FAST EDDY - ROUND ONE.
7th Sep 2010
THOMAS TAKES ROUND 1.
As the Pro`s lines up to lead the race off, there were
three favoured winners, Jason Thomas, and PAR HOMES Honda riders Ray
Rowson and Shane Careless. All three are fast and Thomas, had won
several events leading up to this outing. Paul Edmondson was missing
from the line-up. He never intended to enter the opening round of the
Championship series but he had his work cut out managing the event.
Thomas took the lead into the first corner and never looked back. The was no doubting his speed as he set the fastest lap time of the event, but Rowson was only eight seconds behind, both riders broke the seven minute lap barrier, quite a feat in the worsening conditions. Rowson`s race finished after six laps when mechanical failure left him stranded.
Jason Thomas won with a clear lap on the rest of the field as Genus Motorsport`s Chris Tett took up the challenge and banged home 15 laps to take second place in the Pro class. Tim Foreman closed on Tetty towards the end and got the gap down to three minutes as he finished in third spot. Shane Careless held fourth place just ahead of James Jackman in fifth.