Darren Kane extended his lead in the chase for the Ian Boettcher Proton Super Sedan Championship Series with a hard fought win under adversity in round six at Brisbane International Speedway on Saturday night (November 27).  Despite a flat left front tyre on his Ian Boettcher Race Parts Dominator-Mazda RX8 from the opening laps, Kane pounced on a mid-race mistake from race leader Steve Jordan to emerge victorious for the fourth time this season.

 Although he started the B&T Bobcat and Tipper Services-sponsored feature race from pole position, Kane found himself relegated by Jordan before the end of the opening lap.  Jordan remained in control, albeit marginally, until he erred exiting turn four on lap 18 and half-spun his Back Page Sports Bar Sweet-Dodge to the infield before rejoining in fifth. 

 The slick conditions worked in Kane’s favour and the deflated donut proved only a minor inconvenience as he withstood the advances of Rockhampton’s Craig Torr, who continued his terrific run of results with a runner-up finish aboard his Hosepro Rocket-Pontiac.  Wayne Brims advanced from position five to finish third ahead of the recovering Jordan, with ninth-starting Matt Pascoe - piloting Adam Bradford’s Sweet-Dodge on this occasion – completing the first five.   

Jye O’Brien was the biggest mover through the field, charging from 11th to 6th to finish ahead of Jason Campbell, Darren Lester, Sean Black and Paul Galea, who impressed at times throughout the night and was ultimately rewarded with a top ten finish.  Steve Pearce and Lenny Black were the only others from the 18-car field to complete the 30-lap journey. In what was a highly entertaining race despite multiple stoppages, casualties included Colin Hockley, Des Korn, Dale Christensen, Jack Childs, Grant Shaw and Michael Hally.

 Kane was the standout in qualifying with two heat wins, while Wayne Brims, Jordan, Pascoe, Hally, Campbell, Korn and Hockley also visited victory lane.  Other standout performers in the preliminaries included Torr, Lester and Ian Brims.  

The Top Six Dash saw Kane reaffirm his pole status with a win over Jordan, Torr and a hapless Hockley.  On lap five, Wayne Brims got of out of shape in turn two and triggered a collision between Hockley and Ian Brims that unfortunately forced the latter out of action for the night.   

 The next round of competition in the 2010/2011 Ian Boettcher Proton Super Sedan Championship Series is at the revamped Kingaroy Speedway on Saturday, December 18.

  2010/2011 Ian Boettcher Proton Super Sedan Championship Series progressive pointscore (top ten): Darren Kane 1294, Craig Torr 1213, Steve Jordan 1189, Darren Lester 1150, Jason Campbell 1075, Des Korn 1033, Steve Pearce 931, Wayne Brims 765, Graeme Elliott 668, Lenny Black 611

 

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