led early but was soon swamped by Wanless and Waddell trading places on many occasions. Wanless finally got the nod from Waddell with Hamilton third. Glazebrook won heat six and survived a big slide job from Coons on the last corner while Stanaway was third. Heat seven saw only three cars finish in a small five-car field with Lance and Ray both pulling up in the latter stages. Pickens and Farr were both out early in the seventh heat won by Young from Henderson and Tammy Telenta. Brown won heat eight from McAllan and Harders. McAllan then kept himself on top of the points table after a very easy win in heat nine. Ironically Young and Wanless who were equal with McAllan and Coons on points going into the third round were second and third. In heat 10 Waddell, who was 11th in the points at that stage, went too hard in pits bend and spun the car around on the second lap, forcing a restart. He was on a charge two laps in when he ran high in pits bend, clouted the concrete and rolled about six times. Waddell escaped injury but was disappointed with the result when interviewed on the infield moments later. Coons kept himself at the top of the table as well with a half a lap win in the drawn out heat. At the end of the race Keith Giles got out of sorts coming onto the main straight and put the silver #76 machine in the fence hard and flipping. Glazebrook won the 11th heat from Peterman and Harders while Brown won the final heat of the night from Smee and Hamilton. Points: Dene McAllan, Jerry Coons 70, Mark Brown, Scott Glazebrook 66, Matt Young 65, Todd Wanless 61, Nathan Smee 58, Ken Stanaway 56, Kelvin Hamilton 52, Steven Henderson 49, Michael Harders 45, Anthony Peterman 40, Tammy Telenta 36, Matt Smith 34, Shaun Insley, Todd Waddell 31, Rick Geneve, Glenn Risley 30, Ross Heywood, Glen Mears, Brett Matherson 29, Tom Watson 27, Brendan Palmer 26, Davey Ray 25, Stevie Walsh 24, Keith Giles 23, Ernie George 21, Dave Fulgrabe 18, Shaun North 14, Robbie Farr 13, Chris Telenta 11, Dean Beagley 9, Paul Drayton 6. Neville lance, Jason Roser, Paul Robinson, Michael Pickens, Greg Day, Steve Doyle 0 Speedcars: Heat 1: 1st Dene McAllan, 2nd Kelvin Hamilton, 3rd Mark Brown, 4th Robbie Farr, 5th Todd Waddell, 6th Keith Giles, 7th Rick Geneve, 8th Matt Smith, 9th Shaun Insley, 10th Paul Drayton, 11th Shaun North. Heat 2: 1st Jerry Coons, 2nd Todd Wanless, 3rd Scott Glazebrook, 4th Stevie Walsh, 5th Chris Telenta, 6th Glenn Riseley, 7th Dean Beagley, 8th Ross Heywood. DNF: Tom Watson and Steve Doyle. Heat 3: 1st Nathan Smee, 2nd Ken Stanaway, 3rd Brendan Palmer, 4th Brett Matherson, 5th Glen Mears, 6th Tammy Telenta. DNF: Neville Lance, Ernie George, Paul Robinson. Heat 4: 1st Davey Ray, 2nd Matt Young, 3rd Steven Henderson, 4th Michael Harders, 5th Anthony Peterman, 6th Dave Fullgrabe. DNF: Jason Roser, Michael Pickens and Greg Day. Heat 5: 1st Todd Wanless, 2nd Todd Waddell, 3rd Kelvin Hamilton, 4th Matt Smith, 5th Stevie Walsh, 6th Ross Heywood, 7th Shaun North. DNF: Paul Drayton. Heat 6: 1st Scott Glazebrook, 2nd Jerry Coons, 3rd Ken Stanaway, 4th Nathan Smee, 5th Tom Watson, 6th Brendan Palmer, 7th Glenn Riseley, 8th Ernie George, 9th Glen Mears, 10th Brett Matherson. DNF: Chris Telenta. Heat 7: 1st Matt Young, 2nd Steven Henderson, 3rd Tammy Telenta. DNF: Davey Ray and Neville Lance. Heat 8: 1st Mark Brown, 2nd Dene McAllan, 3rd, Michael Harders, 4th Keith Giles, 5th Shaun Insley, 6th Rick Geneve, 7th Anthony Peterman, 8th Dave Fulgrabe. DNF: Jason Roser, Robbie Farr and Michael Pickens. Heat 9: 1st Dene McAllan, 2nd Matt Young, 3rd Todd Wanless, 4th Steven Henderson, 5th Ross Heywood. DNF: Jason Roser. Heat 10: 1st Jerry Coons, 2nd Ken Stanaway, 3rd Tom Watson, 4th Matt Smith, 5th Glenn Riseley, 6th Brett Matherson. DNF: Keith Giles, Brendan Palmer and Todd Waddell. Heat 11: 1st Scott Glazebrook, 2nd Anthony Peterman, 3rd Michael Harders, 4th Ernie George, 5th Glen Mears. DNF: Dave Fulgrabe and Michael Pickens. Heat 12: 1st Mark Brown, 2nd Nathan Smee, 3rd Kelvin Hamilton, 4th Shaun Insley, 5th Rick Geneve, 6th Tammy Telenta. DNF: Shaun North. Super Sedans: Race 1: 1st Marc Giancola, 2nd Gary Higgs, 3rd Troy Brook, 4th Murray Iwanow, 5th Terry Green, 6th Kemble Aylett, 7th Liam Burke, 8th Darren Larson, 9th Keith Higgs, 10th Darren Ahearn, 11th Ken Reid, 12th James Holland. DNF: Bert Vosbergen and Dustin Higgs. Race 2: 1st Troy Brook, 2nd Liam Burke, 3rd Keith Higgs, 4th Ken Reid, 5th Murray Iwanow, 6th Terry Green, 7th Marc Giancola, 8th Kemble Aylett, 9th James Holland. DNF: Gary Higgs, Darren Larson and Darren Ahearn. Race 3: 1st Marc Giancola, 2nd Kemble Aylett, 3rd Murray Iwanow, 4th Keith Higgs, 5th Terry Green, 6th Darren Ahearn, 7th Liam Burke, 8th Troy Brook. DNF: James Holland and Ken Reid. Points: Marc Giancola 294, Murray Iwanow, Troy Brook 291, Kemble Aylett, Keith Higgs, Terry Green, Liam Burke 287 each, Ken Reid 266, Darren Ahearn 265, James Holland 260, Gary Higgs 257, Darren Larson 251, Bert Vosbergen and Dustin Higgs 237 each. Formula 500s: Race 1: 1st Steven Ellement, 2nd Dean Terry, 3rd Aaron Higgs, 4th Matt Brown, 5th Mark House, 6th Steven Gay, 7th Shane Andersson, 8th Jason Priolo, 9th Wayne Dymock, 10th Steve Caunt, 11th Colin Nelson, 12th Todd Broadwood, 13th Peter Blight, 14th David Sinagra, 15th Tim Winters, 16th Filomena Aracri, 17th Todd Nathan, 18th Malcolm O’Keefe, 19th Bill Richards, 20th Alex McLaughlin. DNF: Cody Turacchio, Craig Bottrell, Hayden Channing, Phil Crofts, Graham Higgs, Brad Warwick and Ben Devlin. Race 2: 1st Shane Andersson, 2nd Craig Bottrell, 3rd Steve Caunt, 4th Jason Priolo, 5th Ben Devlin, 6th Steven Gay, 7th Brad Warwick, 8th Todd Nathan, 9th Graham Higgs, 10th Wayne Dymock, 11th Aaron Higgins, 12th Ric Purvis, 13th Peter Blight, 14th Tim Winters, 15th Mark House, 16th Todd Broadwood, 17th Hayden Channing, 18th Bill Richards, 19th Filomena Aracri, 20th Malcolm O’Keefe, 21st Colin Nelson. DNF: Steven Ellement, Phil Crofts, David Sinagra, Ash Marriott and Alex McLaughlin. Race 3: 1st Steven Gay, 2nd Jason Priolo, 3rd Brad Warwick, 4th Aaron Higgs, 5th Shane Andersson, 6th Wayne Dymock, 7th Graham Higs, 8th Mark House, 9th Matt Brown, 10th Ben Devlin, 11th Steve Caunt, 12th Craig Bottrell, 13th Alex McLaughlin, 14th Todd Nathan, 15th Peter Blight, 16th Tim Winters, 17th Dean Terry, 18th Todd Broadwood, 19th Colin Nelson, 20th Ash Marriott, 21 Hayden Channing, 22nd Filomena Aracri. DNF: Bill Richards, Ric Purvis and Phil Crofts. 360 Sprintcars: Heat 1: 1st Kanne Manuel, 2nd Sean Zemunik, 3rd Rob Adley, 4th Daniel Hawkins, 5th Jason Boland, 6th Allan Nash, 7th Michael Robinson, 8th Robert Watson junior, 9th Jason Nicholas, 10th Robert Holmes. DNF: Scott Milling. Heat 2: 1st Robert Watson junior, 2nd Kanne Manuel, 3rd Michael Robertson, 4th Rob Adley, 5th Jason Boland, 6th Jason Nicholas, 7th Sean Zemuni, 8th Robert Holmes, 9th Allan Nash. DNF: Daniel Hawkins. Heat 3: 1st Rob Adley, 2nd Sean Zemunik, 3rd Kanne Manuel, 4th Robert Watson junior, 5th Daniel Hawkins, 6th Jason Nicholas, 7th Jason Boland. DNF: Michael Robertson, Robert Holmes, Allan Nash and Scott Milling. Points: Kanne Manuel 297, Rob Adley 295, Sean Zemunik 292, Robert Watson junior 290, Jason Boland 286, Jason Nicholas 282, Daniel Hawkins 272, Michael Robertson 271, Allan Nash 266, Robert Holmes 263 and Scott Milling 237. |
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 American Speedcar sensation Jerry Coons has returned to Australia to defend his title with no less than three other US drivers - Iowa standout Davey Ray, Mat Neely from Illanois and from the state that is synonymous with motor racing - Indiana comes Anthony Peterman joining him. |
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| Three teams, Michaels Pickens, Shaun Insley and Stevie Walsh have wandered across the ditch from the land of the long white cloud to participate in the Championship. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| There are no less than 10 Interstate teams joining
in the fun and games this Friday and Saturday including Australia number 2 Mark Brown pictured above after winning
the inaugural Magic Man 34, Nathan Smee, Matt Smith, Rocket Industries Matt Young and Robbie Farr, who will be
doing double duties in his Speedcar and Sprintcar all from New South Wales. The banana benders are well represented with Todd Wanless, Ken Stanaway, Kelvin Hamilton, Jeremy Hassell, Brendan Palmer and Michael Harders along with sole Victorian entry, Harley Bishop making for a total of 19 visiting teams for the weekend. Facing them will be a strong West Australian contingent including Scotty Galzebrook, Todd Waddell, Neville Lance and Tom Watson senior. Throw in some wild card entries that could upset a few of the big names including Keith Giles, Rick Geneve, Jimmy Fleming and former West Coast Eagles full forward Troy Wilson making his Speedcar debut and you have the making of a great two nights of Australian Championship Speedway here at the Perth Motorplex. The support program on Friday night includes 360 Sprintcars, Super Sedans and Formula 500's. On Saturday night the Speedcars will be supported with the Watson Express Sprintcars (including eastern racers Daniel Reidy, Robbie Farr (doing double duties in both Speedcars and Sprintcars) Bryan Mann along with US driver Chad Blonde driving for the Kendrick 92.9 team. All in all - a sensational weekend - especially with the perfect weather predicted! |
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