Tasmanian Youngster All Set and Ready to Tackle Easter Trail                               6-4-2009

The objective for Jamie Bricknell during last Saturday night’s (April 4) final round of the Farmers Union Sprintcar Series at Latrobe International Speedway in Tasmania was to just get through the meeting unscratched in readiness for the following weekend’s trip over to the mainland to contest the Easter Sprintcar Trail and that was exactly what he managed to achieve.

Despite some controversy over the final results in the feature race, after Bricknell had crossed the finish line in third place only to be relegated back two spots due to an alleged passing move on the infield, he was pleased to bring his TAS # 55 Giraffe Civil Contracting backed Maxim home in one piece. Bricknell had started the feature race out of position nine, due to finishing second and sixth in his two earlier heat races, and drove strongly to work his way up into podium contention.

“It was disappointing to work our way up to third place only to be put two spots back at the finish for what race officials believed was an infield passing move and when I looked back over the video it clearly proved that I didn’t,” expressed Bricknell, who ended up finishing fourth overall in the final Farmers Union Series point standings. “The main goal for the night was to just get through the night without any damage and thankfully we did that but it would have been nice to have kept my podium finish. In the end the race officials have their view and I have mine, and there isn’t a whole lot I can do about it now. I just have to bear it.”

Photo Corey Gibson

This Wednesday (April 8) Bricknell’s transporter, loaded with his car and spares, heads on the boat to make the trip over to the mainland to contest the annual Easter Sprintcar Trail. For Bricknell this is going to be his second visit to the mainland. The Easter Trail starts on Friday night (April 10) at Avalon Raceway (Geelong, VIC), followed by Saturday night (April 11) at Borderline Speedway (Mt. Gambier, SA) and the final on Sunday night (April 12) at Premier Speedway (Warrnambool, VIC).

“I am very much looking forward to the Easter Trail and I go into the three nights with some added confidence due to having previous experience on all three tracks from when I was here in January,” said Bricknell. “In terms of goals I would like to do well and if I can manage to make the feature race on all three nights then I will be happy and anything after that will just be a bonus.”

Recently, Bricknell took part in the NASR Junior Development Driver Program and spent three days at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in Canberra (A.C.T) and would like to thank everyone from NASR and the AIS for the worthwhile opportunity.  

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