QSCA State Super Sedan Title – Mothar Mountain Gympie – Night 1

Terese Lange 3/05/2008

The pits are alive to the sound of V8’s preparing to take up the challenge, tonight competitors will do 3 rounds of heats with the 4th round to be run tomorrow night.

Of the 36 cars nominated 24 cars arrived for scrutineering. Several scratchings after some hard racing at Lismore last weekend.

Grid Draws: ROUND 1

Heat 1 1. BB 27 Russell Dobson, 2. B10 Steve Jordan, 3.SSA 77 Chris Albert, 4. G13 Don Birt, 5. B15 Matt Pascoe, 6. RK74 Chris Bussey, 7. SSA17 Gavin Northfield, 8. SSA35 Darren Kane

Results: 1. B10 Steve Jordan, 2. SSA77 Chris Albert, 3. BB27 Russell Dobson, 4. SSA35 Darren Kane, 5. B15 Matt Pascoe,6. SSA15 Gavin Northfield, 7. Chris Bussey, 8. Don Birt.

Jordan lead from start to finish  Fastest Lap of 16.802 – Bussey moved up to 3rd then lost it on Turn 4. Don Birt a lap down.

Heat 2. 1. EC46 Lee Noon, 2. C35 Geoff O’Keeffe, 3.G7 Geoff Bingham, 4. RK23 Craig Torr, 5. C6 Alex Jenner, 6. B43 Dean Hawkins, 7. G47 Tinm O’Shea, 8. G97 Gary Pagel

2 Laps down and C6 Alex Jenner, G7 Geoff Bingham & G97 Gary Pagel had a coming together – C6 unable to restart- wrist hurt, Gary Pagel unable to restart front suspension collapsed, G7 unable to restart damage from incident.

Just saw C6 Alex Jenner car come into the pits under tow from the tractor, looks like lots of work ahead for the crew if they are to get him out for his next heat. Visually looks like lots of rear end damage.

Results: 1. EC46 Lee Noon, 2. RK23 Craig Torr, 3. C35 Geoff O’Keeffe, 4. B43 Dean Hawkins, 5. G47 Tim O’Shea

Fastest time EC46 Lee Noon 17.519

DNF – G7.C6 & G97

Heat 3. 1. MK5 Darren Hawkings, 2. SSA74 Alan Robertson, 3. C53 Frank Armstrong, 4. RK2 Michael Tomkins, 5.VIC16 Ash Bergmeier, 6. B2 Steve Pearce, 7. SSA18 Peter Warren, 8. SSA47 Barry Craft

Results: 1. MK5 Darren Hawkings, 2. SSA74 Alan Robertson, 3. VIC16 Ash Bergmeier, 4. C53 Frank Armstrong, 5. B2 Steven Pearce, 6. RK2 Michael Tomkins, 7. SSA47 Barry Craft, 8. SSA18 Peter Warren

Hawkings lead from the start opening a strong lead from Robertson. Fastest time MK5 17.101

ROUND 2 – Heat 4

1. SSA15 Gavin Northfield, 2.B15 Matt Pascoe, 3.G13 Don Birt, 4. Dean Hawkins, 5. SSA77 Chris Albert, 6.G97 Gary Pagel,7. BB27 Russell Dobson, 8. B10 Steve Jordan

In the words of that well known commentator ‘Wes’….fast and furious methanol madness on the Mountain tonight, Mothar Mountian is alive with the roar of the V8’s!!! 

Results: 1. B15 Matt Pascoe, 2. SSA15 Gavin Northfield, 3. G97 Gary Pagel, 4 B10 Steve Jordan, 5. SSA77 Chris Albert, 6. B43 Dean Hawkins, 7. BB27 Russell Dobson, 8. G13 Don Birt

Pascoe lead from the start – fastest time Matt Pascoe 16.227. Pagel hard charged from position 6 in a bid to make up some all important points.

Heat 5 1.RK74 Chris Bussey, 2.SSA35 Darren Kane, 3. SSA18 Peter Warren, 4. B2 Steve Pearce, 5. RK2 Michael Tomkins, 6. MK5 Darren Hawkings, 7. C35 Geoff O’Keeffe, 8. C35 Frank Armstrong, 9. SSA77 Chris Albert.

A great dual between Bussey & Kane. 

Results:  1. RK74 Chris Bussey, 2. SSA35 Darren Kane, 3. RK2 Michael Tomkins, 4. MK5 Darren Hawkings, 5. C53 Frank Armstrong, 6.C35 Geoff O’Keeffe, 7. SSA18 Peter Warren, 8. C6 Alex Jenner.

 DNF B2 Steven Pearce

Bussey lead from the start and at times had a hard tussle with Kane knocking on the rear end of car 74.

Fastest time RK74 Chris Bussey 16.998

 Heat 6 1. G47 Tim O’Shea, 2. SSA47 Barry Craft, 3. VIC 16 Ash Bergmeier, 4. G7 Geoff Bingham 5. RK23 Craig Torr, 6. SSA74 Alan Robertson, 7. EC46 Lee Noon

Ash Bergmeier out with a flat tyre

Results:  1. G47 Tim O’Shea, 2. SSA74 Alan Robertson, 3. RK23 Craig Torr, 4. SSA47 Barry Craft, 5. EC46 Lee Noon

DNF VIC16 Ash Bergmeier flat tyre, G7 Geoff Bingham

Local boy Tim O’Shea showed his skills in navigating the Mountain. Fastest Time 17.090 G47Tim O’Shea.

Points after 2 rounds:

B10 Steve Jordan 53, MK5 Darren Hawkings 53, B15 Matt Pascoe 49, SSA35 Darren Kane 45, RK74 Chris Bussey 44, SSA77 Chris Albert 41, SSA15 Gavin Northfield 38, EC46 Lee Noon 36, RK2 Michael Tomkins 33, C35 Geoff O’Keeffe 33, BB27 Russell Dobson 31, C53 Frank Armstrong 30, SSA74 Alan Robertson 28, RK23 Craig Torr 28, B43 Dean Hawkins 27, G97 Gary Pagel 23, VIC16 Ash Bergmeier 23, SSA18 Peter Warren 14, B2 Steven Pearce 13, G47 Tim O’Shea 13, G13 Don Birt 12, SSA47 Barry Craft 8, C6 Alex Jenner 6, G7 Geoff Bingham 0

Round 3 Heat 7

1. C6 Alex Jenner, 2. B2 Steve Pearce, 3. B10 Steve Jordan, 4. SSA35 Darren Kane, 5. SSA15 Gavin Nortgfield, 6. SSA18 Peter Warren, 7. RK2 Michael Tomkins, 8. RK74 Chris Bussey, 9. SSA77 Chris Albert.

Lap 1 – C6 lost power on the infield. RK74 Chris Bussey had a great save missing at least 4 cars who had a coming together after C6 lost power.

Results: 1. SSA35 Darren Kane, 2. B10 Steve Jordan, 3. SSA18 Peter Warren, 4. SSA15 Gavin Northfield, 5. RK74 Chris Bussey, 6. SSA77 Chris Elliott

DNF RK2 Michael Tomkins, C6 Alex Jenner

Fastest Time Darren Kane 16.694

Heat 8 1. G97 Gary Pagel, 2. G47 Tim O’Shea, 3. B15 Matt Pascoe, 4. MK5 Darren Hawkins, 5. EC46 Lee Noon, 7. Craig Torr, 8. BB27 Russell Dobson.

Results: 1. G97 Gary Pagel, 2. B15 Matt Pascoe, 3. MK5 Darren Hawkings, 4. G47 Tim O’Shea, 5. EC46 Lee Noon, 6. BB27 Russell Dobson

DNF RK23 Craig Torr

Fastest lap time B15 Matt Pascoe 16.837

Gary Pagel showed his knowledge of the Mountain and earned some valuable points with the win.

Heat 9 1. VIC 6 Ash Bergmeier, 2. 2. G7 Geoff Bingham, 3. SSA47 Barry Craft, 4. C35 Geoff O’Keeffe, 5.G13 Don Birt, 6.SSA74 Alan Robertson, 7. C53 Frank Armstrong, 8. B43 Dean Hawkins

Results:  1. VIC16 Ash Bergmeier, 2. C35 Geoff O’Keeffe, 3. SSA47 Barry Craft, 4. SSA74 Alan Robertson, 5. C53 Frank Armstrong, 6. G13 Don Birt, 7. B43 Dean Hawkins

UNOFFICIAL POINTS AFTER ROUND 3

1. SSA35 Darren Kane 81, 2. B10 Steve Jordan 81, 3. B15 Matt Pascoe 77, 4. MK5 Darren Hawkings 76 , 5. SSA74 Alan Robertson 73, 6. G47 Tim O’Shea 66, 7. EC46 Lee Noon 62, 8. C35 Geoff O’Keeffe 61, 9. G97 Gary Pagel, 59 10. VIC16 Ash Bergmeier 59, 11. RK74 Chris Bussey 57, 12. SSA15 Gavin Northfield 55, 13. SSA77 Chris Albert 51, 14. RK23 Craig Torr 51, 15. SSA47 Barry Craft 48, 16. C53 Frank Armstrong 43, 17. BB27 Russell Dobson 41, 18. SSA18 Peter Warren 37, 19. B43 Dean Hawkins 35, 20. RK2 Michael Tomkins 33, 21. G13 Don Birt 22, 22. B2 Steven Pearce, 13 23. C6 Alex Jenner 6, 24. G7 Geoff Bingham 0

MyLaps now uploaded

Sunday Round 4

Heat 10 1. RK23 Craig Torr, 2. SSA77 Chris Albert, 3. G97 Gary Pagel, 4. EC46 Lee Noon, 5. B10 Steve Jordan, 6.B2 Steve Pearce, 7. MK5 Darren Hawkings, 8. G47 Tim O’Shea.

Results:

Heat 11.  1. C53 Frank Armstrong, 2. RK2 Michael Tomkins, 3. SSA74 Alan Robertson, 4. C6 Alex Jenner, 5. SSA47 Barry Craft, 6. SSA15 Gavin Northfield, 7. B15 Matt Pascoe, 8. G7 Geoff Bingham

Results:

Heat 12. 1. B43 Dean Hawkins, 2. SSA18 Peter Warren, 3. BB27 Russell Dobson,4. RK74 Chris Bussey, 5. SSA35 Darren Kane, 6. C35 Geoff O’Keeffe, 7. G13 Don Birt, 8. VIC16 Ash Bergmeier.