NEWS ARCHIVE
2006/2007

Brisbane International Speedway- 7th October 2006
Monday, 9th October 2006

East Coast A Grade went back to archerfield last Saturday night for the first official meeting for this season. Terry Medcalf made a welcomed return after buying back his familiar EL XR8 in the off season, and for many, like myself, it was the first meeting back. The aus 1 BA XR8 has had extensive driveline work in the off season preparing for the big trips up north this season. 

 The first heat saw martin cross win from start to finish (that is not a typo) with a bunch of cars including Ledgie, Nathan Mac and myself all bottled up as the last few laps past. Shane Hollyman blew his tail shaft apart in track pack and would not compete until the third heat. Chris duffell only lost his boot lid this race and would continue.

 Second heat saw the two ford v8's off the front row, with neither wanting to give away track position to the other. The Aus 1 machine managed to get away the better on the greasy track but after four laps was pulling infield with fuel problems. Martin cross in the 22 commodore once again found himself leading the race and won it with the ivatek machine of Medcalf in second and pete rogers doing a great job in third.

 Third heat saw ledgie and duffell off the front row both with 6 bangers, with a host of v8's breathing down their neck . On the start ledgie and chris came together and a restart was ordered. second start saw chris duffell and shane hollyman come together on the back straight with both cars out for the heat. 3rd start saw Nathan Mac run away from start to finish from ledgie with medcalf coming home third.

 The final came down to a holden / ford front row with cross and medcalf both gunning for the first corner. On the start both got away well hitting the corner side by side but cross's commodore pushed up and hit the ivatek fords front wheel blowing the left front tyre. Cross went back through the field whilst medcalf battling with 3 inflated tyres tried to put a gap on the field. Nathan Mac looked to have been able to take the race to medcalf but he was to break an axle and end his hopes of winning. Ledgie drove a good race to bring the ageing torana home in second with Shane hollyman just happy to finish a race in third.

 Attention now turns to toowoomba at the end of the month, and for the oz 1 falcon more work to do until then to make the package more reliable.

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