Bricknell Shines on Easter Sprintcar Trail                                                               15-4-2009

After three consecutive nights of racing, two of which he ended up inside the top 10 of the feature race, Jamie Bricknell has managed to finish fifth overall in the point standings in his very first attempt at the annual Easter Sprintcar Trail over on the mainland.

In what was only his second ever trip over to the mainland, Bricknell was aided by the fact that he had previous experience at all three tracks, Avalon Raceway (Geelong, VIC); Borderline Speedway (Mt. Gambier, SA) and Premier Speedway (Warrnambool, VIC), and that certainly worked in his favour.

Fifth place in the overall Easter Trail point standings was as a result of a seventh place feature race finish on the Saturday night at Borderline Speedway and then backed up that the following night by bringing home a ninth place finish at Premier Speedway after having to qualify for the feature race via the B-main – which he ended up winning by a comfortable margin.

“The goal heading into the weekend was to just make the feature race on each of the three nights but to finish inside the top five overall is something that I certainly wasn’t expecting,” mentioned Bricknell. “We had a really good run at Borderline Speedway where we managed to move forward and finish in seventh place. At Premier Speedway I didn’t have the best time trial and that hurt us when it came to making the feature race and I was forced to qualify through the B-main. I started the feature race from the back of the field and managed to stay out of trouble and finish in ninth which was a really pleasing result.”

Photo Corey Gibson

Had he not failed to finish the feature race on the opening night of the Easter Trail at Avalon Raceway Bricknell quite possibly could have finished higher in the overall point standings at the completion of the three nights.

“On the opening night we were having a real good run and qualified for the feature race out of position 10 and I felt we had good enough speed to finish well within the top 10 and it might have seen us finish higher up in the overall point standings had we finished there,” commented Bricknell. “At the beginning of the feature race there was a big coming together with a few cars up ahead of me and when I came around I had absolutely no where to go and ended up becoming involved and that put us out as we had sustained a bit of damage.”

Once again the TAS # 55 Giraffe Civil Contracting backed Maxim, paired with the newly purchased ex Brooke Tatnell 410ci powerplant, worked very strongly and certainly contributed to their good Easter Trail result.

Bricknell wanted to say a special thanks to the whole Bricknell Motorsport team for all their continuous efforts throughout their gruelling Easter Trail campaign.

This Saturday night (April 18) Bricknell competes back on the Apple Isle at Carrick Speedway for what will be his final appearance of the 2008/09 season.  

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

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Longford Bodyworks

JAX Quickfit Tyres – Launceston

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Central Wholesale Wreckers

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