Press Release by Morgan Melvin, Images by Blake Jones Photography
Former State Champ Hayden Norman has put himself in prime position tomorrow night, going night one undefeated in the Bridgestone SSA Street Stock West Australian Title presented by Goldfield Pest Control and KCLD Cleaning.
Normans’ night started perfect, passing current Champ Jamie Oldfield on the last lap to win his opening heat race, while his second he won by the margin of 0.003 over Damon Lyall in an epic battle that saw the pair traded the lead four times in the last five laps.
He looked to be joined by Jake Hoath and Jack Barnewall, but both drivers struck trouble in their last heat races of the night.
Barnewall’s trouble was that of Oldfield, who was able to pass the 2019 champ at his home track.
The story wasn’t as sweet for Hoath, whose final heat only lasted the opening lap, involved in a turn two crash that has seen the team go to work on the right front corner of the car.
Two other drivers won two heat races tonight as Ethan Genev, and Shane Whild joined the fun upfront.
Genev was another driver who could have had three wins, but a broken front-end component during his second heat while leading ruined his chances.
For Whild, he finished second in his other heat, seeing him third on points overall.
Other drivers who impressed tonight were Damon Lyall and Paul Briggs, who both could not finish better or worse than second in all three heats tonight.
While Brinley McGaffin has been exceptional in his heat races tonight.
Drivers will return tomorrow for one extra heat race before the grids are set for the finals.
POINTS AFTER NIGHT ONE
1. W6 Hayden Norman 108
2. W16 Jack Barnewall 100
3. W2 Shane Whild 100
4. W1 Jamie Oldfield 92
5. W27 Damon Lyall 84
6. WA12 Paul Briggs 84
7. WA6 Brinley McGaffin 81
8. W4 Ethan Genev 78
9. W29 Jake Hoath 75
10. WA21 Evan Wakefield 74
11. W10 Damon Thomson 74
12. WA10 David Fall 73
13. W35 Craig Clayton 70
14. WA55 Kevin Wyatt 67
15. W69 Stevie O’Dowd 66
16. W00 Hamish Macalpine 64
17. T10 Matt Hammond 62
18. W66 Ben Norman 61
19. W52 Shay Roberts 57
20. W99 Kyran Bridges 54
21. W24 Mark Murray 54
22. W195 Lachie Dellar 52
23. W44 Peter Herbert 51
24. W39 Zane Humphrys 51
25. W95 Gordon Wyatt 51
26. W55 Jace Kempton 51
27. W616 Jamie Goodwin 48
28. W24J Jake Williams 47
29. WA31 Jake Avins 47
30. W21 Trent Claybrook 46
31. W117 Chris Vanzetti 46
32. W94 Robert Dunbar 46
33. W72 Russell Gunn 44
34. W9 Sean Barrett 44
35. W110 Clayton Blee 43
36. WA9 Blake Iwanow 43
37. W100 Linton Dickerson 41
38. W28 Brenton Bridges 37
39. WA8 Matthew Iwanow 36
40. W12 Ryan Penfold 35
41. W320 Regan Carter 35
42. W46 Jay Rees 33
43. W74 Lenny Bates 31
44. W8 Dave Watson 30
45. W15 Adam Power 30
46. WA25 Bradley Roberts 29
47. W48 Jim Dixon 29
48. W32 Ben Ferris 28
49. W68 Justin Hurst 28
50. W3 Gavin Minty 26
51. W36 Luke Barnewall 26
52. W81 Peter Walker 24
53. W58 Ethan Cooper 23
54. W71 Tanya Kemp 21
55. W31 Tristan Stroet 21
56. WA2 Marty Kelly 20
57. WX21 Colm O’Riordan 20
58. WA52 Paul Bowman 19
59. W41 Jacob Gittos 19
60. WA24 Tim Matthews 18
61. W626 Dean Shore 17
62. W23 Matt Lowe 17
63. W91 Brett South 17
64. W19 Josh Stewart 16
65. W99 James Hunt 16
66. WA23 Jamie Simmonds 15
67. W25 Harry Wingfield 15
68. WX24 James Lawton 15
69. WX31 Mitch Hamel 14
70. W87 Adam Cornish 14
71. W65 Samantha Dodd 13
72. WX4 Dylan Williams 13
73. W14 Lance Beaver 13
74. W46 Ron Pocock 12
75. W51 Justin Melhuish 10
76. W84 Brooke Oldfield 5
77. W7 Josh Martinelli 0
