From Redline Media, photo courtesy of Stephen Pickering
Current South Australian Champion Steve Lines looked on track to clinch his maiden feature race victory for the 2009/10 season last Saturday night during the opening round of the Speedway City Track Championship but it wasn’t to be.
After making his way lead of the feature race during the middle stages Lines ran out of tear offs on his helmet in the closing laps and it was in the end what denied him of taking out maiden victory for the 09/10 season.
“It’s not the way you want to lose a feature race and it is both disappointing and very frustrating,” expressed Lines when reflecting on his second place finish behind winner Jamie Cobby. “With a couple of laps to go I had ran completely out of tear offs but I thought that I could still make it through to the finish. Then with two laps from the finish I had approached a group of lapped cars battling amongst one another and that was when my helmet got caked with mud as I attempted to pass them.”
With next to nothing in terms of vision, Lines did his best to maintain the lead but with a lap and a half to go Jamie Cobby drove around the outside of the SA # 45 H.A. Young Plumbing backed J&J driver and took victory.
“There was not a whole lot of I could do to defend my lead as I was really struggling just to stay on the track as I could barely see,” admitted Lines. “One positive to come out of it is that we know that we had the race winning speed and it was just unfortunate that I had used up too many tears off early in the race. I guess that can happen when you start from the middle of the pack in comparison to starting towards the front.”
Lines started the feature race from position nine after he had finished his two qualifying heat races in fifth and third place.
This weekend Lines takes in two race meetings that will see him compete at Tolmer Speedway in South Australia on Friday night (November 6) for the inaugural Bordertown Cup and then on Saturday night (November 7) at Speedway City for the annual Australian Masters.
Steve Lines is proudly supported in the 2009/10 season by the following organisations:
* H.A. Young Plumbing
* Holla-Fresh
* Camden Neon Signs
* SMB Civil
* Farmers Choice
* Ad Trans
* Maxwill Racing Engines
* Torque Power
* BR Motorsports
* J&J Auto Racing
* Cascade Cleaning Solutions
* KTM Australia
* Spy Eyewear
* Thor Clothing
To find out more about Steve Lines visit his official website: www.stevelines.com