Krikke Boys Shootout a Rollercoaster Ride for Lines

4-3-2008

A rollercoaster ride! That is pretty much the best way to describe the weekend at Bunbury City Speedway in Western Australia for Steve Lines for the running of the annual Krikke Boys Shootout.

In what was his very first trip to contest the Krikke Boys Shootout, Lines was in amongst the thick of the action throughout the two night show, and it certainly impacted on him from recording a much stronger result.

On the second and final night Lines, driving his # 45 SA Camden Neon Signs J&J, was on a charge during the feature race after he had worked his way up to sixth place from a position 12 starting spot in the field by the 25th lap only to be the innocent party in someone else’s accident and it resulted in some heavy damage to his car.

“There was some pretty heavy contact in the impact, as a car just ahead of me had tried to avoid another car only to spin himself and that left me with absolutely no where to go but head-on into him,” explained a disappointed Lines.

“I have been through the whole season so far without wrecking too much, but after this crash we are going to have to replace this car before we contest next weekend’s King of Wings.”

Earlier in the weekend on the opening night Lines had qualified eighth in time trials, and was looking strong in his heat race only to have the brake lock on and was forced to retire and that put him into the B-main. In the B-main Lines had worked his way up to fifth place and into a feature race transfer from the back of the field only to have a spin and then get cleaned up by another car during the caution period, and that forced him out.

On the second night Lines was able to fair much better when he finished his heat race in fourth place, despite suffering a broken rear shock absorber after contact from another rival and combined with his night one results he had earned enough points to qualify for the dash and in that event he finished in sixth place.

Hoping for a much better run Lines is set to debut a new car at the Perth Motorplex for next weekend’s (March 7 and 8) King of Wings event.

In the 2007/08 season Lines is proudly supported by the following organisations: Holla-Fresh, Ad Trans, Maxwill Race Engines, BR Motorsports, Torque Power, Cascade Cleaning Solutions, KTM Australia, and Spy Eyewear & Clothing.