Third Place Finish for Lines at Horsham

15-1-2008

Despite being arguably one of the fastest drivers in the field, the best Steve Lines could manage in the feature race on Saturday night at Blue Ribbon Raceway in Horsham Victoria during the latest round of the Eureka Garages & Sheds Super Sprint Series was third place.  

Lines started from the outside of the front row for the feature race and actually grabbed the initial lead only to have a re-run, due to a spun car, and he then fell back to as a low as fourth during the opening 10 laps of 30. Fourth place wasn’t where Lines stayed for too long as he worked his way back into third place shortly after, and he then charged his way forward, but at the fall of the chequered flag it was a case of, too little, too late, and he stayed in third place.

“We were good towards the end of the feature race, as the cars setup had really came on, but we could only manage a third place finish, as we left our run too late,” Lines commented.

“The annoying thing during the feature race was the amount of the stoppages, and it wrecked any chance of building up momentum and moving further forward.”

Leading into the feature race Lines had finished second in the dash and in his two heat races scored a win and a fourth place.

This Saturday night (January 19) Lines will compete for the South Australian State Title at Speedway City in Adelaide, and he is no doubt going into the event as a pre race favourite.

“I cannot wait for the South Australian State Title, and like many of my rivals, I’m going there to attempt to take home victory,” concluded the # 45 SA J&J driver.

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