Photos: Val & Joyce Findlay Memorial

The annual Val & Joyce Findlay Memorial meeting was run at Geelong a week ago. The event was also host to the 2008 Formula 100 Nationals. The F100 report and photos, plus a link to the event results (all classes) can be found HERE.

Above: The new Arrow X1s were out in force at their debut Aussie meeting. William Yarwood (69) won Rotax Heavy, here leading the similarly mounted Aaron Rintoul and Reece Broady.
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Above: The F100 field grid up for their final, pre-final winner Aaron Ivermee (58) on pole with eventual winner Adam Hughes alongside
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Above: The spoils of victory - Adam Hughes, 2008 F100 Australian Champion.
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Above: Jordan Nicolaou had a strong win in Junior National Light.
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Above: With life getting in the way (new house, marriage on the horizon), Trent James had his last kart race at Geelong. Unfortunately things didnt go to plan. Normally an F100 front runner, James suffered all manner of technical problems but he still managed to top-ten the final after siezing in the pre-final.
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Above: Gary Jacobson is in brilliant form at the moment, winning Junior Clubman (above, leading Scott McLaughlin) and Junior National Heavy.
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Above: The F100 Over 40s - 1st Peter Nowlan, 2nd Peter Klein, 3rd Steve Pettaras.
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Above: Matt Chamber (48) put up a great fight in Clubman Heavy, but it was Remo Luciani (20) who graced the top step of the podium.
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Above: Peter Richards in the GP Racing kart, F100.
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Above: Bart Price, 1st Rotax Light. Mention must be made of Troy Woolston (9) who clawed back to 2nd place after a DNS in the pre-final after he got wiped out in the roll-arounds!
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Above: Winners of the annual end-of-meeting Findlay Handicap race. 1st Franky Costanzo (Clubman Heavy), 2nd Matt Wall (Leopard Light), 3rd Dillon Collett (Clubman Heavy).
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Above: F100 Heavy winner Dominic Albanese with the ACE Karts girls.
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Above: Rookie action, Reece Bloomfield (14) gives chase. Bloomfield would finish 2nd in the final to Phillip Munnerley.
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Above: An all-Sera front row for Clubman Light. This time it would be David who took the win ahead of Jay O'Keefe (4).
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Above: Midgets grid up for a heat race: Danny Carrol (21), Thomas Prascevic (91), Dylan Adams (33), Jordan Rae (9), Jack Nolan (27), Maya McNamara (98), Michael Dillon (28). Giulian Dichiera (77) would win the final.
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Above: A missing fuel cap saw Bobby Bourke splashed in the, err... nether regions, during an F100 Heavy heat. What the mildy distressed and chemical burning Bourke did next shouldn't really be shown on a family website! Despite the strip-tease, Bobby was good for 8th in the final.
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Above: Danny Richert was strong in the F100 heat races, but couldnt quite match Hughes in the final.
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Above: Matthew Wall, 1st Leopard Light, ahead of Stefan Millard.
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Above: F100 Heavy, Albanese (5) and Gary Pegoraro (39) on the front row.
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Above: Robert Munnerley looks over the shoulder of Rookie winner and younger brother Phillip.
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Above: Three-way dice, JNH; Brenton Mountjoy (49), Tyler McDonald (17) and Jaymee Frampton (50).
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