Lines Shows Plenty of Speed in Perth Motorplex Debut

11-3-2008

South Australian hard charger Steve Lines once again showed everybody why he is one of the emerging talents on the Australian Sprintcar scene after an impressive display over the weekend during the King of Wings event in his first visit to the Perth Motorplex in Western Australia.

Although a sixth place finish in the feature race on the final night wasn’t a true reflection of the pace he had, the current South Australian State Title holder quite possibly could have finished higher had it not been for a misfortune during the preliminary feature race on the opening night.

Lines during the preliminary feature race was running strongly in third place only to suffer a broken front hub in the closing laps and that saw him forced to disappointingly retire.

“There were only a few laps to go in the preliminary feature race and then the hub broke and that basically put us on the back foot for the remainder of the weekend unfortunately,” Lines explained.

“With your preliminary feature race result weighing so heavily in regards to your grid draws on the final night, I didn’t get the best of draws but had we finished third in the preliminary feature race we most probably would have started a lot higher than we did.”

On the final night of the King of Wings Lines, driving his # 45 Camden Neon Signs backed J&J, started the feature race from position 8 and at the completion of the 30-lap journey he had only made up two positions to finish in sixth.

“The feature race on the final night was fairly eventful as I was trading places throughout the race on numerous occasions for positions fifth and sixth, so that kept me quite busy,” conceded Lines.

“We were fast in the feature race, but we weren’t fast enough to move closer to challenging for a spot on the podium.”

Although luck wasn’t always on his side throughout the Krikke Boys Shootout and King of Wings events, Lines certainly impressed.

Lines will this Saturday night (March 15) defend his Australian Stampede crown at Speedway City in Adelaide – South Australia.

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