Tamasi fires back to back triumphs

Steven Tamasi powered past Peter Ingram to go back to back in the Precision National Sports Sedans Series at Sandown.

After overcoming Thomas Randle in a thrilling battle on Saturday, Tamasi had to get by the championship leader to win Sunday morning’s race 2.

There was no Thomas Randle in Race 2 after his SAAB was badly damaged from an opening race crash.

Tamasi ended up taking the chequered flag 8s clear of Ingram, while Steve Lacey won a thrilling fight for third that also included Ashley Jarvis and Matt Ingram with just two tenths covering the trio.

The thunderous roar of National Sports Sedans shook the famous Sandown grandstand and Ingram enjoyed a strong rolling start to snatch the lead in the run down to turn 1 with Steven Tamasi and Steven Lacey slotting in behind.

The leading pair soon charged away from the pack during a tense fight for the lead in the early laps.

By lap 4 Tamasi was able to close the gap and pull into the slipstream of Ingram and had a look in the opening corner but could not sneak around the outside.

However, Tamasi did not give up and managed to complete the move in the turns 2-4 complex and snatch the lead.

The speed of the Calibra could not be denied as within a lap the #9 was already a second up the road.

All eyes then turned to the tight battles for third and sixth.

Lacey had his hands on the final spot on the podium, but had his work cut out with Jarvis’ Monaro on his tail.

Duggan, Ray Hislop and Matt Ingram were in close combat, but the #19 Mazda RX8 had the better legs and powered past.

Ingram was on the charge and even caught both Lacey and Jarvis by the final lap, but just ran out of time to make a move, albeit only two tenths split the trio.

Unfortunately for Hislop he had to pit after seven laps with his FG Falcon experiencing issues.

David Tamasi was another who spent a long period on the lane.

The third and final Precision National Sports Sedans Series race is at 14.50 AEST this afternoon.

Image: MPix

Precision National Sports Sedans Series Sandown Race 2 results

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