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Welcome one and all to our new website. Queensland Lightning Sprints race at various tracks including Maryborough, Toowoomba, Archerfield Brisbane and Lismore. Our race season usually starts around September and goes through until May. Once you are a member of our club, you will collect points at each racing meeting and then the final points will be announced at a Trophy Presentation Night at the end of the season. These cars have either car engines or some have motorbike engines. They can reach speeds up to 90 km on the straight and are powered by methanonl fuel. All drivers need to have NASR insurance and fire protectant safety gear according to Nasr specifications. If you would like to join this class, please contact Jenny Whell on jwhell@bigpond.com.au
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30th Annual Australian Litre Sprintcar Championship
20th May
In 1982 a gentleman by the name of Ray Christoffel representing Queensland became the first ever winner of the Australian Litre Sprintcar Championship. Since then, the QLD VS NSW rivalry has intensified and NSW in recent years has taken a strangle hold on the event claiming every Championship since the late Patrick Moroney took Queensland's last win back in 2002.
On Saturday June 9 after 2 unfortunate washouts, the prestigious event is set to have all the right ingredients for a truly memorable Championship at Lucas Oils Lismore Speedway.
Defending Champion and local favourite Tony Brearley will be the undeniable and deserving favourite. Brearley has the #1 on his tail tank and will take some stopping in his title defense.
Hot on his shoes will be the current form driver in NSW - The 2012 NSW State Championship & Gold Cup Winner Scott Lewin. After last years heart break of leading 24 of 25 laps, Lewin will get his shot at redemption in 20 days time.
The Queensland charge is looking stronger and stronger everyday. With the likes of David Whell, Wayne Iacano, Scott Doyle, Steve Seefeld, John Cariola, Gavin Gilbert, Shane Matthews and Anthony Parker previously nominated - the chances to break QLD's drought looks high.
Nominations will close on Sunday June 3rd at 5pm. QLD, VIC, ACT and NSW drivers are welcome to nominate up until that time. Feel free to contact Adam Raw 0401 839 374 for further details.
Year- Name- State- Venue-
1983 – Terry Thomas [NSW] Yandina Speedway
1984 – Robert Stevenson [QLD] Archerfield Speedway
1985 – Bob McComb [QLD] Archerfield Speedway
1986 – Phil Holliday [QLD] Grafton Speedway
1987 – Bob McComb [QLD] Archerfield Speedway
1988 – Warren King / Robert Stevenson [QLD] Lismore Speedway
1989 – Dean McComb [QLD] Maryborough Speedway
1990 – Dean McComb [QLD] Lismore Speedway
1991 – Dean McComb [QLD] Gladstone Speedway
1992 – Dean McComb [QLD] Toowoomba Speedway
1993 – Michael Gee [QLD] Toowoomba Speedway
1994 – Patrick Moroney [QLD] Toowoomba Speedway
1995 – Robert Jackson [NSW] Archerfield Speedway
1996 – Rick Tapscott [QLD] Archerfield Speedway
1997 – Michael Gee [QLD] Gunnedar Speedway
1998 – Dean Eden [NSW] Toowoomba Speedway
1999 – Butch Haynes [NSW] Newcastle MotorDrome
2000 – Andrew Wright [NSW] Toowoomba Speedway
2001 – Andrew Wright [NSW] Newcastle MotorDrome
2002 – Patrick Moroney [QLD] Toowoomba Speedway
2003 – Stephen Brown [NSW] Parramatta City Speedway
2004 – Scott Darley [NSW] Toowoomba Speedway
2005 – Sean Barnett [NSW] Parramatta City Speedway
2006 – Trent Singleton [NSW] Archerfield Speedway
2007 – Sean Barnett [NSW] Parramatta City Speedway
2008 – Sean Barnett [NSW] Toowoomba Speedway
2009 – Scott Withers [NSW] Parramatta City Speedway
2010 – Karl Geddes [NSW] Dubbo Speedway (Lightning Sprints)
2011 – Tony Brearley [NSW] Sydney Speedway
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11th August, 2012
- All drivers (who have completed minimum 5 meetings) receive a FREE Dinner Ticket
- Dinner Tickets $30 per person ( ALL TICKETS MUST BE PRE PURCHASED)
- 2 Course meal, Tea/Coffee
- Cash Bar
- QLSRA Club Championship Trophy Presentation & Awards
- Multi Draw Raffles
- Auction and Prize give aways
- All Drivers receive a gift
Shelley Sinton on Ph: 0412 116 306... Email: downsdig@bigpond.net.au
Jen Whell on Ph: 0408 708 247... Email: jwhell@bigpond.net.au
NIGHT ONE SAW ALL OF THE GUYS DO WELL IN THERE HEATS BUT GENRICH WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT WHICH FORCED HIM TO DROP THAT HEAT. WHELL STRUGGLED IN HIS HEATS WHICH SAW HIM IN 10TH IN THE POINTS AND GENRICH 19TH .
WITH ONLY TAKING 20 CARS IN THE A MAIN ON SATURDAY NIGHT WHELL ,GENRICH AND VAN VEGCHEL HAD TO MAKE GAINS IN THEIR LAST ROUND OF HEATS TO MAKE THE MAIN. FANNING,IACONO,SEEFELD AND DOYLE ALREADY HAD THEIR SIGHTS ON THE DASH FOR NIGHT TWO. WAKING UP 2 A BEAUTIFUL MORNING IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA ON SATURDAY, DRIVERS AND CREWS MADE CHANGES TO THEIR CARS FOR THE ALL IMPORTANT NATONAL TITLE . SOON ENOUGH RACE TIME WAS UPON THE DRIVERS AGAIN WITH FANNING AND WHELL WINNING THEIR LAST HEATS. GENRICH HAD AN AWESOME DRIVE IN HIS HEAT TO TRY AND REDEEM SOME POINTS FOR THE MAIN GAME AND IACONO ALSO RUNNING SECOND IN HIS HEAT.
WITH 4 OF THE 7 QUEENSLANDERS MAKING THE SHOOTOUT, IT WAS DOYLE WHO PROGRESSED WELL KNOCKING OUT SEEFELD AND IACONO ANDTAKING THE WIN FROM FANNING, PUTTING 2 QUEENSLANDERS ON THE FRONT ROW.
BRISBANE'S DAVE VAN VEGCHEL HAD TO MAKE HIS TITLE FIGHT FROM THE B MAIN RUNNING 4TH IN THE B, STAMPED HIS MARK ON THIS YEARS TITLE STARTING POS #20. WITH FANNING AND IACONO STARTING FROM THE FRONT, IACONO GETS THE JUMP ON FANNING BUT IT WAS SHORT LIVED WITH FANNING TAKING THE LEAD AND NEVER LOOKED BACK. WHELL AND GENRICH LOOKED IMPRESSIVE EARLY, MOVING FORWARD QUICKLY WITH 17 LAPS TO GO HAVING TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION WHEN DOYLE AND SEEFELD CAME TOGETHER HAVING A MASSIVE CRASH ON THE BACK STRAIGHT .
THIS LEFT FANNING, IACONO, WHELL AND GENRICH IN THE TOP 5 SPOTS AND THE TASMANIAN CHAMPION KERRY SHORT WITH WHELL AND IACONO HAVING THEIR OWN RACE FIGHTING FOR SECOND, WHELL SHOWING HIS NOSE ON SEVERAL OCASIONS TILL MAKING HIS MOVE ON IACONO LOST BRAKES AND WAS FORCED TO PARK IT FOR THE NIGHT, GENRICH VERY UNLUCKY BEING CAUGHT UP IN CRASHES BUT STILL FINISHING IN A BATTLE SCARED RACE CAR .VAN VEGCHEL AND GENRICH STILL FINISHING IN THE TOP 10 BUT IT WAS FANNING AND IACONO STILL UP THE FRONT READY TO STAND ON THAT PODIUM. CONGRATULATIONS TO DAVE FANNING, WAYNE IACONO AND SAM PUTLAND FOR THERE GREAT EFFORTS ON THE WEEKEND
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ATTENTION
Please note that racing at Archerfield Speedway Saturday 28th April has been cancelled due to the weather.
Nominations Archerfield Speedway
Saturday 28th April, 2012
Mark Sinton Q20
John Cariola Q7
Gavin Gilbert Q61
Michael Gollagher Q3
Shane Matthews Q32
Peter Bailey Q35
Peter Campbell Q22
Bradley Harrison Q17
Emma Harris Q31x
Keith Blatch Q77
Daryl Martin Q96
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Fanning takes QLD Title in impressive style
Night One - saw 6 heats and a preliminary A Main for the drivers, but it was Scott Genrich who got the excitement started unfortunately with a roll over in hot laps. Heat 1 saw the carnage continue with Mark Sinton rolling over on turn one of lap one after a coming together between Wayne Iacono & Michael Gollagher putting altogether 4 cars out of the 1st heat. Fortunately for the rest of night one the remaining racing was relatively incident free and the drivers put on some quality racing.
Heat 1 - 1st Dave Whell, 2nd Wayne Iacono, 3rd Keith Blatch
Heat 2 - 1st Dave Fanning, 2nd Steve Seefeld, 3rd Peter Campbell
Heat 3 - 1st Dave Fanning, 2nd Dave Whell, 3rd Peter Campbell
Heat 4 - 1st Scott Doyle, 2nd John Cariola, 3rd Scott Genrich
Heat 6 - 1st Wayne Iacono, 2nd Dave Fanning, 3rd David Van Vegchel
Preliminary A Main - 1st Dave Fanning, 2nd Dave Whell, 3rd Scott Doyle
Night Two - Two more heats an A & B Dash and the Qld Title Feature lay ahead of the drivers for the 2nd night of racing. Unfortunately we lost a few cars due to engine failure and damage from night one. The 7th heat saw our International visitor come away with a win showing some quality driving, heat 8 saw some of the fastest racing of the weekend with Dave Fanning producing a slick 13.121 lap time. Drivers tussled for positions in the dash races to give themselves the best possible grid start for the feature race.
Heat 7 - 1st Dayne Maxwell (NZ), 2nd Scott Genrich, 3rd John Cariola
Heat 8 - 1st Dave Fanning, 2nd Michael Gollagher, 3rd Peter Campbell
A Dash - 1st Dave Fanning, 2nd Steve Seefeld, 3rd Peter Campbell, 4th Michael Gollagher, 5th Jenny Whell
B Dash - 1st Scott Genrich, 2nd Wayne Iocanno, 3rd Scott Doyle, 4th John Cariola, 5th Anthony Parker,
6th David Van Vegchel
Qld Title Feature Race -
14 drivers took the grid for the feature race and it was Australian champion Dave Fanning who lead from start to finish in a brilliant display of driving to be crowned Qld Champion. Fanning's form this season has been second to none and his victory was not only dominating but also very well deserved. 2nd & 3rd place was fought out between Scott Genrich & Steve Seefeld all race, these two put on a fantastic display of side by side racing with their positions changing back & forth all race. All drivers put on a great feature race and should be commended for their efforts.
1st Dave Fanning, 2nd Scott Genrich, 3rd Steve Seefeld, 4th Wayne Iaconno, 5th Dave Whell, 6th Peter Campbell, 7th John Cariola, 8th Mark Sinton
The committee would like to thank Scott & Sharon Genrich, Charlton Raceway, Officials, drivers & crews plus everybody who helped with the running of this meeting.
Also special thankyou to Jenny Whell & Shelley Sinton for all their efforts in setting up this meeting
To all our sponsors we very much appreciate your backing and thankyou for all your support.
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Scott Doyle last years champion will be back at Charlton to try and take the crown back to back. But with the fierce competition that will be there Doyle will have to work extra hard to keep it. Top contenders in Fanning, Whell, Genrich, Iacona & Seefeld will also be there to try and take the spoils from him and NZ Champion Dayne Maxwell has confirmed his nomination to this prestige event.
Whell who had a thrilling drive last year from the rear will be looking to go one better, with the track being very fast and smooth this year it will be anyone's race. With numerous feature winners this year it will be hard to pick who will be this years Qld Champion.
Just hoping the weather holds off this weekend so we can all show some top class action that we are used to seeing from the Lightning Sprints. Best of luck to all drivers competing and a Happy and safe Easter to everyone.
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LIGHTNING SPRINT QUEENSLAND TITLE 2011‐2012
Sponsored by Action Metal Recyclers
April 7TH & 8th 2012
Charlton Raceway, Toowoomba Qld
NominationsWayne Iacono Q21 Gavin Gilbert Q61
Shane Matthews Q32 Keith Blatch Q77
Chris Eliott Q90 Michael Gollagher Q3
David Fanning A1 John Cariola Q7
Peter Campbell Q22 Dayne Maxwell Q96 NZ
Scott Doyle Q8 Anthony Parker Q10
David Whell Q2 James Murphy Q39
Jenny Whell Q27 Steve Seefeld Q71
Draw/ Order of Events
Saturday:
Hot laps – Sponsored by Smith and Sons Toowoomba West
1st round – Heat 1 - sponsored by Downs Mini Dig
Pos 1 Dave Whell Q2
2 Jim Kennedy Q46
3 Keith Blatch Q77
4 Michael Gollagher Q3
5 Anthony Parker Q10
6 Wayne iacono Q21
7 Jenny Whell Q27
8 Mark Sinton Q20
9 Dave VanVegchel Q48
10 John Cariola Q7
Heat 2 – sponsored by Superb Mechanical
Pos 1 Steven Seefeld Q71
2 Gavin Gilbert Q61
3 Chris Eliott Q90
4 Peter Campbell Q22
5 Scott Genrich Q18
6 Dayne Maxwell Q96
7 Shane Matthews Q32
8 James Murphy Q39
9 Scott Doyle Q8
10 Dave Fanning A1
Round 2 Heat 3 – sponsored by Blatchs Mechanical Repairs
Pos 1 Q48
2 A1
3 Q27
4 Q39
5 Q10
6 NZ96
7 Q77
8 Q22
9 Q2
10 Q61
Heat 4 – sponsored by Titan Garages
Pos 1 Q8
2 Q7
3 Q32
4 Q20
5 Q18
6 Q21
7 Q90
8 Q3
9 Q71
10 Q46
Round 3 – Heat 5 sponsored by Rage Race & general Engineering
Pos 1 Q77
2 Q18
3 Q71
4 Q7
5 Q2
6 Q61
7 Q8
8 Q46
9 Q3
10 NZ96
Heat 6 – sponsored by Henchcraft Australia
Pos 1 Q90
2 Q39
3 Q21
4 Q10
5 Q48
6 Q32
7 Q27
8 A1
9 Q20
10 Q22
Prelim Final – sponsored by S & S Genrich
Sunday Night
Round 4 heat 7 sponsored by – Eurogroup Enterprises
Pos 1 Q20
2 Q96
3 Q27
4 Q7
5 Q48
6 Q61
7 Q21
8 Q46
9 Q18
10 Q90
Heat 8 sponsored by – S & G Formwork
Pos 1 Q3
2 Q22
3 A1
4 Q8
5 Q2
6 Q32
7 Q10
8 Q71
9 Q77
10 Q39
A DASH – sponsored by Send with us and Sasharatzi Photographer 8 Laps
B Dash – Sponsored by Purple Equipment hire 8 laps
Feature – sponsored by Action Metal Recyclers 25 laps
Prize Money (Saturday night)
Preliminary Feature
1st $300, 2nd $200, 3rd $100
Queensland Title Feature Race
1st $1250, 2nd $1000, 3rd $800, 4th $500, 5th $300, 6th $200, 7th $100, 8th and on.. $50
Each driver that greets a green light receives $50.00
Tow money $25.00
Please note: Charlton Raceway will be holding a practice Thursday 5th April, cost $50 from 5.30 to 9.30pm, must have Speedway Australia Licence, No licence, No practice
INFORMATION SCHEDULE
Nomination Fee $95.00
Every Driver will receive a Commemorative Gift.
TIMES AND ENTRY
Saturday 7th April 10AM and Sunday 8th April 2PM
Racing from approx 5.30pm both nights
Practice - Thursday 6th April approx 6 - 9.30pm, $50 per car.driver
SCRUTINEERING
Saturday 10am – 2pm (any car to be scrutineered after 2pm will start rear of field in all heats).
Driver’s Meeting Saturday 4pm.
Car owner/driver and maximum of one crew member are to present car, all safety equipment, licence, log book and infringement card to be presented for inspection. All cars will have a quick safety inspection on Sunday night of racing.
Point System
1st 25 2nd 20 3rd 16
4th 13 5th 11 6th 10
7th 9 8th 8 9th 7
10th 6 11th 5 12th 4
13th 3 14th 2 15th 1
Passing points will be utilised only to resolve cars on equal points.
A‐MAIN PRIZE MONEY
To be advised
TOW MONEY
To be advised
RACING FORMAT
NIGHT 1 Saturday April 7th.
Engine Start
Hotlaps
3 rounds of heats (maximum 12 cars per heat) 10 laps
Preliminary final (top 15 point scorers) 15 laps
NIGHT 2 Sunday April 8th.
1 round of heats (maximum 12 cars per heat) 10 laps
A Dash, B Dash, (8 laps)
B‐MAIN 12 laps
(Number of laps for B‐main may change based on number of starters)
A‐MAIN
Lightning Sprint Queensland Title 25 laps
LATE NOMINATIONS
Late nomination well be an additional $50.00 on top of the nomination fee. Late nominations close at commencement of Scrutineering on Saturday April 7th. Drivers will not be eligible to be in the draw and will start rear of field.
WEIGHING CARS
All cars and drivers, including all race gear, will be weighed at scrutineering and the weight recorded to allow all cars to be weighed throughout the event with the drivers in the cars. At completion of the final the top five cars will be weighed as per the method specified by their car type as per LSA rule book spec.
The top 3 cars and at least one randomly selected car from each heat are to proceed directly to the scales on the infield of the track when indicated to do so, failure to do so will result in disqualification from heat.
The first 5 cars in the A‐Main must proceed directly to the scales on the infield
The first 5 cars from the A‐Main are to proceed directly to scrutineering on exiting the track.
SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS
Racing will be conducted under the current Speedway Australia Race Rules and Regulations and specifications from the Australian Lightning Sprint Specification Book.
All drivers must hold a current Speedway Australia Licence and must be a member of the LSA.
Drivers not currently LSA members, may join the QLSRA as an associated member (no voting rights) cost $35.
All drivers must use a Raceiver. It is the responsibility of the driver to ensure the Raceiver is working and all responsibility will taken upon the driver if he/she does not follow steward’s direction.
All Drivers must attend the Drivers Briefing on each night.
The Promoters shall make provisional Trophy presentations immediately after the feature race. In the event of a dispute or failure to meet the specification, the results and trophy presentation may be amended. Trophies will be retained after the presentations if a dispute is formally and correctly lodged.
QUESTIONS
If you have any questions please call Dave Whell 0407967293 or email Dave on carwreckers@bigpond.com.
Nomination Form
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Due to the weather conditions on saturday night at charlton raceway we unfortunately had to cancell the lightning sprint. Thankyou to the teams that made the trip and also a very special thankyou to Scott Genrich and his team at charlton for all their efforts over the past weeks to put this show on and the support he has shown for the lightning sprints.As for racing our next meeting will be the 24th march at Archerfield speedway, please have nominations in by sunday the 18th march. To all drivers and car owners nomination for the Lightning Sprints Qld title at charlton raceway will be posted with all information in the coming days
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Attention Drivers
Charlton Raceway 25th Feb,2012
Racers please note today's meeting has been postponed until Sunday 26th Feb, 2012. Start times will be the same as for today.
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Results
Archerfield Speedway, 18th February 2012
Round 8 of the club championships was held at Archerfield on Saturday night. A good field of 18 cars made the journey to contest 2 rounds of 3 heats and a feature race. Again the heat races showed some quality racing and unfortunately a little bit of carnage. Feature race time left 13 cars to take the green flag for the 20 lap event. It was Steve Seefeld who produced a masterful display of driving to lead from start to finish and take a well deserved feature race win. 2nd Wayne Iacono, 3rd Scott Genrich, 4th Mark Sinton, 5th John Cariola, 6th Keith Blatch,7th Emma Harris, 8th Dave Fanning, 9th Shane Matthews, 10th Dave Whell.
Heat 1- 1st Dave Fanning ,2nd Scott Doyle, 3rd Wayne Iacono
Heat 2- 1st Dave Whell, 2nd Mark Sinton, 3rd Scott Genrich
Heat 3 - 1st Steve Seefeld, 2nd John Cariola, 3rd Wayne Iacono
Heat 4 - 1st Michael Gollagher, 2nd Keith Blatch, 3rd Mark Sinton
Heat 5- 1st Scott Genrich, 2nd Keith Blatch, 3rd John cariola
Heat 6 - 1st Wayne Iacono, 2nd Steve Seefeld, 3rd Jim Kennedy
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This Saturday night sees the qld lightning sprints return to the BIS Archerfield speedway with an explosive field of 23 cars. They will make there way to Brisbane to do battle for round 8 for the qlrsa series.
Some main drivers have blistering pace this season so far in the likes of Dave Fanning, Wayne Iacono, Scott Genrich, also returning this week is one of Toowoomba’s favourites Keith Blatch driving the 18x Harris of Scott Genrich. Keith has not turned a wheel since the national titles back in September, joining him also another Toowoomba racer Jason Iacono bringing his new FOZ race car, he also has not raced since early this year due to a big crash at Toowoomba.
This weekend you will also see the return of Qld 71 Steven Seefeld, who posted fast time at Toowoomba on Saturday and looking for a good result as well.
It will be a quality field this Saturday night with some quality drivers really stepping up this season including, Mark Sinton, Jim Kennedy and the 2 lady racers in Jenny Whell and Lismore local Emma Harris. With good reports from the promoters with quality fast cars and very close racing.
Talking to Wayne Moller from Maryborough Speedway saying “it was one of the best feature races he has seen this year” . With Fanning, Whell and Genrich all dicing for the lead, made it very exciting from a spectators point of view.
Looking forward to a fantastic night of racing once again at BIS this Saturday Night.
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Unfortunately due to a late storm on Saturday 11th February the meeting at Charlton Raceway was cut short the lightning sprints were able to run 4 heats and showed some quality racing before the downpour. Hope to see everybody at Brisbane on Saturday night.
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Attention Drivers & Car Owners
Please note Charlton Raceway is holding a Monster Truck Show on the 25th February. Scott Genrich has asked us to be part of this program. This will be a great opportunity for the lightning sprints to again run in front of a big crowd. This meeting will be for prize money only and not be part of the club championship. Nominations for Brisbane on the 18th Feb will be carried forward for the show on the 25th February at Charlton. Please contact Jenny Whell if unavailable.
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Results Archerfield Speedway, 14th January 2012.
Round 7 of the club championship was held at Archerfield Speedway Saturday night, 15 cars made the trip for 2 rounds of 2 heats and a 20 lap feature race. The 4 heats showed some good, fast, exciting racing and come feature time it was again Aussie champ Dave Fanning who took the chequered flag, Fanno kept out of trouble after a couple of incidents brought out the yellow flags for a comprehensive win, well deserved 2nd John Cariola, hard working 3rd Mark Sinton (1st B grader), 4th Scott Doyle, 5th Wayne Iacono, 6th Jim Kennedy, 7th Michael Gollagher, 8th Emma Harris, 9th David Van Vegchel, 10th Shane Matthews, 11th Jenny Whell, 12th Robert Cariola
Heat 1 - 1st Jim Kennedy, 2nd Dave Fanning, 3rd Scott Doyle
Heat 2 - 1st Dave Whell, 2nd John Cariola, 3rd Wayne Iacono
Heat 3 - 1st Dave Fanning, 2nd Jim Kennedy, 3rd Mark Sinton
Heat 4 - 1st Wayne Iacono, 2nd Dave Whell, 3rd Emma Harris
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Results Maryborough Speedway, 1st January 2012
Round 6 of the club Championship was held at Maryborough on Saturday night with a good field of 16 cars making the journey up north. The Lightning Sprints put on a fantastic night of racing in 2 rounds of 3 heats and a Feature race. The 20 lap feature saw a great show put on by the drivers and it was Australian Champion who took another well earn't win with some awesome driving, 2nd was Dave Whell, 3rd Wayne Iacono, 4th Scott Genrich, 5th Steve Seefeld, 6th Michael Gollagher, 7th Anthony Parker (1st B grader), 8th Greg Polzin, 9th Mark Sinton, 10th Emma Harris, 11th Shane Matthews,12th Jenny Whell
Heat 1 - 1st Dave Fanning, 2nd Dave Whell, 3rd Jim Kennedy
Heat 2 - 1st Wayne Iacono, 2nd Steve Seefeld, 3rd Scott Genrich
Heat 3 - 1st Jim Kennedy, 2nd Dave Whell, 3rd Steve Seefeld
Heat 4 - 1st Wayne Iacono, 2nd Scott Genrich, 3rd Dan Moes
Heat 5 - 1st Dave Fanning, 2nd Michael Gollagher, 3rd Dave Whell
Heat 6 - 1st Scott Genrich, 2nd Steve Seefeld, 3rd Dan Moes
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Results Charlton Speedway, 17th December 2011
Round 5 of the club championship was held at Charlton on Saturday night with a good field of 16 cars making the journey to Toowoomba. The Lightning Sprints were given 3 heats & a Feature race. 12 cars started the 20 lap feature which ended up being an eventful and expensive race. The start was exciting & fast until lap 8 which saw 4 cars taken out due to a spin out & 2 roll overs. Once the mess was cleaned up a good tussle between Dave Whell & John Cariola made for great racing until finally Whelly got the upper hand and came away with a hard fought victory, 2nd a very consistent John Cariola, 3rd Scott Doyle, 4th Mark Sinton, 5th David Van Vegchel, 6th Jenny Whell
Heat 1 - 1st Wayne Iacano, 2nd Dave Whell, 3rd Scott Genrich,
Heat 2 - 1st Dave Whell, 2nd Wayne Iacano, 3rd Michael Gollagher
Heat 3 - 1st Dave Fanning, 2nd Dave Whell, 3rd Wayne Iacano
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Results Archerfield Speedway, 3rd December 2011
Saturday night saw round 4 for the Lightning Sprints at Archerfield Speedway. A good field of 15 cars took to the track for three heats and a feature. Again terrific weather and a good track allowed for some good racing in the heats. The 20 lap feature saw 12 cars meet the green flag and it was incident and action packed from the start. Unfortunately 7 cars succumbed to incidents by lap 16 which left 5 cars to battle out the last 4 laps. It was Michael Gollagher who kept his nose clean to come away with a long awaited victory, well done Michael good racing. 2nd place went to a consistent Wayne Iacono and James Murphy had an excellent night to claim 3rd as well as 1st B Grader home, 4th Jenny Whell, 5th Shane Matthews.
Heat 1 - 1st Wayne Iacono, 2nd Dave Whell, 3rd Michael Gollagher
Heat 2 - 1st Dave Whell, 2nd John Cariola, 3rd Mark Sinton
Heat 3 - 1st Scott Genrich, 2nd Dave Whell, 3rd John Cariola
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DARYL MARTIN RACING
Daryl Martin of DMR#96 is pleased to announce there in the final stages of having the current 2010/11 New Zealand Mini Sprint Champion on board with them for the Queensland Lightning Sprint Title that will be held at Charlton Raceway in Toowoomba in April 2012.
Dayne Maxwell from Hamilton New Zealand will make his International Racing Debut and strap himself into the driver’s seat of my Lightning Sprint, which has a Henchcraft Chassis with a ZX12 power plants in it say’s Daryl.
I have spoken to Scott Genrich at Charlton Raceway, and also Dave Whell from the club, it is close to finalization and all systems go say’s Daryl. I may also have the pleasure of having Chris Street owner of CSR Fabrications on the spanners and a former New Zealand Mini Sprint Champion himself.Thats a bonus say’s Daryl.
This is good for the Lightning Sprints, good for the Club, and certainly good for Speedway in general I believe. I hope this will attract a large car count. I just ask that people will make Dayne feel welcome. So come on down and say hello.
I am organising my passport and keeping in regular contact with Daryl, says Dayne. I can’t wait to hit the track and turn some laps at Charlton Raceway in sunny Queensland. To win a National Title is great, but to race in another country well that’s icing on the cake. I have been asked to bring my flag which I will do. Who knows, if everything pans out right and Daryl is up to it, we may even head down the highway to South Australia and do the National Title if we meet the requirements. “See you all at the track”...
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THIS WEEKS STORY
Local Toowoomba Driver Mark Sinton showed good form from Practice Thursday night through to the Main event Saturday night. With only two shows under his belt Mark performed very well in his heat races and stayed out of trouble. Mark opted not to nominate for the National Title up until the last minute, with limited racing done so early in the year but proved he can keep it up there with the front runners. With gaining two top three finishes in his heats which gave him 9th highest point scorer going into the Pole Shuffle. Coming up against another Toowoomba local Keith Blatch, Blatch with the fire in his belly after having such rotten luck all weekend defeated Mark Sinton in his first round. So this meant Mark has to start out of position ten. Mark then kept his nose clean to finish an outstanding 7th place in his first National Title and is now looking forward to the rest of the season. Well done to Mark and his crew for an outstanding effort that weekend at Charlton Raceway.
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Leader Board
| Place | Car No | Name | Grading | Points | |||
| 1 | Q21 | Wayne Iacono |
A | 1054 | |||
| 2 | Q2 | Dave Whell |
A |
888 |
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| 3 | A1 | Dave Fanning | A |
870 |
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| 4 | Q20 | Mark Sinton | B Rookie | 804 | |||
| 5 | Q7 | John Cariola | A | 775 | |||
| 6 | Q18 | Scott Genrich | A | 594 |
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| 7 | Q3 | Michael Gollagher | A |
562 | |||
| 8 | Q46 | Jim Kennedy |
A | 522 | |||
| 9 | Q55 | Jenny Whell | B | 367 | |||
| 10 | N31x | Emma Harris | B Rookie |
362 | |||
| 11 | Q10 | Anthony Parker | B Rookie |
338 | |||
| 12 | Q32 |
Shane Mathews |
B Rookie |
324 |
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| 13 | Q48 | David Van Vegchel | B |
308 | |||
| 14 | Q54 | Scott Doyle | A |
287 | |||
| 15 | Q71 | Steve Seefeld | A |
283 | |||
| 16 | Q22 | Peter Campbell | A |
262 | |||
| 17 | Q18x | Keith Blatch | A | 229 | |||
| 18 | Q39 | James Murphy | B Rookie | 174 | |||
| 19 | Q5 | Mike Davis | A | 108 | |||
| 20 | Q90 | Chris Elliot | B Rookie | 92 | |||
| 21 | Q24 | Greg Polzin | A | 88 | |||
| 22 | Q47 | Dion Prowse | B Rookie | 73 | |||
| 23 | Q55 | Zac Smith | B Rookie | 72 | |||
| 24 | Q12 | Dan Moes | B | 60 | |||
| 25 | Q29 | Wade Pascoe | B | 59 | |||
| 26 | Q61 | Anthony Lambert | B | 52 | |||
| 27 | Q35 | Gavin Gilbert | B | 48 | |||
| 28 | N31x | Dave Harris | B Rookie | 33 | |||
| 29 | Q17 | Brad Harrison | B Rookie | 33 | |||
