Jamie Bricknell – Rookie Season in Review                                                               15-4-2008

To say that Jamie Bricknell’s debut season in Sprintcars was a promising one would be quite an understatement, and on Saturday night at his home track of Carrick Speedway in Tasmania he had his final hit of the 2007/08 season and he ended up just off the podium with a fourth place finish in the feature race.

Stepping into Sprintcars from a tar Go Karting background it didn’t take long for the 18-year-old to adjust to the 800 plus horsepower machines and he certainly achieved a number of impressive results during the season.

Highlights to come out of his debut season for Bricknell included a sixth place finish, and also the hard charger award on the night after he had started form position 12 in the field, at Mountain Dew Ice International Raceway during their round of the World Series Sprintcar Championship and of course capturing his maiden podium finish just a number of weekends ago and that historic occasion took place at Hobart International Speedway.

Not only was Bricknell one of the most impressive rookie’s this season in his home state of Tasmania, but also on the National scene too, and he would have to be one of the leading contenders for this year’s Knoxville Nationals Hall of Fame Rookie of the Year award.

Throughout his home state Bricknell managed to record numerous Top 5 feature race finishers driving his # 55 TAS Precision Autos supported Maxim, along with a bucket load of heat race victories, and those performances only strengthened his claim as one of upcoming drivers on the Sprintcar scene.

Despite the outstanding list of results, Bricknell concedes that the speed and the art of passing took a bit to get used to, but as he showed, it got easier for him as the season progressed.

“Although the thrill of the speed took a bit to get used to, and so did the passing of cars, as with passing you have to be committed because if you hesitate you are going to end up on your roof,” explained Bricknell.

“With the more seat I got over the season the more comfortable I became, and I feel that as the season went on my results not only improved, but so did my consistency, and consistency is very important when you are learning the ropes.”

Young Bricknell paid tribute to his father Steve, along with crew chief Kenny Cashion and crew member Neville Young, for all their efforts throughout the season.

“Having the support of dad and the rest of the team during the season certainly helped with the learning process and having them work on car setup was great too, as they have been through it all before only a few seasons back when dad started Sprintcars,” said Bricknell.

“It’s also great to have the full support of my family and friends, and it definitely makes the good results sweeter when you have your whole family and friends around you to share those good times.”

Bricknell is proudly sponsored for the 2007/08 season by:

Precision Autos

Altegra Instant Marquees

Longford Bodyworks

Mark’s 4X4 - Launceston

Repco Auto Parts – Launceston

PM Race Engines

Doc Signs Racing