Jamie Veal adds WSS trophy to cabinet

Jamie Veal “I did it “

Warnambool’s Jamie Veal added the World Series Sprintcar Championship trophy to his mounting list of achievements but it was Steven Lines who continued his barnstorming back end form to secure his 3rd WSS main event win for the season.
The nine times WSS Champ Brooke Tatnell started the final night with the smallest margin, 8 started points ahead of Veal. Tatnell’s night could not have started worse when he missed gaining qualifying points when he timed in at 10th.
After the heats had been decided Tatnell found himself starting on the outside of row five and despite an early benefit when pole sitter Dillon headed infield with engine problems moving both Veal and Tatnell forward for the restart.
The task for Tatnell was no easier.If he was to gain his 10th crown he would to finish ahead of Veal, it was just that simple.

Jamie Veal WSS Champion 2015/16

Veal raced conservatively until lap 10 when he started his move first passing Kendrick into fourth It would be another 8 laps before Veal found second behind Lines .For 18 laps Tatnell made little progress and as he continued his chances of a tenth Title started to evaporate before his eyes .Tatnell finished in 8th position and second in the overall Championship 66 points behind Veal but 22 ahead of Lines.

The final podium for the 2015/16 WSS was Steven Lines 1st,Jamie Veal second,Kyle Hirst 3rd.

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Steven Lines must be thinking if only he had been just that little more consistent in the early part of the series, but the three times winner this series went away with the inaugural Wormal Western Swing Trophy.

The race between Tatnell and Veal for the Championship has been dazzling but for me the back end of this series has all been about the scintillation form of Steven Lines and his Halls Motorsports Team.

Jamie Veal the World Series Champion for 2015/16 brilliantly consistent all series and a most worthy Champion.
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WSS press release•
HARDING WINS WHILE TATNELL RETAINS WORLD SERIES LEAD!
Perth’s Daniel Harding has claimed his first ever Sprintcar feature race in style by winning the Preliminary A-Main at the Perth Motorplex for ENZED World Series Sprintcars’ Grand Final.
Harding started his campaign qualifying in a creditable seventh, while Luke Dillon claimed his seventh Revolution Racegear Quicktime, however the battle for the series took a major twist when series leader, Brooke Tatnell recorded a tragic 28th quickest lap time, forcing the Krikke Motorsport team to run the fine-tooth comb over the car to identify an apparent lack of car speed.
Meanwhile Jamie Veal registered an eighth quickest rotation placing him five series points ahead of Tatnell before heading into the heats.
Tatnell began the tough climb out of the deep trench created by poor qualifying to register a fourth and a second in his heats, banking more points than Veal who managed a fifth and sixth, but Tatnell was still forced to fight his way from the fourth row of the B-Main to win, in order to make the preliminary A main feature

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Jamie Maiolo was the first to bring on the caution lights with a back straight melee bringing the #99 off the track and consequently to the rear of the field for the restart.
The arrival of freshly crowned Australia number 1, Kerry Madsen on the entry list would have sent a shiver up the spine of the majority of the field, however, a marginal contact with Daniel Harding in the first restart on the back straight sent Madsen into a violent car destroying roll that also displaced James McFadden and Ryan Jones.
On the third restart however, Harding launched from the front row ahead the pole-sitting Jason Kendrick who threw everything at Harding to regain the lead, and in just three laps, the top six would assume the positions that they would hold for the next eleven laps, with Murcott, Veal, Lines, Dillon and Tatnell in a holding pattern until Steven Lines would begin his forward charge to upset the formation

A1 wreck WSS Photo

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On lap fifteen Lines disposed of Veal and on lap 21 followed Murcott past Kendrick, before passing Kendrick himself the following lap and locking into second and leaving the #83 and #11 to battle for the final podium position.
However, Daniel Harding would hold on for a ground-breaking first win of his career with Lines banking the most points of the top three in the series lead, while Kendrick arm wrestled Murcott to take third, and in a final corner surge, Tatnell stole fifth from Jamie Veal by just 28/100ths of a second.
Tatnell’s last corner heroics earned him an extra 10 points over Veal’s 160 for running sixth, placing him back 8 points ahead of Veal as the 12 round, 14 night series heads into it’s last day to decide the new champion.
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WSSC back at Valvoline Raceway

WSSC return to Valvoline Sydney but leaves Speedway City
They say timing is everything and the timing of the announcement of the disagreement between Speedway City and Speedway Australia’s World Series Sprintcars was followed up with the announcement that WSSC would return to Sydney’s Valvoline Speedway , the response from race fans will depend which state you lived in.

For World Series Sprintcars to remain as the premier Speedway division in Australia the series needs to runs in all States and not be restricted to selected venues . Since the Series left Sydney it has been mainly a Southern and Western Australian based Series with eleven of the thirteen rounds being run in SA, WA and Victoria with WA and SA dominating the shows, hardly a National Series.2015 certainly is an improvement .

Sydney race fans were isolated from the series and now thanks to the new aggressive and forward thinking management team at Valvoline WSSC returns to excite race fans for the first time in three racing seasons.

Jason Sides doing what he does best race fast

The last time the WSSC tore up the Speedway was in the 2012/13 the double headed show was dominated by Jason Sides the Tennessee Outlaw. The WSSC show will be back for fans December 12th and it is sure to be a sellout. The contracted drivers will face off against some of the best up and coming drivers in the Country. The Parramatta Posse will be an imposing threat.
Valvoline Raceway Managing Director Steven Green “Obviously Sydney is an important location for World Series Sprintcars and World Series is important for our venue and our sport,” he explained, “we’re really excited about having a round once again. The date we have selected will coincide with a round of the Ultimate Sprintcar Championship NSW and is the week after the Homebush V8 Supercar event. We’re hoping we can cross-pollinate with a bit of V8 Supercar activity as well. It’s an exciting night for many reasons for us.”

World Series Sprintcars Race Director Shane Collins “The history between Valvoline Raceway and World Series Sprintcars is steeped in tradition,” says Collins, “it’s a really positive time for the teams and the fans that we can head back to Parramatta. The direction in which Sprintcar racing is headed at that circuit is very refreshing and we’re all excited to be adding Sydney back to our calendar this season.”

Sydney’s triumph is Speedway City’s  despair. Speedway City’s Wendy Turner released the following statement on the reasons why the tracks normally successful Boxing Night program will be missing the World Series show. Last year WSSC would not allow contracted drivers to run in the very important and sought after George Tatnell Cup.

Wendy Turner Speedway City and WSSC Champion Brooke Tatnell

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The main basic for the loss of WSSC is Speedway City decision not to run with Speedway Australia’s insurance preferring to operate with their own .Insurance in Motorsport is essential and this problem of whose insurance you use has been a sticking point not only in Speedway but also for road racing categories sanctioned by CAMS. Many tracks and racing categories moved away and provided their own successful and competitive insurance coverage with substantial savings to promoter and competitors. Surely it is the right of the tracks to decide what is in their best interest, after all they are the ones that are putting up the CASH and taking the risk.
The rights or wrongs of this dispute is one for fans to consider but the one thing that I know is that Speedway in general, promoter and control bodies should remember that their greatest asset is the race fans who stump up big entry fees week in and week out and because of this dispute race fans in Adelaide miss out and I know from personal experience how it feels having missed the fury and color of World Series Sprintcars over the past three seasons in Sydney.

Press release from Wendy Turner-Speedway City

Murcott’s misery is Tatnell’s triumph!

Brooke Tatnell no a nine times World Series Champion

Perth West Australia: Saturday night in Perth at the Motorplex it promised so much for Australian Sprintcar Champion David Murcott but delivery little. Murcott’s misery was Tatnell’s triumph .The Knoxville based Australian finished third and secures enough points to take his 9th World Series Championship.
Murcott arrived in the pits at the Motorplex with his Horrell Motorsports team holding a 70 points advantage over the Kirke Motorsports Team of Tatnell’s.
Californian Kyle Hirst fire off the first warning shots over Murcott’s wings when he posted quick time during qualifying .Murcott timed in 3rd quick and gains points on Tatnell who struggled with engine problems during the timed runs. The Kirke team was quick to change motors to keep Tatnell in the race.

After poor qualifying team changes the engine in the KMS car

All the qualifying heats completed and the points tally confirmed that David Murcott had secure enough points for a front row starting slot for the Grand Final feature. The recently returned Aussie Outlaw Kerry Madsen had taken the pole for the Feature .Kerry Madsen fresh from his successful All Stars and Outlaw shows at the Dirt Car National in Florida flew back into Perth just for the WSS Grand Final.
Right from the green drop Madsen showed all the Outlaw punch to take a commanding race lead over Murcott as the field attacked the 30 lap decider. Madsen out in front, Murcott and Tatnell engaged in a battle behind for the Championship. The Championship was far from being over with both McFadden and Hirst starting to impose their will over the field as they charged after the leaders.
The race was almost over, only a handful of laps to race when Jason Kendrick would suddenly turn hard right in the front straight and Murcott with nowhere to go other than into Kendrick. At first the damaged appeared to be only on the front wings and the Murcott was able to restart and continue his Title chase.
The damage first thought to be minor was anything but. With Murcott at speed the racecar failed to turn, steering failure and the A1 headed straight into the fence .Murcott’s night and dream of a World Series Championship gone
Murcotts car was removed to the pit enclosure and the Australian Champion followed, helmet under his arm, the body language told the story of devastation and disbelief that his Championship had gone.
The Perth track was perfect providing drive right across the track .The Madsen car was on rails and in command .McFadden and Ryan Farrell had come out of P11 and P15 and were bulldozing their way towards the leading cars. Tatnell was still not safe as McFadden had been pulling points back quickly
Ryan Farrell’s charged stopped once he got by Tatnell and the Diamond Bay Motorsports back racer had once again showed that he was one of the most underrated drivers in Australia

Madsen crossed the stripe first to claim his fifth WSS round win, Farrell a resounding second and Brooke Tatnell third.

Kerry Madsen rd 12 WSS winner Perth

After 12 rounds at Speedways across Australian Brooke Tatnell is the 2014/15 Enzed World Series Champion .After looking for some long as being able to take his first WSS Championship David Murcott was second and James McFadden third.

The final points for the top 5 WSS :

Brooke Tatnell 1st 3086, David Murcott 2nd 3059, James McFadden 3046, Steven Lines 2869, Kyle Hirst 2852

Brooke Tatnell

Steven Lines wins at Albany , Murcott still leads Championship

The defending World Series Champion Steven Lines and his Halls Motorsports Team continued their charge to retain their title with their win in round 9 at Atwell Speedway Albany Western Australia .Coming on top of his round 8  his chances of retaining his title look a little stronger with three rounds remaining.

Steven Lines after his Albany win

The Albany meet saw the return to World Series of Ryan Farrell for the first time since serving his suspension over drug use that forced the West Aussie to have a break from the sport .It did not take Farrell long to reminded the WSSC boys of his special talent when he went fastest during the qualifying time trials.
At the back end of the Championship every point is vital and with the finals rounds set in the West strong challenges from locals will ensure the task is more than a little difficult for the contracted drivers and particularly the top three in the Title chase, Murcott, Tatnell and the King of the West Champion Kyle Hirst , they all want this Title.
The top 8 shootout would settle the starting position for the A main. The locally based Halls Motorsports Team with Lines at the wheel took the shootout from Farrell and Hirst who had raced his Monte Motorsports W17 from P7 to P3.

The salute to the crowd at Albany round 9 WSSC

Staging for the 30 Lap A Main and the race cars did their customary 4 wide salute to the crowd .The next lap the drivers moved into their starting position and headed to the green.
Lines, Farrell and Hirst headed the field and with 4 laps in the lapped traffic started to add excitement and drama to the race .Could Farrell take advantage and get past the defending Champion. Farrell tried to take advantage of the traffic but could not get close enough to throw down the challenge .Lines always had his measure. Kyle Hirst was also looking for his chance as he hot footed through the traffic after the two leaders.
Lines stayed in control and went flag to flag to post his second WSSC win for 2014/15 and improve his point’s position. Ryan Farrell’s second leaves no doubt that even with his limited race schedule he is one of the best around .Kyle Hirst followed up his Classic win at Warnambool with the final Albany podium.
David Murcott still holds the lead in the series after his 7th place finish and Brooke Tatnell’s 9th enough for KMS driver to hold onto his second place .Kyle Hirst is in third only 100 points behind Murcott.
James McFadden after crossing in 4th place rolled during the slow down lap but was not injured. The team now head to Perth and the Motorplex for round 10 tonight and the top contenders and their points are.
Murcott 2372, Tatnell 2322, Hirst 2272. McFadden 2217, Lines 2086

The complete results for round 9 30 Lap World Series 
1 W 3 Steve Lines

2 W 26 Ryan Farrell

3 W 17 Kyle Hirst

4 NQ 25 James McFadden

5 T 10 Ian Madsen

6 W 69 Shaun Bradford

7 A 1 David Murcott

8 V 35 Jamie Veal

9 W 2 Brooke Tatnell

10 S 27 Daniel Pestka

11 W 49 Ryan Jones

12 W 90 Daniel Keen

13 Q 7 Robbie Farr

14 N 78 Andrew Wright

15 W 12 Daniel Harding

16 W 45 Daryl Clayden

17 Q 75 Darren Jensen

18 W 46 Lee Nash

DNF W 53 Matt Egel

DNF NQ 42 Brent Aprile
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Steven Lines back on top after WSSC Round 8 win at Murray Bridge Speedway

The defending World Series Champion Steven Lines stormed back to top form with his win at round 8 of the World Series Sprintcar at Murray Bridge Speedway.
Round 8, 43 cars are signed in for the show and the visiting Americans have a strong presence with Kyle Hirst fresh from his Classic win, Danny Holtgraver, Terry McCarl and Randy Hannagan.

McFadden,Lines ,Murcott at Murry Bridge
Pic credit WSSC

Heading the points into the round Brooke Tatnell held a slight margin over David Murcott and the Californian Kyle Hirst. Ryan Jones was first into the spotlight when he posted the quick time for qualifying from Steven Lines and Brooke Tatnell. Disappointing times were posted by both McFadden and Jamie Veal 29th and 30th on the time sheets.
The Shootouts settled the first four rows of the A-Main grid with the top three series point scorers of Tatnell, Murcott and Kyle Hirst filling the first two rows with Steven Lines starting out of third.

The American presence was hardly notices once Hirst was out on lap 2 after the Milwaukee Tools #17 made contact with Daniel Pestka in the back straight, Pestka would restart but Hirst’s night was over.

Murcott and Tatnell would argue over the lead in the 30 lap A Main, first one then the other would command the race lead. The pair would surrender their leading positions as Lines in the Halls Motorsports entry took advantage of race traffic around the tight Murray Bridge track to lock in the race lead with pace and confidence not seen so far this series from the defending Champ..
Murcott continued to chase Lines but Tatnell would start to fall back into the chasing pack with steering box problems .The expat Aussie would eventually finish in 5th place happy for those vital Championship points.

Charging through the pack from his 13th starting position was James McFadden but his forceful run would stop behind Murcott the National Champ .McFadden would continue to press Murcott for the runner up position but the National Champ had the position and would not yeal to the charging McFadden and the pair would crossed behind a delighted Lines . The win was welcome return to form by the defending Champion but sitting 389 points behind new series leader Murcott might be too much to recover. World Series Sprintcars have 4 rounds to run before the 2015 Champion is crowned.

After a disappointing and winless Series so far Lines was elated to be back in the Championship race and post race his comments showed his relief.
Steven Lines:

Steven Lines wins again

“”We’ve had some pretty bad luck over this series but that’s the way it goes, We were very, very lucky last year and had some very good runs, so you have to take the good with the bad, and thankfully I have some really good people around me who’ve tried to get me back up and given me a great car every night so I’m very thankful and hopefully we can make a bit of a run on it from here on.”

The next race in the series is in Albany, Western Australia and the top five heading to round 9 are:

Murcott 2139, Tatnell 2115, Hirst 2000, McFadden 1956, Lines 1750

Most of the World Series Teams will stop over at Speedway City on Satrurday night January 31st for the George Tatnell Cup .

Young Western Australian Sprintcar driver Daniel Harding today was announced as the 8th contracted driver for the 2014/15 Enzed World Series Sprintcars for season 2014/15.
Harding a former award winner of the Speedway rising Start award has been racing since age 5 and this coming Enzed WSSC season will be his third aboard a howling horse powered Maxim Sprintcars.

Daniel Harding WA contracted driver WSSC
Pic credit WSSC

Harding Racing with Daniel doing the steering ran the season with WSSC in 2013/14 without a contract and finished 12thbehind Series Champion Steven Lines but ahead of current Australian Champion David Murcott. Testimony to the young drivers’ talent.
Daniel joins a super field of seasoned racers under contract for the series .As the series moves around most of the country’s top drivers plus many of the touring American are sure to be part of many of the scheduled rounds

Daniel Harding

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Currently the list of contracted drivers for 2014/15

Car # Name Team Nationality
NQ42 Brent Aprile Aprile Racing Full Profile…

W 12 Daniel Harding Harding Racing Full Profile…

Q 75 Darren Jensen Darren Jensen Racing Full Profile…

A1 David Murcott Dave Horrell Motorsport Full Profile…

S51 Dylan Jenkin Jenkin Racing Team Full Profile…

W 17 Kyle Hirst Monte Motorsports Full Profile…

T14 Mark House Mozzie Motorsports Full Profile…

W53 Matt Egel Muir Motorsport Full Profile…
The first round of the Enzed WSSC is scheduled for boxing Day night December 26 at the Perth Motorplex The series will visit tracks in South Australia, Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia. For 12 rounds with the grand finale to be held at Perth’s Motorplex.
Again in 2014 Sydney and Tasmania race fans will miss being included in the series,disappointing but race fans in those States are getting used to missing out

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The Sponsors assisting Harding Racing during the 2014/15 Enzed WSSC Series are :
One Life Suicide Prevention, Rentco Transport Equipment Rentals, Jolly Good Auto Electrics, Tucker Time For Pets, Diesel Motors, GKR Transport, Hydraulink, Boilertronics, TLC Surface Treatment, Motorworld, Dirty Dog Eyewear, Asteel Powder Coaters, Supafit Seat Covers, Reac Systems, Revolution Racegear