Wigzell: The Australian Wingless Sprint Champion

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February 11th -

Wigzell Starts on pole for Aussie Wingless Sprint Preliminary A-Main event:

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February 7 -

WIGZELL EXTENDS OTI SERIES LEAD

After starting out of position 3 in heat 1 of the OTI second round held at Renmark last Saturday night, Todd had to do it the hard way after spinning in front of most of the field on the first lap. The car was fortunately unscathed and was able to move up to 4th position from his rear of field restart. A third place finish in the second heat from a position 7 start was enough to qualify him for the 6 lap dash out of 5th position. Todd was then able to set himself up to finish in 3rd position for the feature. Todd trailed Daniel Obst for most of the feature but was able to take the lead with a couple of laps remaining and keep that position to the chequered flag. The win extended his Series lead to 22 points with still 5 rounds to compete.

This Friday and Saturday, Todd will compete the Australian Wingless Sprint Title at Parramatta Speedway in New South Wales weather permitting. The forecast isn't looking great at the moment but we can only hope.

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January 16 -

WIGZELL RACING UPDATE

The Boxing Day meeting at Speedway City where the Wingless were the support class for World Series Sprintcars saw a different format for the Wingless class. Instead of racing 2 heats to determine starting positions for the feature, the drivers were given 2 feature races, the first being a marble drawn starting position and the second a reverse draw. The first feature had Todd starting out of position 7 from where he was able to work himself into the lead to take the win at the end of 15 laps. The second feature Todd started out of position 8 on the grid and was up to 3rd at the end of the 10 lap feature which had been shortened due to time constraints. The 1st and 3rd finishes saw Todd well ahead in the night's points to take the Universal Metal Cleaners overall points winner for the night.

Saturday January 7th January at Speedway City was all set for an exciting night of racing with two 20 lap feature races on the program. Unfortunately before any heats were able to get onto the track, the huge down pour put an end to any racing that night.

The fortunate thing that came from that cancellation was that Murray Bridge which had also been cancelled rescheduled a meeting for the following day and Wingless Sprints were able to fill a gap in the schedule. With a 4th and a 1st in his 2 heats, Todd qualified on pole position for the start of the feature from where he was able to hold off his rivals to the chequered flag to take out his 5th feature win of the season.

Due to being in the wedding party of a good mate in WA, he will not be competing at Murray Bridge this coming Saturday. The SA State Title originally scheduled for 25th January has now been postponed until 31st March so the next meeting will now be Round 2 of the OTI Series at Renmark on 4th February before travelling to Parramatta for the Australian Title on 10th & 11th February.

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December 11 -

WIGZELL CONQUERS AT MURRAY BRIDGE

The slick track at Murray Bridge Speedway last night caught out all of the drivers at some stage during the night. For Todd, it was in his first heat. After starting out of position 6 on the grid, he had moved himself forward a couple of positions before spinning with one lap to go causing a yellow light stoppage. The raced was then declared with Todd allocated to rear of the field for causing the stoppage. The second heat, Todd had a 3rd position start and he was able to keep the car heading in the right direction and went on to take the heat win. Todd qualified for the feature out of position 4 and quickly moved himself forward behind pole starter Andy Thomas who was in lead. He narrowly missed the Andy Thomas car when it spun in front of him and then was able to take a very comfortable lead and win in the 15 lap feature.

The next race meeting will be at Speedway City on 26th December.

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November 13 -

WIGZELL TAKES WIN & TRACK RECORD

Todd had a very successful night at Whyalla speedway last night. With a 1st place finish in his first heat and a 2nd in his second heat, he was on the pole position for the start of the 20 lap feature race which was the first of the six rounds of this season's Oval Track Imports Series. Todd led the field for the entire non stop 20 laps breaking the track record in the process. This was almost a perfect start in his endeavour to be the back to back winner of the series. With another 5 rounds still to compete, he will be working hard to copy this form.

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November 5 -

DISAPPOINTMENT FOR WIGZELL

The night ended in disappointment again last Saturday night at Speedway City. The heat points were very close for the top 4 cars with Todd starting out of position four. He moved up quickly into second place hot on the tail of Bogucki. Unfortunately Todd spun his car between turns 3 and 4 with only a few laps to go and had little time to make up the lost positions. Todd is taking this week off from racing and will head to Whyalla next Saturday night for the first round of the Oval Track Imports Series meeting.

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October 24 -

WIGZELL WRONG PLACE WRONG TIME

The luck ran out for Todd last Saturday night when he was put out of the first heat after sustaining front end damage in an incident involving two other cars. The car was ready to go again for heat 2 with Todd out of position 7 on the grid. Todd quickly got the front of the pack and took 1st place at the drop of the chequered flag. Todd qualified out of position 6 for the feature but was again put out of the race after a car spun in front of him leaving him nowhere to go with several other cars getting involved in the incident. Fortunately the damage to the car was minimal and will be ready to go again next Saturday night for the Speedway City season opener.

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September 29-

WIGZELL COUNTS DOWN FOR SEASON START

The count down is now on for the start of the 2011/2012 season. The first meeting of the season will be on 15th October at Murray Bridge Speedway with a very busy month to follow. Wingless Sprints return to Murray Bridge again the following week and then to Speedway City the next 2 weeks with the first round of the Oval Track Imports Series at Whyalla Speedway the week after.

The SA Title will be held at Speedway City on Wednesday 25th January and the Australian Championship at Parramatta Speedway on 10th & 11th February 2012. Todd is hoping to get the season off to a good start and hopes to take last season's consistency into the new season.