NORMAN CONTINUES WINNING WAY AT MANJIMUP

Fresh off his first South West win (March 11 at Collie, Hayden Norman continues his winning ways in round three of the ODH Mechanical North/South Shoot-out at Tyrepower Manjimup Speedway.

Norman again started from the pole and was the trendsetter in the 30-Lap Street Stock Stampede, defeating local David Fall and Lenny Bates.

With the win, Norman has now led 82 consecutive laps in feature races over the weekend.

Norman and Fall headed the field to green in the closing event of the Tyrepower Manjimup Speedway season.

An epic race for the minor places unfolded as the top four, including Lenny Bates and Jack Yates, found their groove. Shane Whild, Jack Barnewall, Jace Kempton, Paul Briggs, Cody Avins, Peter Dowie, Ashton McClintock, Zane Humphreys and Jake Williams, are all battled for the last spot in the top five.

The first 18 laps ran non-stop until an accident along the back straight, seeing both Dowie and Humphreys retire from the race.

From here, the dominoes started to fall, with Yates slowing on lap 18 and Shane Whild losing the right rear on lap 25, leaving the field with a five-lap race to the line.

Ben Norman had worked his way behind Bates for third until the last lap, where Bates would spin, and Norman deemed the cause of the stoppage, leaving a green-white-chequered finish.

From there, a quick restart would not slow Norman, as he took his second win for the weekend.

The ODH Mechanical North/South Shoot-out will take a break until the SSA Street Stock WA State Title, held at Port Hedland Speedway in June.

OFFICIAL RESULTS

Street Stocks A-Main, 31 Laps: 1. W6 Hayden Norman, 2. WA10 David Fall, 3. W74 Lenny Bates, 4. W16 Jack Barnewall, 5. W55 Jace Kempton, 6. WB12 Paul Briggs, 7.WB24 Jake Williams, 8. W7 Josh Martinelli, 9. WA23 Matt Lowe, 10. WA81 Damien Amato, 11. W46 Ron Pocock, 12.WC23 Jamie Simmonds (28), 13. WA26 Brendan Fagan (28), 14. W14 Lance Beaver (28), DNF: W66 Ben Norman (29), WB26 Ashton McClintock (28), W2 Shane Whild (25), NT15 Jack Yates (18), WA11 Adrian Whild (18), W39 Zane Humphreys (17), W88 Peter Dowie (17), WA31 Cody Avins (10), WB31 Tristan Stroet (6)