Miedecke sets slick time in V8 Ute Qualifying at HomebushSydneysider George Miedecke was the fastest V8 Ute in Qualifying at Round 8 (the finale) and has moved closer to a shot at the Series Title in the 2009 Yokohama V8 Ute Racing Series – protected by Armor All at the Sydney Telstra 500, Sydney Olympic Park, Friday, 4 December.
“To get pole the last two rounds shows that it’s not a fluke and proves we can get up there so I’m really looking forward to it,” said Lubrimaxx Racings “Slick” Miedecke.
The V8 Utes were the first cars on the inaugural Sydney Olympic Park with the tight concrete canyon catching out Ryal Harris who hit the wall hard on the second lap of practice, red flagging the session.
Harris was checked out at the medical centre and was fine, although the Holden was heavily damaged around the front end.
In Practice two all 32 Utes made it around the tight track unharmed with Miedecke already posting claim to the fastest time on the track.
Qualifying in the late afternoon was called off early after Kim Jane also went into the tyre wall at turn 8.
“I tried to go to third, which can bring on some under-steer and it did, which caused me to go into the tyres. I tried to reverse out but I didn’t budge and got stuck,” said Jane.
With only four V8 Utes (Miedecke, Andrew Fisher, Grant Johnson and Layton Crambrook) posting a time, qualifying was red flagged and re-scheduled in the late afternoon.
Reigning champion Layton Crambrook wasn’t far off Miedecke pace and was second followed by Jesus All About Life Racings Andrew Fisher and Series front-runner Coopers Pale Ales, Jack Elsegood who made it four in a row for Ford.
“The name of the game for the weekend is to stay ahead of Grant and not concede any points, so I’m happy at the moment,” said the former NRL star and current series leader.
The fastest Holden was 2007 Champion Grant Johnson who is still chasing Elsegood for the title and will be looking to make up some points tomorrow.
Kim Jane made up for his earlier mishap and forged over the line in 7th position ahead of Bathurst winner, Gary MacDonald. Narellan Pools, Brad Patton posted a great result qualifying 8th ahead of teammate Craig Dontas and Gary Baxter who rounded out the top ten.
Rookie Jason Gomersall also hit the wall in qualifying with heavy front end damage to the iseek Ford. The delayed qualifying session worked for Ryal Harris who was able to get back on track following his practice crash.
Race 1 will kick off at 5:25pm tomorrow (Saturday, 5 December) right before the highly anticipated Cold Chisel come-back.
The V8 Utes will be back on the track on Sunday, 6 December for the final two races and the crowning of the 2009 V8 Ute Champion.
Race 2 will commence at 9:50am and the final race for the 2009 Series will begin at 12:45pm (EDST) and will be televised live on Network Seven.
Top ten results from Practice 2:
1 Country Energy/Lubrimaxx George Miedecke Ford 1:49.92R 2 Mother Energy Drink / Layton Crambrook Ford BF 1 :50.34 3 Jesus All About Life Andrew Fisher Ford BF 1:50.48 4 Grove Fruit Juice/Permacoat Grant Johnson Holden Ve 1:50.99 5 Sage Automation / NHP Electric Gary Baxter Holden Ve 1:51.01 6 Workhorse Collision Repairs Ben Kavich Ford BF 1:51.29 7 Coopers Pale Ale Racing Jack Elsegood Ford BF 1:51.29 8 Thirsty Camel Racing Ben Dunn Ford BF 1:51.41 9 Storage King/Wilson Fabrics Craig Dontas Ford BF 1:51.51 10 Bob Jane T-Marts/Trading Post Kim Jane Holden Ve 1:51.79
Tten results from Qualifying:
1 Country Energy/Lubrimaxx George Miedecke Ford BF 1:48.03 2 Mother Energy Drink / Crambroo Layton Crambrook Ford BF 1:48.59 3 Jesus All About Life Andrew Fisher Ford BF 1:48.73 4 Coopers Pale Ale Racing Jack Elsegood Ford BF 1:49.29 5 Grove Fruit Juice Racing Grant Johnson Holden VE 1:49.36 6 Bob Jane T-Marts/Trading Post Kim Jane Holden VE 1:50.18 7 Caveat Loans/Mangomedia Gary MacDonald Holden VE 1:50.32 8 Narellan Pools/Big Gun Racing Brad Patton Ford BF 1:50.33 9 Thirsty Camel Racing Craig Dontas Ford BF 1:50.33 10 Sage Automation / NHP Electric Gary Baxter Ford BF 1:50.82
Top ten Series standings:
1 Coopers Pale Ale Racing Ford BF Jack Elsegood 764 2 Grove Fruit Juice Racing Holden Ve Grant Johnson 719 3 Bob Jane T-Marts/Trading Post Holden Ve Kim Jane 714 4 Lubrimaxx/Country Energy Ford BF George Miedecke 704 5 Maxibon/Mother Energy Drink Ford BF Layton Crambrook 665 6 West Coast Racing Holden Ve Glenn McNally 662 7 Thirsty Camel Racing Ford BF Craig Dontas 632 8 Jesus All About Life Racing Ford BF Andrew Fisher 610 9 CAMCO Racing Holden Ve Ryal Harris 577 10 Addaxx Motorsport/Gold Coast Indoor Hire Karts Holden Ve Kurt Wimmer 577
Please find below top 3 Racer Industries Rookie of the Year standings:
1 Brock Race Engineering/ GBF Underground Mining Holden Ve Paul Williams 387 2 WPR Racing /Selectv Ford BF Gary Carson 365 3 iseek Racing Holden Ve Jason Gomersall 194
