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Last Meeting this season. Tamworth's Oakburn Park 23/06/07. A field of eight cars fronted up for a great afternoons racing. Chris Alcorn, Keith Levy and Brian Thorley joined Sprintcar driver Mark Blyton to take on the local quartet of Luca Cox, Hugh Austin, Wayne Galvin and Brian Cox. The Feature Race was won by the granite track specialist Brian Thorley followed by Mark Blyton and Chris Alcorn. Everybody enjoyed the days racing followed by a BBQ and a couple of beers. A great way to finish what has been a very hectic season. 

N.S.W. Championships at Parramatta's Tyrepower Speedway.

Raceday. Having never been to Parramatta before we could only guess what gearing and jetting to use,wrong on both counts.After Heat 1 we had to change our gearing by two teeth on the rear and after Heat 2 we had to drop our power jets by 20.Heat 3 all seemed to be right on the money only to get involved in everybody elses dramas in turn 4. Kenny Norman took the right action only to end up in front of me, with no room to my left ,I hit Kenny in the rear putting both of us out. Back in the pits we replace a broken radius rod and sterring arm. Back out for the Final starting from rear of field the best we could manage was 12th.With the amount of carnage that happened throughout the night I should be happy to finish in one piece. Craig Cox (no relation but also from Tamworth) had a rollover in his first heat and is still in Westmead Hospital with a broken Vertabra, he maybe released this Thursday in a body brace, all our family and I'm sure all the F500 members wish Craig a speedy recovery.Max Dumsney won the Title in what could only be described as A Driving Lesson for the rest of the F500 troups.

This Saturday (5th) The who's who of Australian F500 will descend on Parramatta for this years Title. Sponsored by Fireservice Plus, this will probably be the biggest  N.S.W. Title for many years. Current Aust 1 Ben McLeod, Aust 2 Tim Rankin and Aust 3 Steve Caunt will be there along with defending N.S.W. Champ  Chris Alcorn. 31 drivers have nominated so it looks set for a great nights racing.

Australian Championships. Well our effort could have been better rewarded, but with two engine blow-ups and a dodgy clutch we still managed to have a great time in Marybourough with a best lap of only 14.1. Congratulations to the organisers and many thanks for their hospitality. Special congrats to the new Australia Champion Ben McLeod, Tim Rankin 2nd and Steve Caunt in 3rd. The final was a great advertisement for F500 racing,fast,furious and fantastic.

FROM THE START  Nov 06

On Saturday night at Oakburn Park I finally got to do some laps in the Honda. In the first session I found that the kill switch did work after bumping it with my right hand. Back out on the track for session two, I was really enjoying my first night of driving when the engine leaned out and holed the piston. It was a very frustrating first hitout but as Dad said "Thats motor racing, get used to it". I can't wait until next months Christmas Cup at Oakburn Park to have another test session. Many thanks to all at the Tamworth Speedway Club and NSW F500 Club for your support.

TAMWORTH 16/12/06 With a new motor on board I finally got to do some laps between the senior races. First time out I had fuel problems, the needle wasn't opening up enough to allow fuel through. The second time out the car went great, finally I got to drive it without any problems at all, the third run was interupted by the carbie actually coming out of the maniford, while Dad fixed that,Santa arrived for the kids then I finally got on the track the car ran fantastic, I think I've got just what I want for Christmas.