Malcolm Lee Scores Maiden Win In Hobart
Martin Agatyn … 10 – 4 - 2008

Article from the Examiner-- www.examiner.com.au

Westbury sprintcar driver Malcolm Lee scored his first feature event victory at the Hobart International Speedway on Saturday night, with a hard-earned win in the Tasmanian Performance Warehouse Sprintcar Shootout.
 

Lee, a former Tasmanian mini-sprint champion, qualified on pole position for the 25-lap final, in what was also his maiden front-row start, joined on the outside by recently crowned Tasmanian champion Jason Dawkins, of Launceston.

However, Lee started stronger and led Dawkins in the opening laps with Launceston’s Kurt Luttrell and Jamie Bricknell next in line.

Luttrell tangled with a lapped car after seven laps as Lee managed to weave his way through the traffic whilst holding the State champion at bay.

After being deemed the cause of the stoppage, Luttrell was sent to the rear for the re-start, sporting some front wing damage from the incident.

Lee continued to withstand every Dawkins challenge in easily the best drive of his career, until the State champion also clipped a lapped car and spun, resulting in another stoppage.

With Dawkins this time sent to the rear, Lee was able to consolidate his lead and score his long awaited maiden feature victory.

Bricknell closed the gap slightly in the final few laps to also record his best result to date, while Luttrell and Dawkins managed to work their way back through the field to finish third and fourth respectively.

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Quick Results:

Heat 1: J.Dawkins; M.Lee; K.Luttrell; G.Hoekstra; J.Bricknell; C.Coates; A.Frost

Heat 2: J.Bricknell; M.Lee; K.Luttrell; J.Dawkins; G.Hoekstra; A.Frost

Heat 3: M.Alexander; A.Frost; G.Mason; A.House

A-Main: M.Lee; J.Bricknell; K.Luttrell; G.Hoekstra; J.Dawkins; A.Frost; M.Alexander; A.House; G.Mason