Shayne Alach picked up his second big race win of the 2006 - 07 season at Western Springs Speedway last night when he took out the National Midget Series 20 lap Feature race.
Driving the Breka/Esslinger powered A C Diggers sponsored #11 car, Alach took the race lead on the 13th lap after race officials, under a caution flag lap, penalised then race leader Bryce Townsend two race restart positions for what they deemed as a barging infringement five laps earlier on Shaun Insley.
At the 13th lap restart, Alach headed Graham Standring and Townsend, Townsend quickly disposed of Standring, and although challenging Alach for the race lead over the concluding stages, Alach held on to win ahead of Townsend and Standring.
National Midget Series points leader Michael Pickens was forced to retire from the race on lap 4 with a blown right rear tyre, leaving the National Series title ‘up for grabs’ on the final night of racing at Western Springs on March 3rd.
Pickens still leads the points chase, with 109 points, Townsend (93), Brad Mosen (90) Standring (85) and Alach ( 85) are the only other drivers who have a mathematical chance of winning the Series.
| Heat 1 |
12 Laps |
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| Grid |
Car# |
Driver |
Finish |
Grid |
Car# |
Driver |
Finish |
| 1 |
84 |
Bradley Anstis |
6th |
2 |
44 |
David Gick |
DNF |
| 3 |
1 |
Tony Fabish |
4 |
11 |
Shayne Alach |
1st |
|
| 5 |
77 |
Shaun Insley |
4th |
6 |
21 |
Carl Worboys |
2nd |
| 7 |
91 |
Bryce Townsend |
3rd |
8 |
75 |
Bill Clarkson Jnr |
5th |
| 9 |
8 |
Pam Shanley |
7th |
10 |
81 |
Michael Kendall |
DNF |
| 11 |
5 |
Alvin Cobb |
DNF |
12 |
05 |
Gavin Pearce |
8th |
| Heat 2 |
12 Laps |
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| Grid |
Car# |
Driver |
Finish |
Grid |
Car# |
Driver |
Finish |
| 1 |
71 |
Warwick Keene |
DNS |
2 |
25 |
Scott Buckley |
DNF |
| 3 |
73 |
Neville Basalaj |
DNS |
4 |
33 |
Graham Standring |
1st |
| 5 |
119 |
Brad Mosen |
2nd |
6 |
12 |
Shane Snookes |
4th |
| 7 |
3 |
Michael Brunt |
3rd |
8 |
18 |
Matt Thompson |
DNS |
| 9 |
88 |
Simon Longdill |
6th |
10 |
19 |
Mark Mullins |
5th |
| 11 |
76 |
Tony Josephs |
DNF |
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| Heat 3 |
12 Laps |
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| Grid |
Car# |
Driver |
Finish |
Grid |
Car# |
Driver |
Finish |
| 1 |
67 |
Steven Currie |
DNF |
2 |
5 |
Alvin Cobb |
DNS |
| 3 |
43 |
Jimi Quin |
DNF |
4 |
8 |
Pam Shanley |
5th |
| 5 |
27 |
Lance Beale |
DNF |
6 |
91 |
Bryce Townsend |
6th |
| 7 |
10 |
Wayne Green |
3rd |
8 |
77 |
Shaun Insley |
1st |
| 9 |
54 |
Michael Pickens |
DNF |
10 |
1 |
Tony Fabish |
2nd |
| 12 |
84 |
Bradley Anstis |
4th |
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| Heat 4 |
12 Laps |
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| Grid |
Car# |
Driver |
Finish |
Grid |
Car# |
Driver |
Finish |
| 1 |
81 |
Michael Kendall |
1st |
2 |
88 |
Simon Longdill |
7th |
| 3 |
75 |
Bill Clarkson Jnr |
2nd |
4 |
3 |
Michael Brunt |
6th |
| 5 |
21 |
Carl Worboys |
3rd |
6 |
119 |
Brad Mosen |
5th |
| 7 |
11 |
Shayne Alach |
4th |
8 |
66 |
Dave Harding |
DNS |
| 9 |
44 |
David Gick |
9th |
10 |
76 |
Tony Josephs |
8th |
| Heat 5 |
12 Laps |
||||||
| Grid |
Car# |
Driver |
Finish |
Grid |
Car# |
Driver |
Finish |
| 1 |
19 |
Mark Mullins |
8h |
2 |
54 |
Michael Pickens |
1st |
| 3 |
12 |
Matt Thompson |
6th |
4 |
10 |
Wayne Green |
3rd |
| 5 |
33 |
Graham Standring |
5th |
6 |
27 |
Lance Beale |
2nd |
| 7 |
67 |
Steven Currie |
DNF |
8 |
43 |
Jimi Quin |
4th |
| 9 |
05 |
Gavin Pearce |
7th |
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| Semi |
12 Laps |
||||||
| Grid |
Car# |
Driver |
Finish |
Grid |
Car# |
Driver |
Finish |
| 1 |
54 |
Michael Pickens |
1st | 2 |
27 |
Lance Beale |
2nd |
| 3 |
1 |
Tony Fabish |
3rd | 4 |
43 |
Jimi Quin |
4th |
| 5 |
76 |
Tony Josephs |
5th | 6 |
44 |
David Gick |
6th |
| 7 |
67 |
Steven Currie |
DNS | ||||
| Feature |
20 Laps |
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| Grid |
Car# |
Driver |
Finish |
Grid |
Car# |
Driver |
Finish |
| 1 |
21 |
Carl Worboys |
6th |
2 |
11 |
Shayne Alach |
1st |
| 3 |
77 |
Shaun Insley |
5th |
4 |
10 |
Wayne Green |
8th |
| 5 |
33 |
Graham Standring |
3rd |
6 |
75 |
Bill Clarkson Jnr |
9th |
| 7 |
119 |
Brad Mosen |
7th |
8 |
3 |
Michael Brunt |
DNF |
| 9 |
91 |
Bryce Townsend |
2nd |
10 |
12 |
Shane Snookes |
DNF |
| 11 |
84 |
Bradley Anstis |
DNS |
12 |
8 |
Pam Shanley |
10th |
| 13 |
88 |
Simon Longdill |
DNF |
14 |
19 |
Mark Mullins |
DNF |
| 15 |
05 |
Gavin Pearce |
DNF |
16 |
81 |
Michael Kendall |
DNF |
| 17 |
54 |
Michael Pickens |
DNF |
18 |
27 |
Lance Beale |
4th |
| 19 |
1 |
Tony Fabish |
DNF |
20 |
43 |
Jimi Quin |
DNF |
| 21 |
67 |
Steven Currie |
DNF |