At the PIARC Pathways meeting, Geoghegan won two of the three very competitive races and increased his points lead in the second tier Toyota series.
Fastest in qualifying was Hayden Hume, ahead of Geoghegan, Brock Stinson, New Zealander Ben Stewart and Wil Longmore. Ryan Tomsett, Charlie Parker, Royce Lyne, Jett Murray and Ben Gomersall completed the top 10 of the 29 entered.
At the end of the opening lap of Race 1, Geoghegan was the leader from Stinson and Longmore and these three would each have a turn in front before Geoghegan passed Longmore on the last lap for a 0.13s win.
Stinson trailed them ahead of Lyne, Gomersall, Hume and Tomsett with James Wilkins next in front of Parker and Stewart.
Longmore led Race 2 early before Stinson was in front for a lap. Longmore regained the front running on Lap 3 and won as Geoghegan edged out Stinson for second. Lyne was next and showed the way from Hume, Wilkins, Tomsett, Toby Dvorak, Parker and Cadel Ambrose.
In Race 3 Geoghegan and Longmore shared lead laps before the former scored a narrow win. Stinson was third, just in front of Parker while Gomersall was fifth from Salvatore Imbrogno, Tomsett, Stewart, Lyne and Wilkins.
In Excel Trophy, Brad James won each of the four races. In the first his win was narrowly ahead of Byan Phillips and Ashton Cattach. James had a greater margin over them in Races 2 and 3 where Cattach was second, ahead of Phillips, William Twining and Tabitha Ambrose. In the last Cattach was a close second with William Sala third just in front of Twining and Jake Harewood.
There were four different winners in Excel Masters. David Musgrave edged out Dan Webster in the first, and Tim Rowse beat Webster in the second. Glenn Mackenzie won the third from Donovan Mrnjavac and Musgrave before the last went to Mrnjavac who eclipsed Webster and Musgrave in the last.
Race 1 for 2.0 Litre Sports Sedans was red flagged with no result recorded, due to Andrew Pinkerton’s Mazda RX7 hitting the pit wall on the first lap. Steven Howard (Toyota Corolla) and Richard Gay (Toyota 86) battled in the early laps of Race 2 before the former pulled clear. In the last, Gay turned the tables and won from Howard.
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