Official Release- Saturday 15th April 2023.2018 Western Australian Champion Barry Rose leads the point score after day one of the 2023 SSA National Production Sedan Title presented by Jolly Good In Car Audio and Entertainment which is being held at the Allwest Plant Hire Ellenbrook Speedway this weekend.
Rose has one hundred points after the first day of competition at the daytime venue which was conducted before a great Saturday Afternoon crowd.
Busselton’s Kyle Sayer, Karratha’s Jack McAuley along with Queenslanders Joel Berkley and Richard Cook all had productive days to be inside the top five in the point standings by the end of the afternoon.
Eighty One Production Sedans contested the twenty four qualifying heats on day one with local Western Australian competitor Rowan Burrell claiming the Best Presented Car Award for the event.
A torrid opening heat race to the National Title saw just four cars complete the distance as Kyle Sayer defeated Aydan Trewern and New South Welshmen Wayne Bourke.
The second heat race was an absolutely brilliant affair as Gaje Price held off Drew Ogle, Kye Blight, Joel Berkley and Jake Blight as the five raced side by side at times around the Ellenbrook layout.
Barry Rose led all the way in heat three from Jordan McGinnis and Ethan Cooper before a dramatic heat four.
After contact with another car Josh Stewart would roll his Esperance Exhaust entry in the fourth heat before Peter Katona Jnr took the win from Frank Does and Ryan Mitchell.
Victorian Kye Walters was in the mix for a strong result in heat five before a flat right rear tyre put an end to his race on lap six.
Rod Musarra would hussle the outside of the racetrack on the final lap to take the win from Nuno Mendes and Josh Fraser.
Two Time National Champion Stephen Laidlaw held off Jack McAuley and Cody Blight in heat six before an incident plagued heat seven saw Geraldton’s Ashley Baker prevail.
Collie’s Jamie Graham moved from position five in the final heat of the opening round to take the win from Victorian Raymond Ussher with Benny Curtin officially third.
The second round got underway with a dominating performance from Queensland’s Richard Cook as he won by over five seconds from Ryan Mitchell and Michael Moltoni as Western Australian Champion Kye Blight limped home to take the win in heat ten.
Ellenbrook track champion Josh Fraser held off Kyle Sayer and Peter Katona in heat eleven as Cody Blight recorded a five second victory in heat twelve.
The RPM Race Products Holden Commodore of Mitch Killeen bounced back from a disappointing start to the National Title to win heat thirteen from Beau Riley and Jacky Moroney.
A pair of former National Champions in Joel Berkley and Stephen Laidlaw battled for supremacy in heat fourteen with the Queenslander prevailing with Nuno Mendes gallant in third.
Jack McAuley’s National Title got a major boost when he held off Barry Rose to claim heat fifteen as Albany’s Shane Devonshire crossed the line in third place.
The bottom side of the racetrack worked a treat for Jamie Graham to claim heat sixteen to become the first driver in the event to claim two heat wins as the second round came to a close.
Barry Rose’s strong run continued as the third round got away as the Mitsubishi Sigma won heat seventeen by over five seconds from Jayden McCuish and Shane Devonshire.Heat eighteen was the domain of Richard Cook as he collected the thirty six points from Hayden Norman and Hayden Thomas.
Ashley Baker did enough to win heat eighteen from the Ford Falcons of Tylar Main and Jake Avins as heat twenty produced a classic battle.
Rod Musarra led the race early before a flat tyre saw the Cranecorp Australia Holden Commodore head infield.
Joel Berkley went to the outside of the racetrack in the latter stages of the race to defeat Sayer and Katona.
Kingaroy’s Brett Barron dominated heat twenty one winning by over three seconds from Rowan Burrell and Ricky Williams.
Heat Twenty Two witnessed Jacky Moroney get the better of Jack McAuley to claim the win as Nuno Mendes came from position six to win heat twenty three.
Two Time Western Australian Champion Drew Ogle claimed the final race of the afternoon with Kye Blight and Aydan Trewern rounding out the top three.
Just one more round of heat racing is to be conducted on day two of the 2023 SSA National Production Sedan Title at the Allwest Plant Hire Ellenbrook Speedway ahead of the finals.
Racing begins from 11am with live coverage available at Clay Per View.
Official Pointscore After Day One of the 2023 SSA National Production Sedan Title
1. W181 Barry Rose 100
2. WA95 Kyle Sayer 92
3. W96 Jack McAuley 92
4. Q2 Joel Berkley 89
5. Q15 Richard Cook 89
6. WB11 Ashley Baker 89
7. W13 Drew Ogle 87
8. W41 Kye Blight 87
9. W5 Josh Fraser 87
10. V30 Stephen Laidlaw 87
11. WC11 Nuno Mendes 87
12. W16 Peter Katona Jnr 82
13. W22 Jamie Graham 82
14. W12 Aydan Trewern 79
15. W78 Jacky Moroney 76
16. W4 Mitchell Killeen 66
17. WA9 Ryan Mitchell 64
18. W21 Rod Musarra 63
19. W51 Cody Blight 63
20. W15 Gaje Price 62
21. W3 Frank Does 59
22. W31 Kane McDiarmid 58
23. W92 Ricky Williams 57
24. N27 Wayne Bourke 53
25. W9 Mitchell Baker 53
26. W99 Benny Curtin 53
27. Q48 Brett Barron 52
28. WA6 Hayden Norman 49
29. W94 Michael Moltoni 48
30. WA27 Mike Kinnear 47
31. W43 Hayden Thomas 46
32. W333 Shane Dubberlin 46
33. W61 Jake Blight 45
34. W32 Jordan McGinnis 44
35. W7 Tylar Main 44
36. WC3 Kayne Dellar 44
37. V98 Raymond Ussher 44
38. WA11 Jake Avins 43
39. W58 Jayden McCuish 42
40. WB92 Shane Devonshire 42
41. WB13 Rowan Burrell 41
42. W95 Lachlan Dellar 40
43. W26 Gemma Laidlaw 40
44. W40 Beau Riley 37
45. WA13 Brad Mitchell 37
46. W86 Wayne Leviston 36
47. WB22 Luke Halliday 36
48. W14 Anthony Page 35
49. WA3 Kye Walters 34
50. W56 Ethan Cooper 33
51. W11 Josh Macalpine 33
52. WA22 Steve Schofield 33
53. W91 Sean Bowen 29
54. W29 Lindsay McAuley 29
55. W27 Jackson Derrick 28
56. WA12 Ryan Allan 26
57. W55 Murray Cleasby 25
58. W19 Josh Stewart 24
59. W25 Dwayne Meagher 24
60. WB3 Dave Herbert 22
61. V17 Colby Hammond 22
62. W17 Craig Lenane 21
63. W77 Craig Lawrence 21
64. V58 Brendan Harper 20
65. W24 Dean Davidson 19
66. WA77 Possum Lawrence 19
67. W2 Daniel Day 19
68. WA24 Rod Smith 19
69. W74 Bernie Matkovich 17
70. W8 Calon Ball 16
71. W72 Fish Telenta 15
72. W65 Keith Fitzgerald 15
73. W18 Lawson Mayes 13
74. WA92 Isaac Arnold 12
75. W23 Dylan Parkes 12
76. WA26 Robbie Trenaman 10
77. W28 Adam Arnold 10
78. WA41 Rickie Nuccini 5
79. W36 Joe Wilson 4
80. W23 Jayke Malcolm 0
81. V91 Dehne Sparrow 0
