Despite finishing the fifth round of the Proton Queensland Super Sedan Series at Brisbane International Speedway last Saturday night in strong fashion, Darren Kane fell short in his quest for victory and ran second.

  The former Australian and National Series Champion, who has two rounds victories to his credit in the Proton Queensland Series already this season, started the feature race out of position two alongside arch rival Mat Pascoe and dropped back to third place from the drop of the green flag. Kane maintained his third place for the majority of the feature race distance and only came on strong aboard his QLD # 36 Boettcher Race Parts supported Dominator machine towards the latter stages by firstly, passing Wayne Brims around the outside for second place and then chased after leader Pascoe. In the end, Kane simply ran out of laps and at the fall of the chequered flag finished half a car length off taking the victory spoils away from Pascoe.

 “We were right up there in the end, but my car’s setup came on a bit too little, too late and I ended up in second place,” Kane expressed, who finished with a win, a second place, and a sixth place in his three heat races and then ran second in the Dash behind Pascoe. “To be honest we struggled for most of the night with the track surface, as we were chasing grip and passing was also difficult due to it being mainly one lane. To be honest we were only good enough for third on the night, but our late charge made us look a bit better than we actually were.”

 Winning is something that is in the blood of Kane and the Boettcher Racing team and although disappointed to finish second last Saturday night they are keen to get back to the track.

 “The challenge is what drives us and last Saturday night we just weren’t on the money and were beaten fair and square,” said Kane, who after Saturday night’s result has maintained his comfortable lead in the Proton Queensland Series point standings. “We now cannot wait to get back to the track next time to try and make emends and get back to our winning ways.”

 The weekend previous, Kane competed in the fourth round of the Proton Queensland Series at Toowoomba’s Charlton Raceway. Kane was well in contention for the feature race victory only to have a race incident while fighting for the lead with eventual winner Steve Jordan and consequently spun out. Sent to the rear for the restart, Kane fought his way back to finish in eighth place.   

 Kane and the Boettcher Racing team will be back in action this Saturday night (November 20) at Sydney Speedway where they will defend their NSW Super Sedan Title.