Fifth Place for Lines in Eureka Garages and Sheds Sprint Series Round

27-11-2007

A fifth place finish in the feature race was what Steve Lines left the second round of the Eureka Garages and Sheds Super Sprint Series on Saturday night at Premier Speedway in Warrnambool with, although he was lucky to even finish as he had a right rear tyre let as he crossed the finish line.   

Lines started the feature race from position nine in the field, after two hard fought third places in his heat races, and worked his way up to fifth place, but it was a wrong choice of setup that spoiled his chances of making an appearance on the podium.

“We burnt away our right rear tyre during the feature race and we were lucky to reach the finish, but the work choice of setup resulted in the tyre burning away,” Lines admitted.

“Our mid field draws in our two heat races made life difficult, as the best we could manage was a pair of third place finishers, and although they were consistent results, we started too far back in the field to be a shot at the podium, and our setup didn’t work in our favour either.”

Lines’ right rear tyre of his # 45 J&J started to go down in the closing laps, but he counted himself lucky that he managed to finish in fifth spot.

“I just held on in the closing laps as I knew my tyre was going down and there was not very I could do but hope and pray that the tyre lasted to the finish,” commented Lines.

Lines next event will be this Saturday night (December 1) for the sixth round of the World Series Sprintcar (WSS) Championship at Tyrepower Parramatta City Raceway.

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.