Author : Jason Crowe – SSA Media
Corey Bauld has won the second round of the Banjos Bakery Street Stock Series held on Saturday night at the Gulf Western Oil Speedway, Latrobe, with the lead changing hands four times in the last six laps.
Steven Harvey and Dale Riley Jnr would start on the front row for the twenty five lap main event, with Riley Jnr taking the lead from the outset, and after having won the opening round looked most likely to win two, as he led Harvey and then Corey Bauld for the first eighteen laps.
Bauld took the lead from Riley Jnr, who subsequently retired a lap later, only to have Ben Riley take the lead on lap twenty one, passing Harvey and Bauld in the process.
Ben Riley would lead for just two laps before Bauld fought back, regaining the lead as Harvey challenged again on the last lap taking second place, in a race of ever changing fortunes.
Bauld would take the win by a few car lengths over Harvey, with the same distance back to Riley, while Jarrod Rogers finished fourth. Colin Kenny and Corey Jetson were the only remaining drivers on the lead lap.
Earlier, Riley Jnr won both of his qualifying heats with Harvey and Bauld winning the others. Courtesy of two strong performances, Bauld now leads the Statewide series, with the third round to be held this Saturday night at Hobart.
:: Street Stock, Banjo Bakery Series Round 2
Heat 1, 10 Laps: 1. T4 Steven Harvey, 2. T35 Matthew Atkinson, 3. T77 Corey Bauld, 4. T69 Steven Maine, 5. T15 Daniel Cunningham, 6. T24 Ben Riley, 7. T55 Nick Anderson, 8. T52 Kurt Chilcott, 9. T57 Brad Thompson, 10. T33 Brad Farrell, 11. T6 Bec Hammond, 12. T86 Colin Kenny (9 laps), 13. T8 Charlie Ivory (4). Time: 2.57.242, Winning Margin: 4.562, Fastest Lap: 17.102 T77 Corey Bauld
Heat 2, 10 Laps: 1. T28 Dale Riley Jnr, 2. T9 Luke Williams, 3. T72 Steven Pyne, 4. T7 Corey Jetson, 5. T85 Brett Henri, 6. T45 Gregory Smith, 7. T58 Warrick Lee (9 laps), 8. T98 David Summers (9), 9. T32 Terri Farrell (9), 10. T11 Matt Hammond (7), 11. T2 Jarrod Rogers (7), 12. T78 Matt Crawford (2), 13. T110 Terry Hammond (0), 14. T44 John Riley (0). Time: 2.55.015, Winning Margin: 4.073, Fastest Lap: 16.960 T28 Dale Riley Jnr
Heat 3, 10 Laps: 1. T77 Corey Bauld, 2. T4 Steven Harvey, 3. T24 Ben Riley, 4. T55 Nick Anderson, 5. T35 Matthew Atkinson, 6. T57 Brad Thompson, 7. T33 Brad Farrell, 8. T52 Kurt Chilcott, 9. T8 Charlie Ivory, 10. T15 Daniel Cunningham, 11. T6 Bec Hammond (8). Time: 2.55.140, Winning Margin: 0.347, Fastest Lap: 17.167 T4 Steven Harvey
Heat 4, 10 Laps: 1. T28 Dale Riley Jnr, 2. T2 Jarrod Rogers, 3. T86 Colin Kenny, 4. T85 Brett Henri, 5. T78 Matt Crawford, 6. T72 Steven Pyne, 7. T45 Gregory Smith, 8. T32 Terri Farrell, 9. T58 Warrick Lee, 10. T98 David Summers, 11. T11 Matt Hammond (3 laps), 12. T7 Corey Jetson (1). Time: 2.23.553, Winning Margin: 6.230, Fastest Lap: 17.278 T11 Matt Hammond
A Main, 25 Laps: 1. T77 Corey Bauld, 2. T4 Steven Harvey, 3. T24 Ben Riley, 4. T2 Jarrod Rogers, 5. T86 Colin Kenny, 6. T7 Corey Jetson, 7. T35 Matthew Atkinson (24 laps), 8. T78 Matt Crawford (24), 9. T85 Brett Henri (23), 10. T52 Kurt Chilcott (23), 11. T45 Gregory Smith (23), 12. T32 Terri Farrell (23), 13. T98 David Summers (23), 14. T58 Warrick Lee (22), 15. T72 Steven Pyne (21), 16. T8 Charlie Ivory (21), 17. T28 Dale Riley Jnr, 18. T55 Nick Anderson (5), 19. T57 Brad Thompson (0), 20. T33 Brad Farrell (0). Time: No Time, Winning Margin: 1.910, Fastest Lap: 16.994 T28 Dale Riley Jnr
Photo of Corey Bauld in action courtesy of Angryman Photography