26th & 27th January 2008 Australian AMCA Title

Well the 2008 Australian AMCA title has been run and won at Mildura, but not by us.
We had a weekend we would rather forget. :-(

There were a total of 84 cars, so we knew it would be tough just to qualify into the 24 car feature. I started out of 4th in the first heat and got up to 2nd but then half spun and most of the field got past me. Finished about 7th or 8th.

In the second heat I started out of 7th and was running in 5th trying to get past the 2 cars in front when someone T-boned me and wiped out my left rear wheel. Everyone who saw it said it looked like the guy just lined me up and didn't lift the foot even after he hit me! He got sent rear but I was left on the infield - GGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRR.

By the third heat I was feeling really deflated. I started out of position two and thankfully won it.

So by the end of the first night I was 49th in points and I knew my last heat (which was my worst draw) would have to be my best. I started out of 9th and and got up to 4th after the first turn, but they threw on the yellows and did a complete restart. On the second start the car on the outside of me decided he wanted the low line and cut me off big time, pushing me on the infield.

So I was running near the back when another car hit the back wall and spun. I went under him but he speared down track and nailed me in the right rear, spinning me on the infield. So I got going again knowing that that was probably the end of my weekend. I finished 7th or 8th.

It looked like we were going to start near the back of the c-main, so Bob decided it wasn't worth risking any more damage to the car (since we have another 3 race meetings to do before we head home), so we parked the car for the night. I was really disappointed.

Congrats though to Adam Wallis for winning the title (again), and to Shane McKinnell (Q7) for finishing 3rd (on one of our wheels mind you). And bad luck to Russell Bonsey (Q24) who was leading the feature right up until 4 laps to go when he ran out of fuel - BUMMER!!!

Now we're staying in Warrnambool to visit Bob's rellies, and then we're off to Avalon on 2nd Feb for the AMCA 50-lapper. BRING IT ON!