Ingram chasing Sports Sedans glory

Peter Ingram heads to the Precision National Sports Sedan Series finale at Bathurst as the clear favourite to take out the title.

A strong showing at Sandown back in September saw Ingram extend his points lead over Steven Tamasi to 103 points with only one round to go.

But he knows it is far from a done deal.

“Anything can happen,” he told AUTO ACTION.

“Steve is very fast and it will not take much. A DNF hurts so you cannot count anything until the last race. I don’t want to know the maths.

“I still want to prove things and want to win the championship because I am fast and not just consistent.”

Although Steven Tamasi had the fastest car and won the first two races. Ingram stayed out of trouble and pounced when it mattered in Sunday’s finale.

With Tamasi slipping to sixth, Ingram’s final race win and pair of runner-up finishes were enough to snatch the round honours.

However, Ingram knows things went his way having struggled to nail corner exits, which are critical at Sandown.

“You take the wins when you get them,” Ingram said.

“Steve had been very fast all weekend so it was a shame that happened for him.

“Certainly we have to look after that championship but I am still pushing myself and want to win races as the fastest car.

“I was very happy with my qualifying result being my first time here, but just not that happy I did not progress throughout the weekend as I would have liked.

“I just struggled with this track a little bit. Exit is everything here and I was just not quite getting the right line.

“The car is fast so it will be all about working on my driving technique. This year the only track I had been to before was Eastern Creek, so four new tracks in my first proper season with this car has been a lot to take in.”

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