Melbourne Winter Series - Where there's smoke...

4:34 PM Mon 5 Jul 2010 GMT

'The annual practice flare shoot that occurs before the first race' Mystery Man

Melbourne Winter Series update: There is fire - and Wicked was certainly on fire for the opening round of the Melbourne Winter Series, with a win in IRC Div one and AMS Div one. Well done to Mark Welsh and the crew. 'We had a sensational race... One of those (rare) days when everything just goes right. We came off the start well down at the pin end and had enough speed to squeeze through Chutzpah38 and subsequently, into clear air.' 'Our game plan was always to head to the left side of the course, where we thought there was ...

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