Young 20 year old third generation sprintcar racer Sammy Walsh continued his forward progress to the top of the local Australian sprintcar scene with another top line effort in last weekends $50,000 to win shoot out at the Tyrepower Parramatta City Raceway.

Last Sunday’s final night of the 50 grand weekend saw Sam picking up a second place in the final heat before picking up a solid fourth in the second dash. That gave Sammy’s #92 Maxim position 8 in the forty lap A Main final. Sam was impressive but like many others the track conditions caught him out but after racing wheel to wheel with a number of drivers, it was a very creditable ninth place finish for Sam.

The Friday qualifying night meeting saw Sammy posting some great results from 11th in time trails (in a 60 plus field) a third place in heat 3, second placing to American star Jason Johnson in the opening Dash. Sam finished down the order in the preliminary A Main picking up a solid 12th in the 30 lap feature.

“I’m disappointed it’s not quite the result everyone wanted. I was good early then everyone found the rubber and I struggled from there. Maybe the car was a little too tight and a wrong combination in chassis set up. I had a brake problem in the heat and I think I was lucky to pass a couple of cars in the Dash. We did run up the front all weekend and were close to the front with a car that wasn’t quite right.”

Sam is certainly not backward in coming forward when racing against some of the best sprintcar racers in the world and has raced wheel to wheel with both Donny Schatz and Steve Kinser this summer.

Sammy and his “gasmen” wish to thank:

EWT Auto Dismantlers

Red Line Oils

PK Automotive

Automotive Hail Repairs

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