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Lines Wins World Series In Murray Bridge
Author : Darren ODea
 STEVEN Lines repaid some of the faith to Monte Motorsport for making him their contracted driver when he won the sixth round of World Series Sprintcars at Murray Bridge Speedway on Monday night.
He started from position four and sat back in the early stages before winning the round from Kerry Madsen and Trevor Green.
“Finally…I have been wanting to do it for a long time,” Lines said.
“I can’t thank everyone enough.
“We tried something in the Dash and I just didn’t work.”
Lines, who didn’t get a chance to drive for the Monte team until the first round in Brisbane said they were just starting to settle in.
“We went backwards a little bit in Tassie…hopefully we can just get better from here.”
Madsen was second for the second night in a row.
“If we keep putting ourselves in these positions good things will happen,” the Kendrick Racing hired gun said.
He admitted he had no answer for Lines at the business end of the show.
“At the end of the day I just got my doors blown off…we will be back tomorrow night.”
Green put in a hell of a drive after admitting to being “sick as a dog with the flu”.
He started from position seven but really came on strong in the latter stages to get a much-needed podium finish.
Tatnell led early but then withdrew with a flat left rear tyre as the field regrouped when Ryan Jones spun and was collected by Jamie Cobby and involved Cameron Gessner who had crushed headers on the right hand side.
Madsen led on the restart while one of the big movers was Perth’s Kris Coyle who raced up from 15th to about as high as eighth before ultimately finishing 12th.
Lines got stronger as the race went on and after running on the back of Madsen was involved in some lead swapping for a couple of laps before breaking away in his own right.
Green got into third by rounding up Farr and Murcott in the latter stages.
Murcott held on for fourth from Farr, American Jason Johnson (who started from 13th), Matt Egel (who started out of 16th), Grant Anderson, Daniel Pestka (who celebrated his 19th birthday on the day) and national champion James McFadden who started out of 18th.
Max Dumesny was another big mover, winning the C Main and finishing sixth in the B Main to just make the cut to the 35-lap main event where he finished 11th.
Murcott was in solid form by setting quick time at the start of the show with an impressive 11.055-second lap to down Kerry Madsen’s 11.151 and Cobby’s 11.298.
Coyle won the B Main from Egel, Luke Dillon, McFadden, Ian Madsen and Dumesny,
Andrew Wright big crash at the start of the 15-lapper.
“Yeah mate, we are fine…just one of them deals,” Wright said from the infield.
“It is just part of the sport…it was up there for a while and we were waiting for it to stop.
“We will throw a bit of gear at it and have another run tomorrow night.”
Round seven of the series is at Mt Gambier on Tuesday night.
Qualifying: David Murcott 11.055, Kerry Madsen 11.151, Jamie Cobby 11.298, Bryan Mann 11.319, Daniel Pestka 11.356, Steve Lines 11.393, James McFadden 11.408, Luke Dillon 11.420, Trevor Green 11.424, Ryan Jones 11.441, Jason Johnson 11.449, Brooke Tatnell 11.452, Danny Reidy 11.453, Max Dumesny 11.456, David Priolo 11.458, Grant Anderson 11.461, Dylan Jenkin 11.487, Robbie Farr 11.510, Jason Kendrick 11.511, Cameron Gessner 11.521, Carl Dowling 11.524, Matthew Reed 11.580, Bradley Keller 11.593, Steven Caruso 11.612, Troy David 11.619, Glen Sutherland 11.629, Wayne Rowett 11.663, Glen Saville 11.693, Tyler Walker 11.706, Eddie Lumbar 11.731, Ian Madsen 11.766, Matt Egel 11.785, Kris Coyle 11.794, Jason Loveday 11.802, Jamie Bricknell 11.820, Ricky Maiolo 11.839, Luke Bowey 11.899, Jamie Hendry 11.908, Andrew Wright 11.940, Hayden Pitt 12.178, Michael Burford 12.199, Dennis Jones 12.233, Darryl Guerin 12.250, Justin Sloan 12.270, Leigh Ahlfors 12.345 and Tim Slade 12.598.
Heat 1: 1st Kris Coyle, 2nd Luke Bowey, 3rd Troy David, 4th Tyler Walker, 5th Dylan Jenkin, 6th Trevor Green, 7th Danny Reidy, 8th David Murcott, 9th Carl Dowling, 10th Daniel Pestka, 11th Leigh Ahlfors. DNF: Michael Burford.
Heat 2: 1st Jason Loveday, 2nd Glen Sutherland, 3rd Robbie Farr, 4th Ryan Jones, 5th Steven Lines, 6th Eddie Lumbar, 7th Kerry Madsen, 8th Matthew Reed, 9th Max Dumesny, 10th Jamie Hendry, 11th Dennis Jones, 12th Tim Slade.
Heat 3: 1st Jamie Bricknell, 2nd Andrew Wright, 3rd Ian Madsen, 4th Bradley Keller, 5th Wayne Rowett, 6th Jason Kendrick, 7th Jason Johnson, 8th James McFadden, 9th Jamie Cobbie, 10th Darryl Guerin. DNF: David Priolo.
Heat 4: 1st Ricky Maiolo, 2nd Matt Egel, 3rd Cameron Gessner, 4th Glen Saville, 5th Brooke Tatnell, 6th Grant Anderson, 7th Bryan Mann, 8th Justin Sloan, 9th Luke Dillon. DNF: Hayden Pitt and Steven Caruso.
Heat 5: 1st Kris Coyle, 2nd Dylan Jenkin, 3rd Matthew Reed, 4th Trevor Green, 5th Jamie Hendry, 6th Steven Lines, 7th David Murcott, 8th Eddie Lumbar, 9th Leigh Ahlfors. DNF: Troy David and Max Dumesny.
Heat 6: 1st Luke Bowey, 2nd Robbie Farr, 3rd Carl Dowling, 4th Kerry Madsen, 5th Danny Reidy, 6th Ryan Jones, 7th Daniel Pestka, 8th Glen Sutherland, 9th Tim Slade. DNF: Tyler Walker and Jason Loveday.
Heat 7: 1st Matt Egel, 2nd Grant Anderson, 3rd Jamie Bricknell, 4th Wayne Rowett, 5th Jason Johnson, 6th Jason Kendrick, 7th Luke Dillion, 8th Jamie Cobby, 9th Justin Sloan.
Heat 8: 1st Andrew Wright, 2nd Ian Madsen, 3rd Brooke Tatnell, 4th Ricky Maiolo, 5th Cameron Gessner, 6th Bradley Keller, 7th Glen Saville, 8th Bryan Mann, 9th David Priolo, 10th Darryl Guerin. DNF: James McFadden.
Bronze shootout: Ryan Jones 11.241, Robbie Farr 11.257, Trevor Green 11.699 and Bryan Mann 11.776.
Silver shootout: Brooke Tatnell 10.993, David Murcott 11.134, Robbie Farr 11.445, Ryan Jones 11.485.
Gold shootout: David Murcott 11.044, Brooke Tatnell 11.076, Kerry Madsen 11.162 and Steven Lines 11.382.
C Main: 1st Max Dumesny, 2nd Glen Saville, 3rd Jamie Hendry, 4th Steven Caruso, 5th Justin Sloan, 6th Dennis Jones, 7th Tim Slade, 8 David Priolo, 9th Michael Burford, 10th Darryl Guerin, 11th Leigh Ahlfors. DNF: Troy David, Hayden Pitt.
B Main: 1st Kris Coyle, 2nd Matt Egel, 3rd Luke Dillon, 4th James McFadden, 5th Ian Madsen, 6th Max Dumesny, 7th Bradley Keller, 8th Matthew Reed, 9th Carl Dowling, 10th Jason Kendrick, 11th Jamie Bricknell, 12th Glen Sutherland, 13th Luke Bowey, 14th Glen Saville, 15th Wayne Rowett. DNF:
A Main: 1st Steven Lines, 2nd Kerry Madsen, 3rd Trevor Green, 4th David Murcott, 5th Robbie Farr, 6th Jason Johnson, 7th Matt Egel, 8th Grant Anderson, 9th Daniel Pestka, 10th James McFadden, 11th Max Dumesny, 12th Kris Coyle, 13th Bryan Mann, 14th Ian Madsen, 15th Luke Dillon, 16 Dylan Jenkin. DNF: Brooke Tatnell, Ryan Jones, Jamie Cobby and Cameron Gessner.
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