Jarvis thrilled with maiden Sports Sedans round win

The race wins may have gone elsewhere but the round honours for the Precision National Sports Sedans opener went to an emotional Ashley Jarvis.

Jarvis was a consistent force in his Holden Monaro and P5, P2 and P3 results were enough to take out his maiden national level round win.

Although Tony Ricciardello, Josh Haynes and Jordan Caruso shared the victories, none of them could match the consistency of the #44 Monaro.

Jarvis was the only driver to accumulate more than 100 points across the weekend with next best Michael Robinson with 99.

He now enjoys a 17-point lead over Robinson, while fast men Caruso and Ricciardello sit fourth and fifth respectively.

For Jarvis, the feeling of winning the round and taking the championship lead is an extremely sweet one.

“This is massive,” he told AUTO ACTION.

“I do get emotional, but that is because I have three beautiful young daughters and this weekend has been absolutely amazing.

“Warren and Colin Smith, Tony and dad have given me a car that is so easy to drive. 

“We knew we were not going to be as fast as Tony or Jordan, but we wanted to be knocking on the door and there to pick up the pieces and here we are!”

It is a new high for Jarvis, whose previous best was second at the Historic Sandown event towards the end of the 2022 season.

The new winner said the strong result is testament to a busy off season, which included some long awaited improvements for the Monaro.

“The boys have put some upgrades into the Monaro,” he said.

“It has been the same guise for about 20 years now, so we put some new upgrades in and I am getting more comfortable each time I get into the car.

“Ian Woodward builds a rocket ship so we are very lucky to have that.”

Now Haynes heads to his home race at Queensland Raceway in a buoyant mood and cannot wait for the August 4-6 event where he hopes to give the pace setters “a nudge”.

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