Winning wasn’t as straightforward as it appeared for California racer Jonathan Allard at Baypark Speedway last Saturday night.
Top-scoring in the qualifying heats earned Allard the choice of front-row grid positions and he led the 25-lap North Island Sprint Car Championship final from start to finish, taking a narrow win over Hamilton’s Dean Brindle.
But Allard revealed he’d had a fight on his hands in the cockpit of his Daltons racer on the way to his fourth North Island title victory.
“Sometimes there’s so much the crowd in the stands doesn’t see. I was so busy in the car,” says Allard.
“About 10 laps in, my wing slider broke and the wing was moving around, doing its own thing.”