Charlie Brown won his third consecutive NSW Formula 500 Title held at Tamworth Speedway on Saturday night.
Entry numbers were down on previous years which was put down to the Australian Title being run at Laang in two weeks’ time and the economic environment. Out of those 17 cars entered only 16 raced as Michael Baxter had to withdraw on Saturday morning due to illness.

The Rounds were run over 2 Heats with the hope that all cars would still be running for the Final, and this was almost the case as only one car ( Ross McAteer) failed to make the final.

Round 1; Heat 1 saw drivers coming to grips with the slick granite with a touch of clay track, young Nathan Paull was sent to the infield after spinning and Ross McAteer retied with flooding problems.

1st Chris Alcorn 2nd Charlie Brown, 3rd Kristen Brown, 4th Brian Thorley, 5th Kenny Norman, 6th Chase Norman

Heat 2 saw one stoppage when Daniel Broadbent spun bringing on the yellow, placings were

1st Luca Cox, 2nd Murray Johnson, 3rd Matt Hunter, 4th Dan Scougall, 5th David Baxter, 6th Dani-Elle Levy, 7th Daniel Broadbent, 8th Brian Cox

As the night wore on the times showed the drivers were getting use to the track with Luca Cox posting the fastest single lap times in the Heats with a 16.621, Dan Scougall 16.894 and Murray Johnson a time of 16.897.

Round 2 Heat 1 saw another stoppage when Nathan Paull spun in the 5th lap, Dan Scougall led the field from the start and took the win from Chase Norman 3rd Kenny Norman, 4th Luca Cox, 5th Murray Johnson, 6th Ross McAteer, 7th Nathan Paull.

Heat 2 was run without a stoppage with Charlie Brown starting from pole and leading for the entire heat, 2nd Kristen Brown, 3rd Chris Alcorn, 4th Matt Hunter, 5th Brian Thorley, 6th David Baxter, 7th Dani-Elle Levy

Round 3 Heat 1 saw some action at the start with some cars riding wheels as they josled for positions, David Baxter led the entire heat with Luca Cox in second place, Luca went wide in corner two on the last lap droping back through the field, 2nd Brian Thorley, 3rd Kristen Brown, 4th Dan Scougall, 5th Matt Hunter, 6th Luca Cox, 7th Ross McAteer, 8th Nathan Paull

Heat 2 and Kenny Norman led from the start followed by Chris Alcorn and Charlie Brown, coming around to the start line on the final lap we saw some very close racing as the three leaders met up with a lapped car, two went one side and one went the other and in corners 1 & 2 Chris Alcorn and Charlie Brown tussled for position with Alcorn holding onto second place from Brown 4th Chase Norman, 5th Murray Johnson, 6th Dani-Elle Levy, 7th Daniel Broadbent.

The Title saw tied points for pole position and the number one spot went to Chris Alcorn as he had the fastest single lap time from the previous heats, Charlie Brown filled position two, with Kristen Brown and Kenny Norman off the second row.

Racing got underway with Brown leading from Alcorn, Kristen Brown and Kenny Norman off the second row. The racing was stopped when Nathan Paull and Chase Norman came together in corners 3 & 4 and racing commenced Charlie led the field away, from Alcorn with Kristen Brown ready to make a move, which she did the following lap to take position 2 from Alcorn. One lap down an another spin this time it was Daniel Broadbent, it was Charlie Brown from the restart followed by Kristen and they retained these positions to the checkered flag, 3rd Chris Alcorn, 4th Kenny Norman, 5th Luca Cox, 6th Matt Hunter, 7th Murray Johnson, 8th David Baxter, 9th Brian Thorley, 10th Dan Scougall, 11th Brian Cox, 12th Dani-Elle Levy, DNFs Chase Norman, Daniel Broadbent, Nathan Paull.

Fastest single lap times from the Final were Charlie Brown 15.932, Kristen Brown 16.307. Chris Alcorn 16.432 for more result check Mylaps.