MEDIA RELEASE- For Immediate Release, February 22

LEWIS ON THE MONEY AT SPEEDWAY CITY

Speedway City provided a happy hunting ground for Ian Lewis and the Camden Neon Signs Racing team at the Sprintcar Nationals on the weekend, with ‘The Fly’ a genuine podium contender at the conclusion.

Two important heat races on night one confronted the Adtrans, Camden Neon Signs, J&J Auto Racing car with Lewis forced to start an undesired mid-pack in each. After making up one position in the first heat to finish fourth, ‘The Fly’ was menacingly quick in his second heat to climb from sixth into second behind Max Dumesny.

After securing enough points to start out of eighth place in the preliminary A-Main, Lewis was set to face a difficult track that was fast, but contained ruts, which would unsettle and throw the Victoria 18 car about.

‘The Fly’ continued on with his earlier heat race pace and pushed through the field into the top five, until the car caught a rut and bicycled onto two wheels and fell back into 13th position.

“The car was still very good, I fell down the order but was able to come back again despite losing a fair bit of ground when the car bicycled onto two wheels," said Lewis.

Unfazed by the moment, Lewis pushed on while the Adtrans, Camden Neon Signs, J&J Auto Racing car performed a couple of spectacular wheel stands on its way to ending up where the car started, in eighth.

“There was no real race line, I was running up high and down low. It depended on traffic and trying to avoid the ruts that had developed".

“Of late we’ve had some hard luck stories at Speedway City but we really got a handle on the shock absorbers for this event and it definitely showed.”

Night two began with only one heat race for each competitor with the heat grid determined by points. Lewis started out of fourth however was involved in a tangle of cars involving Robbie Farr, Ben Atkinson and Cameron Gessner and as a result had to perform a few doughnuts on the infield skid pad just to rejoin in the race and keep the car running.

‘The Fly’ went on to finish fifth and was the eighth highest points scorer for the event, leaving him two positions short of a dash race start.

“The tangle bent a few things, mainly the steering so the car was a bit of a handful. We finished, that was the main thing, to not lose a lot of ground in points.”

The 40 lap A-Main began well for Lewis who was aided by some early race stoppages to eventually climb into third position after starting eighth, even having David Murcott challenge for position until he tagged the back of the Adtrans, Camden Neon Signs, J&J Auto Racing car.

All was looking positive for ‘The Fly’ until Farr came from the back of the field to take the final place on the podium with around ten laps remaining. Unlucky for Lewis who had the car in its strongest form over the final ten laps but was unable to get past for third and thus settled for fourth at the finish.

“Robbie was quick after starting from the back of the field but it was unlucky he got past when he did because the car was just starting to come on strong. I tried a few attempts to get back by but wasn’t able to make the pass stick.”

The Camden Neon Signs Racing team takes a break from the SRA Eureka Garages and Sheds series this weekend and travels back to South Australia to contest the South Australian Sprintcar Title at Murray Bridge Speedway.

Camden Neon Signs Racing is sponsored by Adtrans Truck Centre, Camden Neon Signs, J&J Auto Racing, Elf Race Fuels Australia, Cascade, Panna Cranes, The Metric Men and Transport Equipment Hire.