Jake Smith takes the V72 to a well deseved win at Avalon Raceway - Photo courtesy of Corey Gibson Photography
Jake Smith Claims Avalon Pro Sprint Triple Crown Series Round
Author : SRA Media
Making his Pro Sprint debut Jake Smith promptly went out and won round 2 of the A Plus Powdercoating Triple Crown Series at Avalon Raceway, Lara finishing ahead of early race leader Michael Tancredi with Matthew Symons finishing a solid third.
Smith started the 25 lap final on pole position being the highest point scorer following qualifying and heat race points were tallied however had to chase down early pace setter Michael Tancredi in traffic before he would go onto a popular win.
It was the first time Smith has raced anything other than his trusty 410ci and he hit the ground running as he managed to negotiate the heavy traffic and a mid race stoppage before taking the chequered flag ahead of Tancredi. Attempting a last lap pass on the outside through the first corner, Tancredi would however finish in the runner up spot as he continued his love affair with the Diggers Cup at Avalon Raceway in April.
Symons was once again on the podium finishing in third place ahead of a fast finishing Jordy Rae who’s daring performance elevated him towards the front. As the night doubled as round 7 of the C&H Trucking Pro Sprint Series, Rae’s result further cemented his point lead with today’s final round at Simpson Speedway.
Fifth across the line was Paul Solomon while Andy Hibbert’s sixth place has enhanced his A Plus Powdercoating Triple Crown Series point lead following his victory in the opening round of the three round series within a series at Warrnambool.
Chris Solomon was next across the line in seventh while Brett Smith, Nigel Laity and Sam Wren would round out the top 10.
Shane Steenholdt would finish just outside of the top 10 in eleventh with Corey Sandow, David Aldersley, Jack Van Bremen and David McKay rounding out the finishers.
Both Dennis Jones and Brett Milburn were non finishers after coming together mid race in the mid part of the A-main.
Earlier Milburn impressively won the B-main to transfer to the final winning ahead of Steenholdt, Aldersley, Sandow, Van Bremen and Daniel Storer.
Heat race wins went to Paul Solomon, Michael Tancredi, Brett Smith, Ben Micallef, Shaun Lyness and Chris Solomon.
Quickest drivers in their respective qualifying groups were Jake Smith, Michael Tancredi and Jordy Rae.
C& H Trucking Sprintcar Limited Series awards: End of Series awards: EZ Print –Drivers Driver award as voted on by the drivers in the Series. (End of Series award)
SS Auto Wholesales: Most heat wins during the Series. ($500) (In the event of a tie the driver with the most Series points wins) Heat winners on the night: V7 Paul Solomon, V29 Michael Tancredi, V39 Brett Smith, V22 Ben Micallef, VA49 Shaun Lyness and V83 Chris Solomon. Overall- V7 Paul Solomon (5 Wins)
Eliminator Race Wings – (Two awards) A new front win for each award. 1st award -The driver that transfers from the B Main to the A Main the most. (In the event of a tie the driver that finishers highest in the point wins) 2nd award - The most improved driver of the Series.
NIGHTLY AWARDS: SS Auto Wholesales: -The driver that finishes in sixth place in the A Main at each round of the Series ($100). VA71 Andy Hibbert.
Eureka Garages & Sheds: The top points scorer at each round of the Series. ($100) V72 Jake Smith
The A Plus Powdercoating Triple Crown Series concludes today at Simpson Speedway. This round will also double as C&H Trucking Pro Sprint Series final as the Victorian Sprintcar season draws to a close.
Full series information and nominations can be viewed at www.sravic.com or at www.sprintcarworld.com.au
C&H Trucking Series Top ten 1st Jordan Rae 2483 2nd Andy Hibbert 2271 3rd Sam Wren 2157 4th Matthew Symons 2121 5th Daniel Storer 1987 6th Paul Solomon 1466 7th Nigel Laity 1281 8th David McKay 1279 9th Steven Horton 1228 10th Charles Hunter 1110
11th to 20th in the Points Strandings 11th Shane Steenholdt 1069 12th Dale Walsh 948 13th Brett Milburn 884 14th Harry Ross 798 15th Brett Smith 796 16th Ben Micallef 787 17th Jordy Langdon 706 18th Jack Van Bremen 701 19th Michael Tancredi 693 20th Dennis Jones 551
A Plus Powder Coating Triple Crown Series Point after R1 1st Andy Hibbert 752 2nd Matthew Symons 733 3rd Jordan Rae 710 4th Sam Wren 607 5th Brett Smith 596 6th Brett Milburn 586 7th Nigel Laity 555 8th Dennis Jones 551 9th Shane Steenholdt 498 10th Shaun Lyness 497 11th David Aldersley 488 12th Jack Van Bremen 455 13th Daniel Storer 399 14th Jake Smith 396 15th Michael Tancredi 385 16th Steven Horton 385 17th James Hennessy 346 18th Chris Solomon 340 19th Paul Solomon 330 20th Corey Sandow 288
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.