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Having attending PCR last night .Seen another great feature with Steve Kinser winning it .The standout of the show .Was MASDEN .Not Kerry .Ian .No Sponsorship at all this Kid gave to the King .On a rough but fair track .He gave it to the King .Passed him in lapped track .Only to have the King re pass him .Jason Sides Kerry Kraig all put in good runs .Dissappointment was Schatz .Never got hot all night .Great crowd the best seen at the Sprintcars in years seeing they had International Drags 10 miles away and a Monster Truck meeting 4 miles

Special Congrats to Danny Smith who won in Adelaide

Will try and post some of the stories from around the net

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Long Live  20 Time  World Of Outlaws Champion Steve 
Kinser #11 

Valvolines Mark Hurt, Jason Sides (3rd), Steve Kinser (1st), Adrian Maher (2nd) and his son Ashton.

King Kinser Puts Gloves On To Claim Agp Crown At Tpcr
Posted Saturday, 27 December 2008 by Dennis Newlyn

Twenty times American Champion Steve Kinser took out the 31st running of the Valvoline Australian Sprintcar Grand Prix at Tyrepower Parramatta City Raceway on Boxing Night.

A big crowd was on hand to watch “The King” score his maiden win in the AGP on his sixteenth visit to Australia and first race under the East Coast Pipeline colours.

Kinser led throughout the 30 laps and crossed the line clear of runner-up Adrian Maher, while American Jason Sides was third.

The latest edition of the AGP rates right up there with some of the best in the three-decade history of the event.

The man who made the race so memorable was Ian Madsen who at one point of the AGP was right on Kinser’s tail in lapped traffic.

The event was excitement-plus as Kinser maintained his advantage over Madsen, who at one point, drew almost alongside Kinser as they raced in between lapped cars in turn four.

With only six laps remaining Madsen’s great run ended when he returned to the pits on a yellow light with a leaking radiator that ran dry and ultimately overcooked the engine.

The motor ran off-song a lap or so earlier and after such a great night – following a heat win and fastest in qualifying time trials – Madsen’s great AGP challenge came to nothing.

In the early laps it was an enthralling battle also between Madsen and Maher as Ian Loudoun looked for a passing move on both.

The pattern of the race remained unchanged as Kinser set the pace at the head of the field.

It was not a good night for the defending AGP champion Donny Schatz who brought on a yellow light after 15 laps when his Pick “N” Payless entry came to a halt on the main straightaway.

At this point of the race the top ten read out was: Kinser, Madsen, Loudoun, Adrian Maher, Sides, Andrew Wright, Kerry Madsen, Mitchell Dumesny, Kraig Kinser and Jeremy Cross.

Soon after another yellow was thrown after James Thompson came to a halt on the back straightaway with an expired engine.

Then the anti-climax of the race unfolded as Ian Madsen headed back to the pit area.

When the race resumed with only six laps remaining, Loudoun took up the chase after Kinser. He was about 20 metres behind and not losing any ground on “The King” but it all came unstuck for the current TPCR Track Champion when he spun coming out of turn four.

The last few laps were uneventful as Kinser raced to a convincing win over Maher,
who turned in a big drive after starting from the front row.

Sides also drove a steady race for third, while Kerry Madsen raced out his best laps in the latter stages of the AGP and finished fourth.

Rounding out the top ten were Kraig Kinser, Mitch Dumesny, Sam Walsh, Jeremy Cross, Grant Tunks and Damian Abbott.

The sprintcar heats provided plenty of exciting action – as well as a hugh flip by Warren Ferguson in heat three.

Ian Madsen took the opening heat with a big drive out of position six. He wasted little time finding the right groove on the circuit and raced to a very impressive victory over Tennessee’s Sides, Grant Tunks, Gary Rooke and David Doherty.

The second heat continued the Madsen domination after Kerry led from start to finish.

A highlight of this race was the performance of Kraig Kinser who came out of position six. He figured in an exciting battle with Sam Walsh before he moved up on the tail of James Thompson.

Kinser ultimately settled for third behind Thompson, while the remaining two drivers who qualified through to the A-main were Walsh and Andrew Wright.

The third heat of the night was a Mitch Dumesny domination after he blasted around the outside from his position five starting spot.

Dumesny was in superb touch at the top of the track and he never gave the opposition a chance.

Ferguson ran up near the head of the field in the early stages however his race came undone when he cannoned into a slowing Denis Farr who blew an engine on the main straight. Ferguson was sent skyward and flipped off the race track before his car landed in the tyre wall.

Meanwhile Abbott was placed second in the heat, while Maher filled third and the top five qualifiers were rounded out by Roddy Bell-Bowen and Darryl Campbell.

Heat four held plenty of interest as Schatz battled a car not quite dialled into the track conditions. At one point he was out of the top five heat qualifiers before he stormed back into contention and was placed fourth.

Schatz performed a huge wheel stand on the back straight during the race and lost valuable ground before he came back, put down some better laps and raced into fourth placing.

The heat was a big moment for Dean Thomas who charged to victory over Steve Kinser, Loudoun, Schatz and Bruce White.

Muir led flag-to-flag in the C-Main and qualified through to the B-main.

Muir put down some fast laps in smooth style as he never looked in danger of losing the race. With a second placing Stuart Williams moved onto the B-main, while Rod Bright just missed out on the progression after he finished third.

The action in a rough and tumble B-Main was punctuated by three red lights – the first for Peter Gordon who rolled in turn one, then a big flip by Ben Atkinson who led the B-Main at the time he crashed entering turn one, followed by an equally wild crash involving Jamie Matherson.

Cross was the declared winner of the B-Main from Wayne Skipper, Glenn Saville and Paul Jeffrey.

Bevelle Glass team-mates Maher and Loudoun shared the front row of the thirty-first Valvoline Australian Sprintcar Grand prix following their victories in the Dash events.

Ian Madsen was the big mover in the first dash as he loomed into contention. Despite his efforts he ultimately was placed third behind second-placed Sides and winner Maher.

Loudoun was untroubled as he score an all the way victory in the second dash. Steve Kinser took the runner-up placing after he started out of position three, while Andrew Wright filled a creditable third.

Ian Madsen was fastest in qualifying time trials with a best lap of 13.2490 seconds. Second quickest was Kraig Kinser (13.3350), while third best was Maher (13.3810)

The top five were rounded out by Loudoun (13.3930) and Sides (13.4190).

Paul Freeman and Carl Geddes were the respective winners of the two litrecar heats.

The second heat featured an absorbing battle between Geddes and second placegetter, National Champion Sean Barnett.

Barnett made a strong claim for the race win in the final lap however Geddes held on for the win.

The two pre-meeting Litrecar qualifying heats were won by Brett Davies and Steve Troughton.

Karl Geddes took out the Litrecar feature race over Jason Davies and Jason Bell.

The Late Model sedan feature race was won by Scott McPherson from Nathan Disney and Stewart Jordan.

 

Smith Sizzles In Speedweek Opener Saturday, 27 December 2008 by Darren ODea

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AMERICAN Danny Smith turned back the clock on his latest Australian tour to win round 10 of Wanless World Series Sprintcars at Truckworks Speedway City in Adelaide on Boxing Night.

He started on the outside of the front row to win from pole-sitter Brooke Tatnell and David Murcott who claimed another podium finish for the Downing brothers outfit.

Smith started his Speedweek campaign with a 12.214 second lap which was third quickest - behind Brooke Tatnell (12.175) and another American in Daryn Pittman (12.189).

In his first heat race he started 10th and finished sixth while in his second outing he started ninth in the USA4 and raced up to third.

He then led from the front to win the B Dash.

“I always wanted to bring my own car and own engine from the ‘states and have something I was comfortable with,” Smith said.

“We are a pretty low-buck team, we needed to make some money so we couldn’t have started the tour better.

“We started off the front and it was the place to be tonight.”

On a restart with 11 laps remaining the two leaders went wheel to wheel but the American held off the attack from the defending series champion.

On the next restart five laps later Smith ran high, got up on some loose ground and conceded some space but after Tatnell went in for the kill, he managed to hold it and take the thrilling win.

After banking some more valuable points and another podium finish Tatnell called on everyone to start the “Go home Yank” chant.

The points leader said he put it “all on the table” and gave it his all in the opening bout of Speedweek.

Tatnell said despite not winning the round he was happy to be beaten by one of his childhood heroes.

Murcott was obviously pretty happy with his podium finish after downing American Daryn Pittman in the latter stages.

This followed up from a similar result in the round seven at Adelaide on November 29.

During the week the team sent their engine back to Maxwill Motors to diagnose some problems with it and the move obviously paid off, with the solid result.

“We did our usual truck and went for very little stagger which did not help us,” Murcott said.

Pittman finished fourth in the first night of his limited Australian campaign.

Don’t expect the World of Outlaws start to lose too much more ground in the Q21 in upcoming races, including Murray Bridge and Mount Gambier this weekend.

The third American in the field - Jason Johnson - started sixth and finished fifth.

This was also his first race in his latest Australian campaign for the Darren Disbury-owned team.

Jamie Veal (V35), Cameron Gesner (Q83), James McFadden (Q29), Matt Egel (S29) and Robbie Farr (Q7) rounded out the top 10 and all put in some good drives.

Farr had to do it the hard way, starting off with a 13th in qualifying.

He then started from position two beside Egel in the B Main and followed him over the line to make the transfer.

After starting from 14th in the main event he was up to seventh before a spin in turn four forced him to restart from the rear.

Fortunately he was able to make up some serious ground and claw back from valuable points.

Max Dumesny, also had a tough night in the V5, finishing third in the B Main before starting 15th in the A Main.

Ultimately he claimed an 11th.

Trevor Green enjoyed the emotional highs and lows in a short space of time in front of his home crowd.

He started way back in the B Main and raced through to grab the sixth and final transfer spot after passing Philip March in the last lap.

It was a barnstorming drive from Green but unfortunately it was all for nothing when he junked the car after slamming into the fence early on in the A Main.

Jason Loveday won the C final from Bradley Keller and Jason Tranter.

Peter Lack started on the outside of the front row to win the first heat from Dumesny (who started fourth) and Johnson who started fifth (after earlier being 16th fastest in qualifying).

Ricky Maiolo claimed the second heat thanks to a front-row start with Tranter.

WA driver Scott Milling raced through from sixth for a second while Lines converted his fourth row start into a top three finish.

Steven Caruso led from the pole to win the third heat from Reidy (who started third) and Murcott (who powered through from ninth).

Local star Ryan Jones won the fourth heat from Maiolo and Johnson while Reidy won the fifth bout from Caruso and Dumesny.

The final heat went to pole sitter Justin Sloan from Ashley Cook and Smith.

Wanless World Series Sprintcars round 11 results:
Time trials: 1. W2 Brooke Tatnell 12.175 (127.15 km/h), 2. Q21 Daryn Pittman (USA) 12.189 (127.00 km/h), 3. USA4 Danny Smith 12.214 (126.74 km/h), 4. V35 Jamie Veal 12.295 (125.90 km/h), 5. S35 Jamie Cobby 12.348 (125.36 km/h), 6. S97 David Murcott 12.467 (124.17 km/h), 7. V20 Domain Ramsay 12.491 (123.93 km/h), 8. Q83 Cameron Gessner 12.495 (123.89 km/h), 9. Q29 James McFadden 12.495 (123.89 km/h), 10. S81 Luke Dillon 12.499 (123.85 km/h), 11. V45 Steven Lines 12.512 (123.72 km/h), 12. S29 Matt Egel 12.552 (123.33 km/h), 13. Q7 Robbie Farr 12.559 (123.26 km/h), 14. W25 Scott Milling 12.588 (122.97 km/h), 15. NT14 Matt Brown 12.636 (122.51 km/h), 16. USA5 Jason Johnson 12.672 (122.16 km/h), 17. S51 Dylan Jenkin 12.690 (121.99 km/h), 18. S41 Wayne Rowett 12.704 (121.85 km/h), 19. V5 Max Dumesny 12.740 (121.51 km/h), 20. S3 Philip March 12.764 (121.28 km/h), 21. S91 Ashley Cook 12.765 (121.27 km/h), 22. V11 Brad Foster 12.773 (121.19 km/h), 23. S4 Trevor Green 12.775 (121.17 km/h), 24. NT5 Danny Reidy 12.786 (121.07 km/h), 25. Q58 Peter Lack 12.786 (121.07 km/h), 26. S25 Justin Sloan 12.837 (120.59 km/h), 27. S63 Ryan Jones 12.873 (120.25 km/h), 28. S24 Ricky Maiolo 12.881 (120.18 km/h), 29. S38 Jason Tranter 12.892 (120.07 km/h), 30. S10 Steven Caruso 12.924 (119.78 km/h), 31. S7 Jason Loveday 12.925 (119.77 km/h), 32. S19 Bradley Keller 12.932 (119.70 km/h), 33. S55 Luke Bowey 13.080 (118.35 km/h), 34. S27 Daniel Pestka 13.082 (118.33 km/h), 35. S8 Terry Pitt 13.091 (118.25 km/h), 36. Q28 Allan Woods 13.158 (117.65 km/h), 37. S44 Andrew Cox 13.181 (117.44 km/h), 38. S99 Josh Ruhs 13.310 (116.30 km/h), 39. S72 Jamie Stark 13.505 (114.62 km/h), 40. S42 Jamie Hendry 13.568 (114.09 km/h), 41. S13 Scott Agars 14.409 (107.43 km/h), 42. S20 Glen Sutherland.
Heat 1: 1st Peter Lack, 2nd Max Dumesny, 3rd Jason Johnson.
Heat 2: 1st Ricky Maiolo, 2nd Scott Milling, 3rd Steven Lines. Caruso.
Heat 3: 1st Steven Caruso, 2nd Danny Reidy, 3rd David Murcott.
Heat 4: 1st Ryan Jones, 2nd Ricky Maiolo, 3rd Jason Johnson.
Heat 5: 1st Danny Reidy, 2nd Steven Caruso, 3rd Max Dumesny.
Heat 6: 1st Justin Sloan, 2nd Ashley Cook, 3rd Danny Smith.
A Dash: 1st Brooke Tatnell, 2nd Daryn Pittman, 3rd Steven Lines, 4th Jamie Veal, 5th Danny Reidy, 6th Jamie Cobby.
B Dash: 1st Danny Smith, 2nd David Murcott, 3rd Jason Johnson, 4th Cameron Gessner, 5th James McFadden, 6th Domain Ramsay.
C Main: 1st Jason Loveday, 2nd Bradley Keller, 3rd Jason Tranter, 4th Daniel Pestka, 5th Jamie Stark, 6th Jamie Stark, 7th Andrew Cox.
B Main: 1st Matt Egel, 2nd Robbie Farr, 3rd Max Dumesny, 4th Ricky Maiolo, 5th Luke Dillon, 6th Trevor Green, 7th Philip March, 8th Steven Caruso, 9th Scott Milling, 10th Peter Lack, 11th Matt Brown, 12th Dylan Jenkin, 13th Ryan Jones, 14th Jason Loveway, 15th Bradley Keller, 16th Justin Sloan, 17th Wayne Rowett, 18th Ashley Cook.
A Main: 1st Danny Smith, 2nd Brooke Tatnell, 3rd David Murcott, 4th Daryn Pittman, 5th Jason Johnson, 6th Jamie Veal, 7th Cameron Gessner, 8th James McFadden, 9th Matt Egel, 10th Robbie Far, 11th Max Dumesny, 12th Luke Dillon, 13th Danny Reidy, 14th Jamie Cobby, 15th Ricky Maiolo, 16th Domain Ramsay, 17th Steven Lines, 18th Trevor Green.

Andre you got it so right

Worth the price of admission

Jaw-dropping racing by Ian Madsen

We caught up with Ian Madsen straight after the youn-gun set quick time at TPCR

Brisbane Results

Mike Carber Darrell Hodges Brent Keading

Mike Carber; Win Number Two At Archerfield
Jak posted Saturday December 27, 2008.
In front of big Boxing Night crowd, American Mike Carber scored his second career A-Main victory at Titan Garages Brisbane International Speedway (BIS) on Friday night December 26, leading the thirty-lap sprintcar Feature race flag to flag to win the opening night of the Speedway's Summer of Speed program from Darrell Hodges and fellow American Brent Kaeding. Carber's previous victory at BIS came in January 2007.

It's a long trip from Pipersville Pennsylvania to Brisbane and considering the differences in the weather between the two this time of year, escaping the cold and snow and spending a summer in Brisbane would certainly be the choice of many. After a pair of third place finishes in his last two starts at BIS, Carber's decision to spend a summer Down Under finally paid the dividends he and the Motorguard Motorsport team had been working towards with the USA 1 Maxim the class of the field on Boxing Night.

Nothing is ever certain in racing but when Carber blasted his way past Dash winner Darrell Hodges and into the lead when the green lights came on for the start of the A-Main, the feeling was he was going to take some catching. Posting the fastest time of the race on lap one, Carber showed he meant business and quickly opened up a lead on his rivals, catching the back markers early in the race and slicing his way through them before a series of yellow light stoppages bunched the field back up behind him.

As Carber continued to race away up front, Hodges had his hands full trying to hold off Andrew Scheuerle for second through the opening nine laps and then with Brent Kaeding for third until Scheuerle got together with a lapped car at the half-way point of the race. The stoppage moved Hodges back into second and Kaeding to third, positions they would hold until the chequers.

Further back in the field, Pete Thorley was on a charge, racing from position eight to fourth ahead of Darren Jensen just prior to a stoppage before ultimately finishing the race in fifth behind Jensen. In sixth place at the flag was Scheuerle, followed by Brad Hilder, Clem Hoffmans, Kevin Titman and Clayton Walker with Dan Murray in eleventh position. Todd Wanless, Jason Bottin, Murray Gibson, Steven White and Tim Garrett all failed to finish the event.

Sprintcars return to Titan Garages Brisbane International Speedway at Archerfield on January 1 for the second of three USA Sprintcar events before the venue hosts three Wanless World Series Sprintcars events on January 7, 9 and 10, culminating in the fifty lap $20,000 to win Australian Sprintcar Open.