Spectacular Crash Ends Production Sedan Opener
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The opening round of the Ian Boettcher Race Parts Production Sedan Series, was held at the Fraser Shores Maryborough Speedway on Saturday night, with Josh Harm claiming the opening round A Main, but sadly for Harm, most will not remember his win, as it was over-shadowed by a spectacular crash with three laps remaining, which took out seven cars.
The incident occurred in turn one when Brendan Bayfields entire back end fell out of his car. Bayfield lay stranded in turn one mid track with Patrick Brennan and Brody Fraser left with no-where to go. Joel Fraser also made heavy contact finishing on the infield, where Neil Keldoulis also made contact, in one of the most spectacular crashes in recent times. Luckily a few other drivers including Chris Pagel were able to sneak between the fence and the incident, otherwise it could have been much worse.
Bayfield who took impact from numerous drives was able to walk away from the wreck, with has brand new car, demolished in the incident.
Before the incident on the racy and hooky track, Josh Harm led the first thirteen laps from Josh Crang and Richard Cook, before Crang took the lead, only for Harm to take the lead back only a lap before the race was cut short due to the incident. Cook also passed Crang on lap sixteen to be credited with second officially.
Earlier twelve qualifying heats were held with nine different winners on a highly competitive night of racing.
:: Production Sedans
IBRP Series Round One
Heat 1, 8 Laps: 1. G14 Dayne Francis, 2. G97 Patrick Brennan, 3. SC61 Jim Cowley, 4. M4 Jamie Beasmore, 5. SC77 Jason Herwig, 6. M28 Scott Duthie, 7. G10 Daniel Henshaw, 8. SC8 Kayla Stokes. Time: 2.26.841, Winning Margin: 0.319, Fastest Lap: 16.969 G97 Patrick Brennan
Heat 2, 8 Laps: 1. SC23 Adrian Stott, 2. SC4 Joel Thomas, 3. SB32 Brody Fraser, 4. M08 Alex Sweeney, 5. G9 Wade Flikweert, 6. BB22 Zachary Harris, 7. N54 Jackson Graham, 8. GL05 Nick Cook (4 laps), 9. BB7 Andrew Beaton (1). Time: No Time, Winning Margin: 3.360, Fastest Lap: 17.090 SC23 Adrian Stott
Heat 3, 8 Laps: 1. M18 Brendan Bayfield, 2. SB11 Josh Harm, 3. G17 Neil Keldoulis, 4. B15 Jordan Ferguson, 5. M10 Russell Cowley, 6. M36 Nathan Duce, 7. SC56 Brad Walker (5 laps), 8. G2 Chris Pagel (5), 9. RK71 Kev Young (2). Time: No Time (Race Declared lap 7), Winning Margin: 0.384, Fastest Lap: 17.122 B15 Jordan Ferguson
Heat 4, 8 Laps: 1. GL15 Richard Cook, 2. BB30 Brad Scherer, 3. N53 Ashley Graham, 4. G8 Josh Crang, 5. G25 Selina Jennings, 6. G6 Rick Hazelgrove, 7. SB38 Maddi McGee (7 laps), 8. M15 Josh Arthur (5), 9. M54 Nick Jewel (3). Time: 2.23.908, Winning Margin: 1.706, Fastest Lap: 17.461 GL15 Richard Cook
Heat 5, 8 Laps: 1. G8 Josh Crang, 2. G97 Patrick Brennan, 3. G17 Neil Keldoulis, 4. M28 Scott Duthie, 5. SC77 Jason Herwig, 6. N53 Ashley Graham (2 laps), 7. G6 Rick Hazelgrove (0). Time: 2.27.675, Winning Margin: 0.920, Fastest Lap: 17.727 G97 Patrick Brennan
Heat 6, 8 Laps: 1. M08 Alex Sweeney, 2. M15 Josh Arthur, 3. G25 Selina Jennings, 4. G14 Dayne Francis, 5. BB7 Andrew Beaton, 6. GL05 Nick Cook, 7. SC4 Joel Thomas. Time: 2.11.126 (Race Declared lap 7), Winning Margin: 4.958, Fastest Lap: 17.917 M08 Alex Sweeney
Heat 7, 8 Laps: 1. SB38 Maddi McGee, 2. SC61 Jim Cowley, 3. M18 Brendan Bayfield, 4. G10 Daniel Henshaw, 5. GL15 Richard Cook, 6. SC8 Kayla Stokes, 7. M54 Nick Jewel, 8. M36 Nathan Duce. DISQ: B15 Jordan Ferguson (5 laps). Time: No Time, Winning Margin: 1.247, Fastest Lap: 17.678 SB38 Maddi McGee
Heat 8, 8 Laps: 1. SB11 Josh Harm, 2. SB32 Brody Fraser, 3. BB30 Brad Scherer, 4. M10 Russell Cowley, 5. N54 Jackson Graham, 6. G9 Wade Flikweert, 7. SC23 Adrian Stott. DNS: BB22 Zachary Harris. Time: No Time, Winning Margin: 3.775, Fastest Lap: 17.280 SB11 Josh Harm
Heat 9, 8 Laps: 1. G8 Josh Crang, 2. SC4 Joel Thomas, 3. G6 Rick Hazelgrove, 4. G10 Daniel Henshaw, 5. G14 Dayne Francis, 6. M08 Alex Sweeney, 7. SC77 Jason Herwig. Time: No Time, Winning Margin: 0.138, Fastest Lap: 19.167 G8 Josh Crang
Heat 10, 8 Laps: 1. G2 Chris Pagel, 2. SC61 Jim Cowley, 3. GL05 Nick Cook, 4. M15 Josh Arthur, 5. N53 Ashley Graham, 6. SC8 Kayla Stokes, 7. M54 Nick Jewel, 8. M36 Nathan Duce, 9. B15 Jordan Ferguson (4 laps). Time: No Time, Winning Margin: 0.787, Fastest Lap: 18.074 G2 Chris Pagel
Heat 11, 8 Laps: 1. SB11 Josh Harm, 2. G97 Patrick Brennan, 3. BB22 Zachary Harris, 4. M18 Brendan Bayfield, 5. G25 Selina Jennings, 6. SB38 Maddi McGee (3 laps), 7. RK71 Kev Young (2). Time: 2.30.514, Winning Margin: 2.221, Fastest Lap: 17.517 SB11 Josh Harm
Heat 12, 8 Laps: 1. GL15 Richard Cook, 2. BB30 Brad Scherer, 3. SB32 Brody Fraser, 4. BB7 Andrew Beaton, 5. N54 Jackson Graham, 6. G17 Neil Keldoulis, 7. M28 Scott Duthie (6 laps). Time: No Time, Winning Margin: 0.782, Fastest Lap: 17.985 GL15 Richard Cook
B Main, 15 Laps: 1. G10 Daniel Henshaw, 2. G6 Rick Hazelgrove, 3. GL05 Nick Cook, 4. RK71 Kev Young, 5. M28 Scott Duthie, 6. N54 Jackson Graham, 7. M54 Nick Jewel, 8. SC77 Jason Herwig, 9. SC8 Kayla Stokes, 10. BB22 Zachary Harris (12 laps). DISQ: M36 Nathan Duce (4). Time: No Time, Winning Margin: 1.490, Fastest Lap: 17.808 G10 Daniel Henshaw
A Main, 20 Laps: 1. SB11 Josh Harm, 2. GL15 Richard Cook, 3. G8 Josh Crang, 4. BB30 Brad Scherer, 5. G14 Dayne Francis, 6. M15 Josh Arthur, 7. G2 Chris Pagel, 8. SC61 Jim Cowley, 9. G10 Daniel Henshaw, 10. GL05 Nick Cook, 11. N53 Ashley Graham, 12. SB32 Brody Fraser, 13. G25 Selina Jennings (16 laps), 14. G97 Patrick Brennan (16), 15. SC4 Joel Thomas (16), 16. G17 Neil Keldoulis (16), 17. M08 Alex Sweeney (16), 18. G6 Rick Hazelgrove (16), 19. M18 Brendan Bayfield (16), 20. RK71 Kev Young (5). Time: No Time (Race Declared lap 17), Winning Margin: 0.767, Fastest Lap: 17.885 GL15 Richard Cook