News Release

Tania Smith has won the Grenville Anderson East Coast National, at the Lismore Showground in Northern New South Wales on Saturday night, recording one of her best victories of her career.

Smith who started from position three, took the lead just after the midway point of the 50 Lap main event, to defeat Ian and Wayne Brims.

Ten of the twenty one starters in the prestigious race, finished the epic event.

Heat 1 - 10 Laps
Grid: 1. Q98 Michael Hally, 2. Q17 Colin Hockley, 3. Q76 Ian Brims, 4. A1 Darren Kane, 5. N3 Tania Smith, 6. Q22 Dale Christensen, 7. Q10 Steve Jordan

Result:
1. Q98 Michael Hally, 2. A1 Darren Kane, 3. Q76 Ian Brims, 4. N3 Tania Smith, 5. Q22 Dale Christensen, 6. Q10 Steve Jordan, 7. Q17 Colin Hockley.

Heat 2 - 10 Laps
Grid: 1. Q2 Steve Pierce, 2. Chris Albert, 3. Q61 Des Korn, 4. N16 Brett Smith, 5. Q9 Paul Geary, 6. N15 Michael Hickley, 7. Jye O'Brien, 8. Q47 Barry Craft

Result:
1. Q2 Steve Pierce, 2. Q61 Des Korn, 3. Chris Albert, 4. Q9 Paul Geary, 5. Q47 Barry Craft, 6. N16 Brett Smith

Heat 3 - 10 Laps
Grid: 1. Q33 Darren Lester, 2. Q37 Sean Black, 3. Q216 Steve Van Zeeland, 4. Q97 Jason Campbell, 5. N111 Wayne Brims, 6. Q8 Michael Doblo, 7. Q6 Greg Maher

Result:
1. Q97 Jason Campbell, 2. N111 Wayne Brims, 3. Q37 Sean Black, 4. Q33 Darren Lester, 5. Q216 Steve Van Zeeland.

A Dash - 6 Laps
Grid: 1. Q61 Des Korn, 2. Q2 Steve Pierce, 3. Q97 Jason Campbell, 4. Chris Albert, 5. Q8 Michael Doblo, 6. N3 Tania Smith

Result:
1. Q97 Jason Campbell, 2. N3 Tania Smith, 3. Q61 Des Korn, 4. Chris Albert

B Dash - 6 Laps
Grid: 1. Q76 Ian Brims, 2. Q99 Jye O'Brien, 3. N16 Brett Smith, 4. N111 Wayne Brims, 5. A1 Darren Kane, 6. N15 Michael Hickley

Results
1. Q76 Ian Brims, 2. A1 Darren Kane, 3. N111 Wayne Brims, 4. N15 Michael Hickley, 5. Q99 Jye O'Brien

A Main - 50 Laps
Grid: 1. Q97 Jason Campbell, 2. Q76 Ian Brims, 3. N3 Tania Smith, 4. A1 Darren Kane, 5. Q61 Des Korn, 6. N111 Wayne Brims, 7. Chris Albert, 8. N15 Michael Hickley, 9. Q2 Steve Pierce, 10. Q99 Jye O'Brien, 11. Q8 Michael Doblo, 12. N16 Brett Smith, 13. Q37 Sean Black, 14. Q33 Darren Lester, 15. Q10 Steve Jordan, 16. Q17 Colin Hockley, 17. Q98 Michael Hally, 18. Q22 Dale Christensen, 19. Q216 Steve Van Zeeland, 20. Q47 Barry Craft, 21. Q9 Paul Geary

Result:
1. N3 Tania Smith, 2. Q76 Ian Brims, 3. N111 Wayne Brims, 4. Q10 Steve Jordan, 5. Q8 Michael Doblo, 6. Q2 Steve Pierce, 7. Chris Albert, 8. Q47 Barry Craft, 9. Q97 Jason Campbell, 10. Q98 Michael Hally