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A scintillating start set-up the Race 2 and round victories for Ash Walsh in the Dulop Series at Winton Motor Raceway.
The Matt Stone Racing Ford gridded up eighth under the reverse top 10 format, but jumped to second by the first corner.
A mistake from lone front-row starter Andre Heimgarter at the end of the opening lap then handed Walsh a lead he would never lose.
Fifth place starter Paul Dumbrell gave chase after sneeking by Heimgartner on the second lap, but could do nothing about the Ipswich native.
Walsh controlled a mid-race Safety Car restart to eventually take the flag 1.9s ahead of the Eggleston Holden.
Team-mate Garry Jacobson was third after making the best of a spirited scrap between Paul Morris and Cameron Waters.
Waters led a train of cars struck behind the Sargent Security Ford in the early laps, before making an inside dive at Turn 1 just past the halfway mark.
The two Falcons made contact when Morris turned in, shooting the veteran across the infield grass.
Jacobson moved through on both Fords at Turn 3, while Morris bumped Waters sideways at Turn 4 before understeering off through the grass at the following corner.
Although Morris rejoined at Turn 7 still in third position, he soon dropped back behind Jacobson and Waters and drove steadily to an eventual fifth.
Brad Jones Racing duo Andrew Jones and Chris Pither finished sixth and seventh respectively, while Steve Owen charged to eighth after spinning to the back in a tangle with Jones on the opening lap.
The Safety Car had been called on Lap 7 to retrieve Aaron McGill’s Holden from the Turn 4 sand trap after a spin.
The resulting restarted claimed the cars of Morgan Haber, Josh Kean and Shane Price, which were all damaged in a nose-to-tail collision.
The race’s hardest luck story was saved for Taz Douglas, however, with the pole-sitter forced to pit at the end of the warm-up lap with mechanical issues.
He spent the race moving in and out of the pits, eventually taking five laps down.
Waters’ Saturday yesterday ensured him second for the round, with the consistent Dumbrell holding onto a reduced series lead in third.
See below for the full results for Race 2
Position | Driver | Team | Car |
1 | Ashley Walsh | Infants Friend | Ford Falcon FG |
2 | Paul Dumbrell | Eggleston Motorsport | Holden Commodore VE2 |
3 | Garry Jacobson | Eggleston Motorsport | Holden Commodore VE2 |
4 | Cameron Waters | TEAM ENZED FPR | Ford Falcon FG |
5 | Paul Morris | Sargent Security Racing | Ford Falcon FG |
6 | Andrew Jones | DGS/Fuchs | Holden Commodore VE2 |
7 | Chris Pither | Icebreak Racing | Holden Commodore VE2 |
8 | Steve Owen | East Coast Traffic Control | Ford Falcon FG |
9 | Ant Pedersen | Eggleston Motorsport | Holden Commodore VE2 |
10 | Andre Heimgartner | Finance Ezi/MWM | Ford Falcon FG |
11 | Todd Hazelwood | Matt Stone Racing | Ford Falcon FG |
12 | Geoff Emery | R&J Batteries | Holden Commodore VE2 |
13 | Marcus Zukanovic | Action Racing | Ford Falcon fg |
14 | Aaren Russell | Novocastrian Motorsport | Ford Falcon FG |
15 | Jack Le Brocq | Image Racing | Ford Falcon FG |
16 | Fredrik Lestrup | Pacific Hoists/Race Pilot | Holden Commodore VE2 |
17 | Jordan Ormsby | THR Motorsports/S.A. Racing | Holden Commodore VE2 |
18 | Matt Hansen | Forpark/Aust Custom Moulders | Holden Commodore VE2 |
19 | Aaron Tebb | Voight Contracting | Holden Commodore VE2 |
20 | Brett Stewart | Formula Tech/Interquip Racing | Holden Commodore VE2 |
21 | Dan Day | Street Fighter | Holden Commodore VE2 |
22 | Tim Macrow | Worldwide Gaming | Holden Commodore VE2 |
23 | Michael Hector | Gulf Western Oil | Ford Falcon FG |
24 | Jim Pollicina | Mocomm Communications | Ford Falcon FG |
25 | Garth Walden | CarTorque/Royal Purple | Holden Commodore VE2 |
26 | Aaron McGill | McGill Motorsport | Holden Commodore VE2 |
27 | Taz Douglas | Image Racing | Ford Falcon FG |
DNF | Josh Kean | Vili’s | Holden Commodore VE2 |
DNF | Shane Price | THR Motorsports/S.A. Racing | Holden Commodore VE2 |
DNF | Morgan Haber | Haber Excavations/Miraflores | Ford Falcon FG |
See below points for the full Meeting results
Position | Driver | Team | Car | Points |
1 | Ashley Walsh | Infants Friend | Ford Falcon FG | 279 |
2 | Cameron Waters | TEAM ENZED FPR | Ford Falcon FG | 270 |
3 | Paul Dumbrell | Eggleston Motorsport | Holden Commodore VE2 | 249 |
4 | Steve Owen | East Coast Traffic Control | Ford Falcon FG | 228 |
5 | Andrew Jones | DGS/Fuchs | Holden Commodore VE2 | 222 |
6 | Garry Jacobson | Eggleston Motorsport | Holden Commodore VE2 | 219 |
7 | Paul Morris | Sargent Security Racing | Ford Falcon FG | 213 |
8 | Chris Pither | Icebreak Racing | Holden Commodore VE2 | 168 |
9 | Andre Heimgartne | Finance Ezi/MWM | Ford Falcon FG | 162 |
10 | Ant Pedersen | Eggleston Motorsport | Holden Commodore VE2 | 153 |
11 | Geoff Emery | R&J Batteries | Holden Commodore VE2 | 135 |
12 | Todd Hazelwood | Matt Stone Racing | Ford Falcon FG | 132 |
13 | Marcus Zukanovic | Action Racing | Ford Falcon fg | 120 |
14 | Jack Le Brocq | Image Racing | Ford Falcon FG | 108 |
15 | Taz Douglas | Image Racing | Ford Falcon FG | 102 |
16 | Brett Stewart | Formula Tech/Interquip Racing | Holden Commodore VE2 | 96 |
17 | Morgan Haber | Haber Excavations/Miraflores | Ford Falcon FG | 96 |
18 | Jordan Ormsby | THR Motorsports/S.A. Racing | Holden Commodore VE2 | 93 |
19 | Matt Hansen | Forpark/Aust Custom Moulders | Holden Commodore VE2 | 93 |
20 | Aaren Russell | Novocastrian Motorsport | Ford Falcon FG | 84 |
21 | Fredrik Lestrup | Pacific Hoists/Race Pilot | Holden Commodore VE2 | 81 |
22 | Aaron Tebb | Voight Contracting | Holden Commodore VE2 | 78 |
23 | Garth Walden | CarTorque/Royal Purple | Holden Commodore VE2 | 75 |
24 | Michael Hector | Gulf Western Oil | Ford Falcon FG | 72 |
25 | Shane Price | THR Motorsports/S.A. Racing | Holden Commodore VE2 | 63 |
26 | Dan Day | Street Fighter | Holden Commodore VE2 | 60 |
27 | Jim Pollicina | Mocomm Communications | Ford Falcon FG | 60 |
28 | Aaron McGill | McGill Motorsport | Holden Commodore VE2 | 60 |
29 | Josh Kean | Vili’s | Holden Commodore VE2 | 57 |
30 | Tim Macrow | Worldwide Gaming | Holden Commodore VE2 | 39 |
See below for the full Series Points
Position | Driver | Points |
1 | Paul Dumbrell | 528 |
2 | Ashley Walsh | 506 |
3 | Cameron Waters | 447 |
4 | Andrew Jones | 441 |
5 | Paul Morris | 387 |
6 | Garry Jacobson | 383 |
7 | Chris Pither | 369 |
8 | Andre Heimgartne | 360 |
9 | Taz Douglas | 335 |
10 | Ant Pedersen | 312 |
11 | Todd Hazelwood | 288 |
12 | Geoff Emery | 273 |
13 | Aaren Russell | 234 |
14 | Steve Owen | 228 |
15 | Morgan Haber | 225 |
16 | Jordan Ormsby | 207 |
17 | Marcus Zukanovic | 189 |
18 | Matt Hansen | 189 |
19 | Brett Stewart | 174 |
20 | Michael Hector | 162 |
21 | Dan Day | 153 |
22 | Aaron McGill | 150 |
23 | Fredrik Lestrup | 144 |
24 | Jack Le Brocq | 108 |
25 | Jay Verdnik | 108 |
26 | Jim Pollicina | 102 |
27 | Ryan Simpson | 90 |
28 | Aaron Tebb | 78 |
29 | Garth Walden | 75 |
30 | Shane Price | 63 |
31 | Josh Kean | 57 |
32 | Adam Wallis | 51 |
33 | Tim Macrow | 39 |
34 | Josh Hunter | 33 |