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Debut Race of the Motul Suzuki Microsprint Race Car

29th January 2010

Well the highs and lows of speedway were experienced on the weekend 13/02/10

with the Debut of the Mighty Red Rooster Motul Suzuki LGM Microsprint.

8 cars made the journey to Gatton for the Tiny Barber Memorial on what was a glorious

QLD summers day, and with a quick track due to all the rain we have had recently, it

was going to make for a great nights racing.

Heat 1: The first heat saw Murray start from position 7 on an 8 lap journey, and after

feeling the car out for a lap or two quickly started moving forward passing cars with ease

as the power of the BIG 450 kicked in and suddenly found himself in 2^nd place, and could

have gained on 1^st if not for the fact he had run out of tear offs.

The smile on his face when he rolled in to the pit area was ear to ear but the car had a small

problem with the radiator, it had pulled one of the mounting points out of the tank and caused

the car to be rather hot, after letting the car cool we fixed the tank with a bit sealant which had

solved the problem, but by then had missed the 2^nd heat.

Heat 3: So once again from the rear of field and feeling confident after 1^st heat, Murray saw the

green flag hit the loud pedal and went straight past 2 cars before the 1^st turn, but the car did not

sound right so he put the car straight to the infield. It was when the car came back to the pit area

that we noticed it had broken the exhaust at the header. With a quick fix the only solution for the

next heat, we put a bit of Aussie know how together with a coke can and a couple of clamps and

went again.

Heat 4: So with fingers crossed and wishful thinking, we set off again from rear of field, and once again

on the green Murray blasted past 2 cars again by the 1^st turn but unfortunately it was no good the pipe

had gone again and straight to the infield. This time we put it back on the trailer and thought we would

live to fight another day.

All in all it was a great 1^st hit out in the car, and we have worked out the simple things to fix, so it will be

down to Skips Performance for those little things and then ready for Grafton on the 27^th February.

We would like to thank all sponsors and supporters who are on board this season as the car was noticed

and commented upon the whole night and is a true credit to Murray, the Team and all sponsors.