Tough end to Perth weekend for BJR

The two Supercars Championship races on Sunday in Perth were contrasting events for BJR.

The earlier race provided a better result for the squad, with all four cars showing speed and strength.

Race 9

Three of the four BJR cars weren’t able to make the most of the earlier qualifying session which in turn hurt their chances in Race 9.

Bryce Fullwood, who started out of 22nd did have the most momentum and went past the chequered flag 17th.

Andre Heimgartner’s crew made the call to change four tyres at his stop, however the brave move didn’t secure a result with the Kiwi finishing in 22nd.

Jack Smith in the #4 SCT Logistics Camaro found himself early on fighting against the crowd and eventually came up three spots to finish 21st.

The #96 Pizza Hut Camaro also climbed up three spots to 20th, who had pitted early to try and get out of traffic and had a longer end stint.

Race 8

Race 8 saw three of the BJR cars charge forward, with Jones making the most ground pushing to 16th, making up seven spots in the 42 lap race.

Heimgartner claimed 10th after starting out of 14th.

The R&J Batteries driver found himself in a few intense on track battles, but kept cool and found himself in the top ten.

Meanwhile Smith also made ground and had plenty of pace, which was a stark turnaround from yesterday and the tyre issues the team ran into.

Fullwood kept in touch with Heimgartner in the latter stages of the race, also involved in the train battling for a spot in the top ten.

The Middy’s Electrical driver fell just short and finished in 12th.

Tasmania will be the next round for the Supercars Championship on the weekend of May 19-21.

Super2

Lochie Dalton leaves Perth with the confidence of finishing third overall in the second Super2 round of the year.

Dalton was a little bit disappointed with his qualifying performance, where he thought there was more than 8th in the car.

The Tasmanian made an incredible start, picking off a few cars and eventually secured 5th.

Super2 next races beside Supercars in Townsville in July (7-9).

Macauley Jones
Supercars Driver, #96 Pizza Hut Camaro
“The first race today I was actually reasonably happy with. The car balance was really strong, made some good changes because the qualifying speed wasn’t overly flash for us. So I think we improved that a heap and made a few passes, which is awesome. Second race, the thing just didn’t really light up. So we sort of battled a little bit with that we had to pit early just to try and get out of some traffic and going long around here can be quite difficult, but we sort of hold on to it and moved a few spots further up top. There’s probably need to rethink some of our set up items. heading into Tasmania.”

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*Race result update from Brad Jones Racing.

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