Carnarvon Speedway Western Australia - "Catch Ya On The Clay"

Shane Brittain last night won the West Australian Sedan Car Federation Modified Production Sedan State Championships, at the Carnarvon Speedway, in a race that went start to finish without a stoppage.

Brittain, was simply in a class of his own, winning by a massive margin, lapping all but six cars in one of the most dominant displays ever seen in a State Title. Shane Brittain was the highest qualifier, leading from the outset, putting a large margin between himself and the rest of the field.

John Purser and Aydan Trewern fought out a classic duel for the minor placings, with Trewern following Purser for the last twenty laps. Purser held on in a frantic finish. Brendan Selleck of Kalgoorlie completed the last half of the race with a blown head gasket, and held on for a gallant fourth. Lindsay McAuley of Karratha, who also had a great battle with Travis Jackson for the majority of the race, passed Jackson with four laps to go to finish fifth. Seventeen year old Sean Theyer of Albany drove the race of this life to finish seventh, completing the last half of the race without power steering. Production Sedan State Champion Nuno Mendes finished ninth, behing Mick Johnson of Broome, while Paul Briggs rounded out the top ten.

The race was run at a frantic pace with eleven of the twenty starters finishing the 35 laps.

Kodee Brown of Broome, who made a great start and went from position six to third within two laps, was disqualified after losing his bonnet. Ben Holland was forced to withdraw with mechanical problems on lap twelve, while Jason Pearce lasted three laps later, Steve Beres joined them on lap seventeen, while youngsters Dane Kingshott and Lance Freeman would also not see lap thirty. Bob Boyd unfortunately watched nearly the whole race from the infield after spinning in the main straight on the opening lap.

But the night belonged to Brittain, who was a popular winner. In a twist, Brittain's car had won the title five years ago, when owned by Dave Plecas, who also won the Championship at Carnarvon.

Official Results
Heat 1 – 10 laps: 1. W29 Lindsay McAuley, 2. W25 Dayne Kingshott, 3. W3 Brendan Selleck, 4. W74 Allan Mortimer, 5. W2 Kim Jolly, 6. W11 Sean Theyer, 7. W97 Malcolm McAuley, 8. W16 Paul Briggs, 9. W81 Bevan Daddow. Total Time: 3.49.822 , Winning Margin: 0.272, Fast Lap: 22.126 (Lap 10 – McAuley), Last Lap: 22.126.

Heat 2 – 10 laps: 1. W17 Travis Jackson, 2. W12 Aydan Trewern, 3. W88 Shane Brittain, 4. W55 Lance Freeman, 5. W31 Kevin Ellement, 6. W21 Peter Fraser, 7. W57 Vaughan Manders, 8. W77 Steve Beres. DNS: W8 John Standring. Total Time: 3.23.295, Winning Margin: 3.175, Fast Lap: 19.769 (Lap 8 – Jackson), Last Lap: 20.079.

Heat 3 – 10 laps: 1. W7 Kodee Brown, 2. W9 John Purser, 3. W54 Ken Tucker, 4. W87 Bob Boyd, 5. W22 Jason Pearce, 6. W5 Ben Holland, 7. W42 Nuno Mendes, 8. W32 Mick Johnson, 9. W91 Jeff Steele. Total Time: 3.17.169, Winning Margin: 0.150, Fast Lap: 19.283 (Lap 10 – Brown), Last Lap: 19.283.

Heat 4 – 10 laps: 1. W3 Brendan Selleck, 2. W31 Kevin Ellement, 3. W77 Steve Beres, 4. W16 Allan Mortimer, 5. W12 Aydan Trewern, 6. W74 Allan Mortimer, 7. W21 Peter Fraser, 8. Bevan Daddow. DNF: > W8 John Standring. Total Time: 3.09.300, Winning Margin: 3.010, Fast Lap: 18.721 (Lap 7 – Selleck), Last Lap: 18.796.

Heat 5 – 10 laps: 1. W32 Mick Johnson, 2. W11 Sean Theyer, 3. W55 Lance Freeman, 4. W25 Dayne Kingshott, 5. W29 Lindsay McAuley, 6. W2 Kim Jolly, 7. W57 Vaughan Manders, 8. W91 Jeff Steele. DNF: W54 Ken Tucker. Total Time: 3.10.873, Winning Margin: 2.346, Fast Lap: 18.664 (Lap 8 – Freeman), Last Lap: 19.299.

Heat 6 – 10 laps : 1. W88 Shane Brittain, 2. W17 Travis Jackson, 3. W9 John Purser, 4. W22 Jason Pearce, 5. W5 Ben Holland, 6. W7 Kodee Brown, 7. W87 Bob Boyd, 8. W42 Nuno Mendes, 9. W97 Malcolm McAuley. Total Time: 1.13.490 (last 4 laps), Winning Margin: 2.170, Fast Lap: 18.118 (Lap 9 – Brittain), Last Lap: 18.290.

Heat 7 – 10 laps : 1. W12 Aydan Trewern, 2. W11 Sean Theyer, 3. W55 Lance Freeman, 4. W16 Paul Briggs, 5. W54 Ken Tucker, 6. W32 Mick Johnson, 7. W57 Vaughan Manders, 8. W29 Lindsay McAuley. DNS: W91 Jeff Steele. Total Time: 0.55.812 (last 3 laps), Winning Margin: 0.347, Fast Lap: 18.577 (Lap 9 – Trewern), Last Lap: 18.608.

Heat 8 – 10 laps : 1. W77 Steve Beres, 2. W31 Kevin Ellement, 3. W3 Brendan Selleck, 4. W42 Nuno Mendes, 5. W25 Dayne Kingshott, 6. W87 Bob Boyd, 7. W74 Allan Mortimer, 8. W17 Travis Jackson. DNS: W8 John Standring. Total Time: 2.29.727 (last 8 laps), Winning Margin: 0.117, Fast Lap: 18.578 (Lap 7 – Ellement), Last Lap: 19.015.

Heat 9 – 10 laps: 1. W88 Shane Brittain, 2. W21 Peter Fraser, 3. W81 Bevan Daddow, 4. W7 Kodee Brown, 5. W5 Ben Holland, 6. W9 John Purser, 7. W2 Kim Jolly, 8. W22 Jason Pearce. DNF: W97 Malcolm McAuley. Total Time: No Times Available.

Support Events:

Street Stock

Heat 1 – 10 laps: 1. W50 Daniel Pidala, 2. W37 Kane Munro, 3. W111 Glen Harper, 4. W75 Jak Jackson, 5. W88 Wade Mason, 6. W66 Tara Mason, 7. W21 Paula Lyall, 8. W83 Tom Parry. Race Declared

Heat 2 – 10 laps: 1. W88 Wade Mason, 2. W50 Daniel Pidala, 3. W75 Jak Jackson, 4. W21 Paul Lyall, 5. W83 Tom Parry, 6. W66 Tara Mason. DNF: W37 Kane Munro, W111 Glen Harper. Total Time: 1.48.161 (last 5 laps).

Heat 3 – 10 laps: 1. W50 Daniel Pidala, 2. W88 Wade Mason, 3. W37 Kane Munro, 4. W21 Paula Lyall, 5. W66 Tara Mason, 6. W75 Jak Jackson. DNF: W83 Tom Parry, W111 Glen Harper. Total Time: 3.29.365.

Junior Sedans

Heat 1 – 10 laps : 1. W27 Damon Lyall, 2. W4 Allan Harper, 3. W47 Rochelle Sullivan, 4. W32 Scott Mills, 5. W3 Trent Lyall, 6. W76 Michael Todd. Total Time: 3.50.310.

Heat 2 – 10 laps: 1. W27 Damon Lyall, 2. W4 Allan Harper, 3. W3 Trent Lyall, 4. W32 Scott Mills, 5. W47 Rochelle Sullivan. DNF: W76 Michael Todd. Total Time: No Time.

Heat 3 – 10 laps: 1. W4 Allan Harper, 2. W27 Damon Lyall, 3. W47 Rochelle Sullivan, 4. W32 Scott Mills, 5. W3 Trent Lyall. DNS: W76 Michael Todd. Total Time: No Time.

Modified Productions - Night Two

Heat 10 – 10 laps: 1. W77 Steve Beres, 2. W3 Brendan Selleck, 3. W16 Paul Briggs, 4. W11 Sean Theyer, 5. W17 Travis Jackson, 6. W57 Vaughan Manders, 7. W32 Mick Johnson, 8. W55 Lance Freeman, 9. W87 Bob Boyd. Total Time: 3.17.192, Winning Margin: 3.787, Fast Lap: 19.135 (Lap 8 – Beres), Last Lap: 19.315.

Heat 11 – 10 laps: 1. W9 John Purser, 2. W88 Shane Brittain, 3. W7 Kodee Brown, 4. W21 Peter Fraser, 5. W2 Kim Jolly, 6. W81 Bevan Daddow, 7. W22 Jason Pearce, 8. W97 Mal McAuley. DNS: W8 John Standring. Total Time: 3.15.242, Winning Margin: 2.768, Fast Lap: 18.858 (Lap 5 – Purser), Last Lap: 19.860.

Heat 12 – 10 laps: 1. W42 Nuno Mendes, 2. W12 Aydan Trewern, 3. W29 Lindsay McAuley, 4. W5 Ben Holland, 5. W25 Dane Kingshott, 6. W91 Jeff Steele, 7. W54 Ken Tucker, 8. W74 Allan Mortimer. DNS: W31 Kevin Ellement. Total Time: 3.20.200, Winning Margin: 0.159, Fast Lap: 19.103 (Lap 6 – Mendes), Last Lap: 20.361.

Final Points After 12 Heats

1. W88 Shane Brittain 123
2. W3 Brendan Selleck 110
3. W12 Aydan Trewern 105
4. W77 Steve Beres 101
5. W9 John Purser 97
6. W7 Kodee Brown 86
7. W11 Sean Theyer 83
8. W17 Travis Jackson 83
9. W29 Lindsay McAuley 78
10. W25 Dane Kingshott 71
11. W31 Kevin Ellement 69
12. W55 Lance Freeman 69
13. W42 Nuno Mendes 67
14. W21 Peter Fraser 63
15. W16 Paul Briggs 63
16. W32 Mick Johnson 60
17. W5 Ben Holland 53
18. W54 Ken Tucker 44
19. W81 Bevan Daddow 44
20. W22 Jason Pearce
21. W2 Kim Jolly 44
22. W74 Allan Mortimer 41
23. W87 Bob Boyd 40
24. W57 Vaughan Manders 34
25. W91 Jeff Steele 21
26. W97 Mal McAuley 19
27. W8 John Strandring 0

B Main – 9 laps: 1. W87 Bob Boyd, 2. W81 Bevan Daddow, 3. W2 Kim Jolly, 4. W22 Jason Pearce, 5. W91 Jeff Steele, 6. W97 Mal McAuley. DNF: W57 Vaughan Manders. Total Time: 2.26.928 (last 7 laps), Winning Margin: 0.431, Fast Lap: 19.999 (Lap 4 – Boyd), Last Lap: 20.049.

A Main – 35 laps: 1. W88 Shane Brittain, 2. W9 John Purser, 3. W12 Aydan Trewern, 4. W3 Brendan Selleck, 5. W29 Lindsay McAuley, 6. W17 Travis Jackson, 7. W11 Sean Theyer, 8. W32 Mick Johnson, 9. W42 Nuno Mendes, 10. W16 Paul Briggs, 11. W2 Kim Jolly. DNF: W55 Lance Freeman, W25 Dane Kingshott, W81 Bevan Daddow, W77 Steve Beres, W22 Jason Pearce, W5 Ben Holland, W21 Peter Fraser, W87 Bob Boyd. DISQ W7 Kodee Brown (Bonnet). Total Time: 10.56.261, Winning Margin: 8.037, Fast Lap: 18.831 (Lap 17 – Brittain), Last Lap: 18.909.