PESTKA CLAIMS EUREKA SERIES AS McHUGH DOMINATES

Photo:  Paul Hose

Pestka secured the 2021-22 Eureka Garages and Sheds Sprintcar Series Championship at Sungold Stadium on Saturday night. Here he chats with announcer Gavin White.

By David Mills

 Daniel Pestka rewarded the Stark Racing Team for their season long toil with a well-deserved maiden Eureka Garages and Sheds Sprintcar Series Championship at Sungold Stadium, Premier Speedway, Warrnambool, saturday night, March 19, 2022.

Pestka’s 14^th place finish in a bruising A-Main was enough to maintain his points lead on a night where the 2022 South West Conveyancing Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic Champion Lockie McHugh again set Sungold Stadium alight.

Quickest time in his qualifying group with a one lap pass of 10.410- only marginally outside the overall quickest qualifier of the night (Jamie Veal 10.396), then produced arguably the drive of the night in his heat to win from position six before leading for all bar two laps of the A-Main to record another A-Main win, this time at the wheel of Domain Ramsay’s V2 entry.

In the C & H Trucking Sprintcars Limited Series, it was Domain’s car again in Victory Lane, this time with Jack Lee at the wheel with ‘the General’ saluting from Scott Enderl and Travis Millar.

The exciting Street Stock Go Switch Go event, which sees drivers take on Sungold Stadium for 15 laps in a clockwise direction before a yellow flag flies and the final 15 laps are completed in an anti-clockwise direction saw the AX16 of Ricky Cornwell come from the tail to win in exciting fashion from Morris Ahearn and Steven Watts.

The quick results of the nights program are as follows:

Sprintcars:

Sprintcar C-Main:

10 laps (Top 4 Transfer to A-Main): 1st VA81 Rhys Baxter; 2nd V95 Ryan Davis; 3rd NT25 Kale Quinlan; 4th VA75 David Donegan; 5th V28 Andrew Hughes; 6th V75 Mitchell Smith; 7th V30 Michael Coad; 8th V32 Stephen Spark; 9th VA11 Phil Micallef; 10th VA33 Warrick Taylor; 11th VA73 Matt Swan; 12th V57 Troy Hose; 13th V81 Robbie Paton.

Sprintcar B-Main: 

15 laps (Top 6 Transfer to A-Main): 1st S27 Daniel Pestka; 2nd V44 Tim Van Ginneken; 3rd S81 Luke Dillon; 4th S20 Glen Sutherland; 5th Q33 Callum Walker; 6th V48 Adam King; 7th VA36 Ashley Cook; 8th V27 Ross Jarred; 9th V95 Ryan Davis; 10th NT27 Will Carroll; 11th VA81 Rhys Baxter; 12th NT25 Kale Quinlan; 13th VA75 David Donegan; 14th V64 David Aldersley; 15th V71 Marcus Green; 16th VA12 Mark Carlin.

Sprintcar A-Main:

 (30 laps No Time): 1st V2 Lachlan McHugh; 2nd A1 Jamie Veal; 3rd V25 Jack Lee; 4th S97 David Murcott; 5th S81 Luke Dillon; 6th V3 Darren Mollenoyux; 7th V68 Brett Milburn; 8th V72 Jacob Smith; 9th V98 Peter Doukas; 10th T7 Tim Hutchins; 11th Q33 Callum Walker; 12th S20 Glen Sutherland; 13th V48 Adam King; 14th S27 Daniel Pestka; 15th V37 Grant Anderson; 16th D7 Matthew Reed; 17th V44 Tim Van Ginneken; 18th V90 Corey McCullagh.

Sprintcars Limited Series:

B-Main:

 (12 laps 6 to Transfer): 1^st VA96 Dayn Bentvelzen; 2^nd V88 Stephen Bell; 3^rd VA48 Shane Stevens; 4^th VA98 Shane Steenholdt; 5^th VA71 Andy Hibbert; 6^th VA18 Mitchel Sutej; 7^th V21 Ben Micallef; 8^th VA49 Shaun Lyness; 9^th VA31 Graham Payne; 10^th V77 Brayden Parr; 11^th VA59 Kyle Mayson.

A-Main : 

(25 laps): 1^st VA2 Jack Lee; 2^nd S11 Scott Enderl; 3^rd V93 Travis Millar; 4^th V10 Steven Loader; 5^th V17 Dennis Jones; 6^th V86 Justin Barton; 7^th V19 Sam Wren; 8^th VA71 Andy Hibbert; 9^th VA8 Steven Horton; 10^th V24 Ken Baynes; 11^th VA48 Shane Stevens; 12^th VA18 Mitch Sutej; 13^th V88 Stephen Bell; 14^th VA97 David Donegan; 15^th V18 Christopher Temby; 16^th VA96 Dayn Bentvelzen; 17^th VA98 Shane Steenholdt; 18^th VA37 Darryl Atkinson.

Street Stocks:

(A-Main: 15 laps + 15 Laps): 

1. AX16 Ricky Cornwell; 2. MDA4 Morris Ahearn; 3. W5 Steven Watts ; 4. SA48 Scott Merrett; 5. RDL18 Scott Secombe; 6. AX94 Tyler Barton; 7. RDL27 Jason DeGoldi; 8. W25 Jamie Crutchley; 9. NY44 Ricky Ahearn; 10. NY84 Bradley Dickson; 11. SW41 Jack Jordan; 12. HA57 Troy Hose; 13. RDL99 Steven Brooks; 14. W42 Chris Hay; 15. RDL77 Mel Crutchley; 16. G29 Ashley Fox; DNF: SA32 Steven Gartner; RDL0 Mick Dann; B55 Aaron White; L14 Jarred Wilkinson; RDL49 Dean Jenkins.

The next meeting at Sungold Stadium, Premier Speedway, Warrnambool will be held on Saturday April 2 and will feature the SRA Triple Crown Series for 360 Sprintcars, Wingless Sprints and the Super Rod Cup.

Gates will open at 4pm with Racing to get underway at 5pm.

Tickets are available on-line via www.premierspeedway.com.au

Please see www.premierspeedway.com.au for more information.

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