Round 5 - Timaru - Race 2

Boom! The hit came fast & hard right on the start line as Dale's car got used as a bumper bar when Grant Aitken's Evo9 came flying from behind, looking for a gap that didn't exist, smashed into Michael Modgill's Integra flew into the air almost rolling over. But Dale caught the car in time ;-) Unfortunately not only did it take Dale out, straight off the track, it blew the valve off the front right tyre, so he had to limp around the 1st lap into the pits.

The pit crew did an awesome quick change and got him back out on the track, but by that stage he was well back and had to fight from behind to come in 20th overall (6th in his class). Michael Modgill's car is a mess with all rear windows blown out, but he managed to carry on for the win in Class B. There was more carnage in the race too, so all the drivers have been summoned to a briefing@11:00am.

Poor little Zoom Zoom's always getting a taste of the hard knocks :-) Keep your eye out for the video on You Tube, I'll cut it up & post it as soon as I get a chance. It makes great watching.

Dale's best lap time of 1:14.088 in lap 4 shows the car wasn't really at full speed after the crash. There's still rain forecast for today so we may yet see a full wet race for the split grid Race 3 at 1:40pm.