Bricknell Shows More Impressive Apple Isle Form                                                  28-12-2008

The impressive 2008/09 season form of Tasmanian Jamie Bricknell continued at Carrick Speedway on Boxing Night (December 26) when he nearly walked away with his maiden Sprintcar feature race victory.

Unfortunately for the talented Launceston based 19-year-old fate had other ideas as he ended up finishing in second place. Bricknell had bolted to a commanding lead from the outset that he held for the majority of the 30-lap feature race only to have the engine aboard his # 55 TAS Giraffe Civil Contracting supported Maxim drop down to only seven cylinders, due to a spark plug malfunction, with five laps remaining and ultimately hand the win to current Tasmanian Champion Jason Dawkins.

“We basically had the win in the bag but lady luck denied us of a historic win,” Bricknell remarked. “The car all night felt like it was on rails as the setup was perfect from the opening heat race right through to the feature race. A restart with a few laps to go in the feature race enabled Jason [Dawkins] to get underneath when my engine dropped down to seven cylinders and I was thankfully able to hold onto second place. Naturally it is disappointing to miss out on a feature race win but it was just a bit of bad luck that prevented it and something that was out of my control.”

Bricknell was scheduled to start the feature race from position three but due to pole sitter Kurt Luttrell not starting because of engine problems this allowed him to inherit pole position for the start. In Bricknell’s earlier heat races he finished in second and third place.

Last night (December 27) at Latrobe International Speedway Bricknell finished the feature race in fifth place and was without a doubt one of the quickest cars in the field over the night. Bricknell started the feature race from position six after he managed to finish his two heat races in third and fourth place.

In the feature race Bricknell made a slight mistake early on in the feature race and saw him lose a few spots off the start but he was able to quickly make them up. The feature race went nearly flag to flag and that saw Bricknell struggle to make ground on the pace setters. Fifth place was where Bricknell finished at the fall of the chequered flag despite being one of the quickest cars in the race and the assistance of a late caution period.

The weekend of January 9 and 10 at Carrick Speedway is when Bricknell is next set to hit the track.    

Bricknell in the 2008/09 Season is proudly supported by the Following Organisations:

Giraffe Civil Contracting

A.B.E.L Landscape Supplies

Precision Autos

Altegra Pit Tents and Marquees

Longford Bodyworks

JAX Quickfit Tyres – Launceston

Exide Batteries

JF Machinery

Radiators Plus

BP Top Drop Service Station

Snap-On Tools – Launceston

Central Wholesale Wreckers

Dragway

Phillip Davey Sheetmetal

Jail House Grill

Launceston Powder Coating

All Sorts of Treats

Glen’s Gardening and Property Maintenance

DOC Signs

PM Race Engines