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[Australian Motorsport] South Aussies And Fords Go Together |
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Friday, 23 June 2006 |
SOUTH AUSSIES AND FORDS GO TOGETHER
Round four of the Supaloc Australian Saloon Car Championship at Mallala Motorsport Park in South Australia will be home turf for many of the front runners after escapades in New South Wales and Tasmania.
Two times and defending series champion Bruce Heinrich is just a handful of points off the lead of West Australia’s Clint Harvey and will be anxious to bridge that gap even further this weekend.
In a series that pits six cylinder Ford Falcons against Holden Commodores, both are in the new to the series, AU Fords. Of the nine races contested so far over three rounds, the Falcons have won seven. The only Holdens to topple the blue oval this year have been the older model VN’s of local John Goodacre and WA’s Paul Fiore.
Initially the racing category was conceived to embrace competition between the VN and Ford Falcon EA models, but the beginning of 2005 seen the introduction of AU’s and Commodore VT’s running the same mechanicals.
The AU Fords have dominated the results with Queenslander Kris Walton notching a win and several podium positions while NSW’s Peter Dane is already in the top ten after only contesting one round.
Older EA model stalwarts South Aussies Matt Lovell and Steve Kwiatkowski will be anxious to update after solid top ten performances while Queenslander Jake Camilleri already has – but he has switched brands – to a VT Commodore!
So far the leading VT light has been Shawn Jamieson who nearly cracked a top three at Oran Park and has regularly finished in the top half dozen or so.
Round four of the Supaloc Australian Saloon Car Championship officially kicks off with two 20-minute qualifying sessions at 10:00 am and 1:15 pm on Saturday June 24. Following on Sunday June 25, there is three 14 laps at 9:00 am, 11:30 am and 1:40 pm.
For more information about the Supaloc Australian Saloon Car Championship visit www.tascco.com.au.
2006 Supaloc Australian Saloon Car Championship Points (after three rounds)
| Pos. | Driver | Points | | 1 | Clint Harvey | 296 | | 2 | Bruce Heinrich | 280 | | 3 | Kris Walton | 241 | | 4 | John Goodacre | 212 | | 5 | Paul Fiore | 198 | | 6 | Shawn Jamieson | 176 | | 7 | Peter Dane | 129 | | = | Jake Camilleri | 129 | | 9 | Steve Kwiatkowski | 128 | | 10 | Michael Barbara | 113 |
2006 Supaloc Australian Saloon Car Championship Calendar/Results
Round One Wakefield Park NSW Mar 4-5
Race One: 1-Bruce Heinrich (SA) Ford Falcon AU, 2-Kris Walton (Qld) Ford Falcon AU, 3-John Goodacre (SA) Holden Commodore VN
Race Two: 1-Kris Walton (Qld) Ford Falcon AU, 2-John Goodacre (SA) Holden Commodore VN, 3-Paul Fiore (WA) Holden Commodore VN
Race Three: 1-John Goodacre (SA) Holden Commodore VN, 2-Clint Harvey (WA) Ford Falcon AU, 3-Kris Walton (Qld) Ford Falcon AU
Round Two Symmons Plains TAS Apr 8-9
Race One: 1-Bruce Heinrich (SA) Ford Falcon AU, 2-Clint Harvey (WA) Ford Falcon AU, 3-Jake Camilleri (QLD) Ford Falcon EA
Race Two: 1-Bruce Heinrich (SA) Ford Falcon AU, 2-Clint Harvey (WA) Ford Falcon AU, 3-Paul Fiore (WA) Holden Commodore VN
Race Three: 1-Paul Fiore (WA) Holden Commodore VN, 2-Bruce Heinrich (SA) Ford Falcon AU, 3-Clint Harvey (WA) Ford Falcon AU
Round Three Oran Park NSW May 6-7
Race One: 1-Clint Harvey (WA) Ford Falcon AU, 2-Bruce Heinrich (SA) Ford Falcon AU, 3-Kris Walton (Qld) Ford Falcon AU
Race Two: 1-Clint Harvey (WA) Ford Falcon AU, 2-Bruce Heinrich (SA) Ford Falcon AU, 3-Matt Lovell (SA) Ford Falcon EA
Race Three: 1-Clint Harvey (WA) Ford Falcon AU, 2-Bruce Heinrich (SA) Ford Falcon AU, 3-Kris Walton (Qld) Ford Falcon AU
Round Four Mallala SA Jun 24-25
Round Five Phillip Is Vic Aug 19-20
Round Six Oran Park NSW Oct 28-29
Round Seven Eastern Ck NSW Nov 25-26
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