Alice Springs Speedway was the venue for round three of the TDC Formula 500 series where a large field of 11 Formula 500 cars were on hand after with Justin Hooker and Gerald Shadforth mading the journey from Tennant Creek.

The Alice Springs local boys Adam (Macca) Macdonald, Steve Anderson, Joe Orr, Chris Moore, Jeremy Spoehr, Jarrod Woolcock and Heath Martin, joined the newcomers to the field Jordi Little and Shane (Boofy) Cole making a welcome boost to the local ranks.

Showing good pace after a few seasons off was Shadforth from Tennant Creek as well as Justin Hooker who is proving to be one to watch out for in the near future. 16 year old, Jordi Little from Alice Springs in his first time out in the NT83 Stallard of Shorty Maclean was impressive with Moe Mccosker and Maclean taking the youngster under their wing and showing he will have a bright future

Steve Anderson and Joe Orr in the Andor team cars showed to be consistent on both nights, with a disappointing end to Orr’s night on Saturday night withdrawing due to overheating issues before the final, while Macca Macdonald in his RTS suffered from engine gremlins and will be keen to make amends next meeting.

Sadly for Jarrod Woolcock, he destroyed his engine after showing great pace on Friday night. Chris Moore and Jeremy Spoehr debuted the TDC team cars with their new FTZ engines and are in the process of sneaking up on the opposition.

Shane “Boofy” Cole in his Centre Concrete Murphy in the second Martin Racing team car showed to be extremely quick in his first meeting, while team boss, Heath Martin dominated most of the heats despite a 2 place penalty in heat 5 for his infield tactics battling with Anderson. Martin went on to take out the overall final win for the Round 3 TDC Series.

FRIDAY-
Heat 1- Heath Martin, Gerald Shadforth, Joe Orr
Heat 2- Heath Martin, Joe Orr, Boofy Cole
Heat3- Gerald Shadforth, Joe Orr, Steve Anderson

SATURDAY-
Heat 4- Heath Martin, Joe Orr, Boofy Cole
Heat 5- Steve Anderson, Boofy Cole, Heath Martin
Heat 6- Gerald Shadforth, Heath Martin, Joe Orr

FINAL-
Heath Martin, Steve Anderson, Gerald Shadforth