Race 1
Race 2
Race 3
Race 4
Current points
Round 1 - Sorell Creek - 13/1/26
1st - John Batich
2nd - Dave Schofield
3rd - Ben Lewis
1st - John Batich
2nd - Dave Schofield
3rd - Ben Lewis
Round 2 - Gotham Park - 20/1/26
1st - John Batich
2nd - Scott Wayman
3rd - Bruce Thomas
1st - John Batich
2nd - Scott Wayman
3rd - Bruce Thomas
Round 3 - Sorell Creek - 3/2/26
1st - John Batich
2nd - Ben Lewis
3rd - Callan Thomas
1st - John Batich
2nd - Ben Lewis
3rd - Callan Thomas
Race Report - Round 3
A V8 Super (car) sized field for round 3 this week at the snake pit…sorry Sorell Creek, but with the recent serpent sighting in the vicinity, the snake puns & jokes were flying around freely. All very helpful for the track owner….
Anyway, with drivers all gathered for the fray (some with knee high leather boots on), the round got underway.
Early pacesetter Callan Thomas along with Dave Schofield & Ben Lewis had a titanic battle for superiority, with all of them eventually finishing on 78 laps for the night. However, all for nowt, as the final driver in the heats for the night, John Batich, strode to the track in heat 12.
Over the course of his 4 heats, JB flew around & maintained great consistency & in the end managed to head all three early leaders off to notch up a total of 80 laps for the night & take out the win (his 3rd in a row) by 2 clear laps.
The battle for 2nd- 4th on 78 laps was decided on track position, and it was Ben who managed to grab 2nd from Callan in 3rd & the unlucky Schoee in 4th.
2 laps back (and lucky to be that close) in 5th was the writer all on his own on 76 laps, 2 laps clear of 6th placegetter Dave Bantoft again on his own on his total of 74 laps.
1 more lap back on 73 was the ANZ Falcon of Bruce Thomas in 7th, 1 lap ahead of Caine Kalbfell on 72 laps in a good return to racing for the year.
The tight racing continued as a 3 way battle for 9 - 11th took place on the 71 lap total, with Blair taking out the position on track form Phil in 10th & the unlucky Scott who experienced a car breakdown in his last heat as he was well on the way to challenging for the top 3.
Dave Gray ended up in 12th just 1 lap back on 70, with Rob Golley in 12th on a lap total of 69.
A shared lap total of 68 between the final 2 drivers summed up one of the closed rounds of driving seen in recent memory, and it was Rhys who ended up with 14th ahead of Luke in 15th for the night.
So, only 12 laps covering the entire 15 driver field, and despite the cars being one of the slowest series on the calendar, they always seem to produce very tight racing.
Round 4 next week at the traditional home of V8 Supercars (well, the ones with a Ford badge anyway)
A V8 Super (car) sized field for round 3 this week at the snake pit…sorry Sorell Creek, but with the recent serpent sighting in the vicinity, the snake puns & jokes were flying around freely. All very helpful for the track owner….
Anyway, with drivers all gathered for the fray (some with knee high leather boots on), the round got underway.
Early pacesetter Callan Thomas along with Dave Schofield & Ben Lewis had a titanic battle for superiority, with all of them eventually finishing on 78 laps for the night. However, all for nowt, as the final driver in the heats for the night, John Batich, strode to the track in heat 12.
Over the course of his 4 heats, JB flew around & maintained great consistency & in the end managed to head all three early leaders off to notch up a total of 80 laps for the night & take out the win (his 3rd in a row) by 2 clear laps.
The battle for 2nd- 4th on 78 laps was decided on track position, and it was Ben who managed to grab 2nd from Callan in 3rd & the unlucky Schoee in 4th.
2 laps back (and lucky to be that close) in 5th was the writer all on his own on 76 laps, 2 laps clear of 6th placegetter Dave Bantoft again on his own on his total of 74 laps.
1 more lap back on 73 was the ANZ Falcon of Bruce Thomas in 7th, 1 lap ahead of Caine Kalbfell on 72 laps in a good return to racing for the year.
The tight racing continued as a 3 way battle for 9 - 11th took place on the 71 lap total, with Blair taking out the position on track form Phil in 10th & the unlucky Scott who experienced a car breakdown in his last heat as he was well on the way to challenging for the top 3.
Dave Gray ended up in 12th just 1 lap back on 70, with Rob Golley in 12th on a lap total of 69.
A shared lap total of 68 between the final 2 drivers summed up one of the closed rounds of driving seen in recent memory, and it was Rhys who ended up with 14th ahead of Luke in 15th for the night.
So, only 12 laps covering the entire 15 driver field, and despite the cars being one of the slowest series on the calendar, they always seem to produce very tight racing.
Round 4 next week at the traditional home of V8 Supercars (well, the ones with a Ford badge anyway)
Round 4 - Gotham Park - 10/2/26
1st - John Batich
2nd - Adrian Gray
3rd - Ben Lewis
1st - John Batich
2nd - Adrian Gray
3rd - Ben Lewis
