Ironman 4x4 Adventure Challenge 2014 Online Edition | Page 11

SUNDAY,10 August 2014 stage winners Barry Smethurst jim hayes #01 DNF time: 15 minutes SLEDGEHAMMER SHOWDOWN SS05 is a two lap, two up motorkhana course in the Sand Dunes. Being early on in the event and wanting to make sure the cars lasted, both Dave Cameron and Barry Smethurst had gone into it thinking they‘d take it easy on the cars. Another great race was between West Australian, Ashley Delich and Victorian Nick Hodge who also exchanged paint over the course of the two laps. It was Ashley Delich with a time of 11:09:94 who narrowly beat Nick Hodge with a time of 12:14:93. This was, however, until the Timekeeper said „Go“. From there it was game-on. A tight race where paint was exchanged on tight turns and although Dave Cameron lead for a lap and a half, it was Barry & Jim who took out the stage with a time of 11:26:12 over Dave & Simon with a time of 11:29:41. Unfortunately for Ben Toomy, his event finished during this stage as he suffered engine dramas that could not be fixed in time to complete the event. He did go back to Perth to collect his family though and returned in time for Presentation night. ADRENALINE PUMPING STAGE... Barry Smethurst (car #01) explaining that his hands were still shaking from all the adrenaline pumping through his body after he and Dave Cameron (car #10) were interviewed about competing side-by-side on SS05. Peter Tooby (car #06) getting chased by the drone... Joe Vowles (car #11) vs Steve Fowler (car #07)... IRONMAN 4X4 ADVENTURE CHALLENGE MAGAZINE PAGE: 11 | AUGUST 2014 Peter Mihailoff (car #02) leading the way... IRONMAN 4X4 ADVENTURE CHALLENGE MAGAZINE PAGE: 11 | AUGUST 2014