The resources of the Formula Motorsports Team of Chris and Paul Solomon were stretched slightly with the two car team running both cars on the same day in two different states as part of a busy Christmas period with Paul racing on Boxing Day at Parramatta City Raceway (NSW) while Chris gained more valuable experience on the same night at Avalon Raceway (VIC).

Paul took the ex Travis Rilat 372ci WESMAR Eagle to Sydney prior to Christmas to get the cars original builder and craftsman Bill Roberts to go over the car and iron out  some of the bugs that have plagued the car in recent times.

Whilst it was the first time that Paul had raced the Rolling Thunder Raceway/Caged Racing Products Eagle at PCR, the car and driver performed very well despite being some 40 odd cubic inches down in engine capacity alone.  Paul said “ we finally got the engine running right and after a number of chassis changes and a replacement steering box, the car felt really good. I just have to get more racing laps under my belt”.

Meanwhile at Avalon Raceway, Chris Solomon with the ex Travis Rilat ASCS 360ci engine powered Rolling Thunder Raceway Eagle managed to stay out of trouble and pass a number of cars in the heats and C main.

Chris who is only 17 years of age and with no racing experience in any form prior to jumping into the Sprintcar late last season commented that “I’m just starting to gain some confidence in getting around a little faster at each event and building my understanding of how the car works with various set ups. All I need is a lot more seat time.”

Additionally Bob Forbes in the 360ci United National Services/Rolling Thunder Raceway #27 Maxim had a good night at the Boxing day event at Avalon after qualifying straight into the A main in 12^th position. Bob said “The United National Services #27 was performing well and was getting better as the evening progressed”. Unfortunately his race in the A main was cut short due to incident in lap 2 when two cars spun leaving  Bob with nowhere to go except onto the tow truck.  “It’s very disappointing when you end up like this as a result of others peoples mistakes” said Bob .

After the Boxing day events, the Formula Motorsports Team headed off to Warrnambool for the January 1^st  WSS event.  With the track lightning fast, Paul and Chris (360ci ASCS engine) time trialed in positions 34 and 41 respectively from 43 cars. Chris and Paul finished their heat races and gained valuable seat time in what can only be described as top level company.

The Formula Motorsports Team will be competing next at Rolling Thunder Raceway on the 20^th of January in the Sprintcar Thunder Series.

Formula Motorsports wish to thank United National Security/Services, Bill Roberts  (Grizzly Dyno Shocks), Racer Magazine, Rolling Thunder Raceway, Forbes Automotive and Daytec Australia for their assistance during the 2006/7 race season.