ARB - Pinjarra Engineering Hyden 450
Round 1 - 2009 Australian Off Road Championship
Round 2 - 2009 West Australian Off Road Championship
Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th, April 2009
Hyden, WA
Commentary - Sunday 12th April 2009
Times listed are WA (West Standard Time).
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| 4:35pm |
Brett Young and Michelle Bairstow (715) are the last car to cross the line, so thats all competitors home for the ARB Pinjarra Engineering 450.
Congratulations to Shannon and Ian Rentsch on their back to back win at Hyden.
Congratulations to Andrew Pinto and Jason Prior (5) for their second place and Travis Robinson and Paul Currie (13) for taking out third.
Commiserations to David Fellows and Andrew Kittle on their near win.
We would also like to congratulate the event organiser, the Western Desert Racers for their flexibility to adapt to the extreme conditions enabling todays racing to go ahead.
Thats all from us here in the Western Australian wheatbelt and Hyden surrounds. Please keep checking offroadracing.com.au for team updates in the cominmg weeks.
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| 4:16pm |
Peter Kozak is finally in, leaving #715 the production 4WD of Brett Young sponsored by CAD group as the last car on course.
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| 4:13pm |
#572 Peter Kozak is on his way home in the Holden Ute, we are waiting to see the dust on the horizon.
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| 4:12pm |
#715 and #572 are the only cars left on course unaccounted for, the last lap has been a huge success with only fellows retiring in #2, very impressive racing.
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| 4:10pm |
Dave Fellows who was leading before this lap has destroyed his clutch, costing him the win.
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| 4:10pm |
#881 is closely followed into the finish by #802
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| 4:09pm |
#803 a entrant in the extreme 4WD category has been driving in 2WD all day. They have fried the rear tires.
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| 4:04pm |
#803 is closely followed by Steven Phillips in #196
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| 4:03pm |
#469 has made it home in the De Tomaso V6
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| 4:02pm |
#121 has been followed into by 232, with the Zettl's coming in very quickly.
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| 3:59pm |
#475 has finished on a flat Right front tyre, they have been driving on it for a while, the tire is totally annihilated, well done to Chapman.
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| 3:58pm |
#911 has finished with only 1st and 3rd gear.
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| 3:56pm |
#911 has recovered from a poor start to the weekend to finish.
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| 3:55pm |
#462 driven by Chris Western has completed the whole lap with no power steering, that is a excellent effort to finish as well as they did.
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| 3:53pm |
We have 33 cars in a drag down the back straight. #833 is leading, #125 and #462 coming in the rear after having started in front of the other 2.
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| 3:51pm |
In a excellent result for Razorback Racing #48 and #81 have finished nose to tail.
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| 3:50pm |
#401 has had a even better result given they had to stop to change a flat tyre.
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| 3:49pm |
#81 Madden has made a excellent effort to finish, after rolling over yesterday.
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| 3:48pm |
#31 has finished with no rear brakes, and #401 had troubles with a hot foot, he used the heat insulation tape around his boot, true inguinity.
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| 3:46pm |
#81 James Madden and Craig Trewhella are just entering the finish arena.
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| 3:45pm |
#401 the first of the extreme 2WD class is coming in now, he had done wicked quick clothing proud.
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| 3:44pm |
#968 the Pinjarra Engineering entry of Brad Cooper and Darren Agrela is safely home.
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| 3:43pm |
#21 Mark Burrows and Colin Hodge are through, they only had a 6 second buffer over #31 Brett Taylor who has come in now.
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| 3:40pm |
Buddy and Kerry Crowe have guided the #4 car home extremely well, #24 is coming in, these positions will be close.
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| 3:39pm |
#2 David Fellows wont make the top 3, it's just a point of how far down the order he will fall.
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| 3:39pm |
#3 Brad Prout in the Red Devil Energy Drinks car has guided it home.
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| 3:37pm |
#13 Travis Robinson and Paul Currie are next back, followed by #58 Bruce Chapman and Peter Vial. Travis may get 3rd place here at his home event.
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| 3:34pm |
#5, Pinto is the next car through, they were 3min 30 behind Fellows, it is up to Fellows to try and get back to keep 2nd place.
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| 3:33pm |
#1 has finished, giving them the unconfirmed win.
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| 3:32pm |
A report has #1 in the lead, and #2 not in the lead pack.
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| 3:31pm |
#1 the Rentsch boys has reportedly passed #2 Fellows.
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| 3:30pm |
We are now awaiting the cars to finish, this will be a real cliff hanger between #1 and #2.
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| 3:30pm |
#802 has made a nice take off from the start line.
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| 3:28pm |
#715 the CAD group production 4WD is on the line driven by Brett Young has left the line.
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| 3:26pm |
#196 Steven Phillips and Corey Phillips has left teh start line and made their way through the hair pins.
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| 3:25pm |
#803 is launched well by Rob Chapman
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| 3:24pm |
#572 The Holden ute of Peter Kozak is off to a good start, guiding it nicely behind the Perth 4X4 sign.
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| 3:23pm |
#121 Matt and Mat Martin are off the line with a nice clean start.
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| 3:22pm |
#469, Glen and Jay Ward have got off the start line, but sounded to be having troubles.
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| 3:21pm |
#232 is now on the line, Werner and Susan Zettl are hoping to guide the super buggy around safely to take the category win.
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| 3:20pm |
#911 has just left the line, looking to make up time as he did last time around.
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| 3:19pm |
#102 the Alice Hosetech entry of Andrew Mowles is about to leave the start line.
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| 3:18pm |
The Porsche entry of Greg and Allison Campbell has just left the start line.
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| 3:17pm |
#801, the Cherokee of Colin Hunter and Margot Knowles is about to launch from the lines, they are looking to make up 43 seconds on to catch Bowman for the Extreme 4WD category.
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| 3:15pm |
#833, Sandy Bowman and Simon Cox have just left the line.
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| 3:14pm |
The Sanderson Transport entry #125 just left the line.
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| 3:14pm |
#462, the Extreme 2WD entry of Chris Western from QLD will be looking for another good lap.
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| 3:13pm |
#48 driven by Bradley Mudge with Ashley Smith giving the orders is now on the start line
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| 3:12pm |
#81 The Offroad Shop Entry of James Madden and Craig Trewhella will be looking to be 19seconds quicker than Brad Cooper to take 11th overall.
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| 3:10pm |
#401 Brad Gallard and Scott Modistach lost 3 places on the last lap and will be looking to improve this time around.
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| 3:09pm |
#968, the pinjarra engineering entry of Brad Cooper is on the line.
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| 3:08pm |
#31 Brett Taylor and Peter Tries made up 2 positions on the last lap and have only 6seconds to make up on Burrows to take position 9 overall.
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| 3:07pm |
#21 the Albins Off Road Gear entry of Mark Burrows and Colin Hodge have just left the start line.
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| 3:05pm |
After a a great start from Brad Prout, the #4 entry of Buddy and Kerry Crowe are on the start line, their lead of 55 seconds was reduced to 47 by Ryan and Michael Taylor, but it would take a major problem for the Crowes or outstanding effort from the Taylors for those positions to change.
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| 3:03pm |
the #58 entry is on the start line, having to try and catch up the 25seconds that Brad Prout gained over him on the last lap. #58 is starting first as the cars are starting in the order they finished after the last lap, #3 is in front in the overall standings.
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| 3:00pm |
Andrew Pinto and Jason Prior have increased their lead by 23 seconds over the BFG entry of Travis Robinson and Paul Currie, who are currently on the stat line.
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| 2:58pm |
#2 the Toyota sponsored vehicle of David Fellows and Andrew Kittle is sitting on the line, #1 waiting behind them. The Rentsch boys are going to have to push hard to make up the 10 seconds they are behind, last time around the ymade 8 seconds, so anything is possible here.
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| 2:53pm |
We are 10 minutes from the start of the final lap of the ARB Hyden 450.
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| 2:52pm |
#703 have not been able to complete in their allocated time, the electrical gremilins seem to have got the better of them.
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| 2:47pm |
#715 has just made their way across the finish line.
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