Crash and Bash feature at Drouin
Drouin Speedway action was headlined by the second round of the Gippsland Cup for women’s Crash and Bash, along with great action from all the support classes with a number of them competing through the dog leg circuit.
Bianca Brown was a big winner in the women’s Crash and Bash after disposing of defending Victorian champion and first round Gippsland Cup winner Leanne Young into the concrete on her way to the win.
Lennie Bonnici won the Unlimited Sedans, Lewis Williams the Junior Standard Saloons, Allan Ardley the women’s Standard Saloons, Jeff Blencowe the Sports Sedans, Scott Angus the division two Hot Rods and Leigh Gooding the Standard Saloons.
In Crash and Bash action, everything was happening so quickly with spins and push and shoves and fast action as leaders worked their way through the field and for a moment when the initial race shenanigans were over, Young was in the lead with Bianca Brown chasing.
Brown caught Young in the later stages of the race and tapped her rear bumper assisting Young, who went crashing into the concrete wall and out of the race much to the delight of the Crash hungry crowd baying for action.
Brown went on to win from Alyssa Montebello, Maleah Brown, Lea Judd and Sarah Price.
Scott Angus was a pleasant surprise in the division two Hot Rod final. Up to this point the likes of Ricky Connor a heat winner, Rob Tatterson, Paul Camm and Daniel Stewart, also a heat winner, had found themselves battling for wins at the front of the field. Stewart though didn’t start the final.
Angus was sensational with passing moves and car control and came through and led Connor to the finish line to pick up a win. Tatterson was third and then Daniel Angus, who was another heat winner earlier in the day, and Drouin’s own ‘King of the Kids’ Stuart Barkway.
Heat winner Lewis Williams and the two Team Yeomans cars of Jack Yeomans (two heat wins) and Deegan Benson swapped positions throughout the day as they competed in the last event before their Victorian title.
Benson held the final race lead, Yeomans took that lead, Benson got penalised for contact with Yeomans and Williams made some great passing moves moving higher up on the track for a fine win in the final from Yeomans, Benson and Cohen Kleeven with his bent-up race car after earlier trying to remove the purple paint scheme by running along the concrete wall.
Allana Ardley proved to be just that little bit smarter than Hayley Hutchins through the dog leg during women’s Standard Saloon racing and went on to win.
Bairnsdale Speedway racer Kate Stuchbery finished third ahead of Vicky Price after pulling off a neat little pass in the dog leg and Erin Mitchell.
Leigh Gooding was very strong in the Standard Saloon dog leg action and Leigh Mitchell was his main threat.
Gooding took a comfortable win from Mitchell, Mark Borkowski Justin Hutchins and Mick Coomer. Borkowski was lucky to finish as he engine became a barbeque during the race. The snags were well and truly cooked by the time he passed the finish line.
Jeff Blencowe then won a one on one battle with Gavan Dorain in the Sports Sedans.
The action in the Unlimited Sedan final was sensational with Peter Cox, who had been the strongest racer in heats winning all three of them having started well.
Johnny Young then made a passing move on him to take the lead before Bonnici wound up his big machine and passed Cox and then soon after Young in turn two on both occasions. Bonnici went on to win from Young, Cox, Daryl Nicolson and Daniel Angus.
Racing returns to Drouin on February 11 with a Sports Sedan feature in the state point score and Wingless Sprints returning to the venue.