Moulden Finishes Oval Express Series in Strong Fashion                                            9-1-08

One driver that certainly opened up a few eyes throughout the latter half of the Oval Express Formula 500 Series was Jessica Moulden and she did so by capturing three consecutive Top 10 feature race finishers at two of Australia’s most daunting tracks, Warrnambool’s Premier Speedway in Victoria and Sydney’s Tyrepower Parramatta City Raceway (TPCR) in New South Wales.

A 10th place finish in the feature race at Premier Speedway for the fourth round of the Oval Express Series was her first Top 10 finish of the series and she then backed it up by recording a pair of sixth place finishes on both nights in the TPCR feature races at rounds five and six (final).

These results gave Moulden a sixth place finish overall in the Oval Express Series final point standings, and also did her no harm towards earning the reputation as one of the rising female prospects in Australian Speedway.

The sixth placing overall could have been higher had it not been for a slow start to the Oval Express Series where she failed to qualify for the feature race during the opening round at Blue Ribbon Raceway in Horsham. For the remaining five rounds of the Oval Express Series, Moulden managed to qualify for the feature race; two of those qualifications were as a result of her taking out victories in the B-main. Moulden only started in the B-main at Laang Speedway and TPCR as a result of suffering misfortune in her qualifying heat races.

“To finish the Oval Express Series with such strong results and to finish sixth overall is just simply fantastic, and I couldn’t have done it without the support of my team, who worked tirelessly throughout the series to get me where I am,” expressed a very happy Moulden.

“I struggled in the opening round and I missed the feature race, and from there on I just put my head down and raced as hard as I could, and in the end I achieved some very pleasing results.”

Without a doubt her highlight performance in the Oval Express Series was none other than the sixth and final round at TPCR, when she won the B-main and looked on track for a podium result in the final, but it wasn’t to be. After failing to finish her opening heat race due to main wing and tail tank damage, Moulden started in the B-main and she won the event in strong fashion. Then from deep in the feature race field, Moulden charged her way towards the front of the field and was attempting to move into fourth place only for a late caution period to ruin her march and she fell back to finish in sixth.

“That stoppage in the final stages of the feature race upset my momentum and cost me, but that’s the way things go and I certainly had a lot of fun racing at one of the best tracks in Australia.” the 20-year-old said.

“The car was perfect during the feature race and I was able to drive it [the car] anywhere I wanted, and that certainly helped when I was cutting my way through the field.”

Moulden, who is loaded with confidence from her Oval Express Series performance, now turns her attention to the second round of the Victorian Stampede Series that is to be held this Saturday night (January 12) at Avalon Raceway in Geelong. After winning the opening round at Simpson Speedway late last year, Moulden goes into the second round as the series leader and one of the favourites to take out the round.

Moulden is supported in the 2007/08 season by: Race Shirts 4 U, McDonald Excavations, SWIFT Racing Products, Mt. Noorat Freighters, Jettco Developments, Design Effects Signage and Warrnambool Powder Coating. Moulden would also like to especially thank: Jeff, David, Mum, Dylan, and everyone else that helped out whilst they were on the road during the Oval Express Series.

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