Clint Marks is the overnight points leader of the SSA Street Stock portion of Nickol Bay Speedway’s annual FeNaClNG Festival event.
After two impressive heat wins, including a survival of the fittest final heat race, Marks is thirty points clear of his nearest rival Stevie O’Dowd, with just one point further back to Colm O’Riordan and Steve Griffiths who are tied for third.
In the SSA Production Sedans local driver Jack McAuley also proved almost unstoppable, claiming two wins, his only blemish being a second place in the opening heat when he was defeated by Port Hedland driver Daniel Oreo.
He leads the points coming into the second night with Oreo closely followed by Ken Melvin in second and third respectively.
The Top Star and New Star Junior Sedans put on a great show, with Hunter Downs the form driver in the Top Stars with two heat wins, though he was pressured all the way in each race by Newman’s Donny Davis, who claimed the other preliminary.
These drivers fought tooth and nail in each race and should put on a spectacular feature tomorrow, while Zakiya Costa has shown some real form in her brand new #26 machine and finished third in each race.
Tyde Lovell would dominate the New Stars events and is well clear of Kade Milnes and Bayley White in the overnight points score.
Racing will begin again tomorrow from 6.15pm, with all SSA divisions scheduled to have two more rounds of heats prior to the feature races.
Official Results
SSA Street Stocks
Heat One, Eight Laps- 1. W7 Clint Marks, 2. W23 Steve Griffiths, 3. W19 Stevie O’Dowd, 4. W21 Colm O’Riordan, 5. W13 Thomas Pahl, 6. W42 Matt Herbert, 7. W25 Harry Wingfield, 8. W40 Andrew Norton, 9. W99 James Hunt. DNF: W47 Shane Snell (7). DNS: W50 David Townsend. Total Time: No Time. Winning Margin: 1.508. Fastest Lap: 21.087 W7 Clint Marks.
Heat Two, 8 laps: 1. W21 Colm O’Riordan, 2. W19 Stevie O’Dowd, 3. W42 Matt Herbert, 4. W7 Clint Marks, 5. W23 Steve Griffiths, 6. W25 Harry Wingfield, 7. W40 Andrew Norton, 8. W13 Thomas Pahl, 9. W99 James Hint, 10. W47 Shane Snell (7). DNS: W50 David Townsend. Total Time: 2.50.317. Winning Margin: 1.398. Fastest Lap: 21.091 W21 Colm O’Riordan.
Heat Three, 8 laps: 1. W7 Clint Marks, 2. W13 Thomas Pahl, 3. W40 Andrew Norton, 4. W23 Steve Griffiths, 5. W99 James Hunt. DNF: W42 Matt Herbert (3), W19 Stevie O’Dowd (3), W25 Harry Wingfield (3), W21 Colm O’Riordan (0). DNS: W47 Shane Snell, W50 David Townsend. Total Time: No Time. Winning Margin: 4.272. Fastest Lap: 21.032 W7 Clint Marks.
SSA Production Sedans
Heat One, 8 laps: 1. W72 Daniel Oreo, 2. W96 Jack McAuley, 3. W142 Ken Melvin, 4. W74 Bernie Matkovich. Total Time: 2.56.169. Winning Margin: 0.914. Fastest Lap: 21.821 W96 Jack McAuley.
Heat Two, 8 laps: 1. W96 Jack McAuley, 2. W142 Ken Melvin, 3. W72 Daniel Oreo. DNS: W74 Bernie Matkovich. Total Time: 2.49.098. Winning Margin: 0.487. Fastest Lap: 21.059 W96 Jack McAuley.
Heat Three, 8 laps: 1. W96 Jack McAuley, 2. W142 Ken Melvin, 3. W72 Daniel Oreo. DNS: W74 Bernie Matkovich. Total Time: 2.47.257. Winning Margin: 2.298. Fastest Lap: 20.733 W96 Jack McAuley.
SSA Top Star Junior Sedans
Heat One, 8 laps: 1. W3 Donny Davis, 2. W89 Hunter Downs, 3. W26 Zakiya Costa, 4. W12 Braydon Magerl, 5. W28 Michael Hodnett, 6. W51 Bailee Pettitt (7). DNS: W22 Matthew Magerl. Total Time: 3.02.664. Winning Margin: 4.577. Fastest Lap: 22.383 W3 Donny Davis.
Heat Two, 8 laps: 1. W89 Hunter Downs, 2. W3 Donny Davis, 3. W26 Zakiya Costa, 4. W12 Braydon Magerl, 5. W28 Michael Hodnett (7), 6. W51 Bailee Pettitt (7). DNS: W22 Matthew Magerl. Total Time: 2.55.234. Winning Margin: 1.276. Fastest Lap: 21.623 W89 Hunter Downs.
Heat Three, 8 laps: 1. W89 Hunter Downs, 2. W3 Donny Davis, 3. W26 Zakiya Costa, 4. W12 Braydon Magerl, 5. W51 Bailee Pettitt. DNF: W28 Michael Hodnett (5). DNS: W22 Matthew Magerl. Total Time: No Time. Winning Margin: 0.462. Fastest Lap: 21.361 W89 Hunter Downs.
SSA New Star Junior Sedans
Heat One, 8 laps: 1. W13 Tyde Lovell, 2. W23 Kade Milnes, 3. W21 Bayley White, 4. W41 Jake Kennaugh, 5. W81 Beau Devine, 6. W9 Kaylee Francis (5), 7. W19 Katie Beadle (5), 8. W29 Jett Downs (4). DNS: W25 Lachlan Pickles. Total Time: 2.34.239. Winning Margin: 9.139. Fastest Lap: 25.141 W13 Tyde Lovell.
Heat Two, 8 laps: 1. W13 Tyde Lovell, 2. W21 Bayley White, 3. W23 Kade Milnes, 4. W19 Katie Beadle, 5. W9 Kaylee Francis, 6. W29 Jett Downs (5). DNF: W41 Jake Kennaugh (2). DNS: W81 Beau Devine. DQ: W25 Lachlan Pickles. Total Time: No Time. Winning Margin: 1.602. Fastest Lap: 24.369 W13 Tyde Lovell.
Heat Three, 8 laps: 1. W13 Tyde Lovell, 2. W23 Kade Milne, 3. W21 Bayley White, 4. W9 Kaylee Francis, 5. W19 Katie Beadle, 6. W29 Jett Downs, 7. W41 Jake Kennaugh. DNS: W25 Lachlan Pickles, W81 Beau Devine. Total Time: No Time. Winning Margin: 4.442. Fastest Lap: 24.115 W13 Tyde Lovell.