Marshall Motorsport teams up with EVOCorse

As part of an expansion of its motorsport activities, Marshall Motorsport is pleased to announce it has been appointed the Australian distributor for the EVOCorse range of competition wheels and accessories.   This arrangement followed our initial import of Formula 3 centre lock wheels which were snapped up by a number of F3 teams competing in the State and Australian Championships.   

With a longstanding involvement in Italian Motorsport EVOCorse have forged a reputation for supplying wheels of the highest quality for open wheeler, GT and touring car categories.   Building on its track success EC is now a highly regarded supplier to a number of European rally teams including the WRC entrant Prodrive.   Innovations such as the the patented EVOCorse QPS (Quick Pit Stop) captive wheel nuts are gaining wide acceptance in European gravel and tarmac rally circles offering up to a 30 second advantage when doing in-stage wheel changes.

EVOCorse has also had success in the unforgiving off road racing environment where it has become the wheel of choice for many teams and private entries in the Dakar rally, the Pharohs rally and most recently the Australasian Safari.   Marshall Motorsport has recently supplied several sets of the highly regarded Dakar Corse Zero off road competition wheel to the Melbourne base Grunt Global rally team who are putting together an impressive VW Amarok entry to tackle the Production 4WD class in this years Safari.   Grunt Global's lead driver Sam Beck has worked closely with Marshall Motorsport to ensure the wheels supplied are capable of taking on some of the toughest terrain Western Australia has to offer.  We have been able to draw on the experience the factory has had in supplying teams in the Dakar in Africa and South Americal over the past few years.

We are looking forward to following Sam's progress in the Safari  which will get underway on the 21st of September in Geraldton.

For more information on the Grunt Global rally team and their  Australasian Safari preparations  go to www.gruntglobal.com

Other EVOCorse products include their quick action lightweight rally jack as used by several WRC teams and the PDef brake caliper insulators that limit heat transfer into the brake caliper and reduce the occurrence of brake fluid fade.    For more information contact  John Marshall on 0418 334 408 or email marshall.motorsport@bigpond.com

AF3 Championship Round 6 Ipswich - Action Packed

 

Formula 3 rookie Lockie Marshall returned his third podium result in as many outings with a 2nd in the National class of the 2012 AF3 Championship at Ipswich on the weekend.  Following his win in Darwin and a second place at Eastern Creek, his strong showing in Queensland  puts lockie into third place in the Forpark National class championship despite missing the first three races due to a broken wrist.

In the adrenalin charged atmosphere of the V8 Supercar meeting, the official practice on Friday saw Lockie top the timesheets by the smallest of margins a mere 0.01 sec from hometown favorite Hayden Cooper.   Qualifying on Saturday morning was very tight with Cooper several tenths up on Lockie who ended the session as second fastest of the national class competitors.   A moments confusion during the closing seconds of the qualifying session saw Lockie take an extra lap much to the displeasure of the CAMS Clerk of Course, the resulting penalty being demotion to the rear of the grid and a $250 fine.   

Starting from the back of the grid,  Race 1 was a bruising affair which saw Lockie on the receiving end of several aggressive blocking moves as he challenged for the lead.   Several heart stopping touches at 200+ kph resulted in wheel rubs on the side pods of Lockie's car.  Things came to a head with Lockie's front wing being knocked askew which greatly affected the handling of his car and he was quickly overtaken by Cooper.  Despite the damage,  Lockie was able to adapt to the under-steer and hold onto 3rd place at  the close of the 16 lap race.

Race 2 was again a spirited affair with close wheel to wheel racing around the 3.1km circuit.  Mid way through the race Lockie was very lucky to miss a spinning car as it speared  back onto the track in front of him causing Lockie to himself run wide and spin at speed along the back straight of the circuit.  Fortunately Lockie was able to gather up the car performing  a high speed pirouette and continuing along the straight undeterred.   Crossing the line in second place in the national class was a great relief especially after his high speed moment on the back straight.

 Race 3, the main event, was uneventful compared to the earlier two races with Lockie starting a row behind his main rival Cooper.  The 24 lap race unfolded as a chase from the start with Lockie pressing the Queenslander although was never in a position to make a safe passing attempt  so he had to settle for 2nd in the race which gave him an overall second for the meeting in the National class.   The win secured the Forpark National class championship for Cooper with a round to spare.    Lockie was very happy with the result and commented "racing with Hayden has been close, he's a very good driver and I'm sure it would have been a ripper championship if I'd been in for the first few  rounds".  

Joining Lockie for the first time was Formula 3 engineer Chris Doumbos who's input was very helpful.  Chris worked closely with Lockie on data analysis and also provided valuable input on changes to car setup through the course of the weekend.   We would also like to thank Brad Jones Racing for their help on the weekend.      

Lockie would like to thank his sponsors LORD Chemicals, Hare & Forbes Machinery House, Ontime Distribution, Forensic Consulting,  A1 Signs,  Elf Racefuels,  Connexus,  Campbellfield Truck Services,  Kyneton Autopro, Kyneton Toyota,  Bridgestone Kyneton, Body Corp Highpoint Accident Repair Centre, Point Precision Engineering, Race Recall and Unique Marine for their support through the year.   

You can watch in-car videos from Ipswich and follow Lockie’s progress on his website www.lockiemarshall.com  or on Facebook  or via twitter at  @lockiemarshall

The latest videos are at : www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3qg2AAMAyw&feature=plcp

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INSPIRED BY ZAIDEE

Lockie Marshall is pleased to announce the he has been appointed as a "Young Ambassador" for the Zaidees's Rainbow Foundation, an organization

inspired by young  Zaidee Turner, who suffered a rare fatal brain annurism at 7 years of age.    In accordance with Zadiee's wishes her family ensured that Zaidee's tragic passing bought new hope to 12 other children who were awaiting critical organ and tissue transplants.    So from the tradegy of Zaidee's death, the Zaidee's Rainbow Foundation was born and has now grown to an Australia wide organization which promotes organ donation awareness and education programs.   In working with the Zaidee's Rainbow Foundation Lockie joins the ranks of many well know sporting identities and teams that offer their own support in promoting the goals of the Foundation.  "Its so important for Australian families to have a discussion about organ donation" said Allan Turner the Foundation's CEO, "so many families are first asked to consider the donation of a loved ones organ or tissue whilst  coming to terms with an unexpected death due to trauma or sudden illness".  "For many this is overwhelming and has contributed to a less than 0.0015%  percent donation rate in Australia".  This figure is very low compared to other countries and is the main reason for the long waiting lists for organ transplants in Australia.   Sometimes sadly, the waiting lists are too long for thoes awaiting a life saving organ transplant.

Eyecatching rainbow coulored shoelaces are the trademark of the the Zaidee's foundation  and can be seen on the  boots of ALF greats like Luke Hodge,  and his fellow Hawthorn teammates as well as may other NRL, Netball and mens and womens basketball teams.

The symbol of a rainbow is representative of hope. After every storm, the sun shines and a rainbow appears.  For those people on the transplant waiting list, the rainbow symbol offers them hope.  At the end of their rainbow is an organ or tissue to improve their life, or in most cases, save their life.

Lockie will be helping the Foundation by displaying some Zaidee's Rainbow foundation Logos on the rear wing of his Formula 3 racer and will be helping with a  presentation on organ donation awareness at his school Breamar College.   Lockie has also wear rainbow laces in this racing boots and will be encouraging his fellow F3 competirors to do likewise.

To find out more or to get your own pair of Zaidee’s Rainbow Shoelaces, visit zaidee.org
or call into your local Rebel sports store.