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Walton Wins All PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 01 June 2007
On home turf there was no stopping local hotshot Kris Walton taking out the third round of the Supaloc Australian Production Car Championship at Queensland Raceway on May 27. In a rough house yet exciting round, Walton won all three races and claimed the series lead. Equal second were the South Australians Steve Kwaitkowski and John Goodacre while the Queenslanders Jake Camilleri and Troy Hoey were next.

“I knew we would be a good chance – at least be in the top two – but then it became harder when Scott (Nicolas) beat me for pole. It was a great round except for the first race and the way that turn out,” Walton said.

Twice in that first outing the Ford Falcon pair came into contact with Nicolas coming off second best. The latter led early before Walton took over in his Talbrace Ford. Then it was Kwaitkoski for a brief period but his Eagle Paint n Panel Ford had some front end damage and retired as Camilleri’s Envirotek Holden Commodore had a turn at the head of the pack.

Nicolas grabbed the lead again with one lap to go but a second incident at turn four saw him around and Walton win from Camillieri, Walton’s weekend team mate Rod Dawson, and Bruce Heinrich (GJC/Pacemaker Headers Falcon). The latter and Nicolas were relegated to a second race rear of grid start for technical abnormalities.

In fifth was Troy Hoey in the ex Heinrich championship winning Sunstate Gas & Plumbing Falcon from last year, which showed the way to Matt Lovell (Cell-tic Batteries Falcon) and the recovering Oki Ford of Nicholas. Goodacre was next best placed of the Holdens, his Brice Commodore in ninth ahead of NSW’s Peter Dane.

Shawn Jamieson’s run in the BRE Commodore that Kerry Wade drove at Phillip Island was eventful and short lived as it was caught up in some of the early turmoil as well as cooking the motor. Michael Uebergang’s late Saturday engine sway was a vain effort as the Falcon blew another at the start of the second lap.

Camilleri won the start of race two, leading for a brief spell before the Walton Falcon took over. Camilleri and Nicolas would retire with gearbox breakages as the back markers charged through the field. They were led by Kwaitkowski who would take second ahead of Heinrich and the Goodacre Commodore while the Fords of Matt Lovell, Hoey and Dane ensued.

The race finished under a safety car as officials couldn’t get Dawson’s Falcon out of the turn three sand trap after it ran out of brakes.

There were several torrid battles in the early part of race three until the order settled with Walton collecting his third win ahead of Kwaitkowski and Heinrich. “Our Falcon was a rocket in that last race,” said Heinrich, the reigning champion and previous points leader.

Next was Camilleri from Nicolas and Goodacre while Dawson limped home with a broken gearbox ahead of Lovell and Dane who said that his Cash Stop Ford was “Getting closer to the front runners – we just have to do more work on the dyno,” after being a competitive sixth early in the race.

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They said . . .

“It ended alright. It was always going to be between us and Scott Niclolas” – Walton

“I wish we could start the weekend over again” – Heinrich

“Brake fad or brain fade, I’m not sure” – Dawson

“Good run in the last until I ran out of brakes . . . and ability” – Nicolas

“Struggled in the early traffic but then came on strong” – Camilleri

“I don’t have the drive off the corners” – Dane

“Well I have christened it with that damage” – Jamieson

“I’m not the pope when it comes to driving, but its very bad when this goes on” – Lovell

“I thought I was going okay until captain crazy showed up” – Hoey

“Lucky there is only three races, I’m running out cars” – Les Morrall

Supaloc Australian Saloon Car Championship Round 3 Results

Race One (15 laps)

1 Kris Walton (QLD) Ford Falcon AU 22:30.9711 2 Jake Camilleri (QLD) Holden Commodore VT 22:31.7453 3 Rod Dawson (QLD) Ford Falcon AU 22:34.3261 4 Bruce Heinrich (SA) Ford Falcon AU 22:35.4623 5 Troy Hoey (QLD) Ford Falcon AU 22:39.1732 6 Matt Lovell (QLD) Ford Falcon AU 22:44.3401 7 Scott Nicholas (SA) Ford Falcon AU 22:46.9363 8 John Goodacre (SA) Holden Commodore VT 22:50.4809 9 Peter Dane (NSW) Ford Falcon AU 22:52.1844 10 Geoff Brown (VIC) Ford Falcon AU 23:00.7894 11 John Van Gilst (QLD) Holden Commodore VN 23:16.3793 12 Paul Pennisi (VIC) Ford Falcon EA 23:20.4922 13 David Mitchell (NSW) Ford Falcon AU 23:21.0590 14 Mark Primmer (NSW) Ford Falcon EA 23:46.9334 DNF Steve Kwiatkowski (SA) Ford Falcon AU 12 lapsDNF Bradley Piggott (NSW) Ford Falcon AU 9 laps DNF Shawn Jamieson (SA) Holden Commodore VT 5 laps DNF Michael Uebergang (QLD) Ford Flacon AU 1 lap DNF Lindsay Kearns (QLD) Ford Falcon EA 1 lap Fastest Lap: Nicholas 1:24.6581

Race Two (15 laps)

1 Walton 23:59.9308, 2 Kwiatkowski 24:00.2680, 3 Heinrich 24:00.8708, 4 Goodacre 24:01.5526, 5 Lovell 24:01.9143, 6 Hoey 24:02.4376, 7 Dane 24:02.7191, 8 Brown 24:03.6490, 9 Kearns 24:03.9016, 10 Van Gilst 24:04.8092, 11 Primmer 24:06.3400, 12 Dawson 13 laps, DNF Pennisi 10 laps, DNF Camilleri 6 laps, DNF Nicholas 0 laps. Fastest lap: Walton 1:24.9053  Race Three (15 laps) no times: 1 Walton, 2 Kwiatkowski, 3 Heinrich, 4 Camilleri, 5 Nicholas, 6 Goodacre, 7 Dawson, 8 Hoey, 9 Lovell, 10 Dane, 11 Kearns, 12 Brown, 13 Van Gilst, 14 Primer, 15 Pennisi, 16 Piggott.

Supaloc Australian Saloon Car Championship Calendar

 Round 1    April 21/22           Oran Park (NSW)
 Round 2    May 5/6               Phillip Island (VIC)
 Round 3    May 26/27            Queensland Raceway (QLD)
 Round 4    June 30/July 1      Mallala (SA)
 Round 5    July 14/15            Eastern Creek (NSW)
 Round 6    August 11/12        Phillip Island (VIC)
 Round 7    October 13/14      Mallala (SA)
 Round 8    December 8/9       Sandown (VIC)

Supaloc Australian Saloon Car Championship 2007 Points

Walton 297, Heinrich 243, Goodacre 203, Lovell 174, Harvey 162, Camilleri 133, Hoey 131, Kwiatkowski 131, Fox 117, Nicholas 109.

Supaloc Australian Saloon Car Championship Past Champions

Heinrich 2006, Heinrich 2005, Harvey 2004, Heinrich 2003, Heinrich 2002.
 
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