From jak industries.media
ABC Auto Gear Racing team drivers Todd Wanless and Pete Thorley both qualified for the East Coast Pipelines Qld Sprintcar Title in Brisbane this past weekend, with Wanless finishing the better of the two with a hard fought third place in the thirty-five lap Championship decider.
Both drivers earned enough points for a start in Friday night’s Preliminary Feature and backed it up with qualification for the two six lap Dash races on Saturday night, earning themselves a third row start (Wanless) and fourth row start (Thorley) for the A- Main. Todd was chasing his third victory in the State Title event while Pete was chasing his second having won the Title for the team in 2008.
Driving the #2 Tyrepower/Action Metal Recyclers/Self Serve Auto Parts J&J Todd spent most of the A-Main racing inside the top five with eventual winner Robbie Farr, Danny Reidy, Darrell Hodges and Andrew Scheuerle, each of these drivers taking advantage of numerous restarts in order to advance their positions whenever they could. At one point Todd raced under Robbie for second place on a restart but the position was short-lived as Robbie raced back around him exiting turn two. Late in the race, Todd fell to fourth behind Cameron Gessner but a mistake by Gessner on the last lap gave Todd the spot back and also the final podium position in the Title.
Pete meanwhile lost a couple of spots in the opening laps of the race before clawing his way back to seventh where he ran for most of the race. A late race spin forced Pete to the tail of the field and he eventually brought the #51 Tyrepower/Action Metal Recyclers Eagle home in eleventh position.
Pete continues his quest for the Qld Speedway Spares Series Championship in Brisbane this coming weekend and holds a healthy fifty-five point lead in the Series with just a handful of races remaining. Both Pete and Todd will compete in the Series event at Titan Garages Brisbane International Speedway on Saturday and be back behind the wheel again on Monday night at the ABC Auto Gear/Corporate Racing Experience Two Seater Sprintcar Ride and Drive Night at the same venue.
East Coast Pipelines Qld Sprintcar Title – Team Results:
Q2 Todd Wanless: Heats – 4th/4th/7th/8th, Preliminary Feature – 4th, A-Dash – 6th, A-Main – 3rd
Q51 Pete Thorley: Heats – 8th/6th/3rd/7th, Preliminary Feature – 7th, B-Dash – 2nd, A-Main 11th
Team Partners And Supporters:
ABC Auto Gear Racing thank the following companies for their continued and valued support of their racing program:
ABC Auto Gear
Tyrepower
Action Metal Recyclers
Action Tyre Recyclers
Self Service Auto Parts
Grove Truck Sales
Rocklea Truck Parts
Aljon Manufacturing
Benic Enterprises
Lucas Oil Products
MHF Equipment Finance
MAN
KRE Race Engines
Pro Yamaha
Colorcorp
Jak Industries
Amazing Signs
PWR Performance Products
Wanless Enviro Services
Brisbane Truck Centre
Western Star Trucks
Wanless Truck Parts
B&B Caravans
Baron Media