Press Release by Speedway Sedans Western Australia.
For the second time in as many titles, youngster Donny Davis from Newman in WA’s North has set the quickest lap in official practice.
After setting the quickest time in practice for the WA Junior Sedan Title at the Ellenbrook Speedway back in April, Davis, just sixteen years old, has since stepped up into the senior ranks and tonight set the fastest lap in official practice at the Port Hedland Speedway in the 2023 SSA Street Stock WA State Title.
The initial fast lap was set by Northern Territorian Jack Yates with a 22.885 in the second session, with Davis coming out five sessions later to set a blistering 22.848 second lap, just 0.037 second ahead of Yates.
Derby’s Jake Hoath set the third fastest lap of the evening in the nineteenth session (of twenty one held), just 0.060 seconds behind Yates, with only the top three drivers dipping into the twenty two second bracket, while Australia #2 Ben Norman was fourth overall and Jace Kempton rounded out the top five.
Sixty three of the sixty six cars in the Title ran practice laps across the evening, and despite a fire in the area threatening to bring the sessions to a premature close, all runs were able to take place.
The biggest incident of the evening was in practice session eighteen when Matt Hammond, who was actually fastest in that group, managed to invert his Holden Commodore in turn two. He was able to drive away and back to the pits, so hopes are high he will continue on tomorrow.
Racing begins tomorrow from 6pm, with the Grand Parade taking place at 5.45pm. Drivers will contest three rounds of heat racing tomorrow, while Sunday night will see one final round of heats prior to the final races.
All the action is available live across the weekend on Clay Per View, while live results will, as always, be uploaded to the SSWA Facebook page.
Overall Practice Times
1. W3 Donny Davis 22.848
2. NT15 Jack Yates 22.885
3. W29 Jake Hoath 22.908
4. W66 Ben Norman 23.116
5. W55 Jace Kempton 23.187
6. WA4 Ethan Genev 23.197
7. W0 Jamie Oldfield 23.203
8. W39 Zane Humphrys 23.258
9. WA16 Jack Barnewall 23.269
10. W52 Shay Roberts 23.308
11. WA6 Hayden Norman 23.317
12. W9 Matt Hammond 23.328
13. W100 Linton Dickerson 23.328
14. W6 Brinley McGaffin 23.334
15. W30 Jamie Landrigan 23.349
16. W74 Lenny Bates 23.355
17. W22 Jakob Doust 23.368
18. W12 Paul Briggs 23.369
19. W11 Matthew Iwanow 23.440
20. WA3 Trent Lyall 23.440
21. WA19 Josh Stewart 23.440
22. W26 Ashton McClintock 23.441
23. W15 Daniel Flavel 23.445
24. W616 Jamie Goodwin 23.456
25. W24 Jake Williams 23.474
26. WA15 Wayne Thomson 23.514
27. WA88 Wade Mason 23.536
28. WA9 Kayne Dellar 23.545
29. WA1 Damon Lyall 23.564
30. W222 Joshua Ellis 23.564
31. WX4 Blake Iwanow 23.585
32. W73 Ray Clifton 23.587
33. WX19 Paul Joss 23.596
34. W35 Craig Clayton 23.598
35. W95 Lachlan Dellar 23.619
36. W31 Cody Avins 23.623
37. W25 Harry Wingfield 23.624
38. W94 Robert Dunbar 23.634
39. W88 Peter Dowie 23.674
40. NT92 Lucas Fry 23.688
41. W89 Hunter Downs 23.724
42. W23 Matt Lowe 23.734
43. W10 Damon Thomson 23.795
44. W16 Aaron Doust 23.875
45. W78 Shayne Doust 23.920
46. W96 Jack McAuley 23.934
47. W19 Stevie O’Dowd 23.952
48. W36 Joe Wilson 24.018
49. WX12 Ray Leonard 24.044
50. W82 Dale Roberts 24.120
51. W18 Gary Leeson 24.121
52. WA31 Tristran Stroet 24.195
53. W13 Thomas Pahl 24.450
54. WA55 Paul O’Dwyer 24.566
55. W411 Reece Jones 24.622
56. W32 Ben Ferris 24.689
57. WX15 Adam Power 24.698
58. W56 Ethan Cooper 24.716
59. W47 Colm O’Riordan 24.817
60. W99 James Hunt 25.006
61. W4 Dylan Curley 25.054
62. W44 Daniel Oreo 25.283
63. W48 Jim Dixon 25.308
