Speedway Sedans Australia News
Author : Jason Crowe – SSA Media
Anthony King has stormed home to win the opening round of the 2017/2018 GWN7 WA Modified Sedan Series on Saturday night at the Quit Collie Speedway.
King defeated Calon Ball and Adam Houston in the main event with the Modified Sedans turning on a great spectacle throughout the evening at the South West venue.
Ten Modified Sedans were on hand for the opening round of the series with five time series champion Aydan Trewern suffering mechanical problems in hot laps which put him out for the rest of the night.
Modified Sedan rookie Bill Penn made best use of his front row start to win the opening heat of the night from the fast finishing Branden Fraser and Calon Ball. Anthony King suffered steering damage forcing him to retire from the first heat.
Veteran Adam Houston drove a brilliant race to win the second heat of the night from Ball and Broomes Ray Clifton. Kim Williams retired from heat two with mechanical problems putting him out for the rest of the night in his Loves Bus Service Holden Commodore.
Anthony King bounced back in heat three finding a way past Branden Fraser to win the race with Calon Ball continuing his consistent night to finish third.
As the cars came on to the track for the Totally Independent Tyre Service Top Six Shootout rain began to fall at the venue with the event being a very hurried affair.
King advanced all the way from position five to claim pole position for the main event with the rain continuing to get heavier as the shootout was in progress.
Calon Ball would get the initial jump in the feature race leading the early laps as the rain stopped just prior to the start of the race. King hounded the back bumper of the Ball Body Builders Commodore in front of him for many laps with Ball running wide on lap six to hand the lead to King.
Shane Dubberlin retired early in the event with the seven remaining cars all circulating in close proximity to one another.
On lap eleven Allan Mortimer came to a stop on the race track in turn four with a flat right rear tyre which forced the first stoppage of the race. Branden Fraser also retired from the race on the same lap with steering damage to his Falcon.
Ray Clifton spun on the first lap after the restart causing the second and final stoppage of the main event.
King held on to record his first round victory of the GWN7 WA Modified Sedan series from Ball, Houston, Penn and Clifton.
The next round of the 2017/2018 GWN7 WA Modified Sedan Series will be held at Attwell Park Speedway in Albany on Saturday 20th January 2018 and will double as the Southpoint Panel and Paint Shootout.
Official Results
:: Modified Sedans
Heat 1, 10 Laps: 1. W57 Bill Penn, 2. W2 Brandon Fraser, 3. W8 Calon Ball, 4. W73 Ray Clifton, 5. W18 Adam Houston, 6. W74 Allan Mortimer, 7. W47 Shane Dubberlin, 8. W33 Kim Williams, 9. W51 Anthony King
Heat 2, 10 Laps: 1. W18 Adam Houston, 2. W8 Calon Ball, 3. W73 Ray Clifton, 4. W74 Allan Mortimer, 5. W51 Anthony King, 6. W57 Bill Penn, 7. W2 Brandon Fraser, 8. W47 Shane Dubberlin
Heat 3, 10 Laps: 1. W51 Anthony King, 2. W2 Branden Fraser, 3. W8 Calon Ball, 4. W74 Allan Mortimer, 5. W18 Adam Houston, 6. W57 Bill Penn, W73 Ray Clifton, 8. W47 Shane Dubberlin
Feature Race, 15 Laps: 1. W51 Anthony King, 2. W8 Calon Ball, 3. W18 Adam Houston, 4. W57 Bill Penn, 5. W73 Ray Clifton, 6. W2 Branden Fraser, 7. W74 Allan Mortimer, 7. W47 Shane Dubberlin
The 2017/2018 GWN7 WA Modified Sedan Series is proudly supported by
GWN7
Bill Gibbs Excavations
Southern Stump & Mulching Services
Cranecorp Australia
Firey Productions
Totally Independent Tyre Service & Mechanical
Eyerite Signs
Shanoweb Designs
Stirling Print & Design
Southpoint Panel & Paint
Auto One Collie
Speedway Sedan Digest
Moora Automotive
Moyle Race Parts
Speedway Sedans Western Australia
Anthony King dominated the Feature Race on Saturday night. Photo courtesy of Fastlane Photography. Article courtesy of Allan Smallwood Jnr