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Friday, 11 August 2006 |
Sonic Racing's Tim Slade has maintained his strong form from last round setting the fastest time in today's two Australian Formula Ford Championship practice sessions at Oran Park.
Setting a 1:11.8143 on his fourth lap of the second session, Slade in a Van Diemen RF04 showed the speed that took him to a round victory in the last round at Queensland Raceway.
"The car was really good, we haven't had to do a great deal to it since Queensland because it is pretty much where we want it right now," Tim Slade said today.
"This morning the track was a little slippery but in the second session it had a much more grip and we were able to put a pretty good lap down in a session that had a lot of stop starting."
The second practice session was stopped a number of times with drivers pushing their cars too hard and finding themselves off the track, although no serious damage was sustained.
Second fastest and fastest in the first session was CAMS Rising Star John Martin with a 1:11.9854 while Joshua Scott continued his recent strong form in a Spectrum 011.
Luke Wood, in a Spirit WL06, made a highly impressive debut in the category with a 1:12.2418 in the second session to set the fourth fastest time and Grant Doulman showed impressive speed in his Spirit Formula Ford for fifth fastest.
Four different chassis' filled the top six positions with Mygale making an excellent return to the national category by placing sixth, courtesy of a 1:12.3681 by Dale Wood, driving the Mygale for the first time this year.
Also impressive was Joel Spychala who only yesterday completed repairs on his heavily damaged Spirit, but still managed seventh position.
Nathan Caratti, Brad Lowe and Tim Blanchard rounded out the top ten.
Championship leader Todd Fiore had a difficult two sessions and could only manage 14th position.
2006 Australian Formula Ford Championship Schedule
| Saturday 12 August |
| 1025-1045 |
Qualifying |
| 1440-1455 |
Race One (12-laps) |
| Sunday 13 August |
| 1035-1050 |
Race Two (12-minutes) |
| 1645-1700 |
Race Three (20-minutes) |
2006 Australian Formula Ford Championship points table (After three of eight rounds)
| Driver Name |
Team Name |
Chassis |
Points |
| Todd Fiore* |
Russell Landscaping |
Van Diemen RF04 |
125 |
| John Martin* |
CAMS Rising Star |
Spectrum 011 |
124 |
| Tim Slade |
Discount Renovators Warehouse |
Van Diemen RF04 |
108 |
| Nathan Caratti |
Firepower Group |
Van Diemen RF04 |
79 |
| Tim Blanchard* |
Jayair |
Van Diemen RF04 |
70 |
| Ashley Walsh* |
VIP Petfoods |
Van Diemen RF06 |
61 |
| Joshua Scott* |
Kubota Australia |
Spectrum 011 |
50 |
| Paul Laskazeski* |
CAMS Rising star |
Spectrum 011 |
47 |
| Ben Clucas* |
Team BRM |
Van Diemen RF06 |
30 |
| Brad Lowe* |
Lowe Earthmoving |
Spectrum 011 |
29 |
| John Mostyn* |
Interpak |
Spectrum 011 |
24 |
| Joel Spychala |
Mid Coast Ford |
Spirit WL06 |
20 |
| Dale Wood* |
Fastlane Racing |
Van Diemen RF05 |
20 |
| Sam Sewell* |
VIP Petfoods/Freestone and Kumnick Solicitors |
Van Diemen RF06 |
16 |
| Mark McNally |
Nomad Consolidated Pty Ltd |
Van Diemen RF05 |
10 |
| Tristan Hughes |
JagMag |
Van Diemen RF04 |
10 |
| Grant Doulman |
Doulman Industries Racing |
Spirit WL06 |
10 |
| Daniel Cotton |
Team Showdown |
Spectrum 011 |
4 |
| Samantha Reid* |
Toshiba Mobile Computers |
Van Diemen RF03 |
3 |
| * denotes Rookie |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 06 January 2007 )
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