Two Preliminary Features presented two epic races last night at Ellenbrook Speedway in the opening night of the KCLD Cleaning 40th Anniversary Brian Rose Memorial.
For the first time, the Preliminary Features have helped with the RDA 100 point scores, as Jamie Oldfield and Matt Iwanow were victorious in two races to remember.
It might have all been Oldfield in the Odd Preliminary Feature, but it was the race behind him that caught the attention of everyone.
Blake Iwanow tried his best in the early laps, leading the opening lap and throwing sliders with Oldfield. Still, he was slowly attacked by a group of cars, including those driven by Ben Norman, Linton Dickerson, Daniel Ameduri, Cody Avins, and Gavin Minty.
The younger of the Normans was able to get past Blake Iwanow, but contact between the two saw Norman spinning, collecting forward-moving Dickerson and Paul Briggs.
Dickerson was unable to continue, and the younger of the Iwanows was sent to the tail.
Oldfield would win comfortably as the battle went on strongly for the podium, with six cars all crossing the line under a blanket with Norman in second and Ameduri rounding out the top three.
In the Even Preliminary, Kayne Dellar would do everything in his power to try to hold Jake Hoath at bay, and was even helped by a yellow light for Heydon Hicks spinning. Still, the reigning Brian Rose Memorial winner had his sights on victory.
That would be all well and good until we race to the white flag and Matt Iwanow was on a charge to the lead.
Iwanow would grab the front as they started the final lap, but would have to fend off a slide job attempt from Hoath with a switch back to win from Hoath and Dellar in a night to remember for Street Stocks.
Racing gets underway again at 2pm this afternoon.
KCLD CLEANING BRIAN ROSE MEMORIAL POINTS (AFTER NIGHT ONE)
1. 0 Jamie Oldfield 100
2. WA1 Jake Hoath 92
3. 66 Ben Norman 92
4. 9 Kayne Dellar 87
5. 10 Matthew Iwanow 82
6. 4X Blake Iwanow 70
7. W31 Cody Avins 57
8. 8 Daniel Ameduri 57
9. 6 Hayden Norman 53
10. 100 Linton Dickerson 42
11. 21 Ray Leonard 41
12. 84 Brooke Oldfield 38
13. W10 Damon Thomson 36
14. 12 Ryan Penfold 29
15. 3 Gavin Minty 28
16. 52 Shay Roberts 27
17. 173 Fiona Palmer 27
18. 56 Ethan Cooper 26
19. 35 Craig Clayton 25
20. V83 Jason DeGoldi 24
21. W12 Paul Briggs 21
32. 32 Ben Ferris 21
23. 15 Daniel Flavel 18
24. 101 Dylan Magee 16
25. 17 Aaron Sutton 15
26. 83 Stefani Ameduri 14
27. 54 Tyler De Maine 13
28. 717 Joshua Kennard 12
29. W84 Jason Oldfield 12
30. 11 Cjay Flavel 11
31. 44 Nathan Renfrey 10
32. 24 Cade Munro 10
33. 20 Brett Brennan 9
34. 23 Zahara Van Der Mey 9
35. W17 Seth Robinson 7
36. 45 Heydon Hicks 7
37. 46 Ron Pocock 7
38. 78 Colby Bosley 6
39. 28 Reece O’Reilly 4
40. W44 Peter Herbert 4
41. WA44 Ashley Herbert 1
42. 31 Elysha Cooper 1
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