Western Springs Sprintcar Classic - 26th November



Kyla and Caleb with Donny Schatz

 What a great nights racing and what a huge crowd to enjoy the impressive show put on the the American and Kiwi drivers.

We started our first heat off grid 7 and on lap 3 Dean went to rip off a tear off and tore off the whole lot so without being able to see much he managed to stay in position. Heat 2 for us we started in 4th and finished 2nd.

We qualified 8th for the pole shuffle and started off grid 7 for the feature. Dean got up to 5th and was running well when a yellow caution came out, unfortunately our tyres were done and on the restart had nothing left on them. We finished in 7th place behind Schatz, Allard, Murphy, Swindell, O'Connor and McDonald.

Congratulations to Schatz on a great win and to Jamie McDonald on a fantastic pole shuffle win that had the Western Springs crowd on its feet cheering on the Kiwis.

Also our best wishes to Carl Wilson we hope you are feeling well.

We are off to Palmerston North this weekend for the next International round, hope to see you there.



Dean and Jonathan in the Pole Shuffle

 



Western Springs Saturday 19th November

Well what a night for a lot of people a lot of carnage on the track tonight. We had a DNF in the first heat and finished 5th in our second heat which meant we had to start off the very back of the feature. We ended up 5th which is good for points but some minor damage to be repaired after a car spun in front of us. Congratulations to Jamie McDonald on his win for the night.

Looking forward to the International Sprintcar Meeting next Saturday night

The Dirt on Sky Sport

For those of you who missed The Dirt on Sky last night it will replay on Sky Sport 3 Friday at 12.30am and Sky Sport 1 at 10.00pm.

The Dirt plays every Tuesday at 6.30pm on Sky Sport 1. Last nights episode featured the opening meeting at Western Springs.

Every week it features either Sprintcars (last night) or Midgets (next week)

Thanks Nicki

Jonathan Allard on Radio Live Sport

Morning all

Click here to listen to Jonathan's interview on Radio Live Sport about the opening meeting at Western Springs

http://www.radiolivesport.co.nz/The-Knightsport-MotorRacing-Hour-3/tabid/252/articleID/9189/Default.aspx

Opening Meeting Western Springs

What a nights racing, as cold as it was it was worth it to see the feature race and the fireworks display.

Heat 1 Dean started off grid 10 and moved up to 6th and he won the second feature from grid 2.

Dean started the feature race off grid 1 and led an incredibly nail biting race with Jonathan Allard behind him for 19 and a half laps. It was fantastic racing watching them both dicing through lap traffic, Jonathan managed the pass on Dean with 1/2 a lap to go, on the last corner Dean dived in trying for the lead again but Jonathan had the speed and took the win. Congratulations to Jonathan on the win and thanks for a great race.

Ricky Logan (USA) 3rd, Dean Brindle (NZ) 2nd and Jonathan Allard (USA) 1st, with Deans daughter Kyla and Jonathans partner Lani's son Koby

Kyla and Caleb hanging out in the pits, watching the view from the top of the Mule

New wheel covers lisiting some of our American Trip supporters - Redman Hiabs, CAL Isuzu, Connell Contractors Ltd, Sam Pemberton Civil, Schick Construction & Cartage, Onsite Diesel Services, RTL and North City Diesel