Whyalla Wingless Win To Walkom

Following the opening round at the Tolmer Speedway being postponed the Wingless Sprints SA State Series officially began last Saturday night at the Whyalla Speedway with Thomas Walkom causing a major upset as he claimed his first major feature win. After starting on the front row Walkom led all 25 laps holding off a late charging Tate Cowie and Thomas Norvill in what was an impressive driving performance.

Fourth place went to Murray Bridge resident Brett Ireland, who was driving the Pitcher Racing #57, while Michael Spoljaric, who was the top point scorer following the heats, completed the top five. Rookie Hayden Mason recorded his best result of his short career in sixth, while Ross Miller, Leanne Turner, Alan Saint, and Ryan Watts completed the finishers.

Earlier the 14 drivers conducted four heats with Thomas Norvill winning heat 1 ahead of Ross Miller and Thomas Walkom, while the second heat was secured by Michael “Spike” Spoljaric, who defeated Alan Saint and Brett Ireland. The second round of heats started with Kadina’s Tate Cowie dominating heat 3 winning by over four seconds ahead of Walkom while the final heat saw Lockie Evans just edge out Spoljaric.

Therefore, Spoljaric topped the score chart going into the Top 6 Dash, but he drew an inverted four, placing Walkom on the pole and he used the invert to full effect, securing the pole for the finale. In the dash the big mover was Brett Ireland, who went from sixth to third while Spoljaric would drop to sixth.

A Main Results, Whyalla Speedway: 1st S92 Thomas Walkom, 2nd S56 Tate Cowie, 3rd S72 Thomas Norvill, 4th S57 Brett Ireland, 5th S19 Michael Spoljaric, 6th S29 Hayden Mason, 7th S24 Ross Miller, 8th S97 Leanne Turner, 9th S54 Alan Saint, 10th S34 Ryan Watts, DNF S33 Lachlan Evans, DNS S8 Darryl Sloan, DNS S9 Ryder Blight, DNS S84 Jesse Alexander.

The busy racing schedule continues this Saturday night (November 8) at the Murray Machining and Sheds Murray Bridge Speedway with the third round of the Track Championship with a field of 34 drivers nominated.

Release by Phil Michell Motorsport Media