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Brooke Wins Night 1 of the "King of Wings"
Brooke's last race for the 2007/2008 Australian Season
with Krikke MotorSport was the two-night Nanovich "King
of Wings" Race at the Perth Motorplex, in Perth, Western
Australia, on 7 and 8 March 2008, where Brooke won
night one and was unable to finish on night two.
On Night One, Brooke qualified 21st with a time of
15.524 seconds. He started his Heat from seventh
and finished fourth, giving him a transfer into the A
Dash. He started the A Dash from sixth and finished
fourth, giving him a fourth-row starting position for the
Preliminary A-Main. He therefore started the A-Main
from seventh, alongside Danny Reidy, and took the
Preliminary A-Main win ahead of Robbie Farr and
Mark Wells.
On Night Two, Brooke started his Heat from pole and
took the Heat win, giving him a transfer into the A
Dash. He started the A Dash from pole and took the
Dash win, giving him pole for the Nanovich "King of
Wings" A-Main. He took the race lead, but was caught
up in an incident whilst leading, which took him out
of the race. The race was won by Robbie Farr, with
Luch Monte second and Kerry Madsen third.
Brooke has now returned to the United States. His
next race will be with TLC Racing at the Knoxville
Championship Cup Series Season Opener at Knoxville
Raceway, in Knoxville, Iowa, on 19 April 2008.
Bad Luck at the Krikke Boys Shootout
The two-night Krikke Boys Shootout was held at Bunbury
City Speedway, in Bunbury, Western Australia, on 1 and
2 March 2008, where Brooke was unable to finish on
both nights.
On Night One, Brooke qualified sixth with a time of
14.025 seconds. He started his Heat from fifth and
finished third, giving him a transfer into the B Dash.
He started the B Dash from fifth and took the Dash
win, giving him a front-row starting position for the
Preliminary A-Main. He therefore started the A-Main
from second, alongside Allan Nash. Brooke was
comfortably leading the race, before being caught
up in an incident whilst lapping a slower car, which
put him out of the race. The race was won by Robbie
Farr, with Ben Ellement second and David Murcott
third.
On Night Two, Brooke started his Heat from second
and finished second, giving him a transfer into the A
Dash. He started the A Dash from third and finished
fourth, giving him a fourth-row starting position for
the Krikke Boys Shootout A-Main. He therefore started
the A-Main from seventh, alongside Shaun Bradford,
but suffered a similar incident to night one, which
again put him out of the race. The race was won by
Robbie Farr, with Kaley Gharst second and Jamie
Moon third.
Brooke's next race will be the Nanovich "King of
Wings" Race at the Perth Motorplex, in Perth,
Western Australia, on 7 and 8 March 2008.
Brooke's New US Team - TLC Racing Takes Shape
"Current Australian and 6-time World Series Champion Brooke
Tatnell has joined the newly formed TLC Racing Team for the
upcoming US race season in the shape of the newly formed
TLC Racing. The Aussie team is comprised of Barry and Vivian
Lewis along with John Cooley. TLC Racing will be utilising
the Australian built COOL CHASSIS powered by a fresh Allan
Felsch engine. The team plans to start at the season opener
at Knoxville in late April and plan to hit and miss about
twenty or so races throughout the year.
This is not the first time Barry has been patriotic in giving
an Aussie a shot at racing in the US as he has been linked
to Skip and Bob Jackson, Peter Murphy and recently Trevor
Green.
“After three good years with Trev he informed me that he wanted
to move back to South Australia and we agreed that the Australian
Title would be our last meeting. I had contemplated selling the
whole race team but I also knew that Brooke and Guy Forbrook
had run into a sponsorship shortfall and Brooke was still searching
for financial backing to join Forbrook Motorsports in mid April.”
stated Lewis.
“Speedway has been a major part of my life and I did not want
to see Australia’s best driver without a ride in the US. It’s going
to be a tough exercise as we are on a limited budget and we
are still trying to tie down sponsors to support us. Brooke
needs to make a living for his family and we want him to be
able to show people in the states just how much talent and
desire he has. What makes this deal really cool is that we will
be using one of Cooley’s Australian built COOL chassis.”
Talking to Brooke yesterday it was easy to tell that a weight
had been lifted of his shoulders. “Guy and I still have agreed
to race together if we find the financial resources required,
both Barry and Cooley are willing to work with us on this.
Barry has come in like a lifesaver at the last minute with this
deal it was put forward the morning of the rained out
Australian Title and finalised last Tuesday after discussing
this with Guy.” Explained Brooke.
“I’m excited to have the race cars coming to our house so I
can maintain the cars as this is going to be all hands on
deck around the Tatnell camp. Amy’s learning that the big
gear goes to the top & the little one goes to the bottom
and Emma is spinning the wheels to make sure that the
tyres are balanced for her Daddy” joked Tatnell
“I promised Cooley three years ago that I would one day
run a Cool Car in the US and I am really looking forward
to proving to fans in the US just how good his cars are.
With a limited race budget if we have an off night we will
be looking for fill in races with teams“.
At this present moment the team have two complete cars
with motors being prepared to put into a container with all
their tools but the team is still trying to put a transporter
in place.
“The transporter isn’t the most important thing right now, if we
have to use an open trailer that’s fine with me, Karl Kinser once
said Palm trees in front of a race shop don’t win races nor do
cool looking trailers” confessed Brooke.
Keep an eye on this team, go down say G’Day and buy one
of the new Brooke Tatnell team shirts."
BROOKE TATNELL PR
The Tatnell Family are Ready to Relay
"The Tatnell Family are back with an ambition to make GT
proud. We are honouring his wish and doing our best to
raise funds and awareness for cancer research and support
services.
The term cancer ways heavily on most people's hearts, as
this tragic disease is uniting us all in more ways than we
care to imagine. With this in mind, we hope that you may
join us on this journey to help defeat cancer.
The GT Allstars are back with a vengeance and ready to
raise some crucial funds to help make a difference for
all our futures in the fight against cancer.
The show stopped on 13 May 2007 when "Speedway's
Greatest Showman" took his final chequered flag. After
an inspirational battle, George Tatnell lost the fight for
his life to pancreatic cancer.

" Tatnell Family © 2007 ”
The Tatnell Family at the Relay: Kelly, Val, George, Gale & Joe, April 2007
On 3 May 2008 George Tatnell's family and friends will
honour his wish to continue raising funds for cancer
research, education and support services by entering
their team "The GT Allstars" in The Cancer Council's
Sutherland Shire Relay for Life. It is an overnight event
whereby teams of people take turns to walk/run around
their local oval in order to raise vital funds in the goal
of defeating cancer.
"Celebrate life and create hope by sponsoring our team -
The GT Allstars". It is our mission to honour the many
lives touched by cancer and walk with pride, so that we
may all continue to live with passion, purpose and
meaning.
If you or someone you know would like to know more
about our team or make a donation, you can do so via
the following link:

"This logo comes from the Relay For Life site”
** The GT Allstars Relay For Life Site **
Alternatively, cheques can be made payable to: "Relay For
Life" and sent to: Gale Gleeson, 77 Bonds Road, Punchbowl
NSW 2196
We all have the power to change someone's life, to give a
moment that will be cherished forever. A kind honest act can
bring more meaning to someone who needs it more than
they know.
Thank you for your support,
THE TATNELL FAMILY"
Brooke Wins First Australian Sprintcar Nationals
The two-night Australian Sprintcar Nationals was held at
Speedway City, in Adelaide, South Australia, on Friday 15
and Saturday 16 February 2008, where Brooke won both
nights to take his first Nationals win.
On Night One, Brooke started Heat One from fifth and
powered into third in the opening laps, before a side-
by-side battle for second, until a yellow light stoppage.
After the restart, he made an inside move to second,
where he finished. He started Heat Two from sixth and
moved into fourth off the start. On the first lap, he
powered around the high line into second, but a yellow
light stoppage saw him restart in third. He quickly moved
back into second and made a late race charge for the
lead, finishing side-by-side across the line, and was
classified second.
Brooke was the night's highest point scorer, and therefore
started the 20-lap Preliminary A-Main from pole. He took
control of the race and opened up a gap over the field.
He was quickly into lapped traffic, before a red light
stoppage. The Krikke MotorSport Team worked on the
Australia#1 machine on the in-field during the open red
light stoppage. Following the restart, Brooke opened
up another gap over the field, soon into lapped traffic,
and weaved his way through to take the win, ahead
of Max Dumesny and David Murcott.
After the race, Brooke said, "We had a good night. We
just need to keep plugging away for tomorrow night.
It’s 40 laps, with another heat race and all that to go.
So you know, the boys did a good job; the car rolled
around the corners free. I don’t think there was any
time that we were ever in doubt of how strong we were
going to be tonight. We came here with a mission to
race hard and not have to worry about anything.
Anyone that wants to criticise that we haven’t been on
top of our game this year, I think tonight proved it.”
Krikke MotorSport Team Owner Shane Krikke said, “It
was a very good way to start the weekend off. I mean
tomorrow night, the big bucks are up and it’s 40 laps.
Tonight was still good. We haven’t been racing for a
little while after the rain from all around the countryside,
so it was good to get back to the racetrack and have a bit
of winning form. I think the boys did a really good job in
tough conditions tonight. You know, Shane Finch got the
right sort of tyre choice and Pete Caporn had the super-
tune on it, and of course, Brooke is always very good at
what he does, so that’s why he’s number one in the
country right now, so it was good. We’ll come back
tomorrow night and hopefully grab the big bickies.”
On Night Two, Brooke started Heat One from the rear
and powered into seventh in the opening laps, before
a red light stoppage. He restarted in sixth, and quickly
moved into fifth, before a late race pass saw him finish
fourth. He started Heat Two from second, and took the
early lead, opening up a gap over the field. He was into
lapped traffic by half-race distance, and weaved his
way through to take the win. He started the Top 6
Dash from pole, and finished second.
He therefore started the 40-lap A-Main from second,
and ran in second from the start. The leaders were
soon into lapped traffic, which saw Brooke power
around the high line passing the slower cars, and
swapping positions with leader Robbie Farr through
traffic. Brooke took the race lead at half-race distance
and opened up a quarter lap lead over the field before
yellow light stoppages. Rough track conditions caused
Brooke's front wing mounts to break, collapsing the
wing after the restart, but Brooke continued to lead,
and weaved his way through lapped cars to take his
first Nationals win. It was also Krikke MotorSport's
first Nationals win. Trevor Green was second, with
Max Dumesny third.
On his win, Brooke said, “We had a good night. Both
Heat races were pretty good. In the Dash, with it being
as rough as what it was, we just couldn’t get the car
to take off clean. Danny [Reidy] was trying to do the
best he could on the start, and we were trying to do the
best we could, and you know, the second start was a
good start, except that’s when the crash behind us
happened, so the third one, we just got together and
that allowed Farry [Robbie Farr] to zip up the inside of
us. But in the Feature race, we went with a more
aggressive set-up than most of the guys out there,
and we knew we were going to be struggling a little
bit early and knew Farry [Robbie Farr] would get away
from us. But as I said, we were set to have a race car
that was there at the end, and that’s what we had.”
Krikke MotorSport Team Owner Shane Krikke said, “We’re
absolutely thrilled. To pick up a race of this stature is
always very good, and to come away with winning both
the Features for the weekend, it’s great. So hopefully it’s
a good bit of winning form we can carry through to the
Krikke Boys Memorial and the Nanovich [King of Wings
Race] back home. Absolutely fantastic, it was a great
weekend. Brooke did an excellent job, especially in the
last bit of the race with the front wing collapsed like it
was, and Pete [Caporn], Shane [Finch] and Ryan
[Krikke] gave him a great car to drive, and you know,
it was really, really good. So it was good to see the
Cool Chassis/Maxwill Motor combination back up the
front and winning races where it belongs.”

" Christopher Horne © 2008 ”
The Krikke MotorSport Team after their Nationals win
L-R: Pete, Shane, Brooke, Shane & Ryan, Adelaide, February 2008
Brooke's next race will be the 11th Annual Krikke Boys
Shootout at Bunbury City Speedway, in Bunbury,
Western Australia, on Saturday 1 March 2008 and
Sunday 2 March 2008.
Australian Sprintcar Title Rained Out
The 2008 Australian Sprintcar Title was scheduled to
take place at Parramatta City Raceway, in Sydney, New
South Wales, from 31 January 2008 to 2 February
2008, however rain played havoc with the schedule,
which saw half of the Title rained out.
The Title began on Night One on 31 January 2008,
where Brooke qualified 21st, with a 13.739-second
lap. Night Two was on 2 February 2008, where he
started Heat One from sixth and finished fourth,
and started Heat Two from fifth and finished second.
The Title was rained out after this point, and has now
been scheduled to recommence on Saturday 29 March
2008.
Brooke's next race will therefore now be the Australian
Sprintcar Nationals at Speedway City, in Adelaide, South
Australia, on Friday 15 February 2008 and Saturday 16
February 2008.
Fourth at the Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic
The two-night Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic was held at
Premier Speedway, in Warrnambool, Victoria, on Saturday
26 and Sunday 27 January 2008, where Brooke was unable
to finish on night one, and finished fourth on night two.
On Night One, Brooke qualified 16th with a time of 11.252
seconds. He started Heat One from fourth and powered
into third in the first corner. A motor problem developed,
which saw him ease off to prevent further damage, and he
finished fourth. The Krikke MotorSport Team quickly
changed the motor before Heat Two.
Brooke started Heat Two from seventh and moved into
fifth on the first lap. He ran a majority of the race on the
high line, and finished sixth, narrowly missing out on
an A-Main transfer.
He therefore started the 15-lap B-Main from pole. He
moved straight into the lead, and raced around the
high line to open up a gap over the field. In lapped
traffic, he weaved his way through the slower cars,
to take the B-Main win.
Brooke therefore started the 25-lap America/Australia
Challenge and Preliminary A-Main from 15th. He moved
straight into 14th on the first lap, before an incident
which left him with nowhere to go, which forced him
into the wall whilst trying to avoid another car. His
suspension was damaged, which ended his race. The
race was won by Max Dumesny, with Ian Loudoun
second and Kerry Madsen third. Brooke was 18th
in the points after the first night.
After the race, Brooke said, "Another Classic; another
heartbreak. We just had a night where we had a motor
problem early, and we really hurt the motor, because
we had to try and finish the Heat race. Normally, we
would have shut it down, but points are critical. Then
we just got taken out in someone else's mess in the
Feature race. It's just going to make us work hard
tomorrow night. If the track goes slick, we can still
race from the back and race up to the front, so
tomorrow is a new day."
Krikke MotorSport Team Owner Shane Krikke said, "We
had an average qualifying run, and then in the first
Heat, we were going along pretty well, racing with
Brazier, then we dropped a valve, which sort of put
us on the back foot, and Brooke just limped the
car back home in fourth. Really, we were lucky to
change motors in time, and therefore we didn't get
enough of a chance to put a set-up on the car, so
we just rolled through the next Heat. In the B-Main,
we were very good, we were pretty happy with that,
and I think we had the pace to run in the top ten
somewhere in the A-Main, but unfortunately
Warrnambool has come back to bite us again."
On Night Two, he started Heat One from fourth and
moved into third on the first lap. He ran around the
high line and weaved his way through lapped traffic.
He pulled an inside move late in the race, which
gave him second.
He started Heat Two from fifth, and moved into
third off the line, before a pass in turn one saw
him move into second. Following a mid-race red
light stoppage, he restarted in second, and held a
late-race battle for the lead, finishing second, only
one-tenth of a second behind the leader.
He therefore started the 40-lap A-Main from 12th.
He moved into tenth in the opening laps, and battled
his way through the field. At half-race distance, he
was in eighth. Over the rest of the race, which ran
flag-to-flag, he weaved through lapped traffic and
powered around the high line into fourth. Kerry
Madsen took the win, with Jason Johnson second
and Max Dumesny third.
On the night, Brooke said, "All in all, we salvaged a
good fourth. Fourth’s never good, but it was a good
one. As I say, I don’t think we did anything wrong
all weekend, we just had bad luck that got us back
that way. So, to run from where we did to fourth,
I’m reasonably happy, so we’ll take it and just move
on to the Title.”
Krikke MotorSport Team Owner Shane Krikke said, "It
was actually quite a satisfying night. I mean normally
when you come to one of these race meetings, you
want to win, but given the fact that last night we had
a blown up engine and got the front axle knocked
out of the car, to actually start out of 12th and finish
fourth, we are fairly satisfied. We could have had a
yellow or two in there, and maybe we could have
been in there with Jason, Kerry and Max, but who
knows. It was a good run, and we’ll carry a bit of
momentum into the Australian Title and start again.”
Brooke's next race will be the Australian Sprintcar
Title at Parramatta City Raceway, in Sydney, from
31 January 2008 to 2 February 2008.
Brooke Wins President’s Cup at Avalon
The President’s Cup was held at Avalon Raceway, in Lara,
Victoria, on Wednesday 23 January 2008, where Brooke
took the win.
He qualified second with a time of 12.838 seconds. He
started the Heat from pole, and took the Heat win, giving
him a direct transfer into the A-Main. He started the 25-lap
A-Main from pole, after polesitter David Murcott elected to
start from position two. Brooke moved straight into the
lead and maintained his lead to the end, taking out the
President's Cup, ahead of Robbie Farr and Steven Lines.

" Avalon Raceway © 2008 ”
President's Cup Podium: L-R: Robbie Farr, Brooke Tatnell & Steven Lines, Avalon, January 2008
Brooke's next race will be the Grand Annual Sprintcar
Classic, at Premier Speedway, in Warrnambool, Victoria,
on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 January 2008.
Brooke Second at Outlaws Down Under
The two-night Outlaws Down Under V was held at Parramatta
City Raceway in Sydney, New South Wales, on 17 and 20
January 2008, where Brooke finished seventh on night one
and second on night two. The event was scheduled to take
place over three nights, however after a rain-out, the event
was rescheduled to two nights.
On Night One, he qualified 11th with a time of 12.388
seconds. He started the Heat from fourth and finished
fifth, giving him a transfer into the B Dash. He started
the B Dash from third and finished fourth. He therefore
started the 30-lap Preliminary A-Main from eighth and
finished seventh. The race was won by Danny Lasoski,
with Donny Schatz second and Steve Kinser third.
On Night Two, Brooke qualified seventh with a time of
11.873 seconds. He started the Heat from fifth and
finished fifth, giving him a direct transfer into the
A-Main. He started the 30-lap A-Main from second
and finished second, behind winner Robbie Farr, and
ahead of Joey Saldana in third.
Brooke's next race will be the President’s Cup at
Avalon Raceway, in Lara, Victoria, on Wednesday
23 January 2008.
Brooke Wins Sixth WSS Championship
Brooke has won the 2007/2008 World Series Sprintcars
Championship after the two-night final round at Brisbane
International Speedway, in Brisbane, Queensland, on 11
and 12 January 2008, where he finished seventh on
night one and fifth on night two.
On Night One, he qualified ninth with a time of 11.790
seconds. He started Heat One from eighth and finished
fifth. He started Heat Two from seventh, and powered
his way forward to finish third. He started his third and
final Heat from ninth and finished tenth.
The final round being a two-night event saw a different
format to the traditional World Series Sprintcars format,
with three rounds of Heats, then an A-Main. Brooke
started the A-Main from seventh, and finished seventh,
on a one-line track that was difficult to pass on. The
race was won by Trevor Green, with locals Cameron
Gessner second and Andrew Scheuerle third.
On Night Two, there was only one round of Heats, where
Brooke started eighth and moved forward to finish fourth.
He qualified for the A Dash, where he started and finished
fourth, to earn a fourth-row starting position for the all-
important A-Main. He therefore started the 50-lap A-Main
from seventh, alongside Peter Thorley. He drove a careful
race, looking after his tyres during the long race, and
made his way forward to finish fifth, to take his sixth
World Series Sprintcars Championship.

" World Series Sprintcars © 2008 ”
The Krikke MotorSport Team celebrating their WSS Win, World Series Sprintcars Final, Brisbane, January 2008
Congratulations to Brooke, Amy & Emma and the entire
Tatnell Family, and Shane & Ryan Krikke, Pete Caporn,
Shane Finch & the entire Krikke MotorSport Team on
Brooke's sixth Championship and Krikke MotorSport's
second Championship!!
Brooke's next race will be the three-night Outlaws Down
Under V at Parramatta City Raceway, in Sydney, New
South Wales, from 17 to 19 January 2008.
Bad Luck at Parramatta's $50,000 to Win
The two-night $50,000 to Win Sprintcar International was
held at Parramatta City Raceway in Sydney, New South
Wales, on 4 and 6 January 2008, where Brooke finished
fifth on night one and was unable to finish on night two.
On Night One, he qualified 24th with a time of 12.388
seconds. He started his Heat from pole, but problems
with his brakes saw him pull infield, unable to finish.
He was therefore forced into the B-Main, which he
started from fifth, and powered his way forward to
take the win and qualify for the A-Main. He started
the A-Main from 20th, and battled his way through
the field throughout the race to finish fifth. The race
was won by Donny Schatz, with Garry Brazier second
and Robbie Farr third.
On Night Two, he started his Heat from second and
took the win, to earn a start in the A Dash. He started
the A Dash from the inside of the second row and went
on to finish third. He therefore started the A-Main from
fifth, alongside Jonathan Allard. Unfortunately, Brooke
was caught up in an incident with Steve Kinser, which
caused him to roll over and he was unable to finish.
The race was won by Donny Schatz, with Robbie Farr
second and Ian Loudon third.
Brooke's next race will be the two-night World Series
Sprintcars Final at Brisbane International Speedway, in
Brisbane, Queensland, on 11 & 12 January 2008.
Fifth at Speed Week Final - Warrnambool
The 13th round of World Series Sprintcars and the final
round of Speed Week was held at Premier Speedway,
in Warrnambool, Victoria, on 1 January 2008, where
Brooke finished fifth.
He was the last person to Time Trial and qualified 18th
with a time of 11.092 seconds. He started Heat 1 from
fifth and moved forward to finish fourth.
He started Heat 2 from sixth and moved into fifth at
the start. On the first lap, he made a pass in the
last corner to take fourth, and maintained fourth
to the end.
He started the B-Main from fifth, and moved into sixth
at the start, before a red light stoppage. He ran both
the high and low lines after the restart, swapping
positions and battling with other drivers in between
a number of caution periods. He finished sixth and
earned himself a start in the A-Main.
He therefore started the 35-lap A-Main from 18th,
alongside James McFadden and moved himself into
11th in the opening laps. His radiator suffered damage
and steam was blowing from the car, making it hard
for Brooke to see. With 12 laps left, an open red light
period allowed the Krikke MotorSport Team to replace
the radiator on the in-field. After the restart, he
powered his way forward, including passing two cars
on the final lap, and finished fifth. The race was won
by Max Dumesny, with Steven Lines second and
Robbie Farr third.
On the night's racing, Brooke said, “I guess we salvaged
a good finish out of a terrible weekend. We just didn’t
have a good Speed Week. Qualifying is so close right
now, if we were one-tenth of a second quicker, we
would have been third quick, but instead we were
18th, so the marbles didn’t fall our way this weekend.
But we’re a better team than what we’ve shown, and
we’re still in the Championship and we’re here to win it.”
Krikke MotorSport Crew Chief Pete Caporn commented,
“We were good in Hot Laps. With our qualifying time,
we missed it by a tenth, so we were way back there.
When you don’t qualify that good, you’re behind the
eight-ball. In the Heat races, the racetrack really wasn’t
there and we weren’t great either, we were too tight all
night. We just scraped through in the B-Main and got
into the Feature. Then obviously unfortunately we had
a radiator problem and we fixed that. When Brooke could
see, he was pretty good towards the end, and we were
lucky to scrape home in fifth. It was unlucky that Max
won, from the Championship side of things.”
Brooke continues to lead the World Series Sprintcars
points standing. His next race will be the $50,0000
to Win at Parramatta City Raceway, in Sydney, New
South Wales, on 4 & 5 January 2008.
Brooke Third at Avalon Speed Week Round
The 12th round of World Series Sprintcars and the third
round of Speed Week was held at Avalon Raceway, in
Lara, Victoria, on 29 December 2007, where Brooke
was third.
He qualified 12th with a time of 12.953 seconds. He
started his first Heat from seventh, and moved into
sixth before yellow and red-light stoppages. He
restarted in fifth and passed two cars at once to
finish third.
He started his second Heat from eighth and moved into
fifth on the first lap. He restarted in fifth after a mid-
race caution period, and moved into fourth, but was
moved back one place to finish fifth after a red light
stoppage towards the end of the race.
He started fourth in the six-lap A Dash, and finished
third, to earn himself a third-row starting position
for the A-Main.
He therefore started the 35-lap A-Main from fifth,
alongside Trevor Green. He moved into fourth before
an early caution period. After the restart, he moved
into third, before another yellow light stoppage. He
battled with Max Dumesny, with them racing side-by-
side and swapping positions, but Brooke passed Max
Dumesny with two laps left, and finished third, behind
Robbie Farr and Matthew Reed.

" Jane Alexander © 2007 ”
L-R: Matthew Reed, Robbie Farr & Brooke Tatnell, World Series Sprintcars Round 12, Avalon, December 2007
On the night's events, Brooke said, "It was just another
average night, I mean it's not what we should be doing.
We're just struggling a little bit to get back to where we
should be and where we started the year, so I'm not
sure exactly what it is, but we'll figure it out. I mean,
third place, it's a decent third. Until the red came out, I
thought we had a good shot of winning it. After the
red, we just sort of lost a little bit of rhythm and just
didn't get it done. That's as simple as it gets."
Krikke MotorSport
Team Owner Shane Krikke said,
"That
was a lot better tonight. We had some good car speed in
the Feature race, particularly early. We've been tinkering
with the car a little bit, it's a bit different to the ones we've
run for the past two years, and I believe tonight we've
probably found some of the problem. We've been good,
but inconsistent, and I think we'll see on the 1st [of
January] at Warrnambool. I reckon we'll be back on track
and hopefully sail on to win the Championship from there,
but it's a long way to go. Farry's in form and Max is
right there, so it's going to be a good one."
Brooke continues to lead the World Series Sprintcars
points standing. His next race will be Round 13 of
World Series Sprintcars, and Round 5 of Speed Week,
at Premier Speedway, in Warrnambool, Victoria, on 1
January 2008.
Fourth at Borderline Speedway, Mt Gambier
The 11th round of World Series Sprintcars and the third
round of Speed Week was held at Borderline Speedway,
in Mt Gambier, South Australia, on 29 December 2007,
where Brooke finished fourth.
He qualified tenth with a time of 11.296 seconds. He
was scheduled to start his first Heat from seventh, but
the inside row was moved forward after an accident on
the first lap. He therefore started from the second row,
and moved into fifth off the start, and took fourth on
the opening lap. On the last lap, he ran the high line to
take third.
He started his second Heat from sixth and moved into
fourth before a yellow light stoppage. He restarted in
third, and moved into second at half-race distance. He
finished side-by-side with Max Dumesny across the
line, and was classified as third.
He started from pole in the A Dash, and led the first
lap before being passed for the lead, and finished
second, to earn himself a second-row starting position
in the A-Main.
He therefore started the 35-lap A-Main from the inside
of the second row, alongside Trevor Green, and moved
into fifth off the start. The leaders were quickly into
lapped traffic, before a mid-race open red light period,
which allowed the Krikke MotorSport Team on the in-
field to work on Brooke's car. He went on to finish in
fourth. The race was won by Jason Johnson, with
Danny Reidy second and Trevor Green third.

" Christopher Horne © 2007 ”
Brooke making a pass on Alan Haynes, World Series Sprintcars Round 11, Mt Gambier, December 2007
On the night's racing, Brooke said, "I take my hat off
to the first few rows. I mean we've gone from race
tracks that have been laying rubber, then they dumped
the water in it, trying to make it so that we didn't lay
rubber, cause the drivers have been complaining, the
crews have been complaining, and the car owners have
been complaining, so they did the right thing. They
consulted several of the drivers on whether they should
grade the racetrack before the Feature race, and they
needed to, because it was getting one-lane as it was.
The cold weather just kept bringing the moisture up, so
it was just a racetrack that was very, very hard to pass
on. For us, the driver was too polite in the Dash and
that basically cost us a top-two finish. Everything was
from the Dash."
Krikke MotorSport Team Own