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2010-2011

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NOTICE Tamworth 19th May(cancelled Rd 28/4/12) Racing Starts @ 2.00pm Presentation of Drivers Series after finish of meeting NOWRA SPEEDWAY Round 5 Formula 500 NSW Drivers Series. By Warwick Hunter With 41 events scheduled it was going to be a busy night. Our series plus an Aust Title and an NSW title by other divisions. Our first heat threw up what was to be a night of problems for our chief Steward. Confusion between the person working the lights and the person on the flags saw the start with the flags showing green and the light coming on some time later. This made it difficult for the drivers on the outside row to see what was happening as the flag marshal was at trackside. The failure to put the red light on in time after a rollover was alarming. With a time restraint and so many races, the track was over watered and thanks to the wingless sprints doing so many laps to bring it back we might not have had any more races that night. Our feature race was to be 20 laps, but just 5 laps in we had a car roll over. The restart got underway and 2 laps later a car spun and was stopped on the track. I asked for the yellow to come on but there was no response our chief steward grabbed the flag and waved it himself at this time no yellow light was on. The track side officials decided to let the race run without a restart. I complained bitterly about the dangers of leaving a car in that position to a person sitting on a trike with no yellow safety vest and no helmet on as he seemed to be a person calling the shots, his response was that he had a time limit and decided to can the rest of our feature. At this time I thought that we had been hard done by, but no I was wrong. The night went into complete chaos from that time on and as I have been told the Aust Title for the Micro Sprints was cut short. If the promotion had come to us and some of the other divisions we would have cut our features down to accommodate the Aust Title. Our Chief Steward is to be congratulated on the way he handled the most disorganised race meeting I have ever had the misfortune to attend. The comments above are my own and in no way reflect what the drivers and committee of the NSW Formula 500 club may think about the way the meeting was run. Chris Alcorn checking damage from Gunnedah feature race 4th Round GUNNEDAH SPEEDWAY 14^th April 2012 I am sure those competitors who attended this round where please to see no thunderstorm activity in the area as our last two Rounds ( Gunnedah & Gilgandra) were cancelled after the running of our first heat due to torrential rain and the abandonment of the meeting. The Gunnedah promoter ( Barry Towers ) had informed all that the meeting would be commencing at 3pm to beat the rain if it came, Barry would have had concerns regarding the weather as the local farmers have taken to calling him the drought breaker. We started out with respectful numbers but then the phone started ringing with drivers being unable to attend due to illness and work commitments which was disappointing, never the less those that did make it put on some great racing. Heat 1; saw Matt Hunter lead from pole with Jamie McKinlay in hot pursuit, following by Chris Alcorn, Luca Cox and Michael Baxter, Brian Cox had the Gunnedah gremlins on board once again and failed to make it onto the track. Heat 2 and it was Baxter’s turn off pole, Luca Cox on the outside, Baxter lead the field until the 4^th lap when Alcorn gained the lead, on the 7 lap Baxter lost second place to Jamie McKinlay , Placings were Chris Alcorn, Jamie McKinlay, Michael Baxter, Matt Hunter, Luca Cox and Brian Cox. Heat 3 and Matt Hunter made it to corner two before coming to a stop after popping a chain. At the restart Alcorn took the lead and led convincingly for the entire heat winning by a quarter of a lap. Jamie McKinlay was placed second, 3^rd Luca Cox, 4^th Michael Baxter, 5^th Brian Cox. The Feature saw the highest point scorers Chris Alcorn (58pts) and Jamie McKinlay (57pts) off the rear, Luca Cox and Michael Baxter tied on 51pts, then Matt Hunter (37pts) and Brian Cox (31pts) off the front line. On the green, Hunter took the lead from a fast charging Alcorn who came through the pack like a bullet, taking over the lead on the second lap, Hunter tried desperately to keep in contact and to keep McKinlay at bay. Chris Alcorn had a commanding lead and was coming down the straight to commence the 12 lap when he come up to lap a car, he rode the wheel on the Brian Cox’s car which had suddenly expired on the track in front of him. Chris had a nasty roll but was uninjured; needless to say the car needs some work done to it. At the restart Hunter led the field away and held onto first place from Jamie McKinlay, 3^rd Luca Cox 4^th Michael Baxter Next Round will be Tamworth 28^th April 2012, and the final round will be at Nowra on 12^th May due to the Nowra Round being cancelled due to floods in the region earlier this year. NSW TITLE WINNERS 1st Charlie Brown, 2nd Kristen Brown & 3rd Chris Alcorn
MEDIA RELEASE 2012 NSW FORMULA 500 TITLE OAKBURN SPEEDWAY TAMWORTH 24^th March 2012 Charlie Brown won his third consecutive NSW Formula 500 Title held at Tamworth Speedway on Saturday night. Entry numbers were down on previous years which was put down to the Australian Title being run at Laang in two weeks’ time and the economic environment. Out of those 17 cars entered only 16 raced as Michael Baxter had to withdraw on Saturday morning due to illness. The Rounds were run over 2 Heats with the hope that all cars would still be running for the Final, and this was almost the case as only one car ( Ross McAteer) failed to make the final. Round 1; Heat 1 saw drivers coming to grips with the slick granite with a touch of clay track, young Nathan Paull was sent to the infield after spinning and Ross McAteer retied with flooding problems. 1^st Chris Alcorn 2^nd Charlie Brown, 3^rd Kristen Brown, 4^th Brian Thorley, 5^th Kenny Norman, 6^th Chase Norman Heat 2 saw one stoppage when Daniel Broadbent spun bringing on the yellow, placings were 1^st Luca Cox, 2^nd Murray Johnson, 3^rd Matt Hunter, 4^th Dan Scougall, 5^th David Baxter, 6^th Dani-Elle Levy, 7^th Daniel Broadbent, 8^th Brian Cox As the night wore on the times showed the drivers were getting use to the track with Luca Cox posting the fastest single lap times in the Heats with a 16.621, Dan Scougall 16.894 and Murray Johnson a time of 16.897. Round 2 Heat 1 saw another stoppage when Nathan Paull spun in the 5^th lap, Dan Scougall led the field from the start and took the win from Chase Norman 3^rd Kenny Norman, 4^th Luca Cox, 5^th Murray Johnson, 6^th Ross McAteer, 7^th Nathan Paull. Heat 2 was run without a stoppage with Charlie Brown starting from pole and leading for the entire heat, 2^nd Kristen Brown, 3^rd Chris Alcorn, 4^th Matt Hunter, 5^th Brian Thorley, 6^thDavid Baxter, 7^th Dani-Elle Levy Round 3 Heat 1 saw some action at the start with some cars riding wheels as they josled for positions, David Baxter led the entire heat with Luca Cox in second place, Luca went wide in corner two on the last lap droping back through the field, 2^nd Brian Thorley, 3^rd Kristen Brown, 4^th Dan Scougall, 5^th Matt Hunter, 6^th Luca Cox, 7^th Ross McAteer, 8^th Nathan Paull Heat 2 and Kenny Norman led from the start followed by Chris Alcorn and Charlie Brown, coming around to the start line on the final lap we saw some very close racing as the three leaders met up with a lapped car, two went one side and one went the other and in corners 1 & 2 Chris Alcorn and Charlie Brown tussled for position with Alcorn holding onto second place from Brown 4^th Chase Norman, 5^th Murray Johnson, 6^th Dani-Elle Levy, 7^th Daniel Broadbent. The Title saw tied points for pole position and the number one spot went to Chris Alcorn as he had the fastest single lap time from the previous heats, Charlie Brown filled position two, with Kristen Brown and Kenny Norman off the second row. Racing got underway with Brown leading from Alcorn, Kristen Brown and Kenny Norman off the second row. The racing was stopped when Nathan Paull and Chase Norman came together in corners 3 & 4 and racing commenced Charlie led the field away, from Alcorn with Kristen Brown ready to make a move, which she did the following lap to take position 2 from Alcorn. One lap down an another spin this time it was Daniel Broadbent, it was Charlie Brown from the restart followed by Kristen and they retained these positions to the checkered flag, 3^rd Chris Alcorn, 4^th Kenny Norman, 5^th Luca Cox, 6^th Matt Hunter, 7^th Murray Johnson, 8^th David Baxter, 9^th Brian Thorley, 10^th Dan Scougall, 11^th Brian Cox, 12^th Dani-Elle Levy, DNFs Chase Norman, Daniel Broadbent, Nathan Paull. Fastest single lap times from the Final were Charlie Brown 15.932, Kristen Brown 16.307. Chris Alcorn 16.432 for more result check Mylaps. Bunny Burrowes Memorial Press Release Huge Prizemoney for WA Formula 500"s 2012 Janssen"s Transport Service Bunny Burrowes Memorial Event held at: NARROGIN Hardware Speedway, Narrogin WA Date: Saturday 28th April 2012 ( twilight meeting) $10,000 Cash Prizepool $5,000 Cash to winner Info contact Jeff Connelly on 0407 479 648

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