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PALMERSTON NORTH SPEEDWAY:MANAWATU STOCKCAR CHAMPS
WHAT A GREAT NIGHT OF STOCKCAR ACTION WITH 45 CARS IN THE PITS BUT ONLY 44 TAKING TO THE TRACK AFTER 25p ALLAN EASTS STEARING BOX BROKE BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED.BIG THANKS TO THE 3 VISTING CAR'S OF 64v AARON MUSGROVE,6v DION MOONEY AND 7v JUSTIN CUNNINGHAM
TWO QUALIFYING RACES WERE HELD WITH THE FIRST ONE HAVING A SURPRISE WINNER IN 55p GRANT HOLLYMAN WHO HAS RETURNED TO RACING AFTER A FEW YEARS AWAY AND 15p ROB MIERS HAVING TO GO TO THE REPECHAGE RACE AFTER GETTING SPUN UP AND MISSING THE CUT.QUILIFYING RACE 2 HAD 581p JORDAN DARE TAKING IT OUT FROM SOME OLD HANDS WHO WERE CHARGING FAST UP(34p,32p,97p).THE REPECHAGE HAD 41p GRANT WALSH TAKE THE WIN,SO THE 36CARS HAD BEEN FOUND AND NOW THE BATTLE BEGAIN.
THE 1ST HEAT HAD PLENTY OF BASHING GOING ON AS THE CARS ALL SEEMED TO WANT TO BE WERE ANOTHER CAR WAS.48p SPUN UP WITH PLENTY OF CARS HITTING HIM INCLUDING 46p BRAD LUCAS WHO THEN ENDED UP SPUN AT PIT CORNER WITH A FEW MORE CARS HITTING HIM THE RACE THEN SETTLED DOWN A BIT WITH 15p,32p,97p,55p and 75p ALL AFTER THE LEADER 557p DARREL WALLACE.49p BEVAN SHANNON ENDED STUCK ON THE WALL BY 33p BRAD POWELL.IN THE END 557p HELD OUT FOR THE WIN FROM 75p GAVIN TANIWHA AND 15p ROB MIERS.
HEAT 2 STARTED WITH 63p UP THE WALL THEN 69p NATHEN WARD,15p AND 1NZP PETER REES ALL TANGLED UP WITH 1nzp OUT OF THE RACE AND 15p WITH A FLAT RIGHT FRONT AS THIS WAS GOING ON 55p WAS ROLLED AND 75p ALLSO BOTH ENDING THE CHAMPIONSHIP HOPES.AFTER THE RESTART MORE CARS WERE SPUN AS THE RACE WENT ON.99p RON TYES RACE WAS OVER AS HE SAT NEAR PIT GATE FOR THE 2ND HALF OF THE RACE AND 557p GOT TAKEN TO THE WALL BY 49p AND DROPPED A FEW PLACINGS.34p ROB MASON HAD A VERY GOOD WIN AND WAS LOOKING GOOD FOR A PODIUM FINISH.
HEAT 3 AND WITH 1nzp PETER REES AND 15p ROB MIERS WITH NO CHANCE OF WINNING THEY BOTH WENT ON THE ATTACK WITH 32p GEORGE FREAR THE FIRST TARGET THEN 15p GETTING A BIG HIT FROM 22p ZAC HOULT.1NZP AND 67P SEEMED TO ATTACK EACH OTHER FOR THE REST OF THE RACE.48p DAMIAN MULCAHY LOST A FRONT WHEEL AT PIT BEND AND THE REDS CAME ON.ALL THE WHILE 6v DION MOONEY WAS MAKING UP PLACINGS AND WAS ON HIS WAY TO WIN THIS TITLE UNTILL 97p GRAEME WARD PUT HIM AWAY BUT 31p GARY DAVIS HAD ALLSO SPUN AND 6v HIT HIM HARD AND THE REDS WERE ON FOR A VERY SORE 31p(get well soon mate)10p JOSH PRENTICE HAD JUST STOPED ASWELL WHEN 6v WAS HIT AND HE THEN HIT 31p AND 10p WHICH GOT JOSH GOING AGAIN.THE RACE ENDED WITH 18p CRAIG HEALEY WINNING THE RACE FROM 10p AND 581p.
SO AFTER ALL THE MAYHEM WAS OVER 10P JOSH PRENTICE WAS THE NEW MANAWATU STOCKCAR CHAMPION AND HE DROVE VERY WELL ALL NIGHT TO TAKE THE WIN FOLLOWED BY 581p JORDAN DARE AND 18p CRAIG HEALEY IT WAS A NIGHT FOR THE YOUNG GUYS AND THEY DESERVED IT AND WELLDONE TO THEM.
ANOTHER GREAT NIGHT AT PALMY AND COLD SO TILL NEXT TIME WAL
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