Official Release Sunday 8th December 2024.
Max Clarke has taken his Superior Painting Chev Camaro to victory in the 2024/2025 Toowoomba Steering & Suspension SSA Modified Sedan State Title conducted last night at the Hi-Tec Oils Toowoomba Speedway.
In what was the 42nd running of the event, Clarke became just the second New South Wales based competitor to win the Queensland State Title for Modified Sedans and the first in thirty three years.
Clarke crossed the line at the end of the forty laps less than second ahead of Toowoomba local Nathan Macdonald with Victorian Brody Chrystie officially third.
The three rounds of heat racing and two B Main provided plenty of entertainment with a heavy rollover for the Ford Cortina of Steve Bradford marring an incident plagued second fifteen lap B Main.
Defending Queensland Champion Matt Nelson would require the provisional to even start the forty lap decider as Clarke and multiple current state champion Joel Berkley shared the front row.
Berkley along with teammate for the weekend in the Down Under Graphics Jamie Oldfield from Western Australia were the first retirements after six circulations.
Lap thirteen saw the first yellow for an incident between Nathan Macdonald & Rodney Pammenter while battling for fifth place.
After the restart Clarke cleared out from the field as the battle for the minors raged between the two Macdonald brothers, 2024 Kings Royal Winner Dylan Barrow, Victorian Brody Chrystie and current Australia 2 Brodie Boss in the Nissan.
The stricken Ford Falcon of Chris Medcalf set up a seventeen lap run to the flag as Clarke continued to lead from Nathan Macdonald and Barrow.
Three time Queensland Champion Aidan Raymont worked his way from one of the B Mains to be challenging Shane Macdonald and Brody Chrystie for a position inside the top five as the laps wound down.
With five laps remaining former Queensland Modified Sedan Champion Steve Jordan brought the yellow lights as he limped to a stop with broken suspension on the right front of his Ford.
Straight after the restart Barrow & Raymont would get together in turn one with both Ford Falcons retiring from the race.
Chris Pagel limped to the outside of the racetrack straight after the restart with former Queensland Champion Shane Macdonald retiring from the race as smoked poured from the Linmac Holden Commodore after rounding inside the top three.
At the end of a torrid forty laps it would be Clarke’s title as he held off Nathan Macdonald, Brody Chrystie, Brodie Boss and B Main 1 winner Brooke Ferguson the top five as twelve of the original twenty three starters completed the event.
The Queensland State Title kicks off a busy time for Modified Sedan racing in Queensland with many blue ribbon events coming up over the next couple of months in the region
2024/2025 SSA MODIFIED SEDAN QUEENSLAND STATE TITLE OFFICIAL RESULTS
FINAL POINTS
1. N15 Max Clarke 100
2. SB9 Joel Berkley 100
3. CR27 Shane Macdonald 100
4. V17 Dylan Barrow 92
5. V32 Brody Chrystie 92
6. CR2 Brodie Boss 87
7. CR8 Rodney Pammenter 87
8. G9 Chris Pagel 65
9. CR32 Nathan Macdonald 64
10. SB55 Josh Harm 63
11. MK5 Kent Menzies 63
12. B47 Steven Quirk 63
13. T28 Hayden Stephensen 59
14. RK26 Mason Cameron 59
15. B10 Steve Jordan 57
16. CR9 Jamie Oldfield 56
17. SB15 Pacey Clegg 54
18. B23 Chris Medcalf 53
19. V18 Brooke Ferguson 53
20. CR54 Mick Shelford 52
21. N3 Greg Worling 50
22. SB22 Charlotte Christensen 47
23. N81 Quinton Clarke 39
24. G28 Aidan Raymont 38
25. RK63 Beau Smithwick 38
26. CR42 Gavin Fletcher 38
27. B12 Jake Hawkins 37
28. B59 Darran Lester 36
29. Q1 Matt Nelson 35
30. SB11 Chris Hams 35
31. B36 Ronnie Young 33
32. B16 Steve Bradford 32
33. B76 Matt Hannigan 30
34. B30 Jason Dreaver 30
35. CR93 Jason Beer 29
36. G23 Brendan Cowley 28
37. SC5 Jonah Blackburn 24
38. R22 Shannon Blackburn 24
39. CR17 Nathan Lowe 22
40. CR30 Leonie Knight 20
41. C55 Josh Schultz 20
42. Harrison Chown 19
43. MK75 Myles Gilroy 18
44. SC21 Chris Blackburn 16
45. BB21 Brad Petersen 10
46. CR6 Mark Anderson 6
B Main 1, 15 Laps: 1. V18 Brooke Ferguson, 2. N81 Quinton Clarke, 3. SB15 Pacey Clegg, 4. RK63 Beau Smithwick, 5. CR17 Nathan Lowe, 6. B12 Jake Hawkins, 7. B36 Ronnie Young, 8. SC5 Jonah Blackburn, DNF B76 Matt Hannigan (0).
B Main 2, 15 Laps: 1. G28 Aidan Raymont, 2. B23 Chris Medcalf, 3. SB22 Charlotte Christensen, 4. G23 Brendan Cowley, 5. CR30 Leonie Knight, DNF SC24 Harrison Chown (13), B16 Steve Bradford (10), CR54 Mick Shelford (10), R22 Shannon Blackburn (10), SC21 Chris Blackburn (10), DQ CR42 Gavin Fletcher.
A Main, 40 Laps: 1. N15 Max Clarke, 2. CR32 Nathan Macdonald, 3. V32 Brody Chrystie, 4. CR2 Brodie Boss, 5. V18 Brooke Ferguson, 6. SB55 Josh Harm, 7. RK26 Mason Cameron, 8. B47 Steven Quirk, 9. N81 Quinton Clarke, 10. Q1 Matt Nelson, 11. SB15 Pacey Clegg, 12. T28 Hayden Stephensen, DNF CR27 Shane Macdonald (36), G9 Chris Pagel (36), V17 Dylan Barrow (35), G28 Aidan Raymont (35), B10 Steve Jordan (33), B23 Chris Medcalf (23), CR8 Rodney Pammenter (20), MK5 Kent Menzies (13), SB9 Joel Berkley (7), CR9 Jamie Oldfield (6).
