CHALLENGING WEEKEND FOR ASSAILLIT IN QUEENSLAND

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Fujitsu Racing's Damian Assaillit has had an up and down weekend at the fourth round of the Fujitsu V8 Series at Queensland Raceway.

Assaillit was 10th quickest in practice, but couldn't carry that ove= to qualifying starting from 14th position.

The Sunshine Coast racer was spun by Mark McNally, before recovering t= finish 18th.

The 18-year-old didn't even complete the opening lap in race #2 when=his steering was damaged after locking wheels with another driver. He then completed the weekend with a solid drive to finish 18th in the final race to be classified 22nd for the weekend

‘If we kept our nose clean in the opening two races I'm sure we wo=ld have been inside the top-10,’ said Assaillit.

‘Our qualifying should have been better, and we would have been out =f the mess in the races.

‘It's tough when you have a fast racecar, but can't show its tru= potential.

‘Importantly we are getting better and we are keen to show that at t=e next round at Winton.’

Team Principal of Race Image Motorsport David McMahon was upbeat despi=e the result.

‘Damian and the whole team were better than the result showed,’ sa=d McMahon.

‘We made some technical changes this weekend which have really impro=ed the car.

‘This series is pretty tough and you have to have a fast car as well=as some luck some times.

‘We now have the fast car, give us just a slice of luck and we'll =e up there.’

The Fujitsu Racing Team will have the opportunity to prove their form =n two weeks at Winton Motor Raceway in Victoria.

2008 FUJITSU V8 SUPERCAR SERIES
Round 4 ˜ Queensland Raceway, Ipswich, Queensland

Championship Points after round four of eight
1. Steve Owen ˜ 1056 points
2. David Reynolds - 834
3. Dean Canto - 810
4. Jonathon Webb - 800
5. Michael Trimble ˜ 754
6. Grant Denyer - 724
7. Dale Wood - 713
8. Karl Reindler - 696
9. Marcus Zukanovic - 660
10. Jack Perkins - 610
15. Damian Assaillit

RESULTS: Round Points
1. Dean Canto - 292
2. Steve Owen - 270
3. Grant Denyer - 226
4. Dale Wood - 220
5. David Reynolds - 216
6. Jonathon Webb - 210
7. Craig Baird - 200
8. Sam Walter - 184
9. Marcus Zukanovic - 176
10. Karl Reindler - 152
22. Damian Assaillit


RESULTS: Race Three
1. Dean Canto
2. Steve Owen
3. Dale Wood
4. Jonathon Webb
5. Grant Denyer
6. David Reynolds
7. Sam Walter
8. Craig Baird
9. Karl Reindler
10. Michael Trimble
18. Damian Assaillit

RESULTS: Race Two
1. Grant Denyer
2. Dean Canto
3. Steve Owen
4. Craig Baird
5. Marcus Zukanovic
6. David Reynolds
7. Karl Reindler
8. Dale Wood
9. Sam Walter
10. Gene Rollinson
DNF. Damian Assaillit

RESULTS: Race One
1. Dean Canto
2. Steve Owen
3. Jonathon Webb
4. David Reynolds
5. Dale Wood
6. Jack Perkins
7. Sam Walter
8. Craig Baird
9. Tim Slade
10. Marcus Zukanovic
19. Da mian Assaillit

RESULTS: Qualifying
1. Dean Canto Ford - 1:11.3312
2. Steve Owen - 1:11.4296
3. Karl Reindler - 1:11.5197
4. Jonathon Webb - 1:11.6527
5. Jack Perkins - 1:11.7333
6. Dale Wood - 1:11.7639
7. David Reynolds - 1:11.7780
8. Sam Walter - 1:11.8950
9. Jay Verdnik - 1:11.9118
10. Tim Slade - 1:12.0479
14. Damian Assaillit ˜ 1.12.3474