'We come off second best': Frustration for Blanchard over costly trend

It's a story that has been repeated countless times in just six races this season, but once again Blanchard Racing Team have been left to wonder what could've been.

Aaron Cameron and James Golding have had speed to burn throughout the season, Cameron qualifying inside the top 10 in every session to date for the year, whilst Golding has only missed the 10 once.

Despite leaving the opening night of the season as the ultimate zero to hero story on top of the pile at Sydney, the team have now slipped all the way back to ninth after a horror Saturday in Melbourne.

After starting seventh, Golding was almost immediately rubbed out of contention when he collided with Matt Payne on just the second corner of the race, ending the Penrite Racing young gun's stay at the top of the pile.

Cameron meanwhile nearly got by eventual race winner Broc Feeney off the start, and fought valiantly to try and remain in podium contention, with Brodie Kostecki easing his way by, and Cam Waters forcing his way by.

That left Will Brown charging onto the back of the LIQUI MOLY BLAHST Ford with an investigation hanging over his head for an earlier incident that saw Cooper Murray beached in the Turn 11 gravel.

With Brown looking to make up as many positions as possible, and Cameron fighting to get good points from a horror weekend, the pair collided at Turn 4, with both cars losing laps fixing damage in pit lane.

It marked the fourth time in as many races that contact has seen Cameron tumble out of a good result, with the driver of the #3 last in the Larry Perkins Trophy standings.

The 26-year-old is also buried down in 16th in points, whilst Golding also tumbled out of the top 10 today to sit 11th entering the final day of the Melbourne SuperSprint.

Though the speed of the two Fords is plain to see, team owner Tim Blanchard knows that golden opportunities can't continue to be wasted if they are to become a genuine frontrunner.

"I haven't really been able to see much of the replay of what actually happened there," a diplomatic Blanchard told Supercars.com of the Cameron/Brown incident.

"We keep getting ourselves in positions where we come off second best.

"The car is plenty fast enough, we can get ourselves in good enough position to get a result, we're just not converting it.

"We've got to understand why this keeps happening, it's three or four races in a row now. There's a bit of a trend there, we just need to understand why we keep ending up in this position."

The Melbourne SuperSprint concludes with Race 7 at 10:10am on Sunday morning.