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[Australian Motorsport] Persistence Pays Off For Russell In Performance Car Debut |
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Sunday, 28 May 2006 |
PERSISTENCE PAYS OFF FOR RUSSELL IN PERFORMANCE CAR DEBUT
| Attachment 16477 | | Drew Russell’s debut in the STS Turbo Australian Performance Car Championship was plagued with problems, but the Newcastle youngster emerged from the weekend with a class win. |
Drew Russell’s debut in the STS Turbo Australian Performance Car Championship was plagued with problems, but the Newcastle youngster emerged from the weekend with a class win at Wakefield Park.
Running in the Ferntree Gully Holden Privateers Cup, Russell’s weekend was bound to be a learning experience, with the 18 year-old getting behind the wheel of the Go Karts Go Mazda RX7 for the first time in Friday’s first practice session.
He didn’t turn a lap in the opening practice session, thanks to a fuel leak, while engine problems limited his total running time Practice 2 and qualifying to a dozen, slow, laps.
With this behind him and no solution to the engine problems despite countless efforts, Russell took to the grid in Race 1. After an early problem to his class rival, Russell took the class lead and completed the 24 lap distance to score the class win.
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