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[WSS] Madsen takes Dubbo victory
by Speedway Australia
Madsen Drives To Dubbo WSS Win
Ian Madsen scored his second career WSS main event win tonight at Dubbo’s Morris Park Speedway, steering the Barry Lewis owned Australia Wide Towing #11 into victory lane on a slick and demanding race surface.
The wily young Sydneysider refused to give up the fast line on the inside, despite the best efforts of Bordertown WSS rookie Dylan Jenkin and a fast finishing Jason Johnson.
“I’m really happy for Barry Lewis,” smiled the feature winner, “he gave me an opportunity when I didn’t have a ride and we’re kind of a round by round proposition so it’s good to get the team some prize money and a win. I knew that Dylan was pretty close and he probably had more speed than us so I had to hang on to the bottom and shut the line down.”
Jenkin was visibly ecstatic when the Gericke #51 Cool coasted to a stop near the scales.
“We set ourselves the goal of hopefully making a top five result somewhere in the series, so to come out in Round Two and sit on pole and then run second in the A-Main is way beyond our wildest dreams. It would have been nice to get the win because I think we were faster than Ian but we’ll take second and end the night with a result we didn’t think was possible this early in the series.”
Brooke Tatnell too was closing in on the lead pair of Madsen and Jenkin but just when he was in striking distance the Krikke Motorsport Cool appeared to suffer magneto problems that sent Tatnell coasting to the infield with only a handful of laps to complete.
Jason Johnson was never going to look a gift horse in the mouth and he sped the Haynes Labour Hire #47 Maxim into the third place behind Jenkin.
“I was watching those guys (Madsen and Jenkin) in front of me and they were running pretty good. There probably wasn’t a lot I could do about them but considering we hurt a motor in the Shootout and had to change it in time for the A-Main I was real happy with the HM boys for the effort they put in.”
Fourth home in the A-Main was WSS Grand Marshall Garry Brazier in the #21 Capalaba Wreckers J&J – the former WSS champion coming from position #11 in the race to almost sneak on to the podium.
Following Brazier home was David Murcott who pedalled his #83 Mainline Dynalog Dynamometers Eagle to fifth after starting on the third row in the B-Main – truly a memorable job in difficult conditions.
Trevor Green soldiered the #4 NATRAD Maxim home in sixth after a workmanlike night at the office to lead home Grant Anderson (who changed a motor before the A-Main and then had to change a right tyre on the first lap and then come from position #17 at the restart.
Mackay youngster Brent Aprile ran third for much of the event before looping the immaculate #42 Sprint Shack Maxim and having to wrestle back into top ten contention with a solid 8th.
Ninth home was Robbie Farr in the East Coast Pipeline #7 after a tough night all round for the defending champion (he came from the third row in the B-Main alongside Murcott) with Max Dumesny finishing tenth in the Valvoline / GKR Transport Maxim after also having to transfer from the B-Main.
Eleventh was Revolution Racegear quick time winner Glen Saville in the N#75 ahead of Cameron Gessner, Steven Lines, Matt Young, Andrew Scheuerle and Ricky Maiolo.
DNF’s included James McFadden, John McCorkindale and Eddie Lumbar who all got caught up in a red light stoppage on turn three and four of the first lap.
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