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Todd Tools them in Kingaroy
Monday
November 27, 2006.
Ryan Harris
 After
showing plenty of speed at the opening round of the Hydraulic
Drilling Service Modified Production Series at BIS last weekend,
Todd Doyle has finished round two with an excellent A Main win in
front of a very big Kingaroy crowd.
The night started off
under the warm afternoon sun, and the 30 + field of Modified
Production were all looking forward to turning it on for round two.
The opening heat was a
sign of things to come went current Queensland champ, Todd Doyle
streaked away from the field to win the opening heat by a big
margin. Steve Thomsen was running with Doyle until a front right
tyre went flat. Gary Maroske smashed the field in the second heat
after starting of the front row. Maroske had no competition from
round one feature winner, Shane Langton or Wayne Miles who both
pulled to the infield and didn’t take any further part in the night.
Heat three saw Michael Hally take out the win with the only
challenge coming from Craig Mellor who unfortunately threw the seal
out the front of the motor and also took no further part in the
meeting although still running second in the heat race. Aidan and
Greg Raymont lined up off the front row of heat four, and that is
how they stayed when Aidan kept his father and Toowoomba Robert
Trapp closely behind.
After a surprisingly
clean first round of heats, heat five took a few restarts after Troy
Ware got turned around by Fletcher and at the next restart Ware spun
by himself however the drivers did well not to end up on top of each
other. Aidan Raymont finally won the heat from fast finishing Brett
Barron. Heat six saw only 5 cars line up for the start and the race
got under way with Greg Worling, Dennis Shallcross and Todd Doyle
putting on a fantastic display of driving. In the closing stages of
the race, Doyle got up the inside of Worling and crossed the line in
first, however the chief steward, put Doyle back two spots as the
pass was deemed illegal which meant Lismore’s Greg Worling was the
eventual winner. The seventh heat started with a bang, as Dale
Grother came out of turn one and ended up rolling his Cortina after
taking a hit from Darryl Niesler. Niesler was black flagged for his
trouble. At the restart, Hally, Maroske, Trapp and Travis Barron
ran nose to tail swapping position, but it was Robert Trapp who
crossed the finishing line to claim the win. Hally crossed in
second, but was also put back two positions after his pass on
Maroske was deemed illegal. The opening laps of heat eight where
neat and tidy until Luke Hollyman spun himself in turn one which
caused a mass of carnage in front of the bar. Steve Thomsen was the
biggest loser as the incident ripped the front end out of his Falcon
and then had the fuel tank moved by a massive hit in the rear from
Matthew Swarbrooke who also sustained massive damage. Shane
MacDonald also got a big hit from behind, but he was fortunately
able to be restarted. This left only three competitors for the rest
of the heat which saw Steve Price beat home Greg Raymont and Shane
MacDonald.
Round three started
with a frantic start to heat nine, with plenty speed on up the
front. Greg Raymont had plenty of smoke bellowing from the green
falcon but still showed excellent pace. Steven Zahl lost a wheel in
turn four which brought on the yellows, but the action didn’t stop
there as Raymont’s G29 Falcon caught on fire. The Kingaroy crash
crew quickly extinguished the flames, but Raymont would take no
further part to the heat. At the restart Lismore’s Steve Downes
held all challenges to bank handed championship points. The tenth
heat was very clean and after Todd Doyle blew pass Brian Learoyd,
everyone watched Learoyd hold of Travis Barron for second. The next
heat was similar to the last but this time, Bundaberg’s Dennis
Shallcross capitalised on his pole position start to win the
eleventh heat. The final heat saw Shane MacDonald say out of harms
way and win the final heat. Although MacDonald ran away with the
heat, Aidan Raymont, Dale Grother and Michael Hally put on a
fantastic race for the minor placings. Grother finished in second
from Hally in third.
Due to having not
enough cars left to run the B-Main, the Hydraulic Drilling Services
30 lap A Main lined up with 22 cars. It was an all Gympie front row
with Doyle off one and Aidan Raymont from two. The final got under
way very cleanly as the 22 drivers tussled for positions without
incident. Doyle and Maroske in his Mazda RX7 cleared out, but on
lap 19 the yellows where brought on for the first time when Darren
Baldwin hit the fence in turn four. At the restart Doyle and
Maroske raced away again, but this time Michael Hally got passed
Trapp and set his sights on the front two. Just as Hally got the
front pair and only with two laps to go, the yellows were once again
on, after Brett Barron and Steve Downes tangled up. With a two lap
sprint to the chequered flag, the big Kingaroy crowd sat on the edge
of their seats to see if either Maroske or Hally could get passed
the inform Doyle. The green dropped and Doyle got a cracker of a
start and raced home to win Round two from Gary Maroske, Michael
Hally, Robert Trapp and Steve Price in fifth.
The drivers have only
a two week break before heading to this season's Queensland Title
venue, Mothar Mountain Speedway in Gympie. With keeping this in
mind, round three should see a field of over 40 Modified Productions
which will be something not to miss on the 9th December.
The Modified
Production Entrants group would like to thank Kingaroy for hosting
round two of the series and all of the following sponsors for making
this seasons championship possible.
Hydraulic Drilling
Services
Aussie Trackwear
Performance Wholesale
Rob’s Auto Transport
AAA Brisbane Tilt Tray
Towing
Tracwell Motor Body
Builders
Blackburn Performance
Engines
Treads International
John & Coral Carrell’s
Speedway Photography
Speedline Engineering
Oz Metal Recyclers
RCP Machining
Otech Oil & Lubricants
Mac1 Designs
Kingaroy Equipment
Sales
Hillside Auto
Dismantlers
Gympie Pool World
Geritz Earthmoving
Gav’s Engine’s
East Coast Traffic
Control
Cooloola Foods and
Packaging
Afco Shock Doctor
Troy Ware
Constructions
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