BROOKE Tatnell is turning his attention to a successful South Australian raid this weekend after finishing second in the Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic for the fourth time.
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Tatnell, a three-time winner of the Classic, was one of the biggest movers in yesterday morning’s 40-lap final, climbing four spots from his starting position.
But finishing runner-up behind Californian Kyle Hirst was hard to stomach for the man who won the Friday night feature.
“(American driver Randy) Hannagan always says second feels like being kissed by your sister,” Tatnell quipped.
“Right now I feel like we’ve been tongued by Randy Hannagan.
“It’s a bloody disgusting taste in the mouth right now.
“The guys did an awesome job all weekend ... it’s bitter for me to swallow right now, it hurts, but I don’t think I’m hurting as much as my young crew chief (Dylan Buswell).
“He’s just had to sit here and watch his dad (Kim Buswell) win the Classic.”
Tatnell’s overall record at the Classic now stands at three wins, four seconds and three thirds — putting him second in terms of podium finishes to Max Dumesny, who has three wins, six seconds and five thirds.
“That’s eight podium finishes in 14 years and there’s two victories in there,” Tatnell said.
“We keep putting ourselves on the podium. But the sour taste and the hurt never goes away when you run second. We’ll be back, don’t worry about that.”
Asked whether he was disappointed the track on Friday wasn’t more conducive to passing in the second round of heats, which would’ve given him more points and therefore a higher starting position, Tatnell said: “You can’t look back and wish you were born pretty.”
“There’s no point looking back, you’ve only got to look forward and all we look forward to is we move on to South Australia next weekend,” he said.
“We had a great race car. That’s to take nothing away from Luch Monte and the Milwaukee team, they did the job, they won.
“I take nothing away from them but I take nothing away from my boys.
“We had a good race car. That’s all there is.”
The South Australian weekend kicks off with round eight of World Series Sprintcars at Murray Bridge Speedway on Friday.
The George Tatnell Cup, named in honour of Tatnell’s famous father, brings Adelaide’s Speedway City to life on Saturday night.