The 2016-17 season winning ways continued for Luke Weel last Saturday night, taking out the fourth Victorian Wingless Sprint Super Series round, presented by Salt Electrical, at Geelong’s Avalon Raceway.
Lining up on pole position for the 25-lap feature race, Weel gave a dominant performance and was never headed, going on to score his fourth consecutive feature race in recent weeks.
Second-place starter Chris Halesworth managed to hold on to his position to take the runner-up spot, as did Mick Parry, who rounded out the podium in third. This was a fantastic result for the pair, who utilised their home track knowledge to finish inside the top three.
Finishing just off the podium in fourth was Dayn Bentvelzen, with Mitchell Broome, Travis Bergmeier, Ebony Hobson, Marcus Green, Peter Merrett and Bhoe Paterson completing the top 10.
The remaining finishers were Jesse Nicholas, Adam Smith, Jaidyn Job (JDS Motorsport & Racing Hard Charger award recipient), Todd Hobson and Scott Irons.
It was a disappointing night for defending Super Series Champion Daniel Storer, who missed out on valuable series points after being unable to finish the feature race, with Jason Langdon also a feature-race retirement.
The heat-race action earlier in the night saw wins shared between Glenn Watts, Parry, Tyson Bartlett, Bentvelzen, Irons, Halesworth, Bergmeier, Broome and Wayne Logue.
Green, Storer and Todd Hobson were the top-three finishers in B main 1, securing feature-race transfer spot, while Smith, Nicholas and Job transferred into the feature race via B main 2, with Green being the highest placed B main transferee, finishing the feature race in eighth.
For their next appearance, the Victorian Wingless Sprints will head to Bairnsdale Speedway for the second round of the Autobarn Eastern Challenge on the Saturday night of January 28, which offers $200 to start the 50-lap feature race, while the fifth round of the Victorian Super Series will be held at Portland’s Southern 500 Speedway on March 4.
The Victorian Wingless Sprints would like to thanks the following sponsors for their valued support: Salt Electrical, Velocita Safety Australia, Spot-On Injector Services, JDS Motorsport & Racing, NOS Racing Products and Mungrel Custom Engineering.
Latest Super Series Point Standings:
1. Luke Weel 1328
2. Dayn Bentvelzen 1115
3. Daniel Storer 949
4. Mitchell Broome 879
5. Rhys Baxter 792
6. Glenn Watts 782
7. Marcus Green 711
8. Chris Halesworth 626
9. Travis Millar 611
10. Mick Parry 590
Contingency Awards (Avalon Raceway):
$4,000 Golden Ticket to Knoxville: Luke Weel (1st Place)
NOS Racing Products Second Place: Chris Halesworth
JDS Motorsport & Racing Hard Charger: Jaidyn Job (18th to 13th)
Mungrel Custom Engineering Highest Place Rookie: Bhoe Paterson (A Main 10th)
Spot-On Injector Services Hard Luck Award: Carly Walsh
For more information about the Victorian Wingless Sprints, visit their website at www.awsr.com.au/vic. You can also LIKE them on Facebook by searching Victorian AWSR Wingless Sprintcars.
