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 After early leads by US import Brad Kuhn and
local gun Adam Clarke, it was American Jerry Coons
Jnr who stormed home in the 30-lap Speedcar
Super Series “A” Main in the American Tires
& Racing Services #7 Stealth machine ahead
of Clarke and New Zealand’s Michael Pickens.
The magnificent set of pole shuffles saw
Clarke take the Rod Bowen sponsored pole
position beside Brad Kuhn (who moved up from
5th place in overall points), ahead of
Pickens, Steven Graham, Tony Elliott, Coons
Jnr, Mark Brown and Jason Gates in 8th.
TPCR served up an excellent track for the A
Main with the 20 car field including some of
the biggest names in Speedcar racing,
including rear of field B-Main qualifiers
American Davey Ray, Troy Jenkins, Nathan
Smee and Rod Bright!
At the drop of the green, Kuhn grabbed the
lead on the highline until Darren Jenkins
came unstuck on turn four after young-gun
West Aussie Todd Waddell tagged an infield
marker and launched back onto the corner.
Back under a full restart, Adam Clarke this
time took the lead from Kuhn whilst Kiwi
charger Pickens shot to the low line for
second into turn 3. Coons Jnr was attacking
the 3rd placed Kuhn by the main straight
with the American duo running wheel to wheel
with Coons Jnr shooting ahead into the
corner. The following lap Coons Jnr made a
slingshot move under the Seamount team mates
of Pickens and Clarke for the lead only
three laps down!
Further down the pack the action was just as
hot and heavy, when trouble struck for young
West Australian Todd Waddell. Pushing the #6
through turns one and two, the rookie racer
slammed into the cushion projecting him into
a series of rolls and out of the A main.
“(I) just made a mistake and hit the
cushion” said the young-gun after exiting
his car. “That’s racing”.
On the restart Coons Jnr lead away from
Clarke, Pickens, Kuhn, Elliott, Graham, Mark
Brown, West Aussie Neville Lance, American
Danny Stratton, Gates and Troy Jenkins. Tony
Elliott moved to the highline on fellow
American Brad Kuhn before the duo clashed
wheels, Elliott coming to a stop at the end
of the main straight with a flat left rear
tyre.
With 24 laps remaining, the race was again
underway with Coons Jnr ahead of Pickens,
Clarke, Kuhn, Brown and Graham. Kuhn raced
to the low line challenging Clarke for 3rd
through turns three and four, then taking
Pickens on using the same manoeuvre through
turns one and two. Not giving up, Pickens
claimed the spot back on the back straight!
B-Main winner Davey Ray had progressed up to
4th passing Clarke and Brown before Nathan
Smee came to a stop on the front straight
after a wheel clash with Stevie Walsh.
Restarted with 19 laps remaining, Coons Jnr
led away from Pickens, Kuhn, Ray, Brown,
Clarke, Jenkins, Stratton and Lance.
With racers attacking on multiple lanes, Ray
screamed around the highline on the low
running Kuhn for third before a crossed up
Troy Jenkins was tagged by Paul Rinkin
exiting turn two. With Rinkin headed to the
pits on the yellow, Davey Ray in the NZ2
Aggressor/Hawk machine retired from the race
whilst the N27 of Stevie Walsh came to a
stop in the main straight; the young
rookie’s driveline having exploded. After
exiting the machine, Walsh was taken to
hospital for treatment and later released
with considerable bruising to his ankles.
Coons Jnr lead away with 17 laps remaining
when the 5th running Adam Clarke came into
form! Moving from the highline under the 4th
running Brown, Clarke mastered the same move
the following lap and passed Kuhn for third!
The front runners hit lapped traffic with
seven laps remaining with Clarke rapidly
closing on Pickens. Two laps later Clarke
jumped under Pickens for second exiting turn
two, as local Brown made a similar move on
Kuhn from turn four for fourth.
Jerry Coons Jnr took the well earned win
five laps later with a main straight away
lead on second running Adam Clarke 9NZ,
Michael Pickens 4NZ, Mark Brown 42N, Brad
Kuhn 69N, Neville Lance 14WA, Nathan Smee
81N, Danny Stratton 18N, Jason Gates 70N,
Darren Jenkins 21N, Troy Jenkins 2N, Tim
Evans 57N and Dean Merrylees 2WA.
Time Trials:
1. N69 Brad Kuhn (USA)
16.004, 2. A1 Steven Graham 16.0450, 3. NZ4
Michael Pickens (NZ) 16.2350, 4. NZ9 Adam
Clarke 16.2590, 5. N7 Jerry Coons Jnr (USA)
16.2810, 6. N70 Jason Gates 16.39, 7. N42
Mark Brown 16.4150, 8. N18 Danny Stratton
(USA) 16.4530, 9. N57 Tim Evans 16.4660, 10.
NZ1 Tony Elliott (USA) 16.5700, 11. N21
Darren Jenkins 16.5940, 12. N68 Paul Rinkin
16.6060, 13. WA2 Dean Merrylees 16.645, 14.
N17 Brett Morris 16.6880, 15. WA14 Neville
Lance 16.7440, 16. NZ2 Davey Ray (USA)
16.7470, 17. V75 Paul Farrell 16.7610, 18.W6
Todd Waddell 16.7700, 19. N67 Glen Saville
16.8120, 20. N5 Rod Bright 16.8250, 21. N6
Matt Young 16.8380, 22. N52 Peter Attard
16.8830, 23. V11 Troy Jordan 17.0100, 24.
N81 Nathan Smee 17.017, 25. N2 Troy Jenkins
17.0740, 26. WA21 Dene McAllan 17.2560, 27.
NZ77 Shaun Insley (NZ) 17.2650, 28. Q2 Grant
Draney 17.2940, 29. SA5 Ben Wiese 17.3750,
30. WA15 Jamie Oldfield 17.4240, 31. N85
Stephen Brown 17.4350, 32. N27 Stevie Walsh
17.5360, 33. N73 Tarin Edge 17.5490, 34. V4
Colin Patterson 17.562, 35. Q18 Ken Stanaway
17.5710, 36. N15 Alan Day 17.7120, 37. N19
Dean Cavanaugh 17.9640, 38. V6 Brad Jackson
18.0550, 39. N12 Jeff Thomas 19.6600, 40.
N28 Peter Garland 20.8390, 41. N30 Kristan
Frandsen DNS
NSI $100 Top Time
Trial Winner:
BRAD KUHN
HEAT 1:
1. Adam Clarke, 2. Stevie Walsh, 3. Grant
Draney, 4. Nathan Smee, 5. Paul Rinkin, 6.
Davey Ray, 7. Danny Stratton, 8. Rod Bright,
9. Alan Day, 10. Peter Garland (DNF), 11.
Kristan Frandsen (DNF)
HEAT 2:
1. Neville Lance, 2. Shaun Insley, 3. Mark
Brown, 4. Michael Pickens, 5. Darren
Jenkins, 6. Glen Saville, 7. Ken Stanaway,
8. Stephen Brown (DNF), 9. Troy Jordan
(DNF), 10. Jeff Thomas (DNF)
HEAT 3:
1. Tony Elliott, 2. Dene McAllan, 3. Steven
Graham, 4. Jamie Oldfield, 5. Brett Morris,
6. Jason Gates, 7. Todd Waddell, 8. Colin
Patterson, 9. Peter Attard, 10. Brad Jackson
(DNF)
HEAT 4:
1. Troy Jenkins, 2. Jerry Coons Jnr, 3. Dean
Merrylees, 4. Brad Kuhn, 5. Dean Cavanaugh,
6. Tim Evans, 7. Matt Young, 8. Paul
Farrell, 9. Ben Wiese (DNF), 10. Tarin Edge
(DNF)
HEAT 5:
1. Stevie Walsh, 2. Nathan Smee, 3. Davey
Ray, 4. Troy Jenkins, 5. Paul Farrell, 6.
Brad Kuhn, 7. Danny Stratton, 8. Tim Evans,
9. Tarin Edge, 10. Peter Garland (DNS), 11.
Kristan Frandsen (DNS)
HEAT 6:
1. Michael Pickens, 2. Ken Stanaway, 3.
Jamie Oldfield, 4. Shaun Insley, 5. Jason
Gates, 6. Glen Saville, 7. Brett Morris, 8.
Darren Jenkins, 9. Peter Attard, 10. Brad
Jackson (DNS)
HEAT 7:
1. Adam Clarke, 2. Stephen Brown, 3. Mark
Brown, 4. Grant Draney, 5. Neville Lance, 6.
Paul Rinkin, 7. Rod Bright, 8. Alan Day, 9.
Jeff Thomas, 10. Troy Jordan (DNF)
HEAT 8:
1. Todd Waddell, 2. Tony Elliott, 3. Dene
McAllan, 4. Steven Graham, 5. Jerry Coons
Jnr, 6. Matt Young, 7. Dean Merrylees, 8.
Dean Cavanaugh, 9. Colin Patterson (DNS),
10. Ben Wiese (DNS)
B-Main:
1. Davey Ray, 2. Troy Jenkins, 3. Nathan
Smee, 4. Rod Bright, 5. Shaun Insley, 6. Ken
Stanaway, 7. Colin Patterson, 8. Grant
Draney, 9. Peter Attard, 10. Tarin Edge, 11.
Alan Day, 12. Paul Farrell, 13. Glen
Saville, 14. Jamie Oldfield. 15. Stephen
Brown, 16. Dene McAllan, 17. Dean Cavanaugh,
18. Jeff Thomas
POLE SHUFFLE:
Gates vs M Brown = M Brown
Brown vs Coons Jnr = Coons Jnr
Coons Jnr vs Kuhn = Kuhn
Kuhn vs Elliott = Kuhn
Kuhn vs Graham = Kuhn
Kuhn vs Pickens = Kuhn
Kuhn vs Clarke = Clarke (Pole Shuffle
Winner)
Rod Bowen Prestige Smash Repairs Pole
Shuffle:
ADAM CLARKE
A-Main:
1. Jerry Coons Jnr, 2. Adam Clarke, 3.
Michael Pickens, 4. Mark Brown, 5. Brad
Kuhn, 6. Neville Lance, 7. Nathan Smee, 8.
Danny Stratton, 9. Jason Gates, 10. Darren
Jenkins, 11. Troy Jenkins, 12. Tim Evans,
13. Dean Merrylees, 14. Steven Graham, 15.
Davey Ray, 16. Stevie Walsh, 17. Paul
Rinkin, 18. Tony Elliott, 19. Todd Waddell,
20. Rod Bright
$2000 A Main –
JERRY
COONS JNR
10th
Place M & W Aluminium Voucher
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DARREN
JENKINS N21
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