THE Street Stock State title was held at the Shark Bay Speedway in Denham last Saturday and Sunday with six Collie competitors taking part.
A seventh member is Wayne Thomson who is a Bunbury resident and a member of both clubs.
The Collie influence didn’t go unnoticed with Ethan Genev qualifying fourth for the A Main final, Wayne Thomson tenth, Cody Avins fifteenth, Paul Briggs sixteenth. Damon Thomson qualified for the B Main along with Alan Chapman.
Genev with three wins was the most successful in the heats while Avins and Briggs had a heat win each.
Jason Oldfield quite simply put in the drive of his life and left it all on the track as he pulled out all the stops to race from position thirteen to win his third WA Street Stock Title, the second in as many years.
Oldfield had a solid run in his heats and he was able to grid up in position thirteen for the final, with the front row being made up of high point’s man Jace Kempton and Daniel Ameduri.
The initial start saw Kempton go wide, allowing fourth place starter Ethan Genev to stick his nose through for the lead before Ameduri powered around the outside to stick his own nose in front.
Kempton had other ideas and raced back into the lead on the back straight and from here he began to pull away.
Prerace favourite Hayden Norman, who started from position six went high on lap two and ended up with a flat tyre, becoming the first retiree of the event. Four laps later he was followed out by Matt
Amato, with Kempton, Ameduri and Genev continuing to battle it out for the lead.
Jack Barnewall and Drew Ogle made contact further back in the pack, with Ogle ending up sideways on the back straight, the yellows coming out for the first time.
Ogle was reinstated in his position while Barnewall was sent rear, the restart coming after eleven laps.
On the restart Daniel Ameduri appeared to slow, with Damien Amato getting involved, the duo, who were running second and fourth, dropped back to seventh and tenth respectively.
The yellows came out a lap later as Tim Coxall, who was running third, clouted the front straight wall and was sent rear,while Ameduri and Amato had some on track altercations during the yellow flag laps.
Kempton would now lead away Genev and Peter Herbert, who had come from position nine on the grid to be sitting in the third place. Meanwhile behind him Jason Oldfield had also been working his way through the field and would be sitting in fourth place on lap fifteen.
Cody Avins and Damon Lyall would be the next cars to get together, causing a yellow on lap fifteen,and the ensuing restart gave Oldfield the opportunity to gain third place and set out after Kempton and Genev.
The top three closed on each other, with Genev looking underneath Kempton for the lead and Oldfield going high to make it three wide. Kempton pulled away but Oldfield made the move stick for second and the leading duo began fighting it out for the lead.
Oldfield put his red #1 machine on the highline and powered around Kempton, just 0.039 seconds apart on lap eighteen, then he made his move for the lead and grabbed it, but it was all for nothing as moments later the yellow lights came on for a stranded Paul Joss who was stuck after contact with Ameduri.
Peter Herbert moved past Genev for third on the restart, then Genev came undone in turn two, leaving Wayne Thomson (in fifth from position ten), Avins, and Drew Ogle to also become stranded. Genev’s race was over while the others were able to restart in their positions.
Paul Briggs, who had started from position sixteen on the grid, made a huge move around the outside at the restart, passing a number of cars and slotting into fifth behind Thomson, while up front the battle was still raging.
Kempton had a half lose in turn two and this gave Oldfield the opportunity he needed, ducking underneath to grab the lead on lap twenty six. This time the move stuck, but Kempton wasn’t giving up easily, the duo still side by side two laps later.
The yellows came out once again for what would be the final time when Damien Amato got a flat tyre, allowing Oldfield to lead away for the final six lap stanza. Kempton made a slight mistake and touched the wall, letting Oldfield pull away and allowing Herbert to close on him for second, but in the end it was Oldfield who crossed the line 2.908 seconds ahead of Kempton and Herbert.
Former two time champion Wayne Thomson was fourth from position ten while Briggs held on for fifth after starting sixteenth.
Drew Ogle, Damon Lyall, Daniel Ameduri, Cody Avins, Marty Kelly, Matt Herbert and Jack Favero rounded out the other finishers.
Earlier in the day it was Ethan Genev, Paul Briggs, Tim Coxall, Jace Kempton and Matt Amato who had victories in the final round of heats. Ben Ridley took out the C Main and transferred with James Westeman, while the B Main went to Luke Fraser who led from flag to flag and defeated Paul Joss,
Marty Kelly and Jack Favero. Jason Oldfield has now become the fourth man to have won three WA Street Stock Titles, emerging from his car absolutely exhausted and hardly able to stand in front of a screaming crowd.
Overall it was a great weekend, with a thrilling conclusion, and our thanks go out to all drivers, crews and families, officials and of course the Shark Bay Speedway club for all their efforts over the weekend.
OFFICIAL Result – 35 laps: 1. W1 Jason Oldfield, 2. W55 Jace Kempton, 3. W44 Peter Herbert, 4.
W15 Wayne Thomson, 5. W12 Paul Briggs, 6. W13 Drew Ogle, 7. W27 Damon Lyall, 8. W83 Daniel
Ameduri, 9. W11 Cody Avins, 10. W9 Marty Kelly, 11. W42 Matt Herbert, 12. W18 Jack Favero. DNF:
W81 Damien Amato (29), W3 Luke Fraser (27), W16 Jack Barnewall (26), W69 Paul Joss (24), W28
Tim Coxall (22), W4 Ethan Genev (19), W82 Matt Amato (6), W6 Hayden Norman (1). Total Time: No
Time. Winning Margin: 2.908. Fastest Lap 19.274 W1 Jason Oldfield.
Junior Sedans were the support division which had three Collie competitors taking part.
Seth Hinsey won all of his heat races with ease and went on to win the feature race on Sunday by a
big margin.
Jake Avins and Brodie Dunn were up against some strong competitors where Shannon Marsden was
the dominant driver. Also driving well was Stephanie Ameduri. Avins put in some strong racing but
came up short finishing the feature in fourth place. Dunn also struggled against the strong opposition
and started the feature in fourth place.
