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Message started by LMR on 03/25/15 at 12:05pm

Title: Warren Oldfield claims thriller in Late Model action at Bunbury
Post by LMR on 03/25/15 at 12:05pm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 25, 2015
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Warren Oldfield claims thriller in Late Model action at Bunbury

DTN Media
BUNBURY, W.A. (March 21) - Warren Oldfield claimed a dramatic feature win last weekend at QUIT Bunbury Speedway in a race that had more twists and turns than an episode of ‘The Soprano’s’.

Oldfield started out of position three, behind the front row of Brad Blake and Marc Giancola, who, from the time the green flag dropped, went at it hammer and tongs. The leading duo raced side by side for a number of laps before Giancola had a moment and almost upended his machine. This allowed Oldfield to show his nose and end up passing Giancola, the top three pulling away as they continued their battle.

Lap after lap the leading trio fought it out, Oldfield poking his nose under the leading Blake and closely pursued by Giancola. They moved into lapped traffic when an unfortunate incident saw the leader Blake, who had led from the drop of the flag to lap twelve, was left with nowhere to go after Nat Muir spun in front of him.

Blake was out of the race, while Muir suffered extensive damage also, enough to possibly end his season after recently replacing the whole front clip after his previous meeting at Bunbury.

With eighteen to go the restart order saw Oldfield leading Giancola, Paul Stubber (from position nine) and Matt Goodlad. The restart saw both Stubber and then Jeremy Hale respectively spin and keep going, the order with thirteen to go seeing Oldfield leading Giancola and Goodlad while fourth placed Alec Melvin was half a lap behind the leading trio as he battled with Stubber and Dean King.

Suddenly Giancola too found himself spinning, heading infield, the green lights remaining on, with Goodlad now in second and Melvin inheriting third. With eight to go Stubber spun again, with nine cars for the restart, then with twenty seven laps complete he hit the fence, causing the final restart with eight cars left to contest the final three laps.

Once again the race resumed and the order remained unchanged, Oldfield recording another win ahead of Goodlad and the impressive Alec Melvin in his first podium finish in Late Model Sedans.

Courtesy of his podium finish Melvin also received the Speed Torque All Star $100 bonus.

The Speed Torque All Stars series was won by Jeff Rogers on 54 points followed by Nat Muir on 52 points and Morgan Melvin also on 52, Nat Muir getting second on count back of highest positions.

Jay Cardy did enough during the night to secure the win in the Cleanaway QUIT Bunbury Late Model Track Championship, winning by seventy one points over Jeff Rogers, with Michael Holmes coming home third overall.

Earlier in the night Brad Blake set the tone straight away by claiming the opening heat while the second heat was an impressive win to Nat Muir. Ryan Halliday was not happy in this one after a passing move by another competitor saw him in the turn three wall, ending his night.

Heat three was a huge win to Jeremy Hale, while the final heat went to Oldfield. Craig Vosbergen’s night ended early in this one after he had pinion drive failure in his diff.

The A Dash was taken out by Brad Blake while Jay Cardy broke an axle, managing to later limp his machine across the line to start the feature race and secure the Track Championship. The B Dash went to Paul Stubber.

Late Models will again be in action this weekend as they return to the high banks of the Perth Motorplex, so stay tuned for a full nomination list to be released shortly.

Official Results

Late Models Heat 1 - 10 Laps: 1. W0 Brad Blake, 2. W43 Marc Giancola, 3. W91 Michael Holmes, 4. W22 Paul Joss, 5. W16 Veronica McCann, 6. W5 Jeff Rogers, 7. Alec Melvin. DNF: W89 Morgan Melvin, W18 Matt Goodlad, W39 Phil Zuidema.

Late Models Heat 2 - 10 Laps: 1. W12 Nat Muir, 2. W71 Jamie Moon, 3. W8 Craig Vosbergen, 4. W52 Jay Cardy, 5. W31 Paul Stubber, 6. W21 Dean King, 7. W15 Warren Oldfield, 8. W77 Jeremy Hale. DNF: W99 Ryan Halliday.

Late Models Heat 3 - 10 Laps: 1. W77 Jeremy Hale, 2. W91 Michael Holmes, 3. W12 Nat Muir, 4. W0 Brad Blake, 5. W88 Alec Melvin. DNF: W39 Phil Zuidema, W31 Paul Stubber, W16 Veronica McCann, W71 Jamie Moon. DNS: W99 Ryan Halliday.

Late Models Heat 4 - 10 Laps: 1. W15 Warren Oldfield, 2. W52 Jay Cardy, 3. W43 Marc Giancola, 4. W18 Matt Goodlad, 5. W22 Paul Joss, 6. W21 Dean King, 7. W5 Jeff Rogers. DNF: Craig Vosbergen. DNS: Morgan Melvin.

Late Models Dash A - 8 Laps: 1. W0 Brad Blake, 2. W43 Marc Giancola, 3. W15 Warren Oldfield, 4. W12 Nat Muir, 5. W91 Michael Holmes, 6. W77 Jeremy Hale. DNF: W52 Jay Cardy, W22 Paul Joss.

Late Model Dash B - 8 Laps: 1. W31 Paul Stubber, 2. W88 Alex Melvin, 3. W18 Matt Goodlad, 4. W21 Dean King, 5. Jeff Rogers.

Feature – 30 laps: 1. Warren Oldfield, 2. Matt Goodlad, 3. Alec Melvin, 4. Jeremy Hale, 5. Dean King, 6. Michael Holmes, 7. Veronica McCann, 8. Jeff Rogers DNF: Paul Stubber, Marc Giancola, Brad Blake, Nat Muir, Jay Cardy. DNS: Craig Vosbergen, Paul Joss, Jamie Moon, Phil Zuidema, Morgan Melvin, Ryan Halliday.