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01-02-2010
WAKELING DOMINATES SUMMER SLAM Eight times New Zealand sprintcar champion, Allan
Wakeling took out both features races of the Sprintcar
On Friday evening the Aucklander headed home American
Ricky Logan in the second running of the Salute to
On Friday night luck may have been on Wakeling’s
side when he looked set to finish in second place behind Dean
There was no luck involved in Wakeling's win in
the Gold Cup on Saturday evening. The veteran of 25 years of
Wakeling was cagey about his chances of winning the national title for what would be a record ninth time. “It was good to have two win’s so it show’s we
are on the pace so hopefully we will be in with a chance, we will be
The Auckland panelbeater has been racing for over
two decades and called on all his experience when pulling off
Logan lead from the opening lap and quickly opened
up a fifty metre leader after just three laps and looked set to
As the leading drivers started to tread their
way by lapped cars the there was a great battle developing for third
At race end, Wakeling had opened up a handy lead
over Logan, to take the chequered flag by two seconds, a half
Earlier in the evening Tauranga driver Kerry Bartlett
was involved in a spectacular crash that resulted in his car
Sprintcars. Results Friday 29 January (Competitors from Christchurch unless stated) Canterbury Spray On Grass Salute To Goodie Sprintcar Classic Ht 1. Jamie McDonald (Auck) 1, Dean Brindle (Auck) 2, Ricky Logan (USA) 3. Ht 2. Colin Entwistle (Bay Park) 1, Scotti Savage 2, Skinny Colson (Bay Park) 3. Ht 3. Matt Honeywell 1, Brindle 2, Allan Wakeling 3. Qualiflying Points; Brindle 38, Wakeling 35, Logan
34, Honeywell & Duff 33, Colson 32, Savage & Nelson Hartley
B Main. McDonald 1, Halpin 2, Baughan 3. A Main Feature. Wakeling 1, Logan 2, Honeywell 3, Colson 4, Duff 5, Savage 6. Three Quarter Midgets Cars Ht 1. Ryan Stone 1, Aiden Barclay 2, Lindsay Bailey 3. Ht 2. Barclay 1, Stone 2, Brian Fridd 3. Ht 3. Bailey 1, Fridd 2, Stone 3. Feature. Bailey 1, Stone 2, Gareth Nixon 3. Modified Sprints Ht 1. Kieran Harris 1, Darryl Harris 2, Tom Lumsden 3. Ht 2. Brett Robinson 1, Anthony Dawson 2, Lumsden 3. Feature. K Harris 1, Lumsden 2, Robinson 3. Quarter Midgets Ht 1. Matt Leversedge 1, Hunter Rowlands 2, Nathan Clive 3. Ht 2. Baylee Clive 1, Leversedge 2, N Clive 3. Ht 3. Leversedge 1, B Clive 2, N Clive 3. Feature. Leversedge 1, N Clive 2, B Clive 3. Saturday 30 January Sprintcars Latimer Hotel & Conference Centre Gold Cup Ht 1. Mayson 1, Baughan 2, Logan 3. Ht 2. Wakeling 1, Logan 2, Harley 3 Ht 3. Entwistle 1, Colson 2, Scott 3. Qualifyng Points. Logan 37, Wakeling 34, Colson
33, McDonald 32, Duff 31, Entwistle, Honeywell, Hartley &
B Main. Gourley 1, Halpin 2, Savage 3. Pole Shuffle. Logan 1, Wakeling 2, Colson 3, McDonald 4, Mayson 5, Duff 6. Gold Cup Feature. Wakeling 1, Logan 2, McDonald 3, Entwistle 4, Colson 5, Duff 6. Midget Ht 1. Dave Kerr 1, Nevil Basalaj (Nelson) 2, Phillipa Melrose 3. Ht 2. Basalaj 1, Blair Low 2, Andrew Brown (Nelson ) 3. Feature. Balalaj 1, Gavin Wilkie 2, Steve McCallum 3. Three Quarter Midgets Ht 1. Kimberley Yateman 1, Fridd 2, Stone 3. Ht 2. Yateman 1, Fridd 2, Nixon 3. Feature. Fridd 1, Tiplady 2, Glen Milroy 3. Modified Sprints Ht 1. Dawson 1, Keith Brough 2, K Harris 3. Ht 2. Brough 1, K Harris 2, Craig Jones 3. Feature. K Harris 1, Robinson 2, Brough 3. Youth Minisprints Ht 1. James Thian 1, Alex Boreham 2, Ricky Blackler 3. Ht 2. Ashley Murray 1, Craig Cox 2, Syd Fergusson 3. Feature. Boreham 1, Murray 2, Blackler 3. Quarter Midgets Ht 1. Luke Adams 1, B Clive 2, Leversedge 3. Ht 2. Leversedge 1, Adams 2, B Clive 3. Feature. Leversedge 1, AJ Horwell 2, Rebecca Barclay 3. |