22 July 2011
It seems to be a repeating occurrence throughout the 2010/2011 ANDRA Pro Series calendar that inclement weather has been the deciding factor in many of the events contested. The 2011 Castrol EDGE Winternationals that were originally scheduled for the Queen's Birthday Long Weekend (June 10 – 13) were no different.
“It’s very frustrating when we have to make the trip back for the continuation of Brisbane when the Goldfingers/PRE Motorsport is based in Melbourne. Regardless of this, we’re thankful that the management of Willowbank Raceway have given us the opportunity to re-run the event,” said Goldfingers/PRE Motorsport team owner, Con Sideris.
When the event resumes July 15 to 17 Andrew Stavroulakis and the Goldfingers/PRE Motorsport will head into the final qualifying session in the 11th position with a time of (7.143/191.76). It’s understood that the team’s will be given a familirisation pass, which will not count towards qualifying and then the rest of the event will be ran as per normal.
“The 7.14 pass was not what we were looking for. However, during testing we damaged our good clutch and it hurt us for the Winters. The re-run will give us the opportunity to freshen everything up and return with vengeance,” said Goldfingers/PRE Motorsport team driver, Andrew Stavroulakis.
Should there be any sign of further inclement weather at the July 15th to 17th event the Goldfingers/PRE Motorsport team will not be returning.