Goodyer wins again in Toowoomba

After dominating the Speedweek in Victoria, Jock Goodyer has carried on winning in Queensland by taking out the Red Hot Summer Shootout in Toowoomba.

Goodyer dominated the 35-lap A-Main, but he had to survive a two-lap sprint to fend off a charging Jy Corbet to snatch the $30,000 prize.

After Carson Macedo and Lachlan McHugh were victorious in the preliminary races, the stage was set for the three-night event to wrap up in a big way at Hi-Tec Oils Toowoomba Speedway where Aussies and Americans were keen to go for glory.

Goodyer made his intentions clear early by slingshotting into the lead around the outside as McHugh and Newton settled in behind.

But there was trouble at the start of the second lap as Newton was spun from third at turn 1 bringing out an early yellow.

The incident was sparked by slight side to side contact with McHugh coming out of the final corner.

When racing resumed Goodyer produced another flyer to rebuild his lead over McHugh.

Just as the #NQ7 started to close on the Aussie champ, the second yellow arrived after Jessie Attard whacked the turn 1 concrete.

Across the first 10 laps Cody Maroske had been in the top three but lost significant ground after the second restart, allowing both Matt Dumesny and Macedo to surge through into third and fourth respectively.

But things were about to get a lot worse for Maroske as his title defence came to a barrel-rolling end with 23 to go.

It was at the third restart where Macedo pounced on Dumesny to complete his charge from ninth to third.

Inside the final 15 laps traffic started to cause Goodyer headaches with McHugh and Macedo closed the gap and with 10 to go another caution was required due to the stopped Justin Peck.

Goodyer got a lighting restart leaving McHugh to get his elbows out to defend second.

It proved to be an objective he could not complete as Macedo slid by on the exit of turn 2 before Corbet also launched a counterattack.

He caught McHugh napping as the #10 swooped around the outside to surge into the top three

Corbet’s late-race charge proved to be irresistible, with Macedo unable to respond after the Queenslander performed the same move to fly into second.

With five to go Goodyer had a full straight on Corbet and he looked set to coast to victory until a late twist.

Goodyer had only just lapped Brent Kratzmann before the #Q2 spun around bringing out a caution with just one lap left.

All eyes were on the restart to see if anyone could take it to Goodyer but as had been the story all night, the reigning national champion had another perfect getaway.

This left Corbet and Macedo to wrestle for second and they put on a show.

Corbet got hung out to dry on the high line at the end of the penultimate lap which opened the door for Macedo to steal second spot.

But as they crossed the line to begin the final lap, Corbet hit back and immediately reclaimed the position by the time they arrived at turn 1.

A further 1.4s up the road was Goodyer, who completed a dominant drive and marked the win with a rapid spin in front of the crowd.

Red Hot Summer Shootout results

Image by Jock Goodyer Racing

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