Timmis Speedway Hosts the National Super Sedan Series

Timmis Speedway Hosts the National Super Sedan Series

By Carol Adamson Publicity Officer Mildura Speedway Drivers Club

On an impressively prepared track and under searing heat conditions, Darren Kane and Matt Pascoe continued their battle for the 2013/2014 National Super Sedan Series at Mildura’s Timmis Speedway on Friday night (January 31) with the Queensland duo again filling the first two spots in the 35-lap feature race. Kane collected his second consecutive round win, leading all the way from pole position to again relegate Pascoe to the runner-up position. However, Matt Pascoe maintained his championship lead heading into the final round at Murray Bridge.

South Australia’s Dave Gartner finished in third spot ahead of Michael Nicola, Lucas Roberts and Lachlan Onley, who deserved a better result given his willingness to run the outside line. Bill Miller was next best ahead of Mark Pagel, with Ash Bergmeier, Luke Dodding and Tim McAvaney completing the finishers.

On a day of extreme temperatures in excess of 40 degrees, teams faced the additional stresses of keeping cars and drivers cool. Given the heat of the day, the track held up remarkably well through the night, understandably slickening  for the feature race.

Kane topped qualifying with two heat wins, the second of which came when he slipped underneath Miller with just a couple of laps to run. Other heat winners were Pascoe, Nicola, Gartner and Onley, while Miller, Latham and Tony Barklimore finished inside the top five in each of their heats. Roberts was also strong, collecting two runner-up results to qualify sixth despite failing to go the distance in his second heat due to an overheating engine.

In the opening laps of the feature, Kane set a cracking pace, leaving Pascoe to deal with the challenge of Gartner, Nicola and Roberts. However, a mid-race restart enabled Pascoe to close the gap and, from this point, the two leaders remained in very close company through to the end. Whilst Pascoe certainly got close - very close at times – he never got quite close enough to execute a pass. Gartner drifted back and found his position under serious threat from Nicola, Roberts and Steve Latham, whose efforts came to a grinding halt with a broken tailshaft.

Mark Pagel  advanced from 12th to finish eighth behind Miller, while Bergmeier, Dodding and McAvaney finished a lap down. After making a long haul Gary Pagel and Tony Barklimore were early casualties, with Kaleb Perrett also finishing on the infield.

2013/2014 National Super Sedan Series progressive pointscore: Matt Pascoe 2660, Darren Kane 2515, Michael Nicola 2438, Dave Gartner 2142, Mark Pagel 2004, Michael Doblo 1875, Lachlan Onley 1829, Steve Latham 1790, Pater Nicola 1786, Bill Miller 1665, Tony Barklimore 1588, Jason Campbell 1190, Jack Childs 992, Lucas Roberts 910, Gary Pagel 658

Street Stocks, Wingless Sprints and 1467am Modified Sedans were Support Classes for the night which included 2 dramatic roll overs.
Street Stocks  

The Streety final was filled with action, with 8 laps to go and several cars heading into turn 4, Ben Aworth in his first meeting for the year saw a gap in the track and made the move to go around traffic in front. Unfortunately for Ben the gap closed and Ben collided with the fence and Daniel Andrews in MDA14. Ben was sent dramatically rolling from one side to the other losing several panels from his vehicle. Ben climbed out of the car unscathed, a credit to strict safety regulations in the sport. Outstanding driving from Mildura’s AUS 1 Robbie Faux saw him again take wins in both heats and the chequered flag in the final, doing his now famous, nose to the concrete fence, turn 1 wheel spin and salute.

Albert Fell placed 2^nd in the final driving Jake Drewett’s Motorhouse Falcon and Trevor Logan  placed 3^rd in the final.

Heat 1.  1^st AUS 1 Robbie Faux  2^ND MDA 17 Jason Faux   3^RD MDA 23 Trevor Logan

Heat 2.  1^ST Aus 1 Robbie Faux  2^ND MDA 36 Albert Fell  3^RD MDA 83 Scott Mason

FINAL.  1^ST AUS 1 Robbie Faux  2^ND  MDA 36 Albert Fell 3^RD MDA 23 Trevor Logan

Wingless Sprints

Heat 1 was taken out with an impressive lead from start to finish by Jason Bolitho. Brendon Guerin placed 1^st in the 2^nd heat which saw Mitch Gladman go wide in turn 4 on the last lap which gave way for Jason to come through and take out 3^rd  behind Sean McClure in 2^nd and relegating Mitch to 4^th. In the final with 4 laps to go S92 Shaun Brown clipped the fence in the back straight and was sent tumbling over. After the restart and a brilliant run to the finish line Brendan Guerin crossed the finish line in 1^st with Jason Bolitho 2^nd and Sean McClure in 3^rd.

Heat 1.  1^st S52 Jason Bolitho  2^nd S26  Brendan Guerin  3^rd S92 Shaun Brown

Heat 2.  1^st S26 Brendan Guerin  2^nd  S23 Shaun McClure  3^rd S52 Jason Bolitho

Final.     1^st S26 Brendan Guerin 2^nd S52 Jason Bolitho 3^rd S23 Shaun McClure

Modified Sedans

Fast paced exciting close racing was witnessed with the Modified sedans. Martin Hawson taking the win in heat 1, SA’s Jeremy McClure winning heat 2. A 4 car battle in the final and an amazing race display by all drivers, the final was won by Martin Hawson in 1^st closely followed by Jeremy McClure in 2^nd and Jake Drewett in 3^rd

Heat 1. 1^st MDA72 Martin Hawson  2^nd  SA2 Jeremy McClure  3^rd MDA69 Daniel Drewett

Heat 2. 1^st SA2 Jeremy McClure  2^nd MDA6 Wade McCarthy 3^rd MDA 72 Martin Hawson

Final. 1^st MDA72 Martin Hawson 2^nd SA2 Jeremy McClure 3^rd MDA3 Jake Drewett

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