Bricknell in Victory Lane at Last                                                                                12-1-2009

For quite some time it has always been a matter of when, not if, Jamie Bricknell was going to break through for his maiden Sprintcar feature race victory and last Friday night (January 9) at Carrick Speedway in Tasmania he took out his very first feature race victory.

The usually bashful Bricknell was thrilled to get the feature race win monkey off his back after he recorded an all the way victory last Friday night at Carrick Speedway much to the delight of his supportive team.

After starting from outside of the front row alongside Adrian Redpath in the feature race, after being the second highest qualifier by virtue of a win and a second place from his two heat races, Bricknell jumped to an immediate lead and from there he was never headed. Despite some close attention from Jason Redpath during the middle stages of the virtually non-stop feature race, Bricknell was able to get a break on Redpath in amongst lapped traffic and from there went on to take out a unchallenged win.

It was just over a week ago that Bricknell scored his first feature race podium finish to add to his 2008/09 season tally and now he has a feature race victory to go with his list of achievements for the 19-year-old from Launceston in Tasmania.

On reflection of his maiden feature race victory as per usual Bricknell was short but to the point.

“Now that I have feature race victory No.1 out of the way I am now looking towards adding a few more before the season is out,” commented the youngster, who is only in his second full season of Sprintcars. “The car was great throughout the night and I couldn’t be more pleased with how the season has been going. Huge thanks must go to my entire team for all their ongoing efforts and support as this win is just as much theirs as it is mine.”

Photo Damon Kingshott

The following night (Saturday, January 10) Bricknell returned to Carrick Speedway still on a high from his feature race victory at the track the night before and after starting from position eight in the feature race field he finished just one spot shy of the podium in fourth. Bricknell earlier in the night during his opening heat race didn’t have the best of runs and finished back in sixth after he had started from the inside of the second row and during his second heat race he managed to finish in fourth. Those two heat race results were only good enough for Bricknell to be the eighth highest point scorer heading into the feature race.

This coming Saturday night (January 17) Bricknell is to appear at Latrobe International Speedway in Tasmania aboard his # 55 TAS Giraffe Civil Contracting backed Maxim.    

For the 2008/09 Season Bricknell 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