Pascoe Takes Kingaroy Feature

SSA Media Release

Under difficult, yet ultimately fortuitous circumstances, Queensland champion Matt Pascoe emerged victorious in round 5 of the Hotondo Homes (Rockhampton) Super Sedan Championship Series at Kingaroy Speedway on Saturday, January 21. On a track that was brutally unforgiving, Pascoe inherited the front running when race leader Mark Pagel and Rockhampton’s Craig Torr, who was very impressive in his first outing for the year, exited the event after collecting a spun Dempsie Pails on lap 9.

Making the most of his good fortune, Pascoe charged to the chequer to defeat Wayne Brims, with series leader Ian Brims finishing in third spot ahead of Jason Campbell and Paul Geary in a race reduced to just 15 laps due to time constraints as a result of ongoing efforts from the club to improve track conditions. Greg Maher snared sixth spot ahead of Barry Craft and Gordon Shaw, with Steve Pearce, Craig Shaw and Geoff O’Keeffe completing the finishers.  

A strong 21-car field fronted for competition and it was Pascoe who topped qualifying with two heat wins.  Others to visit victory lane during the heats were Pagel, Pearce, Wayne Brims and David Musch.

When the green flag flew to get the feature underway, Torr shot to the lead from pole position with Pagel pouncing from row two to relegate Pascoe, who started on the outside front row. Despite the treacherous conditions, Torr and Pagel ran side-by-side without incident until Pagel made a decisive pass on lap 6 to secure the lead. Despite being shadowed by Torr and Pascoe, Pagel looked on target to secure his second consecutive round win. However, on lap 9, Pagel was looming large on the backmarkers when Pails pirouetted and was collected by both Pagel and Torr, forcing all three cars to the infield.  Pascoe subsequently completed the remaining six laps without incident to collect his fourth SSA feature win of the season.

Despite finishing third, Ian Brims maintains the series lead heading into the next round of the Hotondo Homes (Rockhampton) Super Sedan Championship Series, which will be decided at Toowoomba’s Charlton Raceway on Saturday, February 11.

In the Think Money Development Series, Gordon Shaw topped the scorecard and has moved to the top of the championship standings.   

2011/2012 Hotondo Homes (Rockhampton) Super Sedan Championship Series progressive pointscore (top ten): Ian Brims 1242, Matt Pascoe 1187, Dempise Pails 1012, Jason Campbell 989, Mark Pagel 912, Sean Black 837, Wayne Randall 828, Wayne Brims 819, Darren Kane 807, Barry Craft 684   

2011/2012 Think Money Development Series progressive pointscore (top ten): Gordon Shaw 531, Colin Moss 504, Sam Grundy 483, Craig Shaw 461, Joshua McLaren 408, Kev Barkle 372, Russell Dobson 351, Andrew Roberts 335, Darren Saunders 317, Darren Hawkings 314

The 2011/2012 Hotondo Homes (Rockhampton) Super Sedan Championship Series is proudly supported by:

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