GARRY’S PHILLIP ISLAND SUPERSPRINT SUPPORT WRAP – SUNDAY
Dale Wood leading the Carrera Cup field at Phillip Island – Photo: Rhys Vandersyde
Porsche Carrera Cup
WITHSTANDING 25 laps of constant pressure, Dale Wood took out race two of the third round at the Phillip Island and sealed his maiden Porsche Wilson Security Carrera Cup Australia round victory. Instead of the usual three races, the Porsches competed over two longer Enduro Cup races at the WD-40 SuperSprint at Phillip Island this weekend.
Starting from pole, Wood shot to an immediate lead and held off Alex Davison in a thrilling race-long battle that saw the pair separated by a car length for the duration. Wood’s win moved him to just 17 points shy of Jaxon Evans in the Cup series and the early lead in the Enduro Cup.
Davison finished second overall, while his Ash Seward Motorsport teammate Dylan O’Keeffe finished third and maintained his third position in the points.
Evans was fourth while James Moffat charged from 13th to fifth. Michael Almond preserved through sickness to finish sixth ahead of David Wall, Josh Hunt, Peter Major and Nick McBride. Almond’s teammate Jordan Love ran strongly in the early stages but failed to finish after suffering damage.
Stephen Grove held off Adrian Flack in the TAG Heuer Pro-Am class with John Steffensen third. Class rival Max Twigg was involved in an incident at turn four, and Anthony Gilbertson was caught up in another incident.
Toyota 86s
Liam McAdam battling for the lead in Toyota 86s – Photo: Rhys Vandersyde
WINNING RACES two and three of the opening event for the Toyota 86 Racing Series capped off the perfect weekend Liam McAdam.
In the morning he had a titanic battle with Jaylyn Robotham before an all-the-way and convincing win in the early afternoon race.
A second in race two and a fourth in the last, put Tim Brook second in the points while Luke King continued to progress forward with a third and a second to sit third in the standings.
The battle between McAdam and Robotham raged for eight laps with the lead changing for a period on lap six. It reverted to McAdam the following time around as Brook nestled in behind.
McAdam consolidated over the final two laps as Robotham encountered a clutch issue that dropped him to fourth, just in front of Cam Walton. Adam Gowans was next in front of Cameron Walton and the leading invited driver Chris Pither.
With McAdam away in front in race three, Brook was second ahead of King and Gowans at the start. Both however would push Brook to fourth where he staved off Walton for the duration. Crick headed the next bunch that included Robotham, Pither, George Gutierrez, Dylan Thomas and Ben Grice.
Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Cars
Jack Smith and Zac Best in the V8 Touring Cars – Photo: Rhys Vandersyde
JACK SMITH turned a 20s penalty around and a third place starting position to win the third race, and the round, in his Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore VE.
Matt White Motorsport teammates Zac Best and Tyler Everingham were off the front row in their ex-FPR Ford Falcon FGs. The former went to the lead and the latter miscued the start to surrender places to the fast starting Ryal Harris (ex-MWM FG), Smith and Geoff Emery (ex-Triple 8 VE).
Smith worked his way through to second and ultimately took the lead on the seventh of the 12-lap journey. Everingham quickly passed Emery but had a torrid time trying to get by Harris. He did briefly on lap five but Harris quickly retrieved third. Everingham’s next attempt resulted in a spin at turn 4. He lost a spot to Emery but regathered it before race’s end.
In race two, Smith was in a different league. He led from the start and crossed the line, just under 15s ahead of anyone. But a post-race penalty of 20s was applied and thus, the BJR Holden Commodore driver to sixth.
That made it a Ford on-two-thee with Best the race winner ahead of Harris and Everingham who had to overcome a poor start where he dropped to seventh initially.
McCorkindale had a great start, holding second after the start before ultimately fading to be sixth (and then reclassified to fifth) behind Emery. Jim Pollicina (ex-TMS VE) was seventh and the best of the Kumho Cup class.
Aussie Racing Cars
Kel Treseder leading the Aussie Race Cars – Photo: Rhys Vandersyde
CHALKING UP his fifth race win in a row, Kel Treseder won the third race, ensuring he has taken out the second round of the Aussie Racing Cars Championship Series. Treseder grabbed the lead from the outset in his Camaro-bodied racer and was never really threatened for the win.
Joel Heinrich (Altima) grabbed second off the start and fended off Kyle Ensbey (Mustang) until their positions midway through. Ensbey finished second while Heinrich crossed the line third. Despite a 5s penalty he managed to hold the spot by just 0.21s over a charging Justin Ruggier (Mustang) who had started twelfth.
Joshua Anderson (Camaro) passed Reece Chapman (Camaro) with two laps to go and secured fifth. In seventh was Darren Chamberlin (Camaro) from Brendon Tucker (Camaro), Blake Sciberras (Mustang) and Leigh Bowler (Camaro).
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