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Two of the 2006 Australian HPV Super Series has come and gone for
another year. Team Ballistic crossed the line first overall, but all
through the field there are races heating up as teams across all
four categories pick up valuable points. Here Bendigo Senior SC's
Jarrod Henderson reports on the days events.
If you'd like to write a race report
for the RACV EB web, contact Nigel Preston
for more info.
This year’s event was the mostly highly contested 6 hour race in
history with over 150 vehicles taking to the track. Fast clean and
competitive racing was enjoyed by all in cool blustery but mostly
dry conditions.
The race:
The
race got underway and from the line it was Westminster College in
the lead to the first chicane with their vehicle the Calais having
the best acceleration from the standing start. However, with so many
vehicles on the track many riders were caught out with 3 roll over’s
occurring on the first lap at the tricky hairpin. The small lead by
the Calais was short lived with heavyweights Blueshift and Ballistic
quickly taking the lead. And with just five laps completed Ballistic
and Blueshift were out to an early lead over the rest of the field
with Berwick Community team, Australian Made, William Light DAS and
Deakin Uni’s Phantom P3 in hot pursuit.
BlueShift and Ballistic battled it out for the lead exchanging the
lead a number of times. This duel remained for the first 2 hours of
the race. Before Team Ballistic broke away and took the chequed flag
after the 6 hours of non-stop racing.
In
the schools category, the
Flying Hubcaps
from Aberfoyle Hub Primary showed that they are the team to beat in
Category 1 come Murray Bridge.
Whilst in Category 2, Scorpio from
Gleesons College leads the Super Series on
242 points ahead of Blur 3 from Loxton College.
And in Category 3, Heathfield’s Sagero took the
flag and is leading the Calais by 1.5 points overall after the first
two rounds. This battle is set to heat up at this years AIPP as
teams now shift their attention to the third round of the Australian
HPV Super Series which is the 24 hour Australian International Pedal
Prix to be held in Murray Bridge in September.
Links:
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AIPP Official Website
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Entry
List for the 2006 RACV Energy Breakthrough
