[NATIONAL] Provisionally it's Jamieson



PROVISIONALLY IT IS JAMIESON

The opening round of the 2009 Australian Saloon Car Championship series remains provisional after Holden Commodore driver Shawn Jamieson from South Australia led both races from lights out to flag fall. In doing so he recorded his first ever round one win but had to work hard for his laurels as he was pushed all the way by the Ford Falcons of West Australian Clint Harvey and defending champion Steve Kwiatkowski (SA).

In the first 10 lap race, the gap between Jamieson and second placed Harvey ebbed between a couple of cars lengths and nothing continually while Queenslander Kris Walton (Falcon) survived a brush with the concrete to retain third at the end of the opening lap, ahead of John Goodacre (Commodore), Rod Dawson (Qld), Peter Dane (NSW), Kwiatkowski (all in Falcons), Victorian Simon Tabinor (Commodore) and the Fords of Brett Niall, Bruce Heinrich and Troy Hoey.

Walton lost of fifth gear and his power steering on the second lap, and was soon being displaced by those immediately on his tail, ultimately dropping his newly constructed Ford to seventh. Goodacre (SA) moved to third but was passed by the charging Kwiatkowski on the final lap, having started tenth after a practice crash. Dane and Tabinor finished fifth and sixth while Heinrich’s return to Ford after a year in a Holden earned him eighth – he was slowed be a broken exhaust.

The South Australian and former champ on five occasions used Walton’s Ford from last year and headed home the third Falcon in the team, that of Hoey which also had power steering issues. The West Australian son and father team of Brett and Malcolm Niall were the next two across the line in front of Sam Milton’s Ford, NSW’s Brian French in a Holden and Dawson who suffered tyre dramas in the latter stages.

The race was shortened to eight laps due to time restraints and a Safety Car session after Dave Heath suffered a puncture in his Ford, Matt Lovell glanced the wall at the Griffin Bend in his Falcon, and the Ryan Dane Falcon went off at the Chase.Kwiatkowski continued his charge in the second race, swapping places with Harvey and then challenging Jamieson. He looked set to steal the win when emerging from the Chase on the last occasion and getting alongside (on the inside) in the run the last corner. But Jamieson stuck to his guns on the outside and unfancied line and prevailed to the flag where he held on by half a car length.

Behind Harvey, Goodacre held fourth until power steering failure ruled him out on lap four. Tabinor had a lap or so just off the podium but pitted with a mechanical ailment and that brought Walton and Heinrich into the top five with Peter Dane up to sixth with Brett Niall next.

Next was Dawson from Milton in tenth. French was next in front of Hoey, the Commodore of WA’s Dion Panizza who started twenty first and Tony Shanks’ Falcon.

Two Falcons were excluded from race two due to engine head mix-ups while final placings and points will be advised.

2009 Australian Saloon Car Championship Series - Round One - Race One Result (8 laps)

1 Shawn Jamieson (SA) Holden Commodore VT 24:04.2592
2 Clint Harvey (WA) Ford Falcon AU 24:04.9182
3 Steve Kwiatkowski (SA) Ford Falcon AU 24:05.3806
4 John Goodacre (SA) Holden Commodore VT 24:06.0172
5 Peter Dane (NSW) Ford Falcon AU 24:08.9396
6 Simon Tabinor (VIC) Holden Commodore VT 24:09.7345
7 Kris Walton (QLD) Ford Falcon AU 24:10.7365
8 Bruce Heinrich (SA) Ford Falcon AU 24:12.1434
9 Troy Hoey (QLD) Ford Falcon AU 24:12.8752
10 Brett Niall (WA) Ford Falcon AU 24:13.6542
11 Malcolm Niall (WA) Ford Falcon AU 24:15.4724
12 Sam Milton (SA) Ford Falcon AU 24:15.5023
13 Brian French (NSW) Holden Commodore VT 24:15.7409
14 Rod Dawson (QLD) Ford Falcon AU 24:17.1644
15 Dan Gate (WA) Ford Falcon AU 24:17.1678
16 Geoff Brown (VIC) Ford Falcon AU 24:17.9554
17 Tony Shanks (QLD) Ford Falcon AU 24:18.4017
18 Brad Piggott (NSW) Ford Falcon AU 24:18.7138
19 Richard Price (QLD) Holden Commodore VT 24:20.7626
20 Michael Seal (NSW) Ford Falcon AU 24:21.1281
21 Dion Panizza (WA) Holden Commodore VT 24:21.4538
22 Wayne Christie (NZ) Ford Falcon AU 24:23.2837
23 Paul Pennisi (VIC) Holden Commodore VT 24:23.6344
24 Daniel Hodge (VIC) Ford Falcon AU 24:24.6387
25 Robert Lonie (SA) Holden Commodore VT 24:25.9936
26 Lindsay Kearns (QLD) Ford Falcon EA 24:27.2940
27 Wayne King (SA) Ford Falcon EA 24:31.0773
28 Gavyn Croft (NSW) Holden Commodore VT 24:32.6441
29 Michael Barbara (NSW) Holden Commodore VN 24:32.9373
30 David Rogers (NSW) Ford Falcon AU 24:33.2183
31 Basil Stratos (VIC) Holden Commodore VT 24:33.6992
32 Mark Pilatti (WA) Holden Commodore VT 24:34.8220
33 John Borich (WA) Ford Falcon AU 24:37.3471
34 Luke Westall (NSW) Ford Falcon AU 24:37.7318
35 Mark Primmer (NSW) Ford Falcon AU 24:41.2593
36 Greg Niclasen (VIC) Holden Commodore VN 24:42.4985
37 John Van Gilst (QLD) Ford Falcon AU 24:42.8031
38 Vince Ciallella (WA) Holden Commodore VT 24:44.7453
39 Naomi Maltby (SA) Holden Commodore VN 24:47.2710
40 Dean Kelland (NSW) Ford Falcon AU 24:49.1098
41 Simon Piavanini (WA) Ford Falcon EA 24:50.5586
42 Gerard Miscamble (QLD) Ford Falcon EA 24:50.7717
43 Wayne Patten (QLD) Holden Commodore VN 24:52.7301
44 Terry Mason (WA) Holden Commodore VT 25:02.3255
45 Frank Panizza (WA) Holden Commodore VT 25:03.2400
DNF Matt Lovell (NSW) Ford Falcon AU 7 laps
DNF Dave Heath (VIC) Ford Falcon AU 4 laps
DNF Ryan Dane (NSW) Ford Falcon AU 3 laps
DNF Grant Hill (WA) Holden Commodore VT lap
DNF Colin Giblett (QLD) Holden Commodore VT 1 lap
DNF Tony James (WA) Holden Commodore VT 1 lap

Fastest Lap: Kwiatkowski 2:37.7007

2009 Australian Saloon Car Championship Series - Round One - Race Two Result (10 laps)

1 Jamieson 31:43.9471, 2 Kwiatkowski 31:45.4471, 3 Harvey 31:45.4474, 4 Walton 31:45.5230, 5 Heinrich 31:47.8517, 6 P Dane 31:48.2607, 7 B Niall 31:50.3089, 8 Dawson 31:50.9803, 9 Seal 31:51.9892, 10 Milton 31:52.7306, 11 French 31:54.2751, 12 Hoey 31:55.0647, 13 D Panizza 31:55.3167, 14 Shanks 31:55.6351, 15 M Niall 31:56.5719, 16 Brown 31:56.9183, 17 Gate 31:57.5468, 18 Westall 31:58.6586, 19 Piggott 31:58.9619, 20 Heath 31:59.8351, 21 Hodge 32:03.0069, 22 Pennisi 32:03.4431, 23 Kearns 32:03.8783, 24 Christie 32:04.9325, 25 Van Gilst 32:05.7462, 26 Lonie 32:06.3074, 27 Croft 32:06.8483, 28 R Dane 32:07.5043, 29 Rogers 32:08.8560, 30 King 32:11.6335, 31 Borich 32:11.9909, 32 Kelland 32:16.9347, 33 Stratos 32:17.2818, 34 Pilatti 32:18.9537, 35 Ciallella 32:25.7238, 36 Maltby 32:27.8891, 37 Piavanini 32:29.1520, 38 Patten 32:30.5391, 39 F Panizza 32:34.8060, 40 Mason 32:42.2422, DNF Barbara 7 laps, DNF Tabinor 6 laps, DNF Hill 5 laps,  DNF James 5 laps,  DNF Niclasen 4 laps,  DNF Goodacre 3 laps, DNF Miscamble 2 laps, DNF Giblett 2 laps, DNF Price 1 laps, EXC Primmer, EXC Lovell. Fastest lap: Kwiatkowski 2:38.3233

Supaloc Australian Saloon Car Series 2009 Calendar
Round 1 – Bathurst – February 20-21
Round 2 – Phillip Island – May 16-17
Round 3 – Mallala – June – 06-07
Round 4 – Winton – June 27-28
Round 5 – Morgan Park – August 09-09
Round 6 – Oran Park – August 29-30
Round 7 – Sandown – November 28-29

Supaloc Australian Saloon Car Past Champions
Kwiatkowski 2008, Heinrich 2007, Heinrich 2006, Heinrich 2005, Harvey 2004, Heinrich 2003, Heinrich 2002.




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