After a second place
finish only one week earlier, the Australian Speedcar
Championship was the next challenge for Nathan Smee Racing
with the two night show being held at Charlton Raceway,
Toowoomba QLD.
An event structured with three
heats on Friday night and one heat plus features on
Saturday, Nathan began his campaign earning points for the
feature where the next Australian Champion would be
determined. Starting from position 6 in his first heat, Smee
shot to the outside driving hard into the first corner.
Moving up to fifth on the opening lap and switching to the
low line, Nathan tailed the car now in fourth position.
Utilising each racing line over the next series of laps,
Speedcar 6 shot low and under out of turn four with Nathan
crossing the finish line in fourth position.
A third place starting
grid for the next heat, Nathan had progressed to second out
of turn three on the opening lap. Moving to the tail of the
race leader, Nathan moved high and low to make the pass for
the lead. Applying continuous pressure throughout turn four
and down the main straight, a last dash to the chequers was
underway with Smee jumping to the outside on the corner
exit. Unable to make the pass on the last lap, NSR captured
a second place finish for heat number 2.
The third heat was soon
underway with the team again out of position number 6 on the
race start. Passing cars at the drop of the green, Smee took
to the outside heading into turn three. Gaining ground on
the front runners and looking to progress forward, he stayed
mid track until problems arose! As a car spun and began to
roll mid turn three and four, Nathan, with nowhere to go,
tagged the rolling cars left rear tyre sending the 6
Kingsfeld Excavations stealth upside down. Landing hard
although the right way up, Nathan was out of the heat race
as the car was lifted and towed back to the pits for
repairs.
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Returning to the track for
night two, it wasn't to be for Nathan Smee Racing. Pulling
out of the first heat and unable to complete the first of
three feature races, the team were out for the night with
ignition problems. A tough and disappointing Australian
Speedcar Championship for the team but extend their
congratulations to the top four place getters: Jerry Coons
Jnr (USA), Mark Brown (NSW), Dene McAllan (WA) and Davey Ray
(USA).
Nathan Smee
Racing return to their home track this Saturday night at
Tyrepower Parramatta City Raceway for the hotly contested
Champion of Champions race meeting; a track where Nathan has
captured 3 feature victories this season. With majority of
the Speedcar Championship field expected to compete
including Americans Davey Ray and Jerry Coons Jnr, this is a
meeting not to be missed! Remember to head to the pits, meet
Nathan, the team and check out Speedcar number 6!
