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Farrell Breaks Through For The Motorplex Win
Posted Sunday, 7 March 2010 by Darren ODea
AFTER going close in a few big wins in Western Australia Ryan Farrell finally claimed another win when he won the 25-lap feature race from Jason Kendrick and Troy Lawson at the Perth Motorplex on Saturday night.
“It’s been a long time between drinks, it was nice to finally win a show,” Farrell said.
“A lot of people out there don’t realise what goes on behind the scenes.
“Without a great car we wouldn’t be standing up here.
“I am very fortunately to be in a very good ride.”
Kendrick was happy to finally stand on the podium.
“You can’t complain…but it would have been a bit better if we won, but it’s good to be on the podium,” Kendrick said.
Lawson claimed his second podium finish of the season.
“We have worked pretty hard on the car and got it back to where it should be,” Lawson said.
“Getting beaten by Farrell, we can cop that on the chin any day.”
Ben Ellement was early leader from Kendrick, Lawson and David Ellement but the reds came on early when Wayne Russell hit the main straight fence hard.
After the restart there was little changing of positions for a few laps apart from Farrell and Madsen starting to make up ground.
But then the moves started and Farrell went into fifth over David Ellement with 17 laps to go.
The leader was into lapped traffic and passed Mark Wells with 16 laps to go.
Kendrick was lucky to keep the car straight when he lost a bit of ground with 15 laps to go but kept the boot in.
Farrell’s intentions were obvious as he slipped into second and he was handed the lead when Ben Ellement headed infield with 12 laps to go.
The cautions came on when Madsen spun and backed it into pits bend with 11 laps to go with a flat left rear tyre.
There was plenty of ducking and diving with 10 laps to go in the frantic dash to the line.
Monte and Madsen turned it on for the crowd by storming through the field to finish first and second in the opening heat.
There were some daring slide jobs which could have ended in tears but it had everyone on the edge of their seats.
“The car is still a bit lose,” Monte said after the win.
“There is a way to go yet.”
Farrell started from the rear and won the second heat from Sartori and Coyle.
“We will just keep fine tuning the car all night…and keep chasing the track,” Farrell said.
“We will get the elbows up in the main,” the #95 pilot said.
“We have just got to get back and make some changes,” Jamie Maiolo said after winning heat three from Coyle and Madsen.
“We will get more out of it yet.”
Sartori won the final heat from Farrell and Kendrick.
“We have been working on this thing all year to get some speed out of it,” Sartori said.
“The car is slowly improving and we will just keep working on it.”
Qualifying: Kerry Madsen 15.704, Ryan Farrell 15.821, Ben Ellement 15.994, Kris Coyle 16.049, David Priolo 16.287, Jason Kendrick 16.372, Todd Waddell 16.409, Troy Lawson 16.425, Luch Monte 16.436, David Ellement 16.449, Mark Wells 16.496, Jamie Maiolo, 16.528, Carl Dowling 16.826, Ken Sartori 16.861, Allan Nash 17.113, Steven Ford 17.821, Wayne Russell 18.019, Ben Dickson 18.433, Brad Maiolo 18.510.
Heat 1: 1st Luch Monte, 2nd Kerry Madsen, 3rd Carl Dowling, 4th Brad Maiolo, 5th Mark Wells, 6th Todd Waddell, 7th Wayne Russell, 8th Allan Nash, 9th David Priolo, 10th Ben Ellement.
Heat 2: 1st Ryan Farrell, 2nd Ken Sartori, 3rd Kris Coyle, 4th Jamie Maiolo, 5th David Ellement, 6th Steven Ford, 7th Jason Kendrick, 8th Troy Lawson. DNF: Ben Dickson.
Heat 3: 1st Jamie Maiolo, 2nd Kris Coyle, 3rd Kerry Madsen, 4th Wayne Russell, 5th Steven Ford, 6th Luch Monte, 7th David Priolo, 8th Carl Dowling, 9th Troy Lawson.
Heat 4: 1st Ken Sartori, 2nd Ryan Farrell, 3rd Jason Kendrick, 4th Allan Nash, 5th Ben Ellement, 6th David Ellement, 7th Todd Waddell, 8th Mark Wells. DNF: Brad Maiolo.
Feature: 1st Ryan Farrell, 2nd Jason Kendrick, 3rd Troy Lawson, 4th David Ellement, 5th Ken Sartori, 6th Allan Nash, 7th David Priolo, 8th Todd Waddell, 9th Jamie Maiolo, 10th Luch Monte, 11th Mark Wells, 12th Carl Dowling, 13th Brad Maiolo, 14th Steven Ford. DNF: Kerry Madsen, Ben Ellement and Wayne Russell.
Combined Smash Repairs WA Speedcar Championship
NEVILLE Lance won the Combined Smash Repairs WA Speedcar Championship in dramatic fashion as he took the win from Rick Geneve and Dayne Kingshott.
Geneve led for most of the race until contact was made with Lance on the last lap seeing Lance fly by to claim his seventh WA title.
On the podium Geneve was obviously disappointed with what could have been.
Lance admitted it was a tough race.
“There are some people out there who are obviously upset, but that’s what speedcars are all about,” (referring to the closeness) Lance said.
“It was not deliberate, it was just the way it worked out.”
Geneve was the early leader but the red lights went on when Craig Lawrence flipped on the back straight.
On the restart it was Geneve from Giles, Lance and Glazebrook who broke away from the rest of the drivers.
Lance and Glazebrook traded lines and spots for third after five laps and then the battle moved up to include Giles.
Glazebrook finally grabbed third and was showing nose inside Giles for second, getting the car up on the back wheels as he powered out of pits bend.
With 15 to go Glazebook slowed up and lost a lot of ground and then withdrew on the next lap.
With 10 laps remaining there was little separating the top three.
Lance slid into second over Giles with nine laps to go and held off the counter attack from Giles on the next lap.
With four to go Lance was on the back of Geneve and looked ready to pounce.
Lance tagged the back of Geneve in turn two and went around as Geneve lost some ground and had to settle for second.
Things were a little better for Geneve earlier on in the night.
“That was good fun,” Geneve said after winning the first heat from the fast-finishing Glazebrook and Kingshott.
“It is early in the night…the only lap that count is the last lap in the feature race.”
It was a bad start for Tom Watson after he had to change a magneto and then as the field rolled around Lawrence stopped and Watson ran into the back of him, cutting his front left tyre.
Despite the hiccup he managed to keep the car going for a sixth-place finish.
Lance won the second heat after surviving a bump from Giles on the last lap which saw Giles lose ground and slip back to third behind Glazebrook.
“It was a bit of a hard race and looking forward to the final,” Lance said.
“The track is very demanding, you have got to be right on top of it.”
Race 1: 1st Rick Geneve, 2nd Scott Glazebrook, 3rd Dayne Kingshott, 4th Neville Lance, 5th Glen Mears, 6th Tom Watson, 7th Jason Roser, 8th Keith Giles. DNF: Alf Guadagnino, Craig Lawrence and Robert Archibald.
Race 2: 1st Neville Lance, 2nd Scott Glazebrook, 3rd Keith Giles, 4th Jason Roser, 5th Rick Geneve, 6th Glen Mears, 7th Dayne Kingshot, 8th Alf Guadagnino. DNF: Rob Archibald and Tom Watson.
Top 6: Roser d Mears, Giles d Roser, Giles d Glazebrook, Lance d Giles, Geneve d Lance.
Final: 1st Neville Lance, 2nd Rick Geneve, 3rd Dayne Kingshott, 4th Tom Watson, 5th Jason Roser, 6th Glen Mears. DNF: Keith Giles, Scott Glazebrook, Rob Archibald, Alf Guadagnino, Craig Lawrence.
Blackman Fabrication 360 Sprintcar Championship
WESTERN Australia proved to be a happy hunting ground for Sydney driver Ian Madsen who has based himself on the west coast for the last month.
After winning the preliminary feature and then the main feature race in the World Series Sprintcars grand final at the Motorplex last month, Madsen stayed in Western Australia to contest some other open class races.
He continued the association with the Garry Miller-owned team when he drove the #32 360 car in the championship event, again being successful.
“It was another good night..we got away there and got the job done,” Madsen said after collecting another win in WA in the Garry Miller-owned #32.
“It’s been a pleasure to stay over here, it’s kinda said to go home on Monday.
Manuel summed up his campaign.
“I gave it everything I had in the feature, but it was not quite enough,” Manuel said.
As for Johnson, he was meant to be in two places on the night.
“I was supposed to be at ACDC tonight but I think this was way better,” Johnson said.
There was a restart early after Nathan Brady and Kris Coyle came together on the back straight.
On the restart Madsen powered away from Manuel and Johnson.
Callum Williamson got by Owen Achee for fourth with 11 laps to go in what turned out to be a high-speed procession with little passing.
There were a few tense moments late when Madsen had trouble passing a lapped car, but once he got by Ray Fitzsimmons he had a clear track.
Despite holding down a very handy lead for much of the opening heat race Hawkins only just held on to finish from a very fast-finishing Manuel, with Johnson third and Madsen fourth.
“It’s been a couple of years since I have driven the car,” a puffed Hawkins said after the win.
Coyle went to the rear after spinning the Greg Fisher-owned #15 on the second lap of the heat.
Madsen won the second heat from Coyle and Manuel.
Qualifying: Kanne Manuel 16.421, Mat Muir 16.708, Phil Johnson 16.999, Ian Madsen 17.276, Kris Coyle 17.578, Daniel Hawkins 17.592, Rob Adley 17.734, Callum Williamson 17.782, Owen Achee 18.023, Ray Fitzsimmons 18.271.
Heat 1: 1st Daniel Hawkins, 2nd Kanne Manuel, 3rd Phil Johnson, 4th Ian Madsen, 5th Ray Fitzsimmons, 6th Mat Muir, 7th Kris Coyle, 8th Owen Ahchee, 9th Rob Adley. DNF: Callum Williamson.
Heat 2: 1st Ian Madsen, 2nd Kris Coyle, 3rd Kanne Manuel, 4th Owen Achee, 5th Daniel Hawkings, 6th Nathan Brady, 7th Ray Fitzsimmons. DNF: Mat Muir, Phil Johnson and Rob Adley.
Top 6: Johnson d Achee, Johnson d Coyle, Johnson d Hawkins, Madsen d Johnson, Madsen d Manuel.
Final: 1st Ian Madsen, 2nd Kanne Manuel, 3rd Phil Johnson, 4th Callum Williamson, 5th Owen Achee, 6th Ray Fitzsimmons. DNF: Daniel Hawkins, Kris Coyle, Nathan Brady.
WA Ltd Sprintcar Title:
AN emotional Gavin Davis won the WA Ltd Sprintcar Championship from Tim King and a very strong finishing Chris Ackland and Carolyn Sotiroff.
Davis started on the outside front row and led all the way in the non-stop 20-lap race.
On the podium he dedicated the win to his uncle who passed away earlier in the day.
“I have had it a few times now (referring to the title win),” Davis said.
“It’s getting to be a hard thing to win.
“It is a nice time to win.”
King thanked his brother Anthony for using his car after he suffered engine dramas in night one of the title.
Ackland was the hard charger of the race, storming from way back in the pack to only just miss out on second.
“Another five laps would have been good.”
“We just started too far back,” Ackland said.
Sotiroff was happy with her fourth.
“It’s hard work out there but we are trying hard,” Sotiroff said
Qualifying: Anthony King 15.546, Chris Ackland 15.635, Gavin Davis 15.789, Carolyn Sotiroff 15.934, Nathan Chant 16.154, Tim King 16.301, Steve Crabbe 16.547, Ian Dhu 16.701, Mick Doble 16.701, Grant Chisholm 16.920, Mike Armstrong 16.971, Glen Oliver 17.045, Shane Webster 17.358, Stacci Graham 17.397, Todd Davis 18.860.
Race 1: 1st Mike Armstrong, 2nd Gavin Davis, 3rd Anthony King, 4th Nathan Chant, 5th Todd Davis, 6th Shane Webster.
Race 2: 1st Tim King, 2nd Chris Ackland, 3rd Glen Oliver, 4th Stacci Chisholm, 5th Ian Dhu.
Race 3: 1st Todd Davis, 2nd Mike Armstrong, 3rd Kim King, 4th Gavin Davis, 5th Chris Ackland, 6th Stacci Graham.
Race 4: 1st Mick Doble, 2nd Anthony King, 3rd Nathan Chant, 4th Ian Dhu, 5th Glen Oliver, 6th Carolyn Sotiroff, 7th Shane Webster.
Preliminary feature: 1st Anthony King, 2nd Nathan Chant, 3rd Gavin Davis, 4th Mike Armstrong, 5th Mick Doble, 6th Todd Davis, 7th Carolyn Sotiroff, 8th Chris Ackland, 9th Glen Oliver, 10th Shane Webster, 11th Ian Dhu, 12th Stacci Chisholm. DNF: Tim King.
Race 5: 1st Mike Armstrong, 2nd Carolyn Sotiroff, 3rd Tim King, 4th Ian Dhu, 5th Stacci Chisholm, 6th Chris Ackland.
Race 6: 1st Gavin Davis, 2nd Nathan Chant, 3rd Todd Davis, 4th Steve Crabbe, 5th Mick Doble, 6th Glen Oliver.
Feature: 1st Gavin Davis, 2nd Tim King, 3rd Chris Ackland, 4th Carolyn Sotiroff, 5th Steve Crabbe, 6th Ian Dhu, 7th Stacci Chisholm. DNF: Mike Armstrong, Nathan Chant, Todd Davis, Mick Doble and Glen Oliver.
Junior Sedans:
Cale Sotiroff won the final of the Australasian Junior Sedan Championship from Johnny Terriaca, New Zealander Jamie Larsen and Rebecca Terriaca.
“I couldn’t believe they called two restarts,” Sotiroff said while holding out the pack in the latter stages.
He admitted to getting a bit nervous in his quest to win.
Larsen enjoyed his tour to Australia.
“Thank you to all the Australian drivers for putting up these cars,” Larsen said.
“Thanks to the Perth Motorplex, it was an awesome race track tonight..it is nothing like we have raced on in New Zealand.
Race 1: 1st Jamie Larsen, 2nd Cale Sotiroff, 3rd Graeme Peter, 4th Cory Holmes, 5th Rebecca Terriaca, 6th Jack Alfirevich, 7th Todd Jenkins, 8th Laura Byrnes, 9th Aidan Eustace, 10th Kelly Macarthur, 11th Josh Martinelli, 12th Jess Hall, 13th Paul Fergusson, 14th Brandon Campbell, 15th Scott Elst, 16th Johnny Terriaca.
Race 2: 1st Cale Sotiroff, 2nd Jack Alfirevich, 3rd Scott Elst, 4th Josh Martinelli, 5th Johnny Terriaca, 6th Rebecca Terriaca, 7th Jamie Larsen, 8th Todd Jenkins, 9th Aidan Eustace, 10th Laura Byrnes, 11th Kelly Macarthur, 12th Graeme Peter, 13th Cory Holmes, 14th Jess Hall, 15th Brandon Campbell, 16th Paul Fergusson.
Final: 1st Cale Sotiroff, 2nd Johnny Terriaca, 3rd Jamie Larsen, 4th Rebecca Terriaca, 5th Graeme Peter, 6th Aidan Eustace, 7th Laura Byrnes, 8th Cory Holmes, 9th Scott Elst, 10th Kelly Macarthur, 11th Jack Alfirevich, 12th Todd Jenkins, 13th Jess Hall, 14th Paul Fergusson. DNF: Brandon Campbell.
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