JACKSON IS WARRNAMBOOL RECORD SETTER

Speedcars – New 20 lap record holder and feature race winner and Round 4 Southern Speedcar Tour winner Matt Jackson (centre) with Nick Parker (right) second and Travis Mills (left) coming home third (Photo Paul Hose)

A full program of racing featuring four divisions was held at Sungold Stadium, Premier Speedway, Warrnambool Saturday night, February 26, with Matt Jackson setting a new 20-lap record in the Speedcar Final

Jackson claimed the win in Round 4 of the Southern Speedcar Tour from Nick Parker and Travis Mills.

Round 9 of the Eureka Garages and Sheds Sprintcar Series which doubled as Round 6 of the Total Tools Warrnambool Sprintcar Track Championship was taken out by Jamie Veal in a flag to flag war of attrition. Jack Lee drove the wheels off the V25 for second with Corey McCullagh settling for third.

Sprintcars – Jamie Veal (middle) made the A-Main his own to defeat Jack Lee (left) and Corey McCullagh (right) on Saturday night at Sungold Stadium (Photo Paul Hose)

The Late Model final went the way of New South Welshman Todd Bayley, from Tasmania’s Callum Harper with Peter Nicola showing his class in third.

The Street Stocks were at their entertaining best all night long with Morris Ahearn getting the job done in a dominant display from Shane Ardley and Hayden Jolly.

The quick results of the full program are as follows:

Sprintcars:

Sprintcars C-Main (10 laps 4 to Transfer): 1st V30 Michael Coad; 2nd V68 Brett Milburn; 3rd V17 Dennis Jones; 4th VA96 Dayne Bentvelzen; 5th V63 Kevin Reeves; 6th V32 Stephen Spark; 7th V57 Troy Hose; 8th VA11 Phil Micallef.

Sprintcars B-Main (15 laps No Time): 1st V72 Jake Smith; 2nd V68 Brett Milburn; 3rd VA96 Dayne Bentvelzen; 4th V44 Tim Van Ginneken; 5th Q33 Callum Walker; 6th VA12 Mark Carlin; 7th V17 Dennis Jones; 8th V30 Michael Coad; 9th V64 David Aldersley; 10th NT25 Kale Quinlan; 11th V18 Christopher Temby; 12th V81 Robbie Paton; 13th V2 Domain Ramsay; 14th V48 Adam King; 15th NT27 Will Carroll; 16th V98 Peter Doukas (DNS).

Sprintcars A-Main (30 laps No Time): 1st A1 Jamie Veal; 2nd V25 Jack Lee; 3rd V90 Corey McCullagh; 4th S27 Daniel Pestka; 5th T62 Tate Frost; 6th V68 Brett Milburn; 7th Q33 Callum Walker; 8th V37 Grant Anderson; 9th VA36 Ashley Cook; 10th VA12 Mark Carlin; 11th V28 Andrew Hughes; 12th VA96 Dayne Bentvelzen; 13th V92 Matthew Reed; 14th NS4 Ian Madsen; 15th S20 Glen Sutherland; 16th VA81 Rhys Baxter; 17th V44 Tim Van Ginneken; 18th V72 Jake Smith.

Lap Leaders: 1-30 Jamie Veal

Jamie Veal now leads the Total Tools Warrnambool Sprintcar Track Championship with 718 points from Grant Anderson (686), Tate Frost (674), Corey McCullagh (670) and Daniel Pestka in fifth (662).

Late Models:

Late Model A-Main (20 laps No Time): 1st N19 Todd Bayley; 2nd T22 Callum Harper; 3rd V2 Peter Nicola; 4th V12 Brock Edwards; 5th V71 Domain Ramsay; 6th T23 Kurt Millwood; 7th N99 Ross Nicastri; 8th V17 Will Lamb; 9th V62 George Napier; 10th V21 Chevy Edwards; 11th S8 Fiona Verhoeven; 12th S110 Jason Robinson; 13th S10 Matt Crimmins; 14th V32 Wayne Belk.

Late Models – The Late Model Podium on Night Two at Premier Speedway Callum Harper (2^nd), Todd Bayley (1^st) and Peter Nicola (3^rd) (Photo Paul Hose)

Speedcars:

A-Main (20 laps): 1^st N97 Matt Jackson; 2^nd V39 Nick Parker; 3^rd V10 Travis Mills; 4^th V71 Domain Ramsay; 5^th M10 Caleb Mills; 6^th V17 Mitch Whiting; 7^th S57 Robert Heard; 8^th V23 Matthew Balcombe; 9^th V72 Damien Bishop; 10^th N88 Glen Shaw; 11^th V6 matthew Brown.

Time: New 20 Lap Speedcar Record was set at 4:52.272 as previously held by Ray Bishop from 1995.

Street Stocks:

A-Main (20 Laps): 1. NY4 Morris Ahearn; 2. N84 Shane Ardley; 3. SA59 Hayden Jolly; 4. B55 Aaron White; 5. C83 Dave Barrie; 6. S21 Ellen Vagg; 7. P89 Stefan Clark; 8. RDL99 Stephen Brook; 9. W42 Rikki Stewart; 10. L14 Jarrod Wilkinson; 11. SH4 Jack Jordan; 12. B13 Michael Smith; 13. B0 John Baker; 14. G29 Ash Fox; 15. HO99 Aston Hurley

The Street Stock Podium on Night Two at Premier Speedway Hayden Jolly (3rd), Morris Ahern (1^st) and Shane Ardley (3^rd) (Photo Paul Hose

The next meeting at Sungold Stadium, Premier Speedway, Warrnambool will be held on Friday March 4, 2022 and will feature the Round 10 of the Eureka Sprintcar Series and the Formula 500 Jack Willsher Cup.

Gates will open at 4pm with Racing to get underway at 6pm.

Tickets are available on-line via the Premier Speedway website or at the gates on race day.

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

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