THE World Series Sprintcars season is done and dusted, with the popular James McFadden claiming the honours on the final night of racing.
For the Limestone Coast the Scott Motorsport team, with Brooke Tatnell behind the wheel, finished third in the teams’ championship, behind Monte Motosort (McFadden) and Krikke Motorsport (Kerry Madsen).
Tatnell held on for third place in the driver’s championship behind McFadden and Madsen, with a nail-biting finish to the season at the Perth Motorplex in Western Australia.
He faced plenty of competition for the final podium position, with Jock Goodyer and Lucas Wolfe the closest combatants and right in the contest until the final chequered flag was waved.
Tatnell and Goodyer came together in the penultimate round, with the Scott driver out of action, while Goodyer later retired.
That kept Tatnell in the running for the final podium position, which he sealed on the last night of racing.
For team owner Ash Scott it was a successful season in their first tilt as a contracted WSS team.
“We are pretty happy with that,” Scott said.
“We had some dramas, we cut a few tyres down and got tangled up in a few incidents we did not really want to be involved in I guess.
“That probably knocked us back where we maybe could have been challenging for the win, but we were pretty happy as a collective to finish third.”
A highlight was the first World Series victory for team at the Borderline Speedway in round two, which panned out as Tatnell’s only win for the season.
“We were pretty happy to do that,” Scott said.
“We thought we might have kept it rolling from then, but we had an incident the next night which slowed our progress a bit.”
As the season unfolded Mother Nature played her part, which halted momentum for all teams.
Tatnell kept his and the team’s chances alive, but was soon chasing McFadden and Madsen at the pointy end of the field.
In the end it came down to a big effort in the final two rounds over in Western Australia to tie up third place.
“On the Friday night we got tangled up with Goodyer, who was our closest competitor for third position,” Scott said.
“We ended up second best from that, which did not help our progress.
“But he blew a tyre and did not finish the race either, which kept us in the hunt.”
Scott said the final night saw a “hooked up” track, with few opportunities for Tatnell to move forward, but his ninth place was enough to secure third overall and the podium finish for the team.
“There were a few nail biting moments, but we got there,” he said.
“It was a lot of work and sleepless nights, but where we finished, we were pretty happy.”
Scott said they would now look at Tatnell’s commitments for next season and make a decision about their plans at a later date.
