Victorian Adam King claimed the biggest win of his career as he completely dominated the 2010 Christies Beach Auto Centre Australian AMCA National Championship at the Moore Engineering Murray Bridge Speedway. After starting from the pole position King drove a smooth calculated race as he led the entire 30 lap journey to win the final in style. He did however have to hold off a late race challenge from Tasmania’s Cory Smith after a caution with seven laps to go bunched up the field.

Rounding out the podium place getters was 2009 Champion Shane McKinnell who drove a superb race fighting his way to third after starting from position ten. The top five in the Championship decider were Victorians Daniel Scott and Frank Theirry.

One of the real hard luck stories of the event was Victorian Mick Kiraly who spun out early in the event after starting from position two robbing him of a chance to fight with King for overall honors.

Earlier in the night the final round of heats was conducted with Mark Lincoln, Tim Woolfe, Kiraly, King, Peter Wollschlager and David Robertson taking out a preliminary heat each. The C-main saw locals Stephen Schwartz and rookie Michael Hartman progress to the rear of the B-Main while David Hartman and Gaerth Stevens were the transferees from an incident packed B-main event.

In what was a huge double feature at Murray Bridge the Grand Final of the Carline Mufflers Super Sedan Series was also held with a mammoth 40 lap final to decide the overall series Champion. In the end it was Matt Pascoe who drove his Sweet Chassis to the overall win but current Australian Champion Darren Kane emerged with the round win. “Tonight it was one of those tracks you just couldn’t make a mistake on. It feels great to win again here at Murray Bridge as I won my first Australian Championship here back in 2004” added Kane after the event.

Second across the line for the second night in succession was New South Welshman Clayton Pyne with Wayne Brims crossing the line in third but after failing to go to the scales he was excluded from the event elevation local South Australian Dave Gartner onto the podium.

For the second night in a row one of the stars of the night was Tasmanian Sam Hughes who one again sat on the front row after a stunning qualifying effort but an early race spin on lap eight forced him to drop several spots and he eventually finished in sixth.

Throughout the night the heat victories went to Kane (2), Pyne, Kevin Purton, Gartner, Jamie McHugh, Trent Wilson, Matt Pascoe and Hughes.

2010 Australian AMCA National Championship

Christies Beach Auto Centre Heat 19: 1st V92 Mark Lincoln 2nd S4 Cory Fox 3rd S24 Mick Ffrench
Advanced Engine Conditioners Heat 20: 1st NT 37 Tim Woolfe 2nd S19 Steve Letts 3rd Q46 Dean Ballard
Action Bearings SA Heat 21: 1st V15 Mick Kiraly 2nd Q00 Robert John Irwin 3rd S11 John Stumann
Christies Beach Auto Centre Heat 22: 1st V35 Adam King 2nd V66 Darren Clarke 3rd S8 Keith Ebbs
Advanced Engine Conditioners Heat 23: 1st NT12 Peter Wollschlager 2nd A1 Shane McKinnell 3rd Q86 Andrew John Wedd
Action Bearings SA Heat 24: 1st N9 David Robertson 2nd V97 Stewart-Grant Campbell 3rd V91 Daniel Scott
Moore Mechanical C-Main: 1st S99 Stephen Schwartz 2nd S25 Michael Hartman 3rd V33 Adam Timberlake 4th NT37 Tim Woolfe 5th S45 Stuart Pope
Advanced Engine Conditioners B-Main: 1st 15 David Hartman t34 q32 46 99 v39
Christies Beach Auto Centre Australian AMCA National Championship A Main: 1st V35 Adam King 2nd T16 Corey Smith 3rd A1 Shane McKinnell

Carline Mufflers National Super Sedan Series Grand Final

Bridge Motors / Race Hard Heat 1: 1st A1 Darren Kane 2nd S8 Dave Gartner 3rd Q8 Mick Doblo
Blenks Automotive & Performance / Art By Mickey Heat 2: 1st N9 Clayton Pyne 2nd T6 Brad Smith 3rd Q10 Steve Jordan
Hall Mechanical / Bergmeier Engineering Heat 3: 1st T25 Kevin Purton 2nd N111 Wayne Brims 3rd S5 Trevor Ware
Bridge Agencies Bazaar / AFCO Shock Doctor Heat 4: 1stS8 Dave Gartner 2nd Q8 Mick Doblo 3rd V3 Mick Nicola
Power Fm / Super Charge Batteries Heat 5: 1st Q23 Jamie McHugh 2nd T6 Brad Smith 3rd S23 Shane Best
LMC Products / Quantum Industries Heat 6: 1st NQ44 Trent Wilson 2nd Q88 Wayne Miles 3rd T4 Sam Hughes
Murray Valley Standard / Hoosier Race Tyres Heat 7: 1st A1 Darren Kane 2nd S2 Danny Miller 3rd Q8 Mick Doblo
Blair Athol Auto Parts / East Coast Traffic Control Heat 8: 1st Q15 Matt Pascoe 2nd Q10 Steve Jordan 3rd N9 Clayton Pyne
Moore Plant Hire / Ian Boettcher Race Parts Heat 9: 1st T4 Sam Hughes 2nd N111 Wayne Brims 3rd S5 Trevor Ware
North Terrace Tyres / JD Couriers B-main: 1st S5 Trevor Ware 2nd T25 Kevin Purton 3rd V16 Ash Bergmeier
Carline Mufflers A-Main: 1st A1 Darren Kane 2nd N9 Clayton Pyne 3rd S8 Dave Gartner