Author : Jason Crowe – SSA Media
The race to be King at the Kings Royal at the Ian Boettcher Race Parts, Kingaroy Speedway, intensified on Friday night, with just five points separating the top three drivers after a further three rounds of heats were conducted on night two of competition.
Clint Noakes who led after the opening night, finds himself in third place, two points adrift of National Champion, Matty Smith, while Smith is just three points behind Brett Barron, who currently sits atop the leader-board.
Current King, Greg Worling is in eighth place on a stacked leaderboard.
Brett Barron made his intentions felt in the very first heat of the night, winning by more than ten seconds, with Matty Smith, Rodney Pammenter, Ashley Barron, Max Clarke, Johnno Collins and Greg Worling all record victories in the opening round.
After Kent Menzies won narrowly to commence the second round of heats, Clint Noakes won his third heat race of the weekend, to be followed by victories to Brock Atkins, Shane MacDonald, Brett Barron, Nick Cockerill and Justin Drew.
Drew would back up his heat twenty eight success, by winning heat twenty nine, with Peter Walters, Mark Raymont, Max Clarke, Clint Noakes, Nick Cockerill and Tony Coomber all recording narrow wins to round out the third round of qualifying heats on night two.
A series of knock-out dashes will be contested on night three prior to the main event, with finishing first and second a key to advancement for those who currently sit outside the top sixteen.
Points After Night Two
1. SB48 Brett Barron 159
2. CR66 Matty Smith 156
3. W23 Clint Noakes 154
4. CR27 Shane MacDonald 141
5. V7 Justin Drew 140
6. V4 Brock Atkins 140
7. V11 Nick Cockerill 136
8. L3 Greg Worling 136
9. G27 Mark Raymont 131
10. V61 Matt Nelson 130
11. GL11 Tony Coomber 122
12. MK19 Wayne Gilroy 116
13. CR72 Shane Langton 108
14. G28 Aidan Raymont 106
15. CR8 Rodney Pammenter 106
16. SB59 Darren Lester 102
17. V46 Kye Walters 100
18. N62 Jordan Biviano 98
19. CN21 Johnno Collins 94
20. SB54 Mick Shelford 94
21. MK12 Brodie Boss 93
22. MK5 Kent Menzies 90
23. L15 Max Clarke 89
24. MK75 Myles Gilroy 87
25. CR93 Jason Beer 86
26. BB2 Tim Atkin 86
27. C69 Russell Harris 83
28. G97 Brad Yarrow 91
29. G4 Glenn Pagel 80
30. CR95 Kerry Lack 80
31. V45 Peter Walters 77
32. CR73 Lee Volk 77
33. CR99 Wade Cunningham 74
34. RK3 Antony Gaunt 74
35. CR62 Tim Smith 72
36. CR78 Peter Gray 72
37. SB10 Pacey Clegg 69
38. M15 Josh Arthur 65
39. SB88 David Barbeler 65
40. L36 David Jacobi 64
41. SB44 Ashley Barron 61
42. CR69 Jason Schloss 57
43. SB24 Scott McDermott 56
44. N3 Ross Nicastri 53
45. M63 Brayden Pacey 51
46. VA11 Wayne Ramsdale 50
47. SC22 Shannon Blackburn 49
48. V87 Aaron Bunton 48
49. MK56 Darren Severs 47
50. C89 TJ Horne 47
51. CR111 Peter White 44
52. B12 Jake Hawkins 43
53. RK71 Kev Young 42
54. SB14 Matt Langton 41
55. N45 Brad Wise 41
56. B69 Steve Love 41
57. SC63 Ty Francis 41
58. ACT92 Clint Watson 38
59. CR33 Darren CIesiolka 37
60. SB83 Anthony vander Reyden 34
61. SC11 Steve Blackburn 29
62. SB8 Aaron Seiler 29
63. M21 Kent Shelford 24
64. SB8 Ty Galley 21
65. SB27 Raymond Daley 19
66. B67 Jamie Love 18
67. CR24 David Head 6
68. G8 Lee Steffens 4
Brett Barron holds a slender lead going into the final night of the Kings Royal. Photo courtesy of Mr Click