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Tuesday, 22 August 2006
By winning overall at Phillip Island last weekend in round five, Bruce Heinrich has extended his 2006 Supaloc Australian Saloon Car Championship lead, but it was by no means easy.

From South Australia, the two times and defending champion, encountered a determined Queenslander in Kris Walton who challenged him continually over the entire weekend at Phillip Island on August 19-20.

They qualified first and second for race one in their Ford Falcon AU’s but it was the similar mounted Clint Harvey from West Australia, who emerged with the lead early in race one on Saturday afternoon.

Heinrich and Walton vied for the front running with Harvey slipping up the inside into Honda corner. Walton emerged second and had the lead by lap’s end.

With Jake Camilleri failing to start due to a blown piston, the leading Holden Commodore VT was Tim Rouse in fourth with Shawn Jamieson next - but the pair would have off road excursions on lap two, after John Goodacre dropped to the rear in his new VT.

At the front Walton was slipping away – that was until Heinrich passed Harvey. Then the gap reduced to the point that Heinrich was challenging for the lead.

On the second last lap he tried an inside run down the hill to the tight MG corner. When that didn’t work he opted for the outside at the same corner on the last lap. Still the result was the same and Walton was a narrow victory.

Harvey was a distant third with fell state resident Paul Fiore in the older VN keeping it clean and climbing to an eventual fourth. SA’s Brad Fox (AU) was another who was unassuming in his progression to fifth.

Roger Patterson (AU) stormed to fourth on lap two, as they fell off around him, before Peter Dane’s AU and the recovering Jamieson filtered past. Another West Aussie AU with Brett Niall aboard finished ninth ahead of SA’s Matt Lovell in an older model Falcon EA.

Goodace finished 16th in the debut race for his car while Scott Nicolas from Queensland in an AU, figured slightly better having been sixth on the opening lap – finishing 13th.

SUPALOC AUSTRALIAN SALOON CAR CHAMPIONSHIP RD5 RACE ONE (8 LAPS)

Pos. Driver State Car Time
1 Kris Walton QLD Ford Falcon AU 14:59.6402
2 Bruce Heinrich SA Ford Falcon AU 15:00.1324
3 Clint Harvey WA Ford Falcon AU 15:10.9986
4 Paul Fiore WA Holden Commodore VN 15:20.5077
5 Brad Fox SA Ford Falcon AU 15:20.7036
6 Peter Dane NSW Ford Falcon AU 15:21.8897
7 Shawn Jamieson SA Holden Commodore VT 15:26.3765
8 Roger Paterson SA Ford Falcon AU 15:28.5276
9 Brett Niall WA Ford Falcon AU 15:29.9820
10 Matt Lovell SA Ford Falcon EA 15:31.3310


The second race, on Sunday morning, featured another close result. This time Heinrich got the jump off the line, and held out his rival for the eight lap duration.

There was around a second between them at the flag as they left all in their wake. Fiore was third at the end of lap one as Harvey was pinged for jumping the start and black flagged. Fox quickly ensured Fords were running one, two and three on lap two . . . and at the end.

Holdens finished in the next two places as Jamieson headed home Fiore. Then came Dane and Nicholas until the latter’s Falcon failed him on the last lap and allowed Goodacre into seventh ahead of Lovell, Victorian Brett Carrington in another new Ford, with Niall tenth again.

Rouse made it up to 13th behind Michael Barbara (VN) and Paul Pennisi (VT) while Harvey was two places further back and Patterson 18th. Down the order, Geoff Brown from Victoria in a Falcon AU went off at the Southern Loop towards the end, nudging a tyre barrier and breaking the gearbox. He would be back for race three.

SUPALOC AUSTRALIAN SALOON CAR CHAMPIONSHIP RD5 RACE TWO (8 LAPS)

Pos. Driver State Car Time
1 Bruce Heinrich SA Ford Falcon AU 15:04.4288
2 Kris Walton QLD Ford Falcon AU 15:05.5877
3 Brad Fox SA Ford Falcon AU 15:13.9663
4 Shawn Jamieson SA Holden Commodore VT 15:14.3716
5 Paul Fiore WA Holden Commodore VN 15:19.3066
6 Peter Dane NSW Ford Falcon AU 15:22.3222
7 John Goodacre SA Holden Commodore VT 15:26.5922
8 Matt Lovell SA Ford Falcon EA 15:28.2529
9 Brett Carrington VIC Ford Falcon AU 15:28.8986
10 Brett Niall WA Ford Falcon AU 15:28.9609


The third race was a real carve up with several lead changes between combatants Heinrich and Walton. The former led off the line before Walton overtook him . . . several times. At the end of the thrilling race Heinrich led Walton to the chequered flag by just half a second.

The race for third was even closer. After Dane held down the final podium placing initially, Jamieson passed the NSW Ford and pulled away. However Harvey was on a charge, coming from 13th on lap one to fourth by lap six.

Only open space lay between him and third place, and he was able to negate that to the point that he emerged from the last corner side by side. The Falcon then inched ahead but Jamieson wasn’t finish, the Holden fighting back to win the duel by 0.019 seconds.

Dane was next ahead of Rouse, Niall and Lovell with Goodacre and Pennisi together. Fiore only completed the first lap, Nicolas lasted a couple more and Carrington’s event ended in the tyres opposite the pit wall.

SUPALOC AUSTRALIAN SALOON CAR CHAMPIONSHIP RD5 RACE THREE (8 LAPS)

Pos. Driver State Car Time
1 Bruce Heinrich SA Ford Falcon AU 15:03.9151
2 Kris Walton QLD Ford Falcon AU 15:04.3979
3 Shawn Jamieson SA Holden Commodore VT 15:14.6250
4 Clint Harvey WA Ford Falcon AU 15:14.6440
5 Peter Dane NSW Ford Falcon AU 15:18.1266
6 Timothy Rowse VIC Holden Commodore VT 15:23.3322
7 Brett Niall WA Ford Falcon AU 15:25.9075
8 Matt Lovell SA Ford Falcon EA 15:27.1800
9 John Goodacre SA Holden Commodore VT 15:31.9338
10 Paul Pennisi VIC Holden Commodore VT 15:32.3339

SUPALOC AUSTRALIAN SALOON CAR CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS (AFTER RD5)

Pos. Driver State Points
1 Bruce Heinrich SA 515
2 Kris Walton Qld 456
3 Clint Harvey WA 416
4 Shawn Jamieson SA 342
5 Paul Fiore WA 300
6 John Goodacre SA 269
7 Matthew Lovell SA 208
8 Peter Dane NSW 206
9 Jake Camilleri Qld 203
10 Michael Barbara NSW 154
11 Steve Kwiatkowski SA 128
12 Brett Niall WA 114
13 Malcolm Niall WA 97
14 Paul Williams WA 76
15 Brett Bowden NSW 72
16 Tony James WA 67
= Geoff Brown Vic 67
= Brad Fox SA 67
19 Roger Paterson SA 66
20 Wayne King SA 51
21 Paul Fiore WA 50
22 Paul Pennisi Vic 48
23 Tim Rouse Vic 36
Pos. Driver State Points
23 Scott Nicholas SA 36
25 David Lines SA 34
26 Peter Holmes SA 29
27 Brett Carrington Vic 28
= Mark Southerland Vic 28
29 Robert Rubis NSW 25
30 Stephen Robinson QLD 23
31 Tony Evangelou Vic 22
32 Craig Smith SA 21
33 John Ierardo Vic 20
34 John van Gilst QLD 19
35 Mark Primmer NSW 17
36 Michael Bartsch SA 16
37 Andrew Hamilton SA 15
38 Ken Wright VIC 7
39 Peter Hogan NSW 5
40 Lindsay Gates SA 4
= Robert Lonie SA 4
42 Pat Calabrese SA 3
= Brenton Burr SA 3
= Mark Pilatti WA 3
45 Brad Boley WA 2
= Grace Monterosso SA 2

Last Updated ( Saturday, 06 January 2007 )
 
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