JAMIE VEAL RETAINS VICTORIAN 410 SPRINTCAR TITLE AT SIMSON SPEEDWAY

Feature photo by: Aiden Freeman… L/R  Brenten Farrer, Jamie Veal and Brett Milburn.

by SRA Media

It was hot weather leading into the Sprintcar Racing Association of Victoria Inc 410 Sprintcar state championship presented by Dynolog Dynamometers at Simpson Speedway this past weekend, but the heat was just as hot in the main event won by Jamie Veal.

Veal retained the title for another season after he led Brett Milburn and Brenten Farrer to the chequered flag.

While there was a low car count, the field was loaded with talent and all drivers put on a some of the best racing seen this season on a well prepared racetrack.

Eight drivers threw their hat into the ring in the pole position shootouts, top points qualifier Grant Anderson was in good form but his challengers in the shootout for pole position came from some stiff competition. The end result after the shootout had Tate Frost in pole position from Jamie Veal, then grant Anderson, Brett Milburn, Ashley Cook and Jordan Rae.

Joining the top eight qualifiers were Jacob Smith, Andrew Hughes, Brenten Farrer, Grant Stansfield, Bobby Daly, Terry Rankin, David Dennison, John Vogels and Adam King. Tim Rankin failed to start due to a mechanical problem.

As the field rolled around for the 2024 Victorian 410 Sprintcar Title start Tate Frost elected to start from position two, however Veal won the race start into turn one, but Frost was right with him with Milburn and Anderson in close proximity.

Veal opened a gap back to Frost in the early few laps before the caution light.

On the race restart Frost found a good racing line to get onto the tail tank of Veal, going into turn three on lap nine Tate went for his first challenge on Veal for the lead but slewed off line and that allowed Milburn thru to second place.

Will another yellow light on to remove Tancerdi from the track, the restart order for the top ten was now Veal, Milburn, Frost, Anderson, Cook, Solomon, Smith, Farrer, Rae and Rankin.

Veal led the field away once more but Tate was on a mission and quickly regained second place from Milburn.

Mid-race distance and Frost posted better lap times than the race leader to poke the nose of the T62 into the race lead coming off turn two, but Veal had enough momentum off the turn to get the lead back going down the back straight.

While the leaders were hard at it, Milburn and Anderson now had Farrer on a charge to challenge them for a shot at third place, two third race distance and Farrer was into fourth place demoting Anderson down the line.

Tate was looking strong and was in attack mode once more when the T62 rolled to a halt on lap twenty and out of the race.

Veal continued to lead and looked good but Milburn had stepped up the pace with a clear track and looked as though he may have a chance to catch Veal but that would not be the case when Veal set his best lap times of the race.

Veal went on take a clear win and his third Victorian 410 Sprintcar Championship. Brett Milburn finished second from a fast finishing Brenten Farrer, Grant Anderson took fourth place, next home was Chris Solomon in fifth place, rounding out the finishers in order were Jacob Smith, Grant Stansfield, Bobby Daly, Andrew Hughes, John Vogels and David Dennison.

Both Grant Anderson and Brett Milburn set fastest times in their respective time trial groups.

Heat wins on the night went to Grant Anderson, Brett Milburn, Michael Tancredi and Brenten Farrer.

The next event on the SRA calendar is next weekend Saturday, March 16 at Warrnambool’s Premier Speedway for a double dose of Sprintcar action with the final round of the 2023-2024 SRA Open Sprintcar Title that will be supported by round five of the SRA C&H Trucking Pro Sprintcar Series.