From Redline Media, photo courtesy of Damon Kingshott
In the sport of Sprintcar racing it is very rare that you can have a perfect night but on Saturday night during the second round of the Farmers Union Sprintcar Series at Hobart’s Mountain Dew Ice Raceway in Tasmania that was exactly what Jamie Bricknell enjoyed.
From the opening heat race right through to the fall of the chequered flag in the feature race the TAS # 55 Montile Tile Boutique supported Maxim driver was on a mission and he won both of his heat races and then capped off the night by scoring a convincing feature race victory.
“Those type of nights are very rare, so you have to make the most of it and really savour the moment,” expressed Bricknell, who recorded his second ever Sprintcar feature race victory. “We got through both of the heat races with two strong wins and then we were most importantly able to carry that form all the way through to the end of the feature race. There was a bit of pressure heading into the feature race, mainly from myself, as I didn’t want to have my night spoiled by not backing it up in the feature race.”
After finishing third in the opening round of the Farmers Union Series the previous weekend at Carrick Speedway; Bricknell and his team made a number of changes to the setup of the TAS # 55 Maxim and it paid dividends.
“The team decided to play with a few things in regards to the setup for the weekend and it worked very well,” the 20-year-old explained. “For too long we have been sticking to a base setup and we wanted to try something new with our Maxim car and PM Race Engines prepared powerplant combination and it produced wonderful results straight away.”
Bricknell’s performance last Saturday night rewarded him with not only his opening feature race victory of the 2009/10 season but also the lead in the overall Farmers Union Series point standings.
This Saturday night (November 14) Bricknell will be hoping to continue his strong early season form when he travels to Latrobe’s Bendigo Bank Arena for the third round of the Farmers Union Series.