Dawkins Joins Sprint Series Winners List
The Examiner ... 11-11-2007

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Launceston’s speedway driver Jason Dawkins became the third winner in as many rounds of the $70,000 Farmers Union Iced Coffee Sprintcar Series after taking victory in round three at Latrobe’s Mountain Dew Ice International Speedway on Saturday night.

But the second-generation racer, is still well down the points table after a disastrous second-round on his home track at Carrick the week before in which he crashed heavily.

Determined to make up for lost time, Dawkins won both his heats on Saturday night to qualify on pole position for the 30-lap final.

But his win was anything but an all-the-way victory and came only after a titanic struggle with former State champion Adrian Redpath, of Latrobe, who eventually finished third, but gained enough points to take the series lead.

Launceston’s Kurt Luttrell was second in Saturday night’s final and after two previous consistent rounds, is now second overall in the series.

Luttrell started from grid three in the final with Redpath beside him on the second row, while Ulverstone’s Anthony Johns joined Dawkins on the front row.

Dawkins started strongly, but Redpath was brilliant and nailed Luttrell and Johns at the green light to jump into second place.

Six laps into the journey Dawkins and Redpath were getting onto the back of lapped traffic, where Redpath showed no fear to snatch the lead.

Dawkins responded and chased before Redpath clipped a safety cone, which bounced into the traffic, causing a stoppage.

Redpath was relegated two places for the re-start as a result of his indiscretion, with Dawkins starting in front of Luttrell, who had passed Johns, and Redpath.

But Redpath started brilliantly again and soon stole second place back from Luttrell as he once again started to zero in on Dawkins.

However, just as he looked likely to make a move, he clipped a slower car and lost momentum, allowing Dawkins to sneak away and Luttrell to blast past back into second.

The top three bunched up again in the closing laps, but Dawkins had Luttrell well-covered, who in turn was able to hold Redpath at bay until the chequered flag.

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Farmers Union Iced Coffee Sprintcar Series Round 3 Results:

Heat one: A. Redpath, 1; A. Johns, 2; K. Luttrell, 3.
Heat two: J. Dawkins, 1; A. House, 2; J. Bricknell, 3.
Heat three: R. Dawkins, 1; K. Luttrell, 2; T. Smith, 3.
Heat four: J. Dawkins, 1; P. Coates, 2; A. Alexander, 3.

A-Main (30 laps): J. Dawkins, 1; K. Luttrell, 2; A. Redpath, 3.

 

Farmers Union Series Rd3 Winner Jason Dawkins