Blown engine spoils weekend for Dexion.

Having scored a useful amount of points in the previous two rounds, Dexion Racing and Tony Evangelou were struck by awful luck at Queensland when an engine blow in the second race saw him finish the weekend with just 40 points.

Having managed to get himself up to 13th in the opening race, Evangelou was enjoying a comfortable run in fifth place in the second race courtesy of the reverse grid system when his engine cried enough and a misfire leading onto a full failure put an end to his day. A cracked piston was diagnosed soon after but with no spare engine on offer, Evangelou was unable to reappear in the final race.

Inevitably Evangelou was disappointed by his mechanical problems but was encouraged by a better turn of speed from his Ford Falcon.

"I felt the engine go off in race one," he said. "Our corner speed was up though, which indicates that the chassis was getting better and I had a lot more confidence in it.

"We made even more chassis changes for race two. We threw a couple of things at it that seemed to pay off because I made an excellent start and got up to fifth but we dropped a cylinder. I pulled straight into pit lane and that was that.

"We knew the engine was going to be touch-and-go before we came here, but the two week turn around from the last race meeting simply wasn't enough time. It also isn't cheap to do a swap over.

"Dexion has been really understanding of our position, and as much as I would have liked to been out there for them, it just wasn't possible. It's unfortunate, but that's the way it is."

Team manager David Moulden said they will put their second engine into the car for the next round of the series at Mallala, but there are still complications about making the change.

"The two engines that we own are completely different," he said. "It isn't a matter of just quickly changing them, there is a lot to rearrange under the bonnet to get it going, so that's why we don't bring the spare to the track. It's a real shame, because as Tony said, the chassis was the best it has ever been. It was nicely balanced every time we went out."

Evangelou's problems mean he goes into the next round placed in 20th, hoping for more luck from his new engine.