LATEST NEWS FOR GRAFTON / LISMORE SPEEDWAYS

Lismore's Queen of Speed, Tania Smith, puts her awesome Rocket car through turn 1 at Lismore

Lismore's Aaron Suffolk registered his first ever feature win in last weekends Motortorque Automotive Night of Power. Driving the ex Stuart Herne Suffolk's Engines Chev powered Modified, Aaron lead from the start for a popular victory.

After such a hot day with 41 degrees during the day at the track, the Modifieds struggled with Aussie Champion Stuart Herne and Queensland Champion Shaun Mortimer both withdrawing with overheating troubles. Wayne Reynolds problems continued with another front suspension failure that see's the Mullum express yet to finish a feature this season. Quite a contrast to last season when the popular driver of the Brunswick Valley Coaches Modified won 3 of the first 4 races.

The V8's move to Brisbane tonight where Mortimer will be looking to put some success in his season.

Another impressive win at Grafton last Saturday night was Leanne Rose in the Streeter division. The cars in this class are required to remain standard both in the engine and the suspension which in turn, places more emphasis on driving ability. John Wiblen came in second, also driving a Falcon, and to his credit, was in a position a number of times to unload Leanne, but instead drove a clean race choosing to pass using outright speed. John was unable to get the job done and praised Leanne's driving " She has certainly improved out of site over the past few meetings. Much straighter on the track, and seems to have a lot more control."

Next weekend the Super Sedans hit Bartercard Lismore in the Northern Rivers Hotel Shootout. The Lismore "Queen of Speed" Tania Smith has had some good results lately and after a test session at Lismore lately, will be confident. Opposition will come thick and fast however with drivers the calibre of John Leslight, Jamie McHugh, Michael Gee, nicknamed "Spiderman" after his car was left hanging off the fence after a spectacular crash. Randall, Brims and Pagel make up some of the 16 nominated 650 hp Super Sedans set to race next Saturday the 23rd. Gates will open at 3.30 with the racing at 6.30.