Words by Ryan Harris, Image by Gordon Greaves
Josh Crang has raced home to win his maiden Modified Sedan Queensland Title at Cairns Speedway.Crang started from pole position, but as the race saw unfolded numerous drivers led the race at some point.
This included Adam Jorgensen, Darran Lester and Aidan Raymont (who started from position 12 and worked his way to the lead until he retired to the infield with a flat tyre.
Raymont missed his final heat during the night after sustaining damage in his fourth heat).
Crang was able to work his way back to the lead to again drop back to second behind Darran Lester.
As the closing stages of the race unfolded, the battle for the lead was intense between Crang, Lester and Macdonald.
Crang was able to get back into the led just as the leaders caught traffic just as another yellow came on as Baxter was involved in a crash on the back straight. At the restart with only four laps to go, Crang raced home to win the Queensland Title in front of a big North Queensland crowd.
Darran Lester was impressive all weekend to finish second ahead of Shane Macdonald, Tim Weir and David Head who rounded out the top five.
Official Results of the 2020/2021 SSA Modified Sedan Queensland State Title Night Two
Heat Thirteen, Ten Laps- 1. CN21 Johnno Collins, 2. SB148 Brett Barron, 3. G16 Jim Cowley, 4. Q1 Tim Weir, 5. RK42 Brenton Scott, 6. CN69 Graham Kleinhans, 7. CN8 Scott Vella
Heat Fourteen, Ten Laps- 1. CR27 Shane Macdonald, 2. G87 Ty Francis, 3. G5 Brett Baxter, 4. T25 Adam Jorgensen, 5. V61 Matt Nelson, 6. CR24 David Head, 7. CN11 David Manly, 8. T10 Shane Ogilvie, 9. T20 Jason Cummins, DNF MK19 Wayne Gilroy (8)
Heat Fifteen, Ten Laps- 1. MK9 Gary Pagel, 2. CR32 Nathan Macdonald, 3. SB9 Joel Berkley, 4. G28 Aidan Raymont, 5. RK22 Jack Cameron, 6. BB21 Brad Petersen, 7. MK7 Luke O’Brien, 8. BB11 Craig Olive
Heat Sixteen, Ten Laps- 1. SC23 Josh Crang, 2. B59 Darran Lester, 3. CR8 Rodney Pammenter, 4. G23 Brendan Cowley, 5. GL11 Tony Coomber, 6. SC22 Shannon Blackburn, 7. CN6 Steven Manly, 8. MK75 Myles Gilroy, DNF CN5 Tony Anderson (4)
Heat Seventeen, Ten Laps- 1. V61 Matt Nelson, 2. MK19 Wayne Gilroy, 3. GL11 Tony Coomber, 4. MK75 Myles Gilroy, 5. CN8 Scott Vella, 6. CN6 Steven Manly, 7. BB11 Craig Olive, DNF CR54 Mick Shelford (0)
Heat Eighteen, Ten Laps- 1. SB9 Joel Berkley, 2. CR8 Rodney Pammenter, 3. MK9 Gary Pagel, 4. RK42 Brenton Scott, 5. G87 Ty Francis, 6. MK7 Luke O’Brien, 7. BB21 Brad Petersen
Heat Nineteen, Ten Laps- 1. T25 Adam Jorgesen, 2. CR32 Nathan Macdonald, 3. CR27 Shane Macdonald, 4. B59 Darran Lester, 5. G5 Brett Baxter, 6. CN69 Graham Kleinhans, 7. CN11 David Manly (9), DNF G23 Brendan Cowley (6)
Heat Twenty, Ten Laps- 1. SC23 Josh Crang, 2. G58 Tim Weir, 3. CR24 David Head, 4. CN21 Johnno Collins, 5. SB148 Brett Barron, 6. G16 Jim Cowley, 7. T10 Shane Ogilvie, 8. T20 Jason Cummins
Final Pointscore
- SC23 Josh Crang 146
- MK9 Gary Pagel 140
- T25 Adam Jorgensen 134
- CR27 Shane Macdonald 132
- B59 Darran Lester 124
- Q1 Tim Weir 124
- V61 Matt Nelson 118
- CR24 David Head 118
- G5 Brett Baxter 117
- SB9 Joel Berkley 116
- CR32 Nathan Macdonald 115
- G28 Aidan Raymont 112
- CN21 Johnno Collins 111
- RK42 Brenton Scott 108
- G87 Ty Francis 89
- CR8 Rodney Pammenter 86
- SB148 Brett Barron 84
- CN6 Steven Manly 77
- RK22 Jack Cameron 75
- G23 Brendan Cowley 72
- GL11 Tony Coomber 71
- G16 Jim Cowley 66
- CN69 Graham Kleinhans 63
- MK19 Wayne Gilroy 61
- CR54 Mick Shelford 49
- MK7 Luke O’Brien 44
- BB21 Brad Petersen 39
- SC22 Shannon Blackburn 38
- T20 Jason Cummins 37
- CN11 David Manly 36
- CN8 Scott Vella 35
- BB11 Craig Olive 32
- MK75 Myles Gilroy 27
- T10 Shane Ogilvie 27
- CN5 Tony Anderson 24
- SB24 Scott McDermott 14
B Main One, Ten Laps- 1. GL11 Tony Coomber, 2. CN11 David Manly, 3. T10 Shane Ogilvie, 4. BB11 Craig Olive, DNF MK7 Luke O’Brien (7), MK19 Wayne Gilroy (4)
B Main Two, Ten Laps- 1. CR54 Mick Shelford, 2. MK75 Myles Gilroy, 3. G23 Brendan Cowley, 4. CN8 Scott Vella, DNF CN5 Tony Anderson (8), CN69 Graham Kleinhans (4)
A Main, Forty Laps- 1. SC23 Josh Crang, 2. B59 Darran Lester, 3. CR27 Shane Macdonald, 4. Q1 Tim Weir, 5. CR24 David Head, 6. V61 Matt Nelson, 7. CR8 Rodney Pammenter, 8. RK42 Brenton Scott, 9. SB148 Brett Barron, 10. G87 Ty Francis, 11. MK75 Myles Gilroy, 12. CR32 Nathan Macdonald, 13. T25 Adam Jorgesen (39), 14. CN11 David Manly (38), 15. T10 Shane Ogilvie (38), DNF G5 Brett Baxter (34), G28 Aidan Raymont (28), GL11 Tony Coomber (26), SB9 Joel Berkley (22), CN6 Steven Manly (20), MK9 Gary Pagel (15), G23 Brendan Cowley (7), CN21 Johnno Collins (3), CR54 Mick Shelford (1)
