Welcome to David Nichols Racing.

Welcome to David Nichols Racing! We are a Tasmanian based super sedan team. We mainly race at three tracks in Tasmania, but travel to the mainland to race occasionally. Please feel free to look around the site and if you have any questions, email the team at dnichols@speedway.net.au

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SECOND, SECOND, SECOND!!

There seems to be a regular occurrence at Dave Nichols Racing in the early part of the 2009/10 Tasmanian speedway season. Dave once again claimed second place at the Bendigo Bank Arena at Latrobe on Saturday night.

In one of the best races seen at the venue for some time Dave had a titanic struggle with eventual winner Jarrod Harper and Kevin Purton.

HEAT 1:

To start the night Dave was out in the first heat. He was on grid three. He was soon up into second place and chasing Grant Hopkins. Dave was able to catch Hopkins in turn one and two, but Hopkins was able to get a better run out of turn three and four. He tried but had to settle for second.

Start: 3rd

Finish : 2nd

HEAT 2:

Dave came out on grid five for his second heat of the night next to Leigh Blazely. Dave was all over the back of comeback driver Jason McPherson, but was not able to get by and came home in fifth place.

Start: 5th

Finish: 5th

FINAL:

With a second and a fifth from his two heats Dave was on grid five for the final of the all important second round of the National Pies Series. Dave was soon into fourth and pressuring the lead bunch of Harper, Purton and pole sitter Sam Hughes. Harper moved by Hughes and Dave could also sense his chance to move into a podium position. He got underneath Hughes and was immediately on the tail of Harper and Purton. Harper and Dave were both on the low line while Purton was running mid track. Harper and Purton swapped the lead many times over the distance. Dave looked to be faster than Harper on the bottom line, but good drivers don’t tend to make a lot of mistakes and this proved to be the case with Harper. Dave swapped second with Purton a number of times too. If either of these three made a mistake Hughes was within striking distance. In one the best sedan races for a long time Harper took a very narrow win from Dave and Purton.

Start: 5th

Finish: 2nd

IN THE DRIVERS SEAT WITH DAVE NICHOLS: “The car was awesome. I thought we had the fastest car, but at the end of the night we came second. I’m not disappointed. We have some of the best cars in the country in Tassie so if we can go well here we can go well anywhere. We just need a win and stop coming second!!. We are certainly good enough, we just need a little bit of luck.

The team will be in action at Latrobe on January 2. After that they will be doing three rounds of the National Series over three consecutive nights at Hamilton, Mount Gambier and Warrnambool. This series features the best of the best drivers. Last season competed and had excellent results with a second at Hamilton, fourth at Mount Gambier and seventh at Warrnambool.

Dave and the team would like wish all their supporters a very merry and safe Christmas and happy new year and look forward to seeing you at Latrobe on January 2 2010.

The team also has caps for sale at only $20 each.

Next Meeting: Latrobe January 2 2010