Anderson Dose it Again In the Eureka Sprintcar Series
Author : Ian Vale
Round ten of the Eureka Garages & Sheds Sprintcar Series last night at Heartland Raceway was an interesting night after a short delay to get the meeting underway and then later on some of the track lights went out to delay the meeting again but the end result was Grant Anderson has continued his dominance at Heartland Raceway to take yet another Eureka Series A Main event from Terry Rankin who put in the most outstanding drive of the night, home in third place was the current Eureka Garages & Sheds Series Champion Corey McCullagh.
As usual there are always a few hard luck stories on the night and this time it was three of the drivers within the top six of the points table. The first to strike trouble was Brayden Parr who had a big rollover in his first heat on lap one to finish his night’s action. Then it was for both Jordyn Charge and Chris Solomon who both had a poor night in their heat race action that would see them have to transfer to the A Main event via the B Main. With both drivers making the transfer luck still didn’t go with them in the Main event, Jordyn made contact with the turn two wall to finish his run while Chris did finish the race in last place where he just could not come to terms with his replacement chassis after destroying his primary car the week before.
South Australia’s Ryan Jones was the top points man after the qualify events to give him pole position for the Eureka Garages & Sheds A Main with Grant Anderson along side. Eighteen drivers greeted the green flag and it was Jones to win the race start, Anderson dropped into second place with Corey McCullagh, Charles Hunter, Tim Hutchins, Jackson Delemont and Mark Carlin taking the top seven places and as these drivers crossed the line to complete lap one they were pursued by Terry Rankin who was up to eight place after starting from position thirteen.
While to top four Jones, Anderson, McCullagh and Hunter were holding station a battle royal was on between Tim Hutchins, Mark Carlin, Jackson Delemont and Terry Rankin that would eventually see Rankin move into fifth place just before a red light stoppage.
The Leaders had closed on traffic and Anderson who was now up with Jones as they tried to work their way thru the traffic only for slight contact when Jones tried take evasive action not to hit a slower car, the end result was Anderson was left with no room and made slight contact with Jones while Jones also had slight contact with the slower car that would see him roll to end his night.
With the track clear the race was back underway with Anderson was in control, now Rankin was still on a mission hounding McCullagh for second place, half race distance and Rankin made the pass and set about tracking down the race leader Anderson who had a healthy lead. McCullagh now had Charles Hunter and Brett Milburn for company leaving Tim Hutchins, Grant Stansfield, Jordyn Charge and Mark Carlin duelling it out in the mid field when the caution lights came on to remove the stricken car of Jordyn Charge who hit the turn two wall to also finish a poor nights racing buy his own standards.
Anderson lead the field away once more with Rankin now in with a chance to mount a challenge for the top spot with both leaders in clear air but Anderson was just that bit too strong and opened a gap to Rankin while McCullagh was left in a lonely race of his own. Hunter and Millburn continues their race battle for fourth place that would eventually see Milburn take fourth and set sail after McCullagh.
But up front is was once again Grant Anderson to greet the chequred flag for his second Eureka Garages & Sheds Series feature race win at Heartland Raceway this season. Terry Rankin was the man of the night to take a well deserved second place while Corey McCullagh fended off Brett Milburn to take the last podium spot.
Brett Milburn finish in fourth place after a good drive from the middle of the pack and in doing so he also extended his Eureka Series points lead, home in fifth place was Charles Hunter with Tim Hutchins taking six place. Rounding out the finishers in order was Jackson Delemont, Mark Carlin, Chris Campbell, Grant Stansfield, David Donegan, Chris McInerney, Ryan Davis, Warren Ferguson and Chris Solomon.
Heat winners on the night were V37 Grant Anderson (2 Wins), T7 Tim Hutchins, V73 Charles Hunter, V68 Brett Milburn and S63 Ryan Jones.
Top six drivers to transfer from the B Main to the Eureka Garages & Sheds A Main were VA29 Terry Rankin, VA75 David Donegan, V60 Jordyn Charge, N40 Chris McInerney, V48 Adam King and V83 Chris Solomon.
C Main drivers that transferred to the B main were V7 Paul Solomon, V32 Stephen Spark, VA11 Phil Micallef and VA82 Matthew O’Shannassy.
A full list of the placing can be viewed on the SRA web site results page at www.sravic.com
The penultimate round of Eureka Garages & Sheds Sprintcar Series is to be conducted at Premier Speedway Warrnambool on Saturday the 14-03-2020 for round eleven.
Eureka Garages and Sheds Series nightly contingency awards: AVALON RACEWAY DRIVERS DRAW: ($50) – V90 Corey McCullagh HOOSIER TIRE AUSTRALIA: 11th Place in the A Main at Each round. 11th VA75 David Donegan. D&F RACING PRODUCTS: Hard luck of the night – V77 Brayden Parr C & H TRUCKING: Top Points Scorer ($100) – S63 Ryan Jones STEELPIPES PTY LTD: 1st competitor not to transfer from B to A-Main ($100) – V7 Paul Solomon. MR ELECTRIC – Winner of the B Main ($250) – VA29 Terry Rankin. End of Series awards: Eureka Garages & Sheds major sponsor of the Series overall prize money Poole. C & H Trucking sponsor in the top ten award. Award – Random draw at the Presentation Dinner. Camden Neon Signs – sponsors of the Series Prize Poole + in the top ten award. 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 – V86 Brett Milburn, V73 Charles Hunter & V37 Grant Anderson (5 wins each). Western Nissan - most cars passed in the A-Main on the night, VA29 Terry Rankin (11 cars) (End of series award) Most cars passed overall – VA29 Terry Rankin (46 cars) ELIMINATOR RACE WINGS – for the driver that transfers the most from the B Main to the A Main event the most. Overall, VA29 Terry Rankin. (5 Times) (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. (End of Series award)
Eureka Garages and Sheds Series – Indy Race Parts Top 10: 1st – Brett Milburn - 3470 2nd – Grant Stanfield - 2810 3rd – Jordyn Charge – 2722 4th –Charles Hunter – 2704 5th –Terry Rankin – 2659 6th –Chris Solomon – 2612 7th –Brayden Parr – 2471 8th – Bobby Daly – 2375 9th – Mark Carlin – 2295 10th – Grant Anderson – 2235
Western Nissan (End of Series random draw between 11th & 20th place) 11th – Corey McCullagh – 2172 12th – Dennis Jones - 2051 13th – Ryan Davis – 2025 14th – Jye Okeeffe - 1915 15th – Peter Doukas – 1724 16th – Adam King - 1719 17th – Sam Wren – 1709 18th – Tim Hutchins - 1526 19th – Stephen Spark - 1525 20th – David Donegan - 1508
For a full list of all the 2019-2020 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, WESTERN NISSAN, MAX DUMESNY MOTORSPORT, HOOSIER TIRE AUSTRALIA, CAMDEN SINGAGE & BUILDING SERVICES, C & H TRUCKING, PARR MOTORSPORTS, STEELPIPES AUSTALIA, LUMBAR’S TRANSPORT, AVALON RACEWAY, MR ELECTRIC, D&F RACING PRODUCTS, ELIMINATOR RACE WINGS, COREY GIBSON PHOTOGRAPHY, MAXAM PRINTING, SPRINTCARWORLD.
Eureka Garages & Sheds www.eurekagarages.com.au 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 Mr Electric www.mrelectric.com.au 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 C & H Trucking
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