Sydney’s Troy Jenkins
drove smart and smooth on Saturday night to capture
round three of the Speedcar Super Series ahead of Dene
McAllan and Mark Brown, before an appreciative
Queensland crowd!
Heading into round three of the Speedcar Super Series it
was anyone’s guess who would lead the fray as the best
of Australia’s Speedcar racers prepared to battle it out
over 30 laps! Despite sporadic rainfall throughout the
night which saw the cancellation of both time trials and
the ever-exciting Pole Shuffles, Charlton Raceway track
officials delivered an A-Main race surface which did not
disappoint!
Coming from position six in the feature line up, Jenkins
in his BOC Gases Stealth/Fontana had some stiff
competition before him including reigning SSS Champion
Mark ‘Browndog’ Brown, West Australian young-gun Dene
McAllan and the ‘Flying Pom’ Tony Abson in his ex-Chili
Bowl machinery to name but a few!
“It was always going to be tough but we chipped away; we
moved past Abson, then Brown, and eventually McAllan”
said Jenkins after the event. “We had everything go
right on the night. It was a very satisfying win”.
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SSS
Winner Troy Jenkins N78
Indeed so well did
things go to plan for the Sydney hot-shot, that Jenkins
ended the race with a good five car length lead on his
closest opponent McAllan!
“That’s the best drive I have seen from Troy in a while”
said an impressed Brown after the show. “He got past me
for second and then slipped by Dene fair and square to
grab the lead. He was just too quick for the rest of
us”.
The feature saw Jenkins take the win ahead of McAllan,
Brown, QLD’s Todd Wanless and Kelvin Hamilton, Sydney’s
Matt Young, Tony Abson and Matt Smith, QLD’s Brock Dean,
with Victorian Troy Jordan rounding out the top ten.
Heat wins were captured by Abson, Young, Wanless, Brown,
McAllan and Jenkins. The B Main was snatched away by
Sydney’s Peter Bourke ahead of Jordan and QLD’s Jeremy
Hassell.
With the series heading onto Murray Bridge Speedway in
South Australia on December 15, it will again be an
extremely difficult choice to pick a winner. Last season
saw Jenkins triumph at the renowned circuit in what will
be remembered by many as one of the best races of the
decade, with Jenkins holding out both Brown and local
hero Luke Dillon. This time round, add in another
handful of expert challengers and round four looks set
to be one of the toughest yet!
SSS Round 3 – Charlton Raceway, Toowoomba - 29 CARS
NOMINATED
n6 Nathan Smee, n11
Mark Brown, n13 Matt Smith, n26 Tony Abson, n27 Peter
Bourke, n65 Brendon Fox, n67 Matt Young, n69 Mark
Cooper, n70 Ben Wiese, n71 Brett Morris, n76 Troy
Jordan, n78 Troy Jenkins, q2 Jeremy Hassell, q7 Craig
Smith, q8 Sean Burrows, q14 Mick Harders, q16 Mark
George, q23 Barrie Valentino, q29 Ken Stanaway, q39
Shane Heathcote, q41 Brendan Palmer, q48 Kelvin
Hamilton, q49 Todd Wanless, q67 Grant Draney, q76 Neale
Tobin, q99 Brock Dean, s46 John McKay, v3 Peter Ghent
Jnr, w21 Dene McAllan
TheSpeedwayShop.com.au Time Trials: Cancelled due
to rain
HEAT 1:
1. Tony Abson, 2. Ken Stanaway, 3. Mark Brown, 4. Mark
George, 5. Nathan Smee, 6. Sean Burrows, 7. Brendon Fox,
8. Ben Wiese. DNF Michael Harders, Mark Cooper.
HEAT 2:
1. Matt Young, 2. Brett Morris, 3. Dene McAllan, 4.
Peter Bourke, 5. Craig Smith, 6. Grant Draney, 7. Jeremy
Hassell. DNF John McKay, Neale Tobin
HEAT 3:
1. Todd Wanless, 2. Kelvin Hamilton, 3. Matt Smith, 4.
Troy Jordan, 5. Troy Jenkins, 6. Peter Ghent Jnr, 7.
Shane Heathcote, 8. Brock Dean, 9. Barry Valentino
HEAT 4:
1. Mark Brown, 2. Tony Abson, 3. Sean Burrows, 4. Nathan
Smee, 5. Ken Stanaway, 6. Brendon Fox, 7. Mark George.
DNF Mark Cooper, Michael Harders, Ben Wiese
HEAT 5:
1. Dene McAllan, 2. Craig Smith, 3. Brett Morris, 4.
Grant Draney, 5. Jeremy Hassell, 6. Matt Young, 7. Peter
Bourke, 8. John McKay, 9. Neale Tobin
HEAT 6:
1. Troy Jenkins, 2. Brock Dean, 3. Barry Valentino, 4.
Matt Smith, 5. Todd Wanless, 6. Shane Heathcote, 7.
Peter Ghent Jnr, 8. Kelvin Hamilton, 9. Troy Jordan
MCS Technology POLE SHUFFLE: Cancelled due
to time restraints
NASR B MAIN:
1. Peter Bourke, 2. Troy Jordan, 3. Jeremy Hassell, 4.
Peter Ghent Jnr, 5. Shane Heathcote, 6. John McKay, 7.
Neale Tobin DNF Brendon Fox, Mark George, Mark Cooper,
Ben Wiese
A MAIN:
1. Troy Jenkins, 2. Dene McAllan, 3. Mark Brown, 4. Todd
Wanless, 5. Kelvin Hamilton, 6. Matt Young, 7. Tony
Abson, 8. Matt Smith, 9. Brock Dean, 10. Troy Jordan,
11. Craig Smith, 12. Grant Draney, 13. Peter Ghent Jnr,
14. Peter Bourke, 15. Shane Heathcote, 16. Ken Stanaway,
17. Nathan Smee, 18. Brett Morris, 19. Barry Valentino,
20. Jeremy Hassell
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