Despite the increasingly chilly and unseasonable weather at Toowoomba’s Charlton Raceway over the weekend; things were sure looking hot for Sydney’s Mark Brown when he literally left the field behind to claim not only his second Speedcar Super Series round of the season, but also his fiftieth career feature win.

“I’m so glad I won that race!” said a jubilant Brown after the event. “It was my 50th feature win and what better event to claim it at, than one of the SSS rounds”.

Securing pole position for the A Main after a controversial set of Revolution Racegear pole shuffles saw two drivers black flagged in separate incidents; Brown shot to an early lead leaving Queensland’s Brock Dean to hold off the challenges from Dene McAllan, Mark Cooper and Brendan Palmer over the remaining 30 laps.

Dean held up expertly on the demanding surface before a slight move up-track allowed McAllan to force his way into 2nd place on the low-line, swiftly followed by Cooper on the next corner.

But the show was all about the Browndog who finished the race with an unchallengeable lead ahead of McAllan, Cooper, the QLD contingent of Dean, Palmer, Michael Harders, and Grant Draney, South Australia’s John McKay, QLD’s Mark George, Mark Harrington also of South Australia and QLD’s Sean Burrows.

“I had a bit of fun turning it on in hot laps” said Brown with a laugh when asked about his contact with the wall & gentle roll-over in the Rinkin Motorsports Aggressor machinery. “I came out of turn four after diving under one car and came up on another car too quickly. The only way out was up track. But I’ll just say I was trying to get the crowd back on my side. Everyone has to cheer on whoever crashes early in the night to make a comeback!”

Remains of the American Racer right-rear SSS control tyres were an impressive reminder for fans just how tough the race conditions can become. After the Midgets completed their demanding 30-lap battle on the unkind, slick Toowoomba race surface, Brown’s own rear tyre could to a brief glance, be mistaken for a pavement slick; the rubber burnt down in patches to the canvas and looking like another remorseless lap could have put the tyre to bed for good!

With this event marking Brown’s 50th career feature win, starting with his first victory at the Melbourne Speedbowl in Brooklyn Victoria in 1987 & encompassing seven Speedcar Super Series victories over the last four seasons; Mark Brown certainly remains the man to beat!

FINAL PLACINGS:

1 69N Mark Brown
2 29Q Dene McAllan
3 7N Mark Cooper
4 99Q Brock Dean
5 41Q Brendan Palmer
6 14Q Michael Harders
7 15Q Grant Draney
8 5SA John McKay
9 67Q Mark George
10 6SA Mark Harrington
11 8Q Sean Burrows
DNF 9N Neville Lance
DNF 78N Troy Jenkins
DNF 6N Nathan Smee
DNF 5Q Stevie Walsh
DNF 67N Matt Young
DNF 79Q Rob Mackay
DNF 82Q Neale Tobin
DNF 81Q Ken Stanaway
DNF 9SA Ben Dillon
DNF 3V Peter Ghent
DNF 21N Peter Bourke

Heat wins went to: Matt Young N67, Brock Dean Q99, Mark Brown N69, Peter Bourke N21, Mark Cooper N7 & Dene McAllan Q29. TheSpeedwayShop.com Time Trials were not held per promoter request due to the results of poor weather in the days leading up to the event. A B-Main was not held due to timing constraints.

The next round of the Speedcar Super Series will be held this Saturday night at Queensland’s Maryborough Speedway! Don’t miss it!
 

SPEEDCAR SUPER SERIES RACE DATES:

22 NOV - Charlton Raceway, QLD
29 NOV - Maryborough Speedway, QLD
20 DEC - Avalon Raceway, VIC
10 JAN - Lismore Speedway, NSW
17 JAN - Speedway City, SA