Bricknell’s Promising Start to Sprintcar Career                                                      27-11-2007

There have been plenty of positives to take from Jamie Bricknell’s opening four race meetings in a Sprintcar, and after a turbulent start to his career; the 18-year-old has recently managed to score a pair of respectable feature race results.

A fifth place finish at Carrick Speedway during the running of the annual David Turner Memorial on Saturday night was an indication of how fast he is adapting to the 700 plus horsepower Sprintcars.

“I managed to stay within the top five runners during the David Turner Memorial and finished in fifth place, so I was really happy with that,” expressed Bricknell.

“It has been a huge learning curve stepping into the Sprintcars from a Go Karting background, but one that I have so far enjoyed very much.”

Finishing his past two feature races in fifth and sixth place respectively, along with a number of top three places in his heat races, Bricknell is still very eager to continue the learning process.

“In my opening meeting I managed to crash out of the feature race after getting tangled with a slower car and ended up getting up side down,” he recalled.

“Of late I have been very pleased with my feature race results, as I am now learning to be consistent and to not get too carried away out there n the track, as if you don’t treat Sprintcars with respect then they will bite you.”

Bricknell, who recently finished runner up in the Tasmanian State Go Kart Title in the Clubman Light class, cannot wait to move closer to the pointy end of the field.

“The podium is where I have set my sights on, and that is not going to be easily achieved especially with the tough local competition that I am up against,” Bricknell commented.

“I have proven that I am a capable top five contender, and with the more experience I gain the more confident I will be with attempting to work my way towards a shot at a podium result.”

The appearance of the World Series Sprintcar (WSS) Championship at the Hobart International Speedway on December 7 - 8 is the next meeting for Bricknell.

Bricknell is sponsored for the 2007/08 season by:

Precision Autos

Altegra instant Marquees

Mark’s 4X4 - Launceston

Repco Auto Parts – Launceston

PM Race Engines