By Phil Michell Motorsport Media
The opening round of the Ninety-Eight Apparel Murray Bridge Wingless Sprint Track Championship last Saturday night provided some of the best Wingless action seen at the venue for some time and when the chequered flag fell on the finale it was Australian Champion Tyson Martin who emerged victorious. Despite his win Martin didn’t have it all his own way as he was put back two spots for spinning out the lapped car of Andy Thomas on a lap 18 restart but he fought back superbly as he charged around the outside of both Joel Chadwick and Ryan Furler in exciting fashion, bashing the wall with his right rear American Racer on several occasions.
After starting on the front row with Martin, Chadwick held on to finish second ahead of Furler, with James Rodda and youngster Josh Rusby completing the top 5. Mason Merritt, who put in a stunning late charge just missed the top five while Anthony Tapley, Austin McDonald, Declan Bolitho, and Darryl Knuckey rounded out the top 10.
Earlier the 33 drivers were divided into three groups with a total of six heats throughout the nights. Leanne Turner, Jack McCarthy, James Rodda, Austin McDonald, Brett Ireland, and Joel Chadwick all collected a heat win.
Following his opening heat win Jack McCarthy was the main casualty of the night as he was caught up in a back straight melee dropping his second heat race and forcing him into a B-main start. In the last chance qualifier, his night didn’t get any better as he spun in turn 1 bringing out the caution and he was then unable to race his way back into a transfer spot.
The Ninety-Eight Apparel Wingless Sprint Track Championship continues on Saturday, November 14th with Round 2 of the series.
Results:
Ninety-Eight Apparel Wingless Sprint Track Championship
Round 1 presented by Ridleys
Heat 1: S97 Leanne Turner
Heat 2: S23 Jack McCarthy
Heat 3: S38 James Rodda
Heat 4: S58 Austin McDonald
Heat 5: S18 Brett Ireland
Heat 6: S47 Joel Chadwick
B Main presented by Auto Pro (Top 4 transfer): 1. S2 Ryder Blight; 2. S57 Robert Heard; 3. S10 William Caruso; 4. S29 Hayden Mason.
A-Main presented by LMC Products (Top 10): 1. A1 Tyson Martin; 2. S47 Joel Chadwick; 3. S26 Rylan Furler; 4. S38 James Rodda; 5. S14 Joshua Rusby; 6. S55 Mason Merritt; 7. S4 Anthony Tapley; 8. S58 Austin McDonald; 9. S52 Declan Bolitho; 10. S49 Darryl Knuckey.
Photo: KNJ Photography
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