Tasmania vs. USA
Posted 01.13.10

HOBART, TASMANIA - After spending two months at home preparing for the 2010 Season Lucas left the country to compete in the Chickenfeed Tasmania vs. USA in Hobart, Tasmania. Craig Dollanksy, Paul McMahan, and Lucas Wolfe make up the American team with Tasmanian drivers duties being shared by Hobart teenager Shaun Dobson and Launceston drivers Jamie Bricknell, Kurt Luttrell and Jason Dawkins.

A total of six, five lap dashes made up the TAS vs. USA Challenge. Each dash consists of a total of six drivers, three American drivers and three Tasmanian drivers. Drivers are scored on a 6-1 scoring basis with the winner scoring six points second scoring fifth and so on. After each dash drivers would return to the infield where they were able to make adjustments for the next dash. The following dash was inverted by the finish of the previous dash.

In the first race Lucas was able to finish fourth with Tasmanian Driver Shaun Dobson picking up the win. The Americans were able to take an early lead in the battle 12-9 with McMahan finishing second and Dollanksy third. The following dash Dollanksy picked up the win with Lucas finishing fourth and McMahan fifth. Lucas was able to pick up a win in the next three dashes but was unable to start for the sixth and final race due to a fuel leak.

At the end of the dashes, the American team was able to come away with 70 points over Tasmania’s 55. This will give the American team a 15 point lead going into the second test at the Bendigo Bank Arena at Latrobe Saturday, January 16th. The main event consisted of a 30 lap main event but did not earn points for finishing. The American’s started at the rear of the field with a Red Flag on lap 13 when Paul McMahan rolled his car, but only sustained minor damage. When the checkered flags flew for former Tasmanian champion, "Tornado" Tim Hutchins, of Sassafras, Lucas was able to come away with a sixth place finish behind Dollanksy who finished fifth.

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