ROSE STANDS STRONG

by | Oct 27, 2024 | SSA Production Sedans, WA

Press Release Courtesy of Southwest Sedan Championships

The heat races proved that it was survival of the strongest, With Kane McDiarmid, Barry Rose and Rickie Nuccini sharing equal points.

On the count back the 31 Commodore of McDiarmid would bring the field to the green from the pole with Rose also sharing the front row for the 20 lap journey.

McDiarmid would get the jump of the 181 Sigma of Barry Rose in the opening laps as the pair would put on a ding dong battle for the lead while Jamie Graham and Rickie Nuccini would battle for 3rd and 4th respectively. On lap 8 Rose would commit hard on the low line into turn 1 snatching the lead of turn 2 and Nuccini would jump past McDiarmid of the exit of 2 pushing him back to 3rd. Meanwhile Nuccini would be shown the enquiry flag which would come back to bite him after the checker flag, but Barry Rose would lead the way until the field would see the first caution on lap 18 when Eddie Holt came to grief and would retire to the infield.

Rose would lead away on the restart from Nuccini, McDiarmid, Graham and Shane Dubberlin, but the 181 Sigma wouldn’t be beat while Nuccini and McDiarmid would battle to the line with Nuccini crossing the line in 2nd and McDiarmid in 3rd but a post race relegation would move Nuccini back to 4th putting the 22 of Jamie Graham onto the podium.

Southwest Champs will be back on the raceway just down the road for Round 2 at the Make Smoking History Quit Bunbury Speedway for the Production Gold Cup on December 7

FEATURE RESULT

1.W181 Barry Rose, 2. W31 Kane McDiarmid, 3. W22 Jamie Graham, 4. W41 Rickie Nuccini, 5. W333 Shane Dubberlin, 6. W86 Wayne Levingston, 7. W67 Josh Martinelli, 8. W57 Kelsey Beard, 9. W97 Lachlan Eason, 10, W43 Brandon Smith DNF Eddie Holt DNS W11 Nuno Mendes, W33 Kim Smith, W63 Mark McDonald, W40 Vince Lindsay, W138 Zach Munro

After Round 1 Championship Standings

181 Barry Rose 178

31 Kane McDiarmid 174

41 Rickie Nuccini 166

22 Jamie Graham 162

333 Shane Dubberlin 148

86 Wayne Levingston 138

57 Kelsey Beard 136

43 Brandon Smith 122

97 Lachlan Eason 114

67 Josh Martinelli 106

93 Eddie Holt 106

11 Nuno Mendes 62

63 Mark McDonald 58

138 Zach Munro 56

33 Kim Smith 26

40 Vince Lindsay 22

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