Bricknell Narrowly Misses out on Another Podium Finish                                        17-11-2009

Jamie Bricknell was on the verge of his third consecutive podium finish of the 2009/10 season at Latrobe’s Bendigo Bank Arena in Tasmania over the weekend only to have a deflated right rear tyre deny him of such a result.

For the majority of the feature race, which was for the third round of the Farmers Union Sprintcar Series, was well in contention for at least a position on the podium but a late stoppage to clear a crashed car, which lasted a mammoth 45 minutes, killed off any chances due to the right rear aboard the TAS # 55 Montile Tile Boutique supported Maxim deflating and resulting in him finishing just off the podium in fourth place.

Photo Damon Kingshott

“The car was great up until that late stoppage and when we restarted the car didn’t feel quite right and we consequently dropped off the pace and it was only on the last lap when Tim [Hutchins] got by me for third place,” explained Bricknell of the late prolonged race stoppage that spoiled his feature race podium finish chances. “I feel that had we not had the flat tyre I am confident that we would have ended the night with a better result. On the positive side of things we have continued our strong start to the season with a fourth place finish and consolidated our lead in the overall Farmers Union Series point standings.”

In what was his first visit to Bendigo Bank Arena this season Bricknell earlier in the night finished his two heat races with a third and second place respectively.

Bricknell and the Bricknell Motorsport team will now take a few weekends off before they return to action on Saturday night, December 12 at Carrick Speedway for the twin feature race format.    

For the 2009/10 Season Bricknell is proudly supported by the following organisations:

Montile Tile Boutique – Launceston, Devonport and Hobart

A.B.E.L Landscape Supplies

Precision Autos

Longford Bodyworks

All Sorts of Treats

DOC Signs

PM Race Engines