JMac shines supreme
The Mainline DynoLog Dynamometers All
Star Challenge teams were greeted with
trying conditions as they rolled into
the pits at Heystbury Stockfeeds Simpson
Speedway yesterday as rain clouds
hovered over the venue most of the
afternoon, but to the credit of the hard
working Committee and volunteers they
managed to salvage the race track. “For
a while I thought we might have been
done for the night but the lads worked
hard and the ‘never give up’ attitude of
everyone at Simpson shone through. So
after some perseverance and hot lapping
the track; the sell-out Covid Crowd got
to experience a fantastic nights racing;
drivers used their heads on a very
hooked up race track and we only had one
red for the entire night. That’s pretty
impressive.” said Mandy Searle.
McFadden returned to Simpson after 10
years and had nothing but accolades for
the venue. Monte Motorsport made the
long haul from WA only last week to run
the event after plans changed in West
Australia for them over the Christmas
period. So in what may be have been a
spur of the moment decision turned out
paying them $10K for the effort and the
Simpson locals got to experience the
2019 360 Knoxville Nationals champ in
action.
JMac lined up on the pole
alongside local Charles Hunter for the
35 lap A Main. Grant Anderson having his
first run in the Foster owned V11
started in 3 and young gun Rusty Hickman
4th. South Aussie Jarman Dalitz and Brad
Warren driving the Cole owned V84 in
fifth and sixth. McFadden wasn’t to have
it given to him easily with Hunter
getting the start and leading for the
first half of the race. Hunter, McFadden
& Hickman were up to lap traffic and
with cars almost 4 wide going into turn
2 McFadden took the lead. Yellows were
bought on a couple of laps later with
V34 Brenten Farrer pulling infield with
mechanical problems. SA33 Mark Caruso
and VA50 Jesse Nicholas pulled in on the
same yellow. Anderson and Pestka were
holding their own race swapping
positions 5 and 6 with Ando finally
crossing ahead and Pestka having to be
content with 6th. Mid pack Tancredi,
Enderl, TVG, Warren and Farr who
qualified thru the B were battling it
out and putting on a great show for the
crowd. All Stars regular Paul Solomon
had a night he would rather forget
hurting his engine before the show even
started. D7 Matthew Reed made a return
to racing after having some time off and
looked immediately comfortable back in
the seat, unfortunately retiring with
only 7 laps to go in the A. Dalitz was
another whose night didn’t end well with
contact eventually forcing him infield.
Supercar hero Cam Waters got more
valuable laps under his belt finishing
both his heats and the B Main. Heavy
track conditions caught some drivers out
but the show lived up to its hype and
put on some nail biting racing.
Heat wins – Tim Van Ginneken, Jarman
Dalitz, Ryan Davis, Hickman, Grant
Anderson, and Charles Hunter. A Main
results: 1st James McFadden, 2nd Charles
Hunter, 3rd Rusty Hickman, 4th Grant
Anderson 5th Daniel Pestka, 6th Michael
Tancredi, 7th Robbie Farr, 8th TVG, 9th
Brad Warren, 10th Jordyn Charge, 11th
Eddie Lumbar 12th Matthew Reed - DNF
13th Chris Solomon DNF, 14th Jarman
Dalitz – DNF, 15th Daniel Scott – DNF,
16th Scott Enderl - DNF, 17th Mark
Caruso – DNF, 18th Jessie Nicholas –
DNF, 19th Brenten Farrer– DNF, 20th Ryan
Davis – DNF.
Contingency
Winners IDIGIT Lucky $100 draw –Phil
Lock - $100 cash Bar Up Bull Bars 8 –
TVG – Vortex Front Wing Hoosier Hero
– James McFadden – Hoosier WAV tyre
Flocon Lucky 7 – Robbie Farr - $100 cash
Central Vic Earthworks Random Draw – not
drawn - $200 cash All Star Hot Arse
Award –Jessie Nicholas - Fire
Extinguisher TEH Hard Charger –
Robbie Farr - $100 bonus BF 10 –
Jordyn Charge - $100 Fuel Card Oval
Express Quick Time overall for Hot Laps
Charles Hunter - $50 cash
“Well
that’s it for another year, this show
just keeps getting bigger and bigger and
I can’t wait for January 2022 and see
what the racing gods can throw up at us
again. The race always lives up to its
name throwing up every challenge
possible. We can’t thank Mainline
DynoLog Dynamometers and all the
sponsors that support us for this show,
as well as all of the Simpson Speedway
Team who work particularly hard. Without
them all we can’t make it happen.” said
a relieved Searle.
Sprintcar All Stars would like to thank their valued
partners -:- Mainline DynoLog Dynamometers
Vortex Racing Products, Hoosier Tire Australia Pty Ltd, GKR Transport, Flocon
Max Dumesny Motorsport, Oval
Express, Sprintcar World, BARUP Bullbars,