Ignition Troubles Cut Short Speedway City WSS Round for Lines

20-11-2007

If the speed alone of Steve Lines last Saturday night at Speedway City in Adelaide - South Australia during the fourth round of the World Series Sprintcar (WSS) Championship earned feature race podium results, then you most certainly would have seen him on the podium.

Unfortunately for Lines that wasn’t the case, as an ongoing ignition drama with the Holla-Fresh supported # 45 J&J ruined what was looking to be a very promising night for him, after he had topped the time sheets in qualifying time trials, and he then looked on track for a strong finish in his opening heat race, fifth place from the rear of the grid, only to fail to finish due to a mystery ignition problem.

The ignition drama was fixed in time for the second heat race, where he finished seventh, Lines then went on to finish fourth in Dash A and that saw him start the feature race from the fourth row. Lines was well placed in seventh place during the feature race only for the ignition problem to come into play for the second occasion of the night at just passed half race distance mark, and consequently failed to finish.

“I felt we had good enough speed for a podium result, but the ignition problems spoiled that idea, which was really disappointing,” Lines said.

“The night started off great for us as we came out on top in qualifying and had worked our way passed both Jason Johnson and Brooke Tatnell in our opening heat race only for the ignition problem to force me out with a lap to go.

“In the feature race we thought we had ironed out the problem, but it came back and that ended my hopes of a podium finish.”

Frustration was one of the adjectives Lines used to describe his night as a whole, but his focus now turns to next Saturday night (November 24) at Premier Speedway in Warrnambool – Victoria for the second round of the Eureka Garages and Sheds Super Sprint Series.

“Our engine has been taken back to Maxwill Race Engines to get a check over and to solve our ignition dramas,” Lines commented.

“I have to say that other than the ignition woes the car is perfect, and our speed has been proven, and we can only continue to go forward from here on in.

“Heading to Warrnambool I’m looking for a feature race victory, and I feel confident of that not only because of my engine but also the fact that Warrnambool is one track where I have had a good run of results in the past.”

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