MEDIA RELEASE- For Immediate Release, February 28

THE FLY BRIEFLY CLUTCHES SA TITLE

Ian ‘The Fly’ Lewis and the Camden Neon Signs Racing team were a major threat of a Victorian team taking out the South Australian Sprintcar Title at Murray Bridge Speedway last weekend.

Like the majority of races this season, Lewis would start both heat races out of the middle positions. In heat one ‘The Fly’ came out of fourth to get a great start and sit in second place until a late yellow period allowed the chance to get past Ian Binding to take the win. Lewis’ second heat was again promising by finishing third after starting fifth.

Two strong heat results put the Adtrans, Camden Neon Signs, J&J Auto Racing car as the second highest points scorer on the night behind Phil March and would lead the B-Dash from pole position. The six-lap event put Lewis as a definite favourite for the 30-lap feature race after comfortably leading the field home over Mark Reuter and Dylan Jenkin.

Starting out of second position alongside Stephen Bell, Lewis got a magnificent start and went straight to the lead of the race to quickly catch and start negotiating through lapped traffic on the fourth lap.

Unfortunately for ‘The Fly’ the hand on the SA Title lost its grasp on the eighth lap when the Adtrans, Camden Neon Signs, J&J Auto Racing car spun in turn four. The car performed a series of infield doughnuts and rejoined the race in sixth place.

“Before the track was graded the setup on the car was fine but I wasn’t expecting the track to dry out as quick as it did in the feature after the track grade. As a result the car spun in turn four early on as I ran a similar setup to what I had in the heats,” explained Lewis.

With the track drying out considerably, passing was difficult with cars running the bottom line, but Lewis earned the chance to have another crack at the leaders when the race went under yellow on lap ten, allowing him to restart directly behind those in front.

In a matter of laps Lewis was already in fourth position and sat in an eventual possible podium place when the race went under caution again at the half way mark of the A-Main.

“I thought about possibly going high around some of the cars but I really don’t think there was anything in the track up there for it to work, so the car could easily have ended up in the wall. So it definitely wasn’t worth risking that.”

Lewis easily had the speed over the cars behind, however was so evenly matched with Bell and Luke Dillon ahead that their respective gaps remained rather constant but once again the Adtrans, Camden Neon Signs, J&J Auto Racing car had trouble in turn four with the car spinning on consecutive laps and crossing the line an unrewarding ninth.

“It’s disappointing because we know we had the pace to win, unfortunately we opted for the wrong setup for what happened with the track.”

One positive for the Camden Neon Signs Racing team is the SRA Eureka Garages and Sheds series round at Moama was rained out on the weekend, leaving Lewis still in second place, only 36 points behind John Vogels.

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.