Latrobe, TAS – American Jason Johnson became the seventh different feature winner in the 2007-08 Wanless World Series Sprintcars championship after holding Max Dumesny and then Brooke Tatnell at bay to claim Round 8 at Mountain Dew Ice International Speedway.

Johnson ( Supaloc / Armor All Eagle ) won the opening race to the first corner over fellow front row starter Dumesny ( Valvoline / GKR Transport Maxim ) only to see Trevor Green ( Adrad Radiators / Australia Wide Towing Cool ) cut a tyre resulting in a complete restart.

The Cajun Sensation again outdragged the seven times champion on the complete restart and set sail towards his maiden victory of this summer's championship.

At the half race stage Tatnell ( Toyota Genuine Parts / Valvoline Cool ) swept by Dumesny to take over second but a spin by James McFadden ( Morvale Group / Precision Earthmoving Repairs Eagle ) a lap later halted his charge towards Johnson.

All attention switched to Danny Reidy ( Queensland Speedway Spares / SDA Plumbing Eagle ) on the ensuing restart as he blew by Robbie Farr ( East Coast Pipeline / Orrcon J&J ) and Adrian Redpath at opposing ends of the circuit before looping the car. Redpath luckily kept the car under power as a not so fortunate Dan Morton ( Morvale Group / Precision Earthmoving Repairs Eagle ) flipped out of the feature event.

From the restart Johnson held sway over Tatnell whilst Redpath snatched the final podium position from Dumesny on the penultimate lap.

The win was Jason Johnson’s ninth career win in Wanless World Series Sprintcars competition and could not have come soon enough.

“It has been a hard fought year so far!” announced Johnson from the winners circle.

“This is a great victory for the team just before we go into Speedweek.”

The season thus far has been treacherous for the Disbury Family Racing outfit but this win will go a long way towards retaining the spirit amongst the camp.

“I certainly come out here to enjoy myself and win races and a night like tonight sure makes you enjoy it all again.”

The win was Johnson's second victory at the Latrobe venue.

Australian champion Brooke Tatnell continued his ultra consistent run by steering his Krikke Motorsports machine into his sixth podium finish from eight starts consolidating his points lead in the process.

Tatnell stalked Johnson in two separte attempts but was left to rue the mid race stoppage.

“We went for a harder compound than Jason and that long red didn’t help us at all.” explained Tatnell.

“It took us 8 to 10 laps to get heat back into the tyres after that stoppage and we pushed so hard that in the end we burnt them up.”

Tatnell was at the same time full of praise for the race winner.

“Full credit to Jason as he done a good job tonight.”

“It is great for the series that the wins are getting shared around but we just want more to come our way.”

Tatnell is amazingly the only repeat feature win in this years championship. Other winners have been Kerry Madsen, Peter Lack, Todd Wanless, Garry Brazier, Robbie Farr and now Johnson.

Third home was Adrian Redpath who equaled his career best finish in World Series Sprintcars competition. His other podium finish was a third placing to Robbie Farr and Brooke Tatnell at Speedway City in the opening Speedweek round of the 2005-06 championship.

Redpath was obviously thrilled with the result.

“We are rapt to get third especially at our home track in front of all our sponsors and fans.”

“This is terrific!”

The fact that Redpath was only a few revs away from stalling amidst the chaos on lap 16 was not lost on the talented pilot from the Holiday Isle.

“We were lucky to keep it going. We could easily have been restarting at the rear of the field right there!”

Max Dumesny was squeezed out of third but held on to finish fourth ahead of Jason Dawkins who mirrored his top five effort last weekend at Hobart. Fellow Tasmanian Jamie Bricknell was impressive passing six cars - earning him the Hoosier Hard Charger award - on his way to finishing in sixth.

Robbie Farr, Peter Lack ( G&W Racing / Caltex JEI ), Trevor Green and David Murcott ( Mainline Dynalog Dynamometers / John Sidney Racing JEI ) rounded out the top ten.

Earlier in the night Brooke Tatnell paced the field with an 11.509 at an average speed of 137.63km/h

The Wanless World Series Sprintcars return to action for Round 9 on Boxing day, December 26th at Speedway City Adelaide which doubles as the opening round of the annual Speedweek series.

The prestigious Speedweek series takes in five nights of racing in seven days with every event paying a minimum of $10,000 to win

Speedweek :
Wednesday Dec 26 - Rnd 1 - Speedway City, Adelaide
Thursday Dec 27 - Rnd 2 - Murray Bridge Speedway, Murray Bridge
Saturday Dec 29 - Rnd 3 - Borderline Raceway, Mount Gambier
Sunday Dec 30 - Rnd 4 - Avalon Raceway, Geelong
Tuesday Jan 1 - Rnd 5 - Sungold Stadium Premier Speedway, Warrnambool

Wanless World Series Sprintcars Rnd 8; Mountain Dew Ice Speedway,TAS; Dec 15, 2007

Comp Cams Qualifying
1. A1-Brooke Tatnell 11.509 (137.63 km/h)
2. Q7-Robbie Farr 11.862
3. V5-Max Dumesny 11.889
4. T12-Adrian Redpath 11.905
5. T17-Jason Dawkins 11.919
6. T55-Jamie Bricknell 12.055
7. N11-Trevor Green 12.075
8. V77-David Murcott 12.082
9. NT5-Danny Reidy 12.083
10. T20-Ashley House 12.129
11. Q16-Bryan Mann 12.133
12. t10-Mitchell Dumesny 12.151
13. U5-Jason Johnson 12.220
14. Q58-Peter Lack 12.244
15. Q78-Daniel Morton 12.256
16. T50-Malcolm Lee 12.367
17. S24-Ricky Maiolo 12.409
18. Q77-James McFadden 12.490
19. T2-Shannon Wynne-Allen 12.587
20. T22-Jeff Lette 12.596
21. T11-Jason Redpath 12.682
22. T9-Anthony Johns 12.769
23. Q47-Allan Haynes 12.824
24. T4-Gerry Hoekstra 12.900
25. T45-Kurt Luttrell 12.929
26. T97-Steven Rowe 13.093
27. T15-Tim Austin 13.123
28. T16-Adam Alexander 13.419


Heat
1. U5-Jason Johnson
2. A1-Brooke Tatnell
3. N11-Trevor Green
4. T9-Anthony Johns
5. T12-Adrian Redpath
6. T2-Shannon Wynne-Allen
7. T20-Ashley House
8. T50-Malcolm Lee
9. T97-Steven Rowe


Heat
1. Q47-Allan Haynes
2. T15-Tim Austin
3. S24-Ricky Maiolo
4. Q7-Robbie Farr
5. T17-Jason Dawkins
6. V77-David Murcott
7. T22-Jeff Lette
8. Q58-Peter Lack
9. T3-Phill Coates
10. Q16-Bryan Mann


Heat
1. T11-Jason Redpath
2. Q78-Daniel Morton
3. Q77-James McFadden
4. V5-Max Dumesny
5. NT5-Danny Reidy
6. T4-Gerry Hoekstra
7. T55-Jamie Bricknell
8. t10-Mitchell Dumesny
9. T16-Adam Alexander


Heat
1. U5-Jason Johnson
2. Q47-Allan Haynes
3. T2-Shannon Wynne-Allen
4. N11-Trevor Green
5. A1-Brooke Tatnell
6. S24-Ricky Maiolo
7. Q16-Bryan Mann
8. T17-Jason Dawkins
9. T3-Phill Coates


Heat
1. T12-Adrian Redpath
2. T11-Jason Redpath
3. V5-Max Dumesny
4. Q78-Daniel Morton
5. NT5-Danny Reidy
6. T20-Ashley House
7. T9-Anthony Johns
8. T50-Malcolm Lee
9. T97-Steven Rowe
10. T16-Adam Alexander


Heat
1. Q58-Peter Lack
2. T4-Gerry Hoekstra
3. T22-Jeff Lette
4. Q7-Robbie Farr
5. V77-David Murcott
6. t10-Mitchell Dumesny
7. T55-Jamie Bricknell
8. T27-Kane Cruse


Dash
1. U5-Jason Johnson
2. A1-Brooke Tatnell
3. Q7-Robbie Farr
4. V77-David Murcott
5. T17-Jason Dawkins
6. Q78-Daniel Morton


Dash
1. V5-Max Dumesny
2. T12-Adrian Redpath
3. N11-Trevor Green
4. NT5-Danny Reidy
5. T11-Jason Redpath
6. T55-Jamie Bricknell


B-Main
1. Q58-Peter Lack
2. Q47-Allan Haynes
3. S24-Ricky Maiolo
4. t10-Mitchell Dumesny
5. Q77-James McFadden
6. T20-Ashley House
7. Q16-Bryan Mann
8. T2-Shannon Wynne-Allen
9. T4-Gerry Hoekstra
10. T22-Jeff Lette
11. T3-Phill Coates
12. T50-Malcolm Lee
13. T9-Anthony Johns
14. T16-Adam Alexander
15. T15-Tim Austin
16. T27-Kane Cruse
17. T97-Steven Rowe


A-Main
1. U5-Jason Johnson [1] - 150 pts
2. A1-Brooke Tatnell [3] - 146 pts
3. T12-Adrian Redpath [4] - 144 pts
4. V5-Max Dumesny [2] - 142 pts
5. T17-Jason Dawkins [9] - 140 pts
6. T55-Jamie Bricknell [12] - 138 pts
7. Q7-Robbie Farr [5] - 136 pts
8. Q58-Peter Lack [13] - 134 pts
9. N11-Trevor Green [6] - 132 pts
10. V77-David Murcott [7] - 130 pts
11. t10-Mitchell Dumesny [16] - 128 pts
12. T11-Jason Redpath [10] - 126 pts
13. Q47-Allan Haynes [14] - 124 pts
14. S24-Ricky Maiolo [15] - 122 pts
15. T20-Ashley House [18] - 120 pts
16. Q77-James McFadden [17] - 118 pts
17. NT5-Danny Reidy [8] - 116 pts
18. Q78-Daniel Morton [11] - 114 pts


Contingency Awards :
Comp Cams Quick Time Award : A1-Brooke Tatnell
Vortex Wings Dash Award : U5-Jason Johnson.
Hoosier Hard Charger Award : T55-Jamie Bricknell passed 6 cars.
VMAC Lucky 10th Place Award : V77-David Murcott


Wanless World Series Sprintcars Championship Points Standings ( Top 20 )
Pos Driver Total Rnds Wins Top 5 Top 10
1. Brooke Tatnell 1146 8 2 6 8
2. Max Dumesny 1116 8 4 8
3. Robbie Farr 1104 8 1 4 7
4. Trevor Green 1074 8 1 7
5. David Murcott 1050 8 2 7
6. Jason Johnson 1024 8 1 4 4
7. Peter Lack 946 8 1 1 3
8. James McFadden 944 8 1 3
9. Daniel Morton 928 8 2
10. Allan Haynes 894 8 1
11. Ricky Maiolo 882 8
12. Bryan Mann 858 8
13. Danny Reidy 856 7 3 4
14. Ryan Farrell 446 4 1 1
15. Domain Ramsay 414 4
16. Carl Dowling 370 3
17. Kris Coyle 346 3 1
18. Scott Reilly 336 3 1 1
19. Allan Nash 330 3
20. Wayne Russell 294 3


* Please note : Points were correct at time of issue, however, standings are subject to alteration and may be changed at any time.

Red Line Oil George Tatnell Rookie Of The Year Point Standings
Pos Driver Total
1. Peter Lack 946
2. James McFadden 944
3. Ricky Maiolo 882
4. Bryan Mann 858


Vortex Wings Dash Point Standings ( Top 10 )
Pos Driver Total Wins
1. Brooke Tatnell 34 3
2. Robbie Farr 32 2
3. Max Dumesny 29 3
4. Jason Johnson 28 3
5. Trevor Green 24
6. Danny Reidy 16
7. David Murcott 15
8. James McFadden 12
9. Luch Monte 10
10. Mark Dobmeier 9


JE Pistons B-Main Point Standings ( Top 10 )
Pos Driver Total
1. Bryan Mann 616
2. Ricky Maiolo 546
3. Domain Ramsay 414
4. Peter Lack 412
5. Shannon Wynne-Allen 216
6. Allan Nash 214
7. Gerry Hoekstra 212
Jamie Moon 212
9. David Ellement 206
10. Tim Austin 204


Del West Valves Heat Race Point Standings ( Top 10 )
Pos Driver Total
1. Brooke Tatnell 266
2. James McFadden 243
3. Max Dumesny 240
4. Ricky Maiolo 232
5. Peter Lack 228
6. Jason Johnson 216
7. Trevor Green 202
8. David Murcott 194
9. Danny Reidy 184
10. Bryan Mann 176


Wanless World Series Sprintcars sincerely thanks its proud sponsors :

Wanless - www.wanlesswastecorp.com.au
Performance Wholesale - www.performancewholesale.com.au
Comp Cams - www.compcams.com
Red Line Oil - www.redlineoil.com.au
Del West Valves - www.delwestusa.com
Vortex Racing Products -
Hoosier / Max Dumesny Motorsport - www.mdmotorsport.com.au
VMAC Racing Products - www.vmacracing.com
Maxwill Motors - www.maxwill.com.au
BR Motorsports - www.brmotorsports.com
1800-Be-Petty - www.1800bepetty.com
Inside Speedway -
Queensland Speedway Spares - www.speedwayspares.com
Sprintcar World - www.sprintcarworld.com.au