Bricknell Leaves the Mainland with Respectable Results                                          1-2-2010

In what was his third trip to the mainland, Tasmanian Jamie Bricknell was able to come away with not only some respectable results but also plenty of experience running up against Australia’s and some of the World’s very best.

Although his Presidents Cup at Avalon Raceway (Geelong, VIC) and Kings Challenge at Borderline Speedway (Mt. Gambier, SA) campaigns didn’t bring too much luck; Bricknell was able to pick up some respectable results at Premier Speedway (Warrnambool, VIC) during both the Grand Annual Classic and the 12th round of the World Series Sprintcars (WSS) Championship.  

Despite not having the best of luck in time trials at either the Grand Annual Classic or the WSS round; Bricknell was able to charge his way forward and finish with respectable results in the C-mains. Bricknell finished the C-main on night one of the Grand Annual Classic in sixth, passing home town hero Max Dumesny in the process, and then on the final night he finished second in the D-main and therefore transferred through to the C-main where he finished 11th place. During last Tuesday night’s WSS round Bricknell finished the C-main strongly in fifth place.

Photo Damon Kingshott

“Our marble draws in qualifying didn’t really work in our favour, as we had either came out too late or too early, and it especially hurt us in our heat races for WSS and also when it came to the business end of the night,” commented Bricknell. “On the positive side of things we managed in each of our runs at the end of the night to work our way forward as we had good car speed and in many of those races it was a feature race quality field anywhere else in the country, so to be able to be competitive and move forward was great.”

The support of his loyal and hard working Bricknell Motorsport crew; the TAS # 55 Montile Tile Boutique supported Maxim driver paid tribute to all their efforts.

“It’s a huge effort to come over to the mainland and all of my crew put in a great job and I can’t thank them enough,” Bricknell said. “We had a few dramas early on in our trip and the whole team worked together and it was very satisfying to be able to go to Premier Speedway and come away with some pleasing results for the whole team.”

Bricknell will now head back to Tasmania, opting not to contest the originally scheduled Australian Nationals this Saturday night at Speedway City (Adelaide, SA), to prepare for the Tasmanian Title that is to be held on Saturday night, February 13 at Carrick Speedway.

“I’m really looking forward to the Tasmanian Title and the goal is to naturally contend for the win,” added the current leader of the Farmers Union Sprintcar Series point standings.      

For the 09/10 Season Jamie 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