Ingram wins Des Wall Trophy

The prestigious Des Wall Trophy went to Peter Ingram, who denied a clean sweep for Steve Tamasi in the Precision National Sport Sedan Series finale.

Tamasi led early, but did not have the same race pace as Ingram, who flew past on the Brabham Straight and took a 2s win.

It completed an impressive fightback for the championship leader, who had to start race 1 from the very back after missing qualifying with technical dramas on his Mazda.

Matt Ingram made a late move on Geoff Taunton to steal third.

Tamasi and Ingram went head to head into turn 1 and the Holden Calibra emerged in front with Geoff Taunton also safely settling into third, while Shiels shot up seven spots to 10th in the first three corners.

There was drama at Turn 5 as Steve Lacey spun on cold tyres over the hill, while Purtell lost the rear and had a high-speed spin at Turn 1.

The Safety Car was required after the early dramas and during the caution Shiels came to a sudden halt.

His daring charge into the top 10 was over when he pulled his Fiat onto the circuit extension with mechanical dramas.

Racing resumed with 10 minutes left on the clock and Tamasi and Ingram pulled away from Taunton straight away.

Just a lap later the leading pair that were split by just two tenths were already 7s ahead of Taunton.

Suddenly Tamasi was on the defence with Ingram all over the back of the leader and running tighter racing lines.

By the end of Lap 6 Tamasi could do little as Peter  Ingram blazed past down the Brabham Straight to snatch the lead.

The fight for third also erupted on Lap 9 where Taunton had his work cut out keeping Matt Ingram behind.

Like the fight for the lead, Matt Ingram flew past down the Brabham Straight to snatch third.

Despite a close call with the lapped Graham Smith coming into the final corner, Peter Ingram took a 2s win to complete an impressive comeback.

Sports Sedans fire back to life at Sandown on August 23-25.

Image: MPix Photography

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