Charlton Junior Street Sedans

21/04/08…Pam Franz…courtesy of information supplied by Peter Campbell

Saturday the 19th of April saw the running of the Toowoomba Jewellers King of the Ring Junior Challenge. 
 
The track was very slippery for the first heat and a pile up in the first corner saw a few cars out due to damage.  After a couple of restarts the promoters cancelled the race.   
 
The track was much improved for the second heat and the eventual winner was Hayden Byrne with Tim Smith second and Jesse Volk third.
 
All the damaged cars made their way back for the third heat and it was the little orange Corolla of Ash Volk that found the fast way round to take the victory from Anteny Genrich and new driver Jacob Hall who finished third.
 
Hayden Byrne and Jacob Hall shared the front row of the grid for the 15 lap feature which went flag to flag without a stoppage.  After a few laps Ash Volk found his way to the front with Hayden Byrne settling in for second.  James Campbell who failed to finish either of the first two heats, battled his way through the field and up to third.  Lapped traffic slowed Ash Volk’s progress and the last two laps were very exciting with the three cars of Volk, Byrne and Campbell now only a car length or so apart. 
Ash held on to take the win and it was a photo finish for second with Byrne beating Campbell by a matter of inches.