2009/10 Season Preparations Well Underway for Bricknell and Team                   27-7-2009

The 2009/10 Sprintcar season in Tasmania may still be just under four months away but that hasn’t stopped Jamie Bricknell and his team from getting ready for what they hope will be a successful season.

In what will be his third full season in Sprintcars, the 19-year-old from Launceston in Tasmania has been hard at work with his team in garage preparing for the upcoming season and he has also been in the gym to help improve his race fitness.

“I have been keeping busy either in the garage or the gym during the off season and I cannot wait for the new season to come around and my team are just as eager for it to start too,” Bricknell said. “The gym is something that I haven’t really focused on in the past, but my time spent at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) earlier this year in Canberra really opened my eyes to importance of being both physically and mentally fit.”

Bricknell and his team have organised their 2009/10 season schedule which is basically the same as last season, which will include all race meetings in his home state of Tasmania and two trips to the mainland for the Grand Annual Classic in January and then the Easter Trail in April.

A brand-new Maxim will be utilised during the 2009/10 season, which is going to be coupled with a fresh 410ci powerplant that he debuted late last season, and Bricknell has plans of a successful season ahead.

“The goal for the new season is to be a consistent top three contender on any given night in Tasmania and I know we are capable of that and proven that we can finish on the podium on numerous occasions last season,” expressed Bricknell. “Consistency is one area that needs to be improved, as last season we had a number of engine complications and that really hurt us with our consistency, so hopefully all those type of dramas are behind us heading into the new season with our new package that we have.”

In terms of sponsors for the 2009/10 season Bricknell and his team are currently speaking with a number of existing and new sponsors. All of that will be announced closer to the start of the new season.