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Kane Clinches
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NASR
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Darren Kane proved unstoppable during the opening round of
the 2010/2011 Carline Mufflers National Super Sedan Series at Gympie’s Mothar
Mountain Speedway last night, storming to victory ahead of Australian
titleholder Jamie McHugh and defending series champ Mat Pascoe. Starting from
pole position after an undefeated run through qualifying, Kane led every
circulation of a torrid 35-lap feature race aboard his Ian Boettcher Race Parts
Dominator-Mazda RX8.
In his first appearance upon his return to the NSSS fold, Victoria’s Lucas
Roberts surged forward to finish a fine fourth after staring 14th, collecting
the Supercharge Batteries Hard Charger Award for his efforts. Dave Gartner
salvaged a fifth-place finish after starting from row two before contact with
McHugh saw him relegated to the rear during one of several opening lap
restarts. Townsville’s Trent Wilson advanced from 16th to sixth, with Bill
Miller, Kevin Purton, Darren Lester and Brad Smith rounding out the top ten.
Local veteran Chris Albert and Des Korn were the only others from the 22-car
field to go the distance.
Lester was particularly impressive in his first ever NSSS appearance, qualifying
on the third row and running strongly inside the top three before a stutter
exiting turn two triggered a pile-up for which he was banished to the back of
the depleted field with a handful of laps remaining. Steve Jordan was also
running strongly inside the top five until a flat tyre ended his charge on lap
22.
On a night that saw good racing tempered by some spectacular crashes, success
came to those who mastered the conditions and steered clear of the chaos
unfolding around them. Victoria’s Ashley Bergmeier made a spectacular exit when
he climbed the wall and was sent somersaulting along the main straight. Earlier
in the night, three-time national champ Ron Pyne ended his night in the same
spot when he also rode the concrete and crashed out.
Kane collected three heat wins, with McHugh filling the runner-up spot on each
occasion in a preview of what was to come in the main event. Other wins went to
Pascoe, Bergmeier, Gartner, Korn, Shane Best and Tony Barklimore. Best took out
the B Main ahead of Wilson, Jarrod Harper, Colin Hockley and Sam Hughes.
When the Elf Racing Methanol-sponsored feature race finally got underway, Kane
wasted little time in distancing himself from the field as McHugh found himself
under pressure from Pascoe, who was soon joined by Lester and Jordan to form a
three-pronged attack on the national champ. Despite several restarts, Kane
remained in control throughout to emerge with a 67-point lead in the
championship and win a Weber barbecue donated by the Gympie Saloon Car Club, who
did a fantastic job to get this meeting run given the weather throughout
Queensland over the last week.
CONTINGENCY WINNERS
Shock Doctor Lucky Sevens: Bill Miller
Supercharge Hard Charger: Lucas Roberts
Oval Express Best Presented Car and Crew: Mat Pascoe
Hoosier Bonus: Jamie McHugh
RESULTS
Heat 1: 1. S23 Shane Best, 2. Q10 Steve Jordan, 3. Q15 Mat Pascoe, 4. Q77
Chris Albert, 5. T2 Jarrod Harper, 6. N63 Tony Barklimore, 7. N17 Lachlan Onley,
8. V0 Lucas Roberts, 9. V24 Dave Mackenzie. DNF – Q98 Michael Hally
Heat 2: 1. Q36 Darren Kane, 2. A1 Jamie McHugh, 3. S77 Bill Miller, 4.
Q44 Trent Wilson, 5. Q17 Colin Hockley, 6. Q22 Dale Christensen, 7. T4 Sam
Hughes. DNF – Q4 Mark Pagel. DNS – Q3 Graeme Elliott
Heat 3: 1. Q61 Des Korn, 2. T25 Kevin Purton, 3. S8 Dave Gartner, 4. V3
Michael Nicola, 5. V16 Ash Bergmeier, 6. Q59 Darren Lester, 7. T6 Brad Smith, 8.
N9 Ron Pyne. DNF – Q97 Jason Campbell
Heat 4: 1. Q15 Mat Pascoe, 2. Q77 Chris Albert, 3. N17 Lachlan
Onley, 4. T2 Jarrod Harper, 5. Q10 Steve Jordan, 6. V0 Lucas Roberts, 7. N63
Tony Barklimore, 8. V24 Dave Mackenzie. DNF – Q98 Michael Hally, S23 Shane Best
Heat 5: 1. Q36 Darren Kane, 2. A1 Jamie McHugh, 3. S77 Bill Miller, 4.
Q44 Trent Wilson. DNF – T4 Sam Hughes, Q17 Colin Hockley, Q22 Dale Christensen.
DNS – Q4 Mark Pagel, Q3 Graeme Elliott
Heat 6: 1. V16 Ash Bergmeier, 2. Q59 Darren Lester, 3. S8 Dave Gartner,
4. T6 Brad Smith, 5. V3 Michael Nicola, 6. Q61 Des Korn. DNF – T25 Kevin Purton.
DNS – Q97 Jason Campbell, N9 Ron Pyne
Heat 7: 1. N63 Tony Barklimore, 2. V0 Lucas Roberts, 3. Q15 Mat
Pascoe, 4. Q10 Steve Jordan, 5. T2 Jarrod Harper, 6. V24 David Mackenzie, 7. Q77
Chris Albert, 8. N17 Lachlan Onley
Heat 8: 1. Q36 Darren Kane, 2. A1 Jamie Mchugh, 3. T4 Sam Hughes, 4. Q17
Colin Hockley, 5. Q44 Trent Wilson, 6. S77 Bill Miller. DNS – Q3 Graeme Elliott,
Q4 Mark Pagel, Q22 Dale Christensen
Heat 9: 1. S8 Dave Gartner, 2. Q59 Darren Lester, 3. V3 Michael Nicola,
4. T25 Kevin Purton, 5. V16 Ash Bergmeier, 6. Q61 des Korn. DNF – N9 Ron Pyne,
T6 Brad Smith
B Main: 1. S23 Shane Best, 2. Q44 Trent Wilson, 3. T2 Jarrod Harper, 4.
Q17 Colin Hockley, 5. T4 Sam Hughes, 6. Q22 Dale Christensen, 7. T6 Brad Smith,
8. N17 Lachlan Onley, 9. V24 David Mackenzie, 10. Q98 Michael Hally
Elf Racing Methanol Feature Race: 1. Q36 Darren Kane, 2. A1 Jamie
McHugh, 3. Q15 Mat Pascoe, 4. V0 Lucas Roberts, 5. S8 Dave Gartner, 6. Q44 Trent
Wilson, 7. S77 Bill Miller, 8. T25 Kevin Purton, 9. Q59 Darren Lester, 10. T6
Brad Smith, 11. Q77 Chris Albert, 12. Q61 Des Korn. DNF – Q10 Steve Jordan, N63
Tony Barklimore, V3 Michael Nicola, Q98 Michael Hally, T2 Jarrod Harper, V16 Ash
Bergmeier, Q17 Colin Hockley, Q22 Dale Christensen, S23 Shane Best. DNS – T4 Sam
Hughes
2010/2011 Carline Mufflers National Super Sedan Series progressive pointscore:
Darren Kane 604, Jamie McHugh 537, Mat Pascoe 485, Lucas Roberts 426, Dave
Gartner 400, Trent Wilson 351, Bill Miller 324, Kevin Purton 299, Darren Lester
285, Chris Albert 264, Des Korn 262, Brad Smith 260, Steve Jordan 256, Tony
Barklimore 251, Michael Nicola 243, Ash Bergmeier 234, Jarrod Harper 230, Colin
Hockley 219, Michael Hally 217, Shane Best 210, Dale Christensen 203, Sam Hughes
200, Lachlan Onley 182, Dave Mackenzie 171, Ron Pyne 116, Mark Pagel 110, Jason
Campbell 109, Graeme Elliott 105
For the latest updates and information, visit the series website
www.nationalsupersedanseries.com or phone 0410 500571.
The 2010/2011 Carline Mufflers National Super Sedan Series is proudly
supported by the following sponsors:
Carline Mufflers
JD Couriers
Bergmeier Engineering
American Racer Tyres
Supercharge Batteries
Monroe Shock Absorbers
Brims Coastal Cement
Ian Boettcher Race Parts
Elf Racing Methanol
Lukey Exhausts
AFCO Shock Doctor
Oval Express
Art by Mickey
Hoosier Tyres
Comfort Inn and Suites Robertson Gardens
National Association of Speedway Racing (NASR)
Speedway Sedans Australia (ASCF)
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