Moulden’s Strong Australian Title Fight Back                                                            27-3-08

A tough run of grid draws during her heat races certainly made the going tough for current Victorian State Title holder ‘Miss’ Jessica Moulden during the running of the Australian Formula 500 Title last weekend at Lismore Speedway, but as the saying goes, when the going gets tough, the tough get going.

In what was her very first visit to the Northern NSW track, Moulden struggled during her three heat races, finishing in sixth, seventh, and third respectively, and as a result she was forced to take part in the repechage in order to qualify for the feature race. Moulden won the repechage # 1 with comfortable ease and therefore started the feature race from deep in the field, position 17.

With it all to gain and nothing to lose, Moulden was able to avoid numerous incidents throughout the feature race, one being a very close call when she collected a spinning Ben Devlin and was lucky not to cut a tyre, picking cars off one by one in a hard charging display to work her way up to a very gallant and hard fought sixth place at the fall of the chequered flag.

“We didn’t get the best of grids draws and with the track on night one being very fast there was little passing going on, but we managed to stage a good fight back and end up with sixth place,” Moulden expressed.

“Heading into the weekend I was aiming for a Top 5 result, and heading into the feature race I set my aims at the Top 10 as we were starting so far back, so to finish just outside the Top 5 is a great result.”

Moulden said that over the two nights at Lismore Speedway the track was completely different racing surfaces, which she believes contributed to her missing out on a direct transfer into the feature race.

“On the opening night it was pretty much follow the leader and basically where you started was where you finished,” said Moulden.

“The track on the second night was more of a drivers track, and that suited me and saw me able to progress forward, and that was evident with my end result.”

This Saturday night (March 29) at Laang Speedway in Victoria Moulden will contest the Non Winged Nationals, and this is also the first time she has competed in a non winged event and the first time she has returned to the Laang Speedway since capturing her historic Victorian State Title victory.

“I’m very much looking forward to taking part in the non winged event, as it’s something new and exciting, and it’s always good to try new things,” she added.

Moulden would like to say a special thanks to Truline in Cobden and Race Shirts 4 U for all their support in allowing her to compete in the Australian Title.

 Be sure to check out the newly lunched official website of Moulden which can be found at: www.jessicamoulden.com

Moulden is proudly supported in the 2007/08 season by:

Race Shirts 4 U, McDonald Excavations, SWIFT Racing Products, Mt. Noorat Freighters, Jettco Developments, Design Effects Signage, Warrnambool Powder Coating, and Topflight Racing Wings.

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Jessica Moulden media enquiries Daniel Powell – Redline Media

Phone: 0246 832 287

Mobile: 0432 126 210

Email: daniel@redlinemedia.com.au