BUNBURY SPEEDWAY 1992
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28th March 1992
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1992 - LESCHENAULT REPORTER MODIFIED SEDAN CHAMPIONSHIP
11th January 1992
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1992 - TRY CITY MODIFIED SEDAN SERIES - Round 2
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25th January 1992
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1992 - BRAD BLAKE Modified Sedan's
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1992 - PHIL ROSE Modified Sedan's
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1992 - MAX DUNSTON Modified Sedan's
1992 - Max Dunston from Bunbury was always hard to beat at Bunbury in the Commodore. Photo: unknown.
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1991 > 1992 - WASCF MODIFIED SEDAN CHAMPIONSHIP
Bunbury City Speedway hosted the running of the 1991 - 1992 West Australian Modified Sedan Championship over two nights, the 21st and the 22nd of Febuary 1992.
Talanted field is assured for title
Darrel Thomson from the Bunbury Car Club with his trusty and ever reliable Honda Civic 1800cc.
1992 - Two long time rivals from Bunbury Ivan Burke in a Commodore and Greg Freeman in a Mitsubishi Sigma trading paint at Claremont Speedway. |
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21st & 22nd Febuary 1992
Mike Jeffery program feature
With 24 of the States best competitors and the national Title from New South Wales this years championship was going to be excitement plus, Right from the start the Australian Champion, Bob Worling had both drivers and spectators alike gasping in awe as he arrived at the track with not one, but two late model Commodores sporting the new v6 engines, The mechanical technology and flawless presentation of these cars had everbody saying that this guy means business and will be the one to beat, And so they should with two National Titles and numerous State Titles under his belt, this man is certainly here to take our State Championship back East.
Heat Results
heat 01 |
1st Robert Thomson2nd Peter Theyer3rd Shane Marden |
heat 02 |
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heat 04 |
1st Allan Blake2nd Max Dunston3rd Shane Marden |
heat 05 |
1st Peter Harvey2nd Rob Thomson3rd Phil Rose |
heat 06 |
1st Greg Freeman2nd Bob Worling3rd Peter Uphill |
heat 07 |
2nd Shane Marden3rd ? |
2nd Phil Rose1st Peter Harvey |
1st Greg Freeman2nd Rob Thomson3rd Peter Uphill |
heat 10 |
1st Allan Blake2nd Peter Harvey3rd Steve Hancock |
heat 11 |
1st Phil Rose2nd Greg Freeman3rd Peter Uphill |
heat 12 |
1st Bob Worling2nd Barry Thomson3rd Peter Theyer |
The track record for 10 laps was broken on the first night in heat 9, The old time of 3.48.24 being lowered to 3.33.13 by Greg Freeman.
Looking back over the heat results you can notice that the best the Aussie champ could manage was one win and a second, The first night the car was dogged by power steering problems while on the second night Worling had handling problems.
40 Lap Feature grid
010305070911 |
Greg FreemanPhil RoseRob ThomsonBob WorlingPeter TheyerSteve Hancock |
136 points123 points100 points091 points076 points074 points |
020406081012 |
Allan BlakePeter HarveyShane MardenBarry ThomsonPeter UphillMike Kinnear |
136 points123 points91 points085 points075 points066 points |
56 Rob Landsmeer - Phil Rose WA1 on the top - Greg Freeman 5 - and Max Dunston in the Commodore.
With egual points for Blake and Freeman the coin was tossed which saw Freeman take pole position, Hard luck story of the weekend must go to Rob Thomson of Esperance who after qualifying 5th couldn't start in the final due to engine problems.
When the green light came on in the feature race Greg Freeman shot straight to the lead and stayed there for the entire 40 laps which included many restarts and lapping over half the field, nothing was going to stop him winning this one.
Allan Blake tried everthing he could but was no match for Freeman who was driving his Sigma around the circuit like it was on rails.
Phil Rose slotted into third with Peter Harvey fourth, Right back through the field there were some terrific contests going on for the entire race, Bob Worling had made his way up the fifth behind Harvey when Harvey lost a wheel allowing Worling into fourth place but not for long, Gearbox problems sidelined Bob in the big Commodore.
Further back in the field the big move was coming from Brad Blake who started in position seventeen and was now running in the top six, Steve Hancock dashed his hopes when lost a wheel forcing him to the infield. At the front of the field Freeman looked very comfortable lapping back markers with ease, Allan Blake looked content to settle for second but defending champ Phil Rose had other ideas and shot passed Blake to have the twm FRM Sigmas first and second and that the way they crossed the line, Freeman, Rose, Allan Blake and a fine drive by Brad Blake to finiosh fourth.
And so once again the state title is kept in Bunbury, Albany drivers Marden, Theyer, and Kinnear came in fifth, sixth and seventh with Bunbury's Barry Thomson in eight.
(Editorial Mike Jeffery)
1992 - SPRINTCAR SPEEDWEEK
Bunbury City Speedway hosted 2 rounds of the 11th running of Sprintcar Speedweek on the 4th of January and the 11th of January 1992, Representing the USA were Bill Bailey, Jimmy Martin and Fran Hogue.
Dual Champion Ron Krikke was defending his crown, others included Shane Murphy, Mark Wells, Ian Bradford, Gavin Migro, John Krikke and Eddy Gobby.