Defending Series Champion Wayne Brims raced to victory in Round 3 of the 2008/09 Bergmeier Engineering Super Sedan Series in Brisbane on Saturday night November 15, leading Paul Geary and Peter Warren to the chequers in the thirty lap Feature event and in doing so, re-claimed the Series points lead from Craig McGeorge.

 Brims, the winner of three Rounds during his run to the Championship last season, took over the front spot from Gavin Northfield on lap five and then held off a fast-finishing Geary over the final laps to record his first win of the season. Geary, who started alongside Brims on the second row, posted the fastest lap of the Feature race, a 15.609s (92.254 km/h) effort on lap twenty eight as he chased down Brims over the final laps only to fall short by just over a second at race end.

Peter Warren's third place finish was his best result since a top five finish in the final Round of last season's Series at Maryborough, while Toowoomba young gun Adam Bradford held out McGeorge over the final few laps to come home fourth and record his best result of the season so far. Unfortunately for McGeorge, his fifth place finish on Saturday night was not good enough to hold onto his Series lead and he now finds himself in a tight battle with Geary for second on the points ladder ahead of the next Round at Gympie's Mothar Mountain Speedway on December 13.

Dale Christensen, from position seventeen on the grid, finished sixth ahead of Jack Childs, Steve Pearce and Trent Wilson with Qld Champion Darren Kane credited with tenth place points. Kane retired from the event with gearbox problems after running as high as fourth at one point in the race while Tania Smith failed to make the Feature grid after rolling the NSW3 Rocket/Pontiac Grand Prix in a Heat race.

Twenty cars were in the Archerfield pits for the event on Saturday night, another strong indication that the Super Sedan Association's car counts at events in Qld and northern New South Wales remain steady and at some regional venues, continue to grow. Association President Paul Geary is buoyed by the turnout of cars at the first three events of the season and is excited by the prospect of the division growing even further.

"We've had good fields of cars at all our races so far this season, especially in Rockhampton and Maryborough for the first two Rounds of the Series. Both the Division 1 and the Development Series have been the cornerstone of our racing the last couple of seasons and we've been fortunate to be able to have some of the best drivers in the country racing with us at those events on regular occasions."

"The 30/30 events this month will also give us the opportunity to further promote our form of racing and hopefully bring a number of new competitors into the class as well. We're looking forward to some great racing over the next two weeks with some interesting driver pairings amongst the nominations we're received so far."

The Super Sedans head to Charlton Raceway in Toowoomba this Saturday night November 22 for the first of the much anticipated 30/30 events, with the second event the following Saturday night at Lismore Speedway in NSW. The 30/30 format calls for driver pairings to compete in twin thirty lap Feature events with a mandatory pit stop and driver change following the completion of the first segment, with the concept drawing wide approval from drivers and fans around the country.

Round 4 of the Bergmeier Engineering Series is scheduled for Saturday night December 13 at Gympie, with the third Round of the Red Devil Radiators Development Series also on the same program.

Bergmeier Engineering Super Sedan Series Championship Standings (Top 10):

Wayne Brims (513), Paul Geary (486), Craig McGeorge (474), Ian Brims (417), Jack Childs (390), Steve Pearce (366), Darren Kane (354), Steve van Zeeland (330), Trent Wilson (308), Wayne Miles (306).

Red Devil Radiators Development Series Championship Standings (Top 10):

Justin Smithwick (350), Michael Jenner (350), Colin Moss (332), Sean Black (320), Trevor Brehmer (194), Brendan Doyle (193), Allan Schultz (91), Allan Williams (25), Dempsie Pails (25), Gary Maroski (25).

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