Boydell and Walsh win Winton 300
By Dan McCarthy
Date posted: 19 September 2023
Round four of the Victorian Motor Racing Championship was headlined by the 2023 edition of the Winton 300, won by Mazda MX-5 pairing Andrew Boydell and Jason Walsh.
The pair sat fourth in the first half of the race, pitting at the halfway mark – lap 50.
When all of the other competitors had completed their compulsory stops, Walsh emerged at the head of the field.
From there Walsh could cruise to the finish, winning the race by 1m and 29s from Andrew Shah and Jimmy Tran.
It was the second year in a row that Tran finished the race as the runner-up at Winton.
Gerry Burges and Leigh Burges returned to the Winton 300 in their Mitsubishi Evo 9 and fought for the victory throughout the first half of the race, however a clutch drama meant they found themselves stuck in third gear late on.
Gerry Burges limped the car across the line in third position outright, two positions higher than where the duo finished in 2022.
There were plenty of support categories in action over the weekend including 10 of the ever-popular Australian Super Trucks.
Also on the support bill were the 2L Sports Sedans, Hyper Racers, Legend Cars Australia, the Victorian Sports Cars Championship and both Excel Masters and Trophy series’.
The full report will feature in the pre Bathurst issue of Auto Action, containing coverage of the Winton 300, trucks and all the support category action.
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