Darren Giacometti & Mick Dann have picked up a handy little prize from Ipta Fibreglass after having some misfortune at the Smooth Suspension Super Series for Street Stocks in Victoria, both take home a $100 voucher from the Whittle family business as a result of their misfortunes.

At Swan Hill’s Sonic Speedway Giacometti had a big explosion of flames underneath his bonnet going down the back straight due to an oil pressure line bursting onto the exhaust, as the yellows went on Giacometti kept driving around the track not realising the flames were from his car, before the fire crew frantically stopped him at the back straight as he headed around again.

With the bad luck in mind and with the car needing a little tender loving care with some of the panels on the Scooters Metal Fab # 12 Commodore, Ipta Fibreglass are very pleased that Darren can get some support when he calls up for panels.

For Mick Dann in the # 0 Bomb Disposals - Commodore it was a different story due to the fact he found himself in the dreaded turn two wall at Wahgunyah Speedway breaking his right hand front suspension with nobody to blame accept himself, trying to hard in his own words.

Whilst all the locals know how tricky turn two can be at the venue, Dann found out that if you get offline a little at Wahgunyah the wall will bite as he battled for position with McClure and others in his third heat and nailed the wall.

This damage put him out of the final.

The winner’s can give the Whittles a call and get their burnt & torn up panels replaced or fixed by using their voucher & get back on track looking as good as new.

Racers can talk about your fibreglass needs by calling ‘Ipta Fibreglass’ on 03 5221 3004 or if you want to take a look at what is available you can visit 7 Riversdale Road, Newtown in Geelong.

Written by
Dean Thompson
DMT Sports Media
for Smooth Suspension Super Series for Street Stocks

Darren Giacometti was the recipient of the Ipta Fibreglass supported award at Swan Hill (C) Dean Miller Photography

Mick Dann after crashing at Wahgunyah was the recipient of the Ipta Fibreglass supported award (C) Dean Miller Photography

Mick Dann after crashing at Wahgunyah was the recipient of the Ipta Fibreglass supported award (C) Dean Miller Photography