Jonic Juggernaut Continues

by | Oct 16, 2017 | Latest News, Results

Author : Jason Crowe – SSA Media

The juggernaut which is Ardie Jonic, continued on Saturday night at the Ian Boettcher Race Parts, Kingaroy Speedway, when he won the fifteen lap Junior Sedan A Main, including a record time.

Jonic, the Northern Territory, Victorian and Queensland Junior Sedan Champion, was totally dominant, winning all three of his qualifying heats, setting the quickest lap in all of them, but it was the A Main, where he left his best for last.

Starting beside Jonic would be Kipp Barron, who along with Hayden Brims and Dakota Laverty won the remaining three qualifying heats.
Jonic immediately went to the lead, and opened a gap on the opposition. Barron held second place in the capacity field until lap five when Jordan Cunningham passed Barron, who dropped to fourth courtesy of Casey OConnell.

OConnell, who did not qualify well, quickly moved through the field after starting from position ten, and with five laps remaining, had moved to second place.

Jonic though was well clear, and with OConnell chasing hard, he too cleared away from the main body of the field.

During the race, Jonic set a new one lap track record, a staggering 17.531. Not to be outdone, OConnell was just 0.140 slower, as the pair finished along way clear of Jordan Cunningham, Kipp Barron and Mason Cameron, who would be the only other drivers on the lead lap.

:: Junior Sedans

Heat 1, 8 Laps: 1. Q1 Ardie Jonic, 2. C74 Ellie Peacock, 3. SB44 Kipp Barron, 4. B73 Kaitlyn Field, 5. B18 Brad Pascoe, 6. RK22 Mason Cameron, 7. M39 Kayden Swindells, 8. C11 Bodhi Russ, 9. M69 Linkin Huth (6 laps). Time: No Time, Winning Margin: 5.236, Fastest Lap: 18.677 Q1 Ardie Jonic

Heat 2, 8 Laps: 1. SC8 Dakota Laverty, 2. SB12 Damon Musch, 3. SB99 Jordan Cunningham, 4. G51 Kaleb Thoroughgood, 5. B48 Casey OConnell, 6. G47 Kynan Poole (7 laps), 7. C12 Brodie Hollyman (7), 8. CR33 Josh Ciesiolka (7), 9. SB82 Dane Anderson (7), 10. SB24 Shay Barron (6), 11. G3 William Pagel (6). Time: 2.41.984, Winning Margin: 7.481, Fastest Lap: 19.650 SC8 Dakota Laverty

Heat 3, 8 Laps: 1. N77 Hayden Brims, 2. B18 Brad Pascoe, 3. SC8 Dakota Laverty, 4. B73 Kaitlyn Field, 5. M39 Kayden Swindells, 6. C11 Bodhi Russ, 7. G51 Kaleb Thoroughgood, 8. C74 Ellie Peacock, 9. C12 Brodie Hollyman, 10. SB24 Shay Barron (6 laps), 11. B76 Imogen Sykes (5). Time: No Time, Winning Margin: 0.376, Fastest Lap: 18.216 B18 Brad Pascoe

Heat 4, 8 Laps: 1. Q1 Ardie Jonic, 2. RK22 Mason Cameron, 3. SB44 Kipp Barron, 4. SB99 Jordan Cunningham, 5. SB12 Damon Musch, 6. G47 Kynan Poole, 7. B48 Casey OConnell, 8. CR33 Josh Ciesiolka, 9. M69 Linkin Huth, 10. G3 William Pagel, 11. SB82 Dane Anderson. Time: No Time, Winning Margin: 2.604, Fastest Lap: 17.894 Q1 Ardie Jonic

Heat 5, 8 Laps: 1. SB44 Kipp Barron, 2. SB12 Damon Musch, 3. RK22 Mason Cameron, 4. B18 Brad Pascoe, 5. M39 Kayden Swindells, 6. C74 Ellie Peacock, 7. SB24 Shay Barron (5 laps), 8. B76 Imogen Sykes (4), 9. C12 Brodie Hollyman (3), 10. B48 Casey OConnell (2). Time: 2.39.139, Winning Margin: 0.011, Fastest Lap: 18.367 B18 Brad Pascoe

Heat 6, 8 Laps: 1. Q1 Ardie Jonic, 2. N77 Hayden Brims, 3. SB99 Jordan Cunningham, 4. C11 Bodhi Russ, 5. G51 Kaleb Thoroughgood, 6. B73 Kaitlyn Field, 7. G47 Kynan Poole, 8. CR33 Josh Ciesiolka (5 laps), 9. M69 Linkin Huth (4), 10. G3 William Pagel (4), 11. SB86 Dane Anderson (1). Time: 1.52.036 (Declared after 6 laps), Winning Margin: 7.286, Fastest Lap: 17.695 Q1 Ardie Jonic

A Main, 15 Laps: 1. Q1 Ardie Jonic, 2. B48 Casey OConnell, 3. SB99 Jordan Cunningham, 4. SB44 Kipp Barron, 5. RK22 Mason Cameron, 6. M39 Kayden Swindells (14 laps), 7. SB12 Damon Musch (14), 8. B18 Brad Pascoe (14), 9. N77 Hayden Brims (14), 10. B73 Kaitlyn Field (14), 11. G47 Kynan Poole (13), 12. C11 Bodhi Russ (13), 13. CR33 Josh Ciesiolka (13), 14. SB86 Dane Anderson (12), 15. SB24 Shay Barron (8), 16. G3 William Pagel (8). DNF: 17. B76 Imogen Sykes (4), 18. C12 Brodie Hollyman (0), 19. C74 Ellie Peacock (0), 20. M69 Linkin Huth (0). Time: 4.41.415, Winning Margin: 6.480, Fastest Lap: 17.531 Q1 Ardie Jonic (Record)

Ardie Jonic unstoppable at Kingaroy. Photo courtesy of Ash Media Speedway Footage.

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