It was yet another cold and cloudy day at
Barbagallo raceway on this 14th of October where the Formula Vees
assembled another impressive 17 cars entering the event. The split is becoming
more even between the 1600cc class and the 1200cc class with 7 1600’s for 10
1200’s. At the start of the event, David
Campbell was leading the 1600’s championship while Rod Lisson led the 1200’s
championship.
Qualifying saw a close pole position for
David Campbell with a 1.09.659 while Cameron Edwards recorded a 1.09.9974. Steve Williams snapped the 3rd
spot for 4 hundredth of a second from first starter Jordon Cvetanovski.
In the 1200s, Nordine El Hafidoun benefited
from some good slip streaming behind Neil McLay to snap the pole position in
1.12.7668, closely followed by David Caisley and an excellent time for Peter
Jojart. Rod Lisson was complaining of
lack of power while confirming the repairs Chris Scoble was able to accomplish
after his tuning day crash that ripped off the back end suspension improved his
drivability. He also suffered a malfunctioning Dorian timer so no official
times were recorded.
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Pos Car
Competitor/Team
Driver
Vehicle Cap CL
Laps Fastest...Lap Gap
1
58 Linda David Campbell Stinger 007 1600 G
5 4 1:09.6599*
2
2 Pit Crew Management
Consultant Cameron Edwards
AJAY 08 1600 G
5 3 1:09.9974 0:00.3375
3 28
Steve Williams Racing
Stephen Williams Jacer
99 1600 G
3 3 1:10.7570 0:01.0971
4
8 Perth 3MW Jordan Cvetanoski TRE/VEE MK1 1600 G
6 5 1:10.7915 0:01.1316
5 6
SJP Racing
Shaydan Penniment
Scorpion MK2 1600 S
7 3 1:11.5759 0:01.9160
6
9 Raceline Racewear Neil Mclay Mako 03 1600 G
8 8 1:12.6649 0:03.0050
7
98 Delanie INC Nordine El Hafidoun Sabre 01 1200 S
8 5 1:12.7668 0:03.1069
8
7
David Caisley
Ribuck 1200 S
6 5 1:13.0006 0:03.3407
9
91 Prospect Project
Services Peter Jojart Sabre 99 1200 S
7 6 1:13.3289 0:03.6690
10
1 Savcor Derek Bromlewe Elfin Crusader 1200
S 7 6 1:13.3977 0:03.7378
11
15
James McDonald
Elfin 1200 S
7 6 1:13.5457 0:03.8858
12
49 Integrated Managed
Services Peter Dyball Aurora 2004 1600 G
7 6 1:14.5634 0:04.9035
13
33 Tyrepro and Mechanical Brett Scarey Elfin Crusader 1200
S 7 6 1:15.3824 0:05.7225
14
77 YEOBA Engineering Allan Yeo Vixen MY01 1200 S
7 7 1:16.7923 0:07.1324
15
27 Right Way Industrial Daniel Linehan VW PRD CRRS Pheonix 1200
S 4 4 1:17.8636 0:08.2037
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Neville Bettridge Copy
Cat 1600 G
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In the first race, I don’t actually recall
anything. I know I finished third.
In the second race, a damp track made
suspension settings difficult and all decided to go on a “dry” setup. With a poor start because of engine misfires,
Nordine El Hafidoun was on the hunt for some points from the back of the grid.
Rod Lisson thundered through and passed in front even before the first corner.
In the second lap, 
Cvetanovski and Penniment started making ways to the front
of the pack, with many slower 1200s to pass.
El Hafidoun passed Lineham in the left hander and focused on doing some
clean laps to avoid being dropped too far behind the leaders. On the third lap,
after making up some time in the Esses, a bold move at the left hander saw him
pass Rod Lisson, Derek Bromlewe, Shaydan Penniment and gain significant ground
on David Caisley who had pulled away in front of the 1200’s. On reaching Kolb
corner, El Hafidoun passed into the lead, leaving Caisley behind. At the end of
turn 7, El Hafidoun was passing Neville Bettridge in a 1600 and had left Penniment
behind at Kolb Corner. The rest of the 4 were now in the chase.
Rod Lisson’s car benefited from a timing
correction and it was back to rocket speed for the most powerful 1200 on the
race track. Lisson battled from the back and passed El Hafidoun, Bromlewe and
Caisley in the right grass on the way down to turn 7, having carried a
significant amount of speed into Kolb corner.
His times improved significantly and the new chasing trio were running a
second a lap behind, entangled in their own battle for position. In the end,
Caisley, El Hafidoun and Bromlewe left it to the last corner to decide who
would take 2nd, 3rd and fourth. Bromlewe had to give way to Caisley in the
straight and in turn 7 to El Hafidoun.
In the final, a good start from El Hafidoun
and Lisson have them pointing in first and second place when disaster hit car
#98 of El Hafidoun with some massive misfiring traced back to a lose tappet
adjusting screw. After a lap recording a
decent time, the engine finally gave up and couldn’t be driven anymore and it
was the end of the weekend for El Hafidoun, with a push rod coming undone. Rod Lisson went on to win the race with
Caisley second and Bromlewe third.
As we have seen this weekend, the battle
for the 1200cc wins is proving a great spectacle for the public with Lisson,
Caisley, El Hafidoun and Bromlewe offering them some close and exciting racing,
keeping it clean and professional. In
the end, Lisson takes the win closely followed by Caisley 2nd and
Bromlewe 3rd. In the 1600
battle, David Campbell only managed second overall with Cameron Edwards taking the
win – the winning margin in race three for Cameron was 8 hundredths of a
second.. In his first race in a 1600 Shaydan Penniment took an excellent third
having fought all day with the youngest racing driver in WA, Jordan Cvetanoski.
Jordan had an outstanding first race meeting, starting form the back for races
1 and 2 yet he managed to be fourth overall by the end of the day. The 1600
drivers will need to watch their mirrors for Shaydan and Jordan in the future.
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Race 3 results
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Pos Car Competitor/Team Driver Vehicle Cap CL Laps
Race.Time Fastest...Lap
1 2
Pit Crew Management Consultant Cameron Edwards AJAY 08 1600 G
10 11:43.9892 5 1:09.2202*
2 58
Linda
David Campbell Stinger
007 1600 G
10 11:44.0676 2 1:09.2643
3 6
SJP Racing
Shaydan Penniment
Scorpion MK2 1600 G
10 11:54.0022 5 1:10.4480
4 8
Perth 3MW
Jordan Cvetanoski TRE/VEE
MK1 1600 G
10 12:04.0534 6 1:11.0861
5 9
Raceline Racewear
Neil Mclay Mako 03 1600 G
10 12:05.2714 6 1:11.2230
6 28
Steve Williams Racing
Stephen Williams Jacer
99 1600 G
10 12:13.2909
6 1:10.9735
7 71
Litech Systems
Rod Lisson Sabre
01 1200 S
10 12:14.0165 6 1:11.2728
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Neville Bettridge Copy
Cat 1600 G
10 12:18.7913 2 1:11.9892
9 7 David
Caisley Ribuck 1200 S
10 12:19.0221 5 1:12.4913
10 1
Savcor
Derek Bromlewe Elfin
Crusader 1200 S 10 12:19.1888 5 1:11.9000
11 15 James
McDonald Elfin 1200 S
10 12:35.3480 2 1:13.2481
12 49
Integrated Managed Services
Peter Dyball Aurora
2004 1600 G 10
12:43.7047 6 1:14.1608
13 77
YEOBA Engineering
Allan Yeo Vixen
MY01 1200 S
10 12:44.2512 8 1:14.3277
14 27
Right Way Industrial
Daniel Linehan VW PRD
CRRS Pheonix 1200 S
10 12:44.6166 10 1:14.3808
15 33
Tyrepro and Mechanical
Brett Scarey Elfin
Crusader 1200 S
10 12:46.0715 2 1:14.3938
16 91
Prospect Project Services
Peter Jojart Sabre
99 1200 S
10 12:46.4366 6 1:14.0547
DNF 98
Delanie INC
Nordine El Hafidoun Sabre
01 1200 S
3 4:20.9654 2 1:12.6130
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