DAVIS CLAIMS ANOTHER AUSTRALIAN TITLE

Chris Davis secured his third career Australian Lightning Sprint Title recently at Rosedale Speedway in Victoria, but his journey to this latest Australian Title victory was far from easy.

Heading into an Australian Title as the defending champion always comes with a fair bit of pressure; however, for Davis, he had to battle several challenges on top of that throughout the night’s race meeting, such as mechanical issues, coming under fire from the officials and visiting the Rosedale Speedway track for the very first time.

But that is what made his third Australian Title victory all that much sweeter behind the wheel of #1 Tri-City Smash Repairs / Hyper Racing NSW supported Hyper Car.

“I certainly had to work hard for this Australian Title win, but despite the challenges, I managed to use my experience to my advantage and keep my cool, and it rewarded me with the best possible result,” the 32-year-old said.

“During my heat races, I battled with some steering issues and in my final heat race I was sent rear of field for allegedly jumping the start, and despite all of this, I was able to qualify the fourth highest point scorer, and it gave me a strong starting spot for the feature race.

“Going into the feature race, I had some of the country’s best racers around me, so I knew I had to get the front early if I was going to be a chance, and that’s exactly how it turned out.

“There was an early red light on lap eight and I was sitting in second, but soon after the restart, I managed to get to the front, and that was where I stayed all the way through to the finish.”

Davis continued by saying that there were a few memorable moments to come from his latest Australian Title success, adding to his previous two wins in 2024 at Goulburn Speedway and 2018 at Tamworth Speedway.

“I’ve been racing Lightning Sprints for nearly 12 seasons now, so to have three Australian Title wins to my name now and be up there with the likes of Sean Barnett, Dean McComb, Dave Fanning and AJ McTaggart as winners of three or more Australian Titles is something that I’m very proud of,” he said.

“Another couple of cool moments to come from this latest Australian Title win is to win in front of my wife and our two kids, as they are my biggest supporters and it’s very special for us to do it together, and my one-two finish with my Hyper Racing team-mate AJ McTaggart.

“Although both AJ and I are fierce rivals out on the race track, we work very well together off the track with sharing advice and notes, and it makes doing what we did at this season’s Australian Title extra memorable.”

This latest Australian Title win adds to Davis’ impressive 2024-25 season campaign which also contains Spring Nationals and Gold Cup wins at Sydney International Speedway.

The next major event on the 2024-25 season calendar for Davis and his team will be the Victorian Title on March 29 at Wangaratta City Speedway.

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