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GREAT RACING AT WAKEFIELD
Photos by Gary Trounson - Story by Jon Crooke

Round 5 - Wakefield Park
29th June 2008

Chris Jewell - at work in his McLaughlin Freightlines HyperRacer.

Round 5 of the Hyper Racer 2008 Australian 'Manufacturers' Championship
was run in conjunction with Round 3 of the NSW Club Series.

Although the Hyper drivers were racing for points in their respective divisions, the light division Hyper drivers all weighed up to heavy division weight, in the interests of having a competitive days racing.

Dean Crooke won the day in the Lights Division ahead of Mark Wicks and Shaun Trounson.
In the Heavy Division, Chris Jewell finished ahead of Wayne Horswell and Patrick Atherton.

The Club round was won by Dean Crooke, with Mark Wicks second and David Brand third.
Wicks and Crooke fought it out for fastest lap with Wicks taking it by 2/100ths at 1:07.3060

Hyper Racer 2008 Australian 'Manufacturers' Championship Standings CLICK HERE
For the Hyper Racer Rd 5 Race results CLICK HERE
For the NSW Rd 3 Club results CLICK HERE

Crooke and Wicks. First and second overall in the 125 MAX class.

Clockwise from top left - Dean Crooke, Shaun Trounson Patrick Atherton, Wayne Horswell, Mark Wicks and Chris Jewell.
Click on the above images for a larger version.

"How many times do I have to tell you. If you don't finish races, we can't win. Sheez."
Patrick Atherton had his best day yet, despite a DNF in race 2.
He qualified third, only 6/10 off Crooke's pole time and in Race One he ran nose to tail with Wicks and Crooke finishing 5/10ths behind Wicks and Crooke and setting the fastest Max time of the race at 1:08.0330.

Left - David Brand had a great day finishing third overall. Here he leads Chris Jewell, Jeff Hanley, Jason Laker and Steve Spowberg
Right - Wicks takes fastest Max lap at 1:07.3060.

Race 1. Leaving pit lane.

The roll-around.

Alan Dodge spins in turn 1. Wicks is through. David Brand takes avoiding action as Crooke, Taplin and Atherton squeak through on the outside.

Mathew Blair had his second run in his MAX.

Dean Crooke and Shaun Trounson

Jewell leads Hanley and Horswell as Selton mows the grass.

Jeff Hanley gets down and dirty.

GEARBOX CLASS 250 winner Rami Viitanen.
John Pellicano beat the 250's to pole in his 125 gearbox kart.	Luke Brown had a good day to finish second in the 250's
George Koutros in his immaculate 250.	Jeremy Shelton won the 125 gearbox class.

Pelly to Crooke Snr,
"I kid you not. He said it was 45.001 degrees"

TO PLAY CLICK PICTURE

Hyper Racer 2008 Australian Championship - Round 5 Wakefield Park
125 MAX Light
			Placings			Points
	No.	Name	Heat 1	Heat 2	Final	Heat 1	Heat 2	Final	TOTAL
1	88	Dean Crooke	2	1	1	17	20	25	62
2	75	Mark Wicks	1	2	2	20	17	22	59
3	89	Shaun Trounson	3	3	3	15	15	20	50
2	48	Wayne Horswell	4	4	4	13	13	18	44
125 MAX Heavy
			Placings			Points
	No.	Name	Heat 1	Heat 2	Final	Heat 1	Heat 2	Final	TOTAL
1	15	Chris Jewell	2	1	2	17	20	22	59
3	98	Patrick Atherton	1	DNF	1	20	-	25	45

2008 NSW Rd 3 Club Series results
125 Rotax Max		80 G/Box
1	Dean Crooke	1	Nicholas Cancain
2	Mark Wicks	2	Jason Laker
3	David Brand
4	Alan Dodge	125 G/Box
=5	Shaun Trounsen	1	Jeremy Shelton
=5	Drew Parkes	2	John Pellicano
7	Graeme Taplin	3	Ian Mash
8	Mark Vickers
9	Patrick Atherton	250 G/Box
10	Denis Toresson	1	Rami Viitanen
11	Chris Jewell	2	Luke Brown
12	Jeff Hanley	3	George Koutros
13	Wayne Horswell	4	Steve Sponberg
14	Maddy Blair	5	Sam Rose

Click here for Patrick Atherton's race report.

Gary will be attending most Victorian Superkarts race meetings. If you require a stunning photograph of your kart in action, Gary is your man. If you contact him prior to the race meeting, he can concentrate on getting THE photo of your Superkart.

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