ARB - Pinjarra Engineering Hyden 400
Round 1 - 2008 Australian Off Road Championships
Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd, March 2008
Hyden, WA
Commentary - Saturday 22nd March 2008
Times listed are WA (West Standard Time).
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| 1:06pm |
Shannon Renstch has just completed the run into town with a time of 31:58.13 David Fellows was next with a time of 32:02.68
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| 12:52pm |
We are back.....
All set up in the township of Hyden awaiting the arrival of the first cars.
The field start at 12:30pm as scheduled at Smithy's Place for the 48 km run into Hyden. It is expected to take the front running cars about 35 minutes.
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| 6:38pm |
That concludes todays action at Hyden and we look forward to good racing conditions tomorrow after the downpour of rain today.
The track today even though was very slippery, allowed competitors a dust free run and as a conseqence there were no reported injuries or incidents with an extremely hight finishing rate to the days racing.
We will be back on-line tomorrow morning and look forward to bringing you the action for the ARB- Pinjarra Engineeriing Hyden 400. Round 1 - 2008 Australian Off Road Championship
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| 6:32pm |
454 Brad Gallard says that the slippery conditions into Hyden were not suitable for his tyre selection for the event. Track dried out on the return trip and the performance of the Extreme 2wd improved and is looking forward to tomorrows racing.
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| 6:30pm |
88 Chris Coulthard driver the Rob Hawker mid mount Jimco was thrilled with the performance of the vehicle until lack of coolant caused the engine to expire.
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| 6:27pm |
701 Geoff Pickering, challenging conditions on the run into Hyden which caused early breaking but the leg back to smithy's place was ideal for the Mitsubishi backed Pajero
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| 6:25pm |
The top 10 finishes after section 1 is as follows
David Fellows / Andrew Kittle 1:10:19.55
Shannon and Ian Rentsch 1:12:42.70
Hayden Bentley / Ben Chivell 1:13:39.62
Brad Prout 1:13:42.46
Eric Phillips / Gary Friend 1:15:27.86
Matt and Sam Hanson 1:16:35.24
Travis Robinson / Paul Currie 1:17:06.04
Brian Robinson / Glen Ward 1:17:12.05
Travis Milburn /Matthew Steele 1:20:52:74
Bruce Chapman/Garry Weatherley 1:21:13.99
and this will be the order that they will start for Section 2 tomorrow morning
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| 6:10pm |
511 Glen Flanagan returns in a time of 57:55 and a total time of 2:17:40
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| 6:08pm |
571 David Cowan returns to Smithy's Place in a time of 57:21 and a total time of 2:09:42
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| 6:06pm |
855 Paul Kelly returns in a time of 54:11 and a total time of 2:08:10
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| 6:02pm |
553 John House returns in a time of 53:37 and a total time of 1:52:54
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| 6:00pm |
525 Darren Russell returns in a time of 49:42 and a total time of 1:52:19
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| 5:55pm |
189 Steven Triscari finishes in a time of 48:48 and a total time of 1:54:03
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| 5:54pm |
736 Gregory Schultz finishes in a time of 50:09 and a total time of 1:40:50
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| 5:51pm |
829 Paul Robertson returns in a time of 49:38 and total time 1:40:22
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| 5:50pm |
519 Stuart Graham completes his return to Smithy's Place in a time of 47:46 and a total time of 1:39:40
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| 5:49pm |
313 Michael French in a time of 43:14 and a total time of 2:03:34
249 Jeremy Lia returns to the finish line missing the front right hand side wheel in a time of 1:04:07
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| 5:47pm |
888 Justin Yaksich returns in a time of 47:13 and a total time of 1:35:40
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| 5:45pm |
968 Brad Cooper crosses the line in a time of 1:12:43 and a total time of 1:50:58
806 Frank Galea completes in a time of 47:46 and a total time of 1:32:59
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| 5:43pm |
570 Daniel Smith is out - his radiator loosened and went through the fan
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| 5:41pm |
881 David Fong returns in a time on 46:15 and a total time of 1:35:03
850 Garry Povah returns in a time of 44:46 and a total time of 1:32:31
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| 5:39pm |
282 Adam Greg anf Naomi goddard in his first run returns from Hyden in a time of 42:54 and a total time of 1:33:47
Adam currently is 3rd in the Super 1650 class 27th outright.
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| 5:37pm |
870 Trevor Spencer drags his left hand rear panel accross the finish line in a time of 43:54 and a total time of 1:29:30
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| 5:36pm |
The current Performance 2wd class winner Peter Kozak from WA crosses the line and accepts the chequered flag in a time of 43:59 and total time of 1:32:15
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| 5:34pm |
74 Brett Renton finishes in a lap time of 45:30 and total time of 1:35:12
222 Grant Payne finishes in a time of 42:39 and total time of 1:31:38
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| 5:33pm |
866 Mark Murray would be pleased with a return of 43:12 and a total time of 1:37:13
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| 5:32pm |
434 Dale Hands finishes in a time of 41:30 and a total time of 1:28:55
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| 5:31pm |
581 Harley Cooke returns in a time of 44:31 and a total time of 1:33:20
430 Dirk Van Geest crosses in a time of 42:16 with his total time 1:27:06
Dirk is currently sitting in 17th position for section 1
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| 5:27pm |
297 Darren Agrela returns in a time of 40:05 and a total time of 1:21:57
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| 5:26pm |
575 Dave Rohrlach completes his lap in a time of 44:18 and a total time of 1:28:52
413 Ian French "the mover and shaker" for the Western Desert Racers returns in a time of 42:20 and a total time of 1:27:17
444 Darren Beckett has diff problems and is out
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| 5:24pm |
701 Geoff Pickering returns in a lap time of 42:49 and a total time for section 1 of 1:29:03
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| 5:24pm |
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| 5:21pm |
61 Chris Western finishes in a time of 41:50 completing section 1 in a time of 1:35:20
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| 5:20pm |
199 Ken Styles finishes in a time of 41:39 and total time of 1:25:43
62 Matt Western from Off Road Rush finishes in a time of 46:42 and a total time of 1:26:36
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| 5:19pm |
6 Nev Taylor from Qld heads for the finish line and finishes in a time of 40:26 and a total time of 1:27:36
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| 5:17pm |
73 Max Pilmer returns in a lap time of 41:35 and a total time for Section 1 of 1:23:42
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| 5:16pm |
The last car has left the township of Hyden on their return to Smithy's place.
81 James Madden crosses in a time of 39:59 and a total time of 1:22:35
454 Brad Gallard returns in a time of 38:49 and a total time of 1:23:25
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| 5:14pm |
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| 5:09pm |
Bruce Chapman powers into the arena heading for the final jump, approaching the finish line in a time of 37:23 and a total time of 1:21:13
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| 5:07pm |
Travis Robinson returns in a time of 38:00 and a total time of 1:17:06
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| 5:07pm |
25 Travis Milburn does a 36:34 bringing his total time to 1:20:52
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| 5:05pm |
Matt Hanson spins as he enters the arena allowing Travis Milburn to gain valuable seconds. Matt finishes in a time of 36:34 bringing his total time to 1:20:52
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| 5:04pm |
Brian Robinson crosses in a lap time of 37:18 bringing his total time to 1:17:12
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| 5:02pm |
Beau Robinson is out of the return leg with a dropped valve in the engine
96 Eric Phillips returns in a time of 37:05 rounding his section to 1:15:27
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| 5:01pm |
Total times for the first 3
Fellows 1:10:19
Rentsch 1:12:42
Bentley 1:13:39
2 Brad Prout crosses the line in a time of 37:03 bring his overall time to
1:13:42
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| 4:59pm |
closely followed by Shannon Rentsch in a time of 35:15
Australia No: 1 Hayden Bentley is approaching the finish line in a time of 36:18
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| 4:57pm |
14 David Fellows is approaching the finish line on his return from Hyden in a time of 35:42
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| 4:55pm |
The Top 10 Shoot out was sponsored by Maddison Ceilings. Graham Reeve and the crew at maddison have put up $2000 in cold cash for the winner of the shoot out. Thanks to Graham for his support to the event...
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| 4:53pm |
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| 4:47pm |
Welcome back to the ARB - Pinjarra Engineering Hyden 400 Round 1 - 2008 Australian Off Road Championship.
Vehicles are now on the way back from the township of Hyden heading back to Smithy's Place.
Rain has cleared with a steady breeze blowing the flags in front of the spectator area.
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| 3:49pm |
511 Glen Flanagan is just slowly coming into vies to complete his lap, just ahead of the sweep car...crossing the line in a time of 1:19:45.41
We have accounted for all competitors into Hyden and now the vehicles will be lined up for the return to Smithy's Place...
We will now be off line as we all make our way from Hyden back to Smithy's Place.
The top 10 as per on the road position
David Fellows
Shannon Rentsch
Hayden Bentley
Brad Prout
Eric Phillips
Brian Robinson
Matt Hanson
Travis Milburn
Travis Robinson
Beau Robinson
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| 3:42pm |
855 1:13:59.28 Paul Kelly slips and slides across the paddock and finishes his run into town...
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| 3:38pm |
571 David Cowan complets his run in 1:12:20.98
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| 3:37pm |
86 Travis Robinson completed the course into Hyden ahead of other Outerbounds Racing Team members, 48 seconds ahead of Dad, Brian. Brian back to Beau another 1 min 51 seconds. The trek back to Smithy's Place will put the pressure on young Trav..
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| 3:26pm |
553 John House arrives in a time of 59:16.82
525 Darren Russell arrives in 1:02:37.58
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| 3:24pm |
While waiting for the remainder of the field to arrive at Hyden competitors have the opportunity to dry off and have some food and fluids before the return leg to Smithy's Place
The sky is starting to break up with blue sky and the sun trying to shine
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| 3:22pm |
313 Michael French in a lap time of 1 hour 20 min 20 seconds
570 Daniel Smith in a time of 1:11:45.43
189 Steven Triscari in a time on 1:05:15.25
271 Malcolm Yeardley in a time of 1:04:56.28
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| 3:17pm |
520 Scott Rogers 50:57
888 Justin Yaksich 48:26
519 Stuart Graham 52:44
829 Paul Robertson 50:44
883 Russell Cullen 51:54
736 Gregory Schultz 50:41
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| 3:00pm |
870 Trevor Spencer crosses in 45:35.95
881 David Fong arrives in 48:47.92
282 Adan Greg and Naomi Goddard arrive in 50:52.48
850 Garry Povah arrive in 47:44.99with 806 Frank Galea arriving in 45:13.00
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| 2:55pm |
501 Peter Kozak crosses the line in a time of 48:16.36
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