Bricknell Narrowly Misses Out on Another Victory                                                 22-2-2010

After disappointing Tasmanian Title result last weekend, Jamie Bricknell bounced back to form last Saturday night during the sixth round of the Farmers Union Sprintcar Series at Hobart’s Mountain Dew Ice Raceway after he narrowly missed out on claiming his fourth feature victory of the 09/10 season.

There was only a half a car length that separated Bricknell and race winner Tim Hutchins at the fall of the chequered flag. On the positive side of things, Bricknell’s second place was a good return to form and it once again consolidated his lead in the overall Farmers Union Series point standings.

Bricknell, who had finished his two heat races in fourth and third place earlier in the night, started the feature race from outside the front row alongside pole sitter and highest point scorer Tim Hutchins but was beaten off the start by the latter and had to quickly slot into second place. Throughout the feature race there was very little that separated Bricknell and Hutchins up front but in the end it was Hutchins that held on for the narrowest of victories.

Photo Damon Kingshott

“There was very little passing all night and if I didn’t get the jump off the start it was going to be very hard to get control of the lead,” the TAS # 55 Montile Tile Boutique sponsored Maxim driver commented. “The one lane track resulted in Tim [Hutchins] and I playing follow the leader during the feature race and to Tim’s credit he didn’t make many mistakes and took the win. In the end it turned out to be a very close finish as we were neck and neck as we greeted the chequered flag. We both show each other enough respect to give each other enough racing room or otherwise it could’ve got really nasty.”

The annual Murcott Masters will be held at Latrobe’s Bendigo Bank Arena this Friday and Saturday night (February 26 and 27) and Bricknell has his eyes on getting back to victory lane.      

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