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Waddell Claims His First Ahg Round
Posted Monday, 25 January 2010 by BCM Motorsports Marketing

Showing the maturity that earned him a Western Australian Speedcar crown only a couple of years ago, Muir Motorsports driver Todd Waddell ran away from the rest of the AHG Sprintcar field in Saturday night�s twenty five lap final at the Perth Motorplex to record his first ever Sprintcar A-Main win.

Although experienced in other disciplines of dirt track racing, this is the youngster�s rookie year in the thunder and lightning Sprintcar brigade and to be able to claim a win in this highly competitive series is truly a remarkable effort by him and the entire team behind him at Muir Motorsports.

After a respectable time trial that would have seen the Mundijong based racer starting from the second row in his heats, good fortune struck when the competitor who was supposed to start in front of him retired for the evening giving him two front row starts for his qualifying heats. You don�t give this talented driver any chances, as he grabbed the opportunity with both hands and finished with two second place finishes, allowing him a coveted pole position start in the all important finale.

�The crew did a great job setting the car up for the heats. The car �Just did its thing� and it was fast in both our two heats on the night.�

As the green flag dropped there was no stopping this hard charger, who jumped to the lead from the start. He used the track to perfection, running in places the majority of the field couldn�t. A number of stoppages and lapped traffic proved no hindrance, and all the rest of the field could do was watch as the tail tank of the #60 DiCandilo Steel City/TLC Haulage Triple X as he drove away from them each and every time.

In the end he delivered what many pundits believed might have been too big a hurdle for the rookie, but he handled the pressure with aplomb, and comfortably crossed the line ahead of the rest of the field.

To say that Waddell was ecstatic was an understatement as he walked around the pits afterwards with a grin that would have put the Cheshire Cat to shame. It�s taken a lot of hard work behind the scenes to get their package right, but as Waddell explained its all been worth it.

�Our Genesis shocks are working to perfection now, it�s taken us a few meetings to get a handle on them and now its starting to show dividends allowing me to run around the top part of the track. The team told me no one else was running up there, but we got up there and the car was on rails. I ran through the traffic pretty good, and having the top section of the race track to myself made my job easy.

It�s been a long journey to get to this point in his career starting all those years ago in the junior sedan division where he claimed three Australian crowns. After dabbling in Top Doorslammer drag cars last year it was asked at the podium presentation what was better, the rush of a 3000 horsepower/six-second drag car or a Sprintcar A-Main win?

�A Sprintcar A main win is definitely the one. We have been working at getting to this for over ten years as Sprintcars is where we always wanted to end up. I never thought we would win a �A� main in our first year of competition and it�s so good to have done it here at the Perth Motorplex.�

It�s a dream come true but the occasion wasn�t lost on Waddell who understands that this could not have happened without the people behind him. �This is not just about me, it takes a team effort to win races. I have to say a big thanks to all our sponsors, the crew � Shane Stent, Broza, Sam , Dan and of course Matt and Julie my car owners, my family�s commitment to my racing and the fans who have supported me over the years as well.�

The timing of this win couldn�t be better for Waddell as he readies himself for some of the biggest shows of the year. The World Series finals, the King of the Wings and the Krikke Boys Shootout are just some of the meetings where he will be taking on Australia�s, and some of America�s best talent and Waddell will be full of confidence that he has the ability and the team to tackle them head on in the toughest form of motorsport in the country - Sprintcar Racing.

Todd Waddell and Muir Motorsport would like to thank the following people for their valued and ongoing support:
DiCandilo Steel City, TLC Haulage, WA Reticulation Supplies, V&D Engineering, Little Industries, Grayvon Transport, Sino Grating International, Autosmart Bunbury Genesis Shocks, Pike & Skinner, DCCM, BCM Motorsport Marketing, WA Skills Training, Autostyle Spray Painters

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