Last Saturday night Ricky Mitchell was one of five Queenslanders to head south to contest the latest round of the Track Championship at the Parramatta City Raceway. After an outstanding run at their previous meeting at the Brisbane International Speedway the team was extremely optimistic of a strong run but unfortunately the night ended for the #19 Eagle Ignition Leads Cheetah in the B-Main after a fuel fitting failure.

With the heats seeded and drawn for the first round of heats and then inverted for the second the night got off to a positive start with Ricky drawing one in the opening heat. But after starting from the front he struggled with an ill handling racecar and ultimately finished in fifth.

"This hurt our night as they are the races that you need to finish first or second in to build on your points tally. We were too tight and paid the price" said Ricky at the completion of the night.

In the second heat he started from position twelve where he went on to finish in tenth, giving Ricky a start in the B Main from position 11. After a few changes to the set up on the #19 Cheetah the car looked quite good in the opening few laps of the B, but ultimately a leaking fuel fitting started to spray methanol into the cockpit and forced his retirement from the race.

“Parramatta was an interesting exercise as we were one of five Queenslanders who made the trek down. Whilst it was not a happy end to the night, the team is still looking forward to racing at PCR again on the 13th of February” added Peter Mitchell.


The Mitchell Motorsport Team would like to thank the following corporate partners for their association with the 2009/10 Sprintcar season:

• Eagle Ignition Leads
• Wesfil Filters
• Penrite Oils
• Performance Wholesale
• Dayco
• Phil Michell Motorsport Media