Rusty Hickman 3rd place - David Murcott 1st place - Matthew Dumesny 2nd place - Eureka Series R2 top 3 photo by Cartlidge Media
Eureka Garages & Sheds Series Round Two taken by David Murcott
Author : Ian Vale
David Murcott one of three A Main race leaders continued his good from at Heartland Raceway last night when he took the win in round two of the Eureka Garages & Sheds Sprintcar Series on a very racy track that was used from the bottom to the top all night long. Matthew Dumesny recovered from an early race spin to climb thru the field to take second place while Rusty Hickman claimed third place after a sterling drive from fifteenth starting position.
The A Main event had its share of dramas and disappointments before the race settled down just over the half way mark.
Jamie Veal won pole position by setting fastest time in the top six shootout, Matthew Dumesny went forward in the shootout to line up beside Veal leaving top points scorer David Murcott to start from position three. From position four was Tim Hutchins followed by Jordyn Charge and Jake Smith to round out the top six.
The A Main field was set with Brett Milburn and Glen Sutherland filling row four to be followed by Charles Hunter, Domain Ramsay, Scott Reilly, Jye Okeeffe and the last chance B Main transferring drivers of Sam Walsh, Marcus Dumesny who had to do a motor change after his second heat before the B Main, next was Rusty Hickman who dropped a heat race with a broken driveline, rounding out the final transferring drivers were Brayden Willmington, Jessie Attard and Eddie Lumbar.
Down to business with the green flag waved to start the Eureka Garages & Sheds A Main event and Jamie Veal lead the pack away from Matthew Dumesny, David Murcott, Tim Hutchins, Jake Smith and Jordyn Charge who filled the top six places. One lap down and the red light was on, with a tight field going down the back straight on lap two contact between a few drivers was made that would see Domain Ramsay roll and out of the race. Sam Walsh also pulled infield with a problem.
Back under way and Veal lead the pack once again when nearing the completion of lap two Matthew Dumesny spun in turn four up high leaving Murcott nowhere to go but somehow Dumesny just managed to keep the car going while Murcott had a slight touch with the wall and the spinning Dumesny but also managed to keep his machine running, both drivers would lose a few positions on the track. Jake Smith kept clear of the Dumesny and Murcott show to take over second place while Tim Hutchins also gained a few spots to be in third place by the end of lap two.
It was not long and both Murcott & Dumesny were back on the move but Hutchins quickly passed Smith to take second place while Veal continued leading in a dominate fashion.
Rusty Hickman wasn’t wasting any time early in the race and had picked off a few positions to be into ninth place when the next caution period came on.
Underway once more and again Jamie Veal was in control moving away from the pack that would see Tim Hutchins, Matthew Dumesny and David Murcott battling hard for third place, while these drivers worked each other over Glen Sutherland was moving into the picture ahead of both Brett Milburn and Rusty Hickman when disaster struck for Veal at one third race distance when he caught a lapped car and had slight contact high on the track that would see the V35 machine stopped against the wall.
Veal was sent to the rear of the field for the restart leaving Hutchins, Murcott and Dumesny to fight it out for the lead on the restart. Hutchins would lead the next lap when a slide job war started between both Hutchins and Murcott, each lap Murcott would lead the lap before eventually opening a gap on Hutchins who now had Dumesny working him over.
While the main action was going on up front both Rusty Hickman and Marcus Dumesny were moving thru the pack and mixing it with Glen Sutherland and Brett Milburn in another very entertaining battle.
All eyes were now on Jamie Veal to see if he could drive thru the field and what a show he was putting on but unfortunately it all come to halt when Jamie had moved himself thru the field to be in eight place in one and half laps but contact with the wall in the middle of turns three and four would see Veal roll and out of the race.
Murcott now had Matthew Dumesny on his tail for the restart but within a few laps Murcott put a lapped car between himself and Matthew Dumesny to open a slight gap. Hickman was still on the move taking third place from Hutchins, Sutherland was now into fifth ahead of Milburn and the fast finishing Marcus Dumesny.
But there was no stopping David Murcott who took the win in the V88 machine, to make it his second straight will at Heartland Raceway. Matthew Dumesny drove a strong race to take second place ahead of the hard charger Rusty Hickman who passed twelve cars on his way to a well deserved third place. Tim Hutchins crossed the line in fourth place and also took over the lead of the Eureka Garages & Sheds Series points, Glen Sutherland was next home in fifth from the current Eureka Series Champion Brett Milburn who rounded on the top six.
Marcus Dumesny drove well to take seventh, rounding the finishers were Jye Okeeffe, Jacob Smith, Charles Hunter, Scott Reilly who raced most of the race with a broken right front shocker, Jesse Attard finished in twelfth position followed by Braydan Willmington, Jordyn Charge and Eddie Lumbar.
The B Main was conducted over fifteen laps that was taken out by Sam Walsh from Marcus Dumesny, Rusty Hickman, Braydan Willmington, Jessie Attard and Eddie Lumbar.
Stephen Spark took the win in the C Main from Kim Becker and Bobby Daly who transferred to back of the B Main.
The Eureka Garages and Sheds Sprintcar Series next stop is at Premier Speedway on Saturday night the 4th of November for round three. For more information go to the Premier Speedway web site. www.premierspeedway.com.au
Eureka Garages and Sheds Series nightly contingency awards:
AVALON RACEWAY DRIVERS DRAW: $50 – V28 Andrew Hughes HOOSIER TIRE AUSTRALIA: 11th Place in the A Main at Each round. 11th VA18 Scott Reilly. D&F RACING PRODUCTS: Hard luck of the night – V77 Brayden Parr STEELPIPES PTY LTD: 1st competitor not to transfer from B to A-Main – V28 Andrew Hughes. INDY RACE PARTS: Top Points Scorer $100 voucher – V88 David Murcott.
End of Series awards: Eureka Garages & Sheds major sponsor of the Series overall prize money Poole. KTM Top Ten Motorbike award – Random draw at the Presentation Dinner. Camden Neon Signs – sponsors of the Series Prize Poole. Hoosier Tire Australia – sponsors of the Series Prize Poole. Western Nissan - for drivers finishing between 11th and 20th place in the Series. Random draw at the Presentation Dinner $1500 to the winner. Lumbar Transport - End of Series most heat wins –V73 Charles Hunter, V35 Jamie Veal, V88 David Murcott Glen– (Two wins each) Western Nissan - most cars passed in the A-Main on the night, V40 Rusty Hickman, (12 cars each) (End of series award) cars passed overall –V40 Rusty Hickman (18 cars) ELIMINATOR RACE WINGS – for the driver that transfers the most from the B Main to the A Main events the most. Overall, V40 Rusty Hickman (In the event of a tie the driver with the most points in the Series wins) PARR MOTORSPORTS –Drivers Driver award as voted on by the drivers in the Series.
Eureka Garages and Sheds Series – KTM Top 10: 1st – Tim Hutchins - 736 2nd – Brett Milburn – 729 3rd – Rusty Hickman - 718 4th – Jamie Veal - 647 5th – Jacob Smith – 623 6th – Glen Sutherland - 601 7th – Jye Okeeffe - 593 8th – Charles Hunter - 571 9th – Jordyn Charge - 505 10th – Domain Ramsay - 493
Western Nissan (End of Series random draw between 11th & 20th place) 11th – Scott Reilly - 457 12th – Jamie Heyen - 431 13th – David Murcott - 430 14th – Andrew Hughes - 385 15th – Sam Wren - 378 16th – Shaun Dobson - 376 17th – Matthew Dumesny - 364 18th – Terry Kelly - 344 19th –Aldo De Paoli - 341 20th – Brayden Parr - 336
For a full list of all the 2017-2018 SRA of Vic Race dates go to www.sravic.com
The Sprintcar Racing Association of Victoria thank the following Eureka Garages and Sheds Sprintcar Series and season sponsors: EUREKA GARAGES & SHEDS, KTM AUSTRALIA, WESTERN NISSAN, MD MOTORSPORT, HOOSIER TIRE AUSTRALIA, CAMDEN SINGAGE & BUILDING SERVICES, PARR MOTORSPORTS, STEELPIPES AUSTALIA, LUMBAR’S TRANSPORT, AVALON RACEWAY, INDY RACE PARTS, D&F RACING PRODUCTS, ELIMINATOR RACE WINGS, COREY GIBSON PHOTOGRAPHY, MAXAM PRINTING, SPRINTCARWORLD.
Eureka Garages & Sheds www.eurekagarages.com.au KTM Australia www.ktm.com Western Nissan www.westernnissan.com.au Hoosier Tires Australia www.mdmotorsport.com.au Camden Signage & Building Services www.camdenneon.com.au Steelpipes Pty Ltd www.steelpipes.com.au Lumbars Transport www.lumbars.com.au Eliminator Race Wings www.crossmotorsport.com Parr Motorsports www.parrmotorsport.com Avalon Raceway www.avalonraceway.com.au Corey Gibson Photography www.gibsonphotography.com.au Sprintcarworld www.sprintcarworld.com.au Maxam Printing www.maxamprinting.com.au
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