Corey McCullagh shows a clean pair of heals to take his second straight Eureka Series Win at Avalon - Photo By Corey Gibson Photography
McCullagh Stands Tall in Avalon Rd 7
Author : SRA Media
Another excellent night of racing in round 7 of the Eureka Garages and Sheds Sprintcar Series was capped with a fantastic A-main won by former series champ Corey McCullagh. Once again, the race winner didn’t have it all his own way as McCullagh was passed mid race by Tasmania’s Tate Frost before a caution bunched the field enabling McCullagh to sizzle around the highline and grab a popular win ahead of a fast finishing Brett Milburn while Rusty Hickman produced the drive of the night sailing from 12th starting spot in the B-main to third in the A-main.
Seering heat welcomed more than 41 teams to the Avalon Raceway pits and credit to the Drew family for once again producing a racy track with multiple passing lanes by race end.
McCullagh would start on pole position alongside Frost and he set about controlling the pace in the final before the back markers began to play a part in the race forcing drivers to search around and look for room as they advanced forward. The racing throughout the final from many of the 18 starters was excellent giving fans value for money.
Despite losing the lead mid race, McCullagh would cross the finish line ahead of Milburn who is producing some vintage form that saw him win three Eureka Garages and Sheds championships in his stellar career.
Third across the line was Hickman in the Dave Challons owned V45 while earlier in the evening Hickman missed the invert in his heat race qualifying however passed much of the field on his way to a memorable result in front of an appreciative audience.
Daniel Pestka raced well all night on his way to a fourth place finish ahead of Tate Frost in fifth who can count himself desperately unlucky not to have finished higher up considering he was leading mid race before a mid race caution evaporated a handy lead he had built.
Once again Jordy Rae’s consistency produced a sixth place finish ahead of Grant Anderson, Tim Hutchins, B-main winning Terry Rankin with Bobby Daly rounding out the top 10. It’s worth noting that any one of the top 10 could have been further advanced however the racing was intense with finish results at a premium.
Ashley Cook finished just outside of the top 10 after qualifying fourth while behind Cook was Adam King, the impressive Carly Walsh, Dennis Jones and Josh Buckingham who qualified well in sixth however a mid race caution saw him restart at the tail of the field.
Only three non finishers in the A-main included last start feature winner Grant Stansfield with a flat left rear, Matthew Reed with damage to the front end and Jake Smith with steering damage in the opening laps.
Rankin won the B-main while all eyes were on Hickman who scorched around the highline to finish second in a clear sign of things to come.
The C-main was won by Chris Solomon while earlier heat race wins went the way of Ashley Cook, Jake Smith, Daniel Pestka and by far the best reception was reserved for heat 4 winner Carly Walsh.
Earlier in qualifying Josh Buckingham, Tate Frost, Corey McCullagh and Terry Rankin proved to be the quickest cars in their respective heat race groups.
Also included in a mega program for the SRA was the opening round of the C&H Trucking Prosprint series with the popular A-main win going to Charles Hunter ahead of the rapidly closing Brenten Farrer, Jordy Rae doing double duty finishing third ahead of Brett Milburn who also did double duty while Sam Wren finished a solid fifth.
The C&H Trucking B-main was impressively won by Shane Steenholdt while heat race wins went the way of Sam Wren while Paul Solomon was the highlight quick timing in his group and then ripping from sixth to the win in his heat race to the pole sitter for the final. Farrer was the other fast time winner in his group.
The Eureka Garages and Sheds Sprintcar Series now takes a break while the biggest Sprintcar races on the calendar are conducted through late January while round 8 of the series heads to Heartland Raceway, Moama on February 4.
Full race results can be viewed under results at www.sravic.com or at www.sprintcarworld.com.au
Eureka Garages and Sheds Series nightly contingency awards:
Avalon Raceway drivers draw: ($50) – V83 Chris Solomon Aidan Freeman Photography: ($60 Voucher) – N15 Luke Thomas D&F Racing products: Hard luck of the night – N15 Luke Thomas C&H Trucking: Top Points Scorer ($100) – V90 Corey McCullagh Steelpipes Australia: 1st competitor not to transfer from B to A-Main ($100) – IDIGIT – Winner of the B Main ($200) – VA29 Terry Rankin Hoosier Tires WAV 100: A Main feature winner, WAV R/Rear Winner ($100): V90 Corey McCullagh + $50 for having a Hoosier Left rear tire.
End of Series awards: Lumbar Transport - End of Series most heat wins – V72 Jacob Smith, (3 Wins) G&C Forestry - most cars passed in the A-Main on the night, V45 Rusty Hickman (11) (End of series award) Most cars passed overall – T7 Tim Hutchins (24 cars) Eliminator Race Wings – for the driver that transfers the most from the B Main to the A Main event the most. Overall, T7 Tim Hutchins. (4 Times) (In the event of a tie the driver with the most points in the Series wins) Eureka Garages & Sheds major sponsor of the Series overall prize money Poole. C & H Trucking sponsor in the top ten award. Camden Neon Signs – sponsors of the Series Prize Poole + in the top ten award Award – Top ten random draw at the Presentation Dinner. G&C Forestry - for drivers finishing between 11th and 20th place in the Series. Random draw at the Presentation Dinner $1500 to the winner. 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 – Terry Rankin – 2065 2nd – Matthew Reed – 2048 3rd – Grant Anderson – 1905 4th – Jordan Rae – 1840 5th – Tim Hutchins – 1825 6th – Ashley Cook – 1811 7th – Chris Solomon – 1704 8th – Brett Milburn – 1587 9th – Corey McCullagh - 1535 10th – Eddie Lumbar – 1469
G&C Forestry (End of Series random draw between 11th & 20th place) 11th – Bobby Daly – 1469 12th – Braydan Parr – 1416 13th – Kevin Reeves – 1184 14th – Andrew Hughes – 1167 15th – Mitchell Smith - 1100 16th – David Dennison – 1090 17th – Grant Stansfield - 1080 18th – Jordan Charge – 1026 19th – David Aldersley – 1022 20th – Adam King - 1021
The Sprintcar Racing Association of Victoria thank the following Eureka Garages and Sheds Sprintcar Series and season partners: EUREKA GARAGES & SHEDS, G&C FORESTRY, MAX DUMESNY MOTORSPORT, HOOSIER TIRE AUSTRALIA, CAMDEN SINGAGE & BUILDING SERVICES, C & H TRUCKING, PARR MOTORSPORTS, STEELPIPES AUSTALIA, LUMBAR’S TRANSPORT, AVALON RACEWAY, IDIGIT, D&F RACING PRODUCTS, ELIMINATOR RACE WINGS, COREY GIBSON PHOTOGRAPHY, MAXAM PRINTING, SPRINTCARWORLD, AIDAN FREEMAN PHOTOGRAPHY.
Eureka Garages & Sheds www.eurekagarages.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 G & C Forestry https://www.facebook.com/gcforestry Aidan Freeman Photography https://www.facebook.com/AidanFreemanPhotography/ D & F Race Products C & H Trucking IDIGIT
C&H Trucking Series Top ten
1st – Charles Hunter – 358 2nd – Brenten Farrer – 341 3rd – Sam Wren – 335 4th – Paul Solomon – 325 5th Andy Hibbert – 306 6th Brett Milburn – 298 7th Jordan Rae – 290 8th Steven Horton – 271 9th Jordan Abbott – 266 10th Jack Van Bremen – 246
(Full standings will be available in the near future on Sprintcarworld)
The Sprintcar Racing Association of Victoria thank the following C&H Trucking Series sponsors: C&H TRUCKING, SS AUTO WHOLSALES, EZ PRINTING, LUMBARS TRANSPORT, A PLUS POWDER COATING, EUREKA GARAGES & SHEDS, ELIMINATOR RACE WINGS.
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