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Friday, 20 October 2006 |
West Australian Kerry Wade finished best of the five Hi-Tech Motorsports in race one of the Yokohama V8 Ute Racing series on the Gold Coast yesterday.
Driving the Fuchs/Ocean Beach Hotels Ford Falcon XR8 to fourth place in an incident-shortened event, he vied with three other Fords (race winner Marcus Zukanovic, Damien White and Jack Elsegood) for the lead of the race, forging well clear of the ensuing battle for fifth which involved fellow state resident and team mate Grant Johnson.
Johnson was the second Holden to finish, his Grove Juices Commodore SS in sixth just behind the fellow Holden of Gary Baxter and just ahead of the Yannis Derums and James Brock Holdens and Darren Palmers’ Ford.
Just adrift of that quintet was the third of the Hi-Tech Motorsports entries, the Legrand Ford Falcon XR8 of Scott Jennings. A tenth position finish means pole for today’s second reverse top ten second race.
The early race stoppage (and the result posted as they were on lap three) was fortunate for Matt Moorhead in the Romanza Properties Ford Falcon XR8 which picked up puncture on the fourth lap.
Not so lucky was Greg Willis in the Grove Juices Ford Falcon XR8 which actually picked up places on the fourth tour but had them taken away with the early declaration.
The Hi-Tech Motorsports team is upbeat for this afternoon’s 4:45 pm hitout with Jennings on pole.
“The last time (Wakefield Park) Scott started on pole he had a good win,” said team principle John “Barrel” Pachos.
Johnson will be off the third row out of position five while Wade a
further row back on grid number seven. Moorhead is just out of the ten
on thirteen while Willis starts 29th.
KERRY WADE 4th – Fuchs/Ocean Beach Hotels #88 Ford Falcon BF XR8
GRANT JOHNSON 6th – Grove Juices/OBH/Revive Water #47 Holden Commodore VZ SS
SCOTT JENNINGS 10th – Legrande #8 Ford Falcon BF XR8
MATTHEW MOORHEAD 13th - #77 Romanza Properties/DEL Lawyers Ford Falcon BF XR8
GREG WILLIS 29th - Grove Juices/OBH/Revive Water #44 Ford Falcon BF XR8
YOKOHAMA V8 UTE RACING SERIES ROUND SEVEN RACE ONE RESULTS
(6 laps) red flagged at the end of lap 4, results as of 3 laps
| Pos. |
Driver |
Nationality |
Car |
Time |
| 1 |
Marcus Zukanovic |
VIC |
BF Falcon XR8 |
6:51.6357 |
| 2 |
Damien White |
NSW |
BF Falcon XR8 |
6:52.1807 |
| 3 |
Jack Elsegood |
NSW |
BF Falcon XR8 |
6:53.1284 |
| 4 |
Kerry Wade |
WA |
BF Falcon XR8 |
6:53.9489 |
| 5 |
Gary Baxter |
SA |
Holden SS |
6:58.4672 |
| 6 |
Grant Johnson |
WA |
Holden SS |
7:01.4127 |
| 7 |
Yanis Derums |
NSW |
Holden SS |
7:04.0175 |
| 8 |
James Brock |
VIC |
Holden SS |
7:05.0674 |
| 9 |
Darren Palmer |
QLD |
BF Falcon XR8 |
7:05.5893 |
| 10 |
Scott Jennings |
NSW |
BF Falcon XR8 |
7:08.0484 |
| 13 |
Matt Moorhead |
QLD |
BF Falcon XR8 |
7:11.8459 |
| 29 |
Greg Willis |
QLD |
BF Falcon XR8 |
7:36.5253 |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 13 December 2006 )
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