David Sinagra has won West Coast Series round 4 ahead of Mark House and Cody Turrachio.

24 cars made the journey to Esperance as part of the first leg of a double header weekend for the F500’s WA WCS, with round 5 the following night in Kalgoorlie. The round trip from Perth is 1720kms, and the weekend proved to be a very tough test for drivers and crews alike.

The following race report has been taken from the Esperance Speedway website – www.esperancespeedway.com.au

Heat 1 was won by Adrian Fogliani with a flying Brock Nanovich in second with Shane Anderson in third – the fastest lap being 14.91seconds.

Heat 2 started with favourite contenders David Sinagra on pole alongside Mark House. Within ¼ of a lap House stormed to the lead taking the win from Sinagra with Andrew Priolo in third place. Fastest Lap 14.25 seconds.

Heat 3 Travis Bell got a great start from the front row alongside Aaron Higgins taking out the heat from Higgins with Jason Priolo in third. Esperance local Keith Miller retired to the infield with a broken chain and was joined by Kalgoorlie’s Graham Terry. Fastest Lap 14.64 seconds.

Heat 4 Once again the outside vehicle on the front row took out the win – driver being Grant Perry with Brent Lockwood second and Jason Priolo taking out his second third, the fastest lap being 14.78 seconds.

Heat 5 had Brett Jansen on pole accompanied by Andrew Priolo with Mark House alongside Aaron Higgins on the second row. Within 3 laps Mark House overtook Higgins after a great tussle. After a couple of minor incidents the race was declared before the last lap was completed with House and Higgins taking places – exactly where and who the other driver was escaped this correspondent’s notice.

Heat 6 commenced with Aaron Fullgrabe on pole alongside Adrian Fogliani with Brock Nanovich and Travis Bell on the second row. Bell pulled infield before the start with Nanovich taking second place on lap 2. Fogliani came in first followed by Nanovich with Cody Turrachio third. Fastest lap time was reduced to 14.18 seconds for the night.

Heat 7 Jason Pryde on pole with Grant Perry alongside, Mark House and Shane Anderson on the second row. Glen Carstairs turned it around in turn 4 part way through the race whilst Mark House who was having a great tussle for second place with Grant Perry made an outside move two laps from home coming in behind Jason Pryde relegating Perry to third placing. Fastest lap 14.29 seconds

Heat 8 Tristin Caley came out on pole with Aaron Fullgrabe alongside. Brock Nanovich and Aaron Higgins shared the second row. After five laps Nanovich took over the second position and stormed past Aaron Fullgrabe on the final lap to take the win. Caley ended up in third place. Fastest lap 14.60 seconds

Heat 9 the two Kalgoorlie contenders in Ben Robinson and Graham Terry shared the front row with Adrian Fogliani and David Sinagra on the second. Sinagra showed his tenacity for a win by taking the lead in turn 3 on the first lap. He was never headed taking the win from Terry and Robinson respectively. The fastest lap time for the heat of 14.18 seconds equalled the time set in heat 6.

FEATURE: Despite next to no incidents throughout the heats, the 30 lap feature with 20 starters was full of action. The front row was shared with Mark House on pole accompanied by Brock Nanovich with Graham Terry and Aaron Higgins on row 2, and David Sinagra with Adrian Fogliani on row 3.

After one car spun right on the start line a complete re-start was ordered but before one lap was completed after Brad Warwick ended up with a flat tyre.
Re-start number two ensured with Tristin Caley having pulled infield, however Brent Lockwood performed a double flip in turn 3 causing another full re-start.

The fourth attempt at a start was successful, but without Grant Perry and Shane Anderson bringing the vehicle count down to 15 cars. As was the case with all the other starts Mark House bolted away. Sinagra moved up into second place after 3 laps but then the race was stopped after another spectacular rollover between turns 3 and 4 involving Travis Bell who had to retire infield joining his Corrigin mate Tristin Caley.

At the re-start the positions were House, Sinagra, Nanovich, and Higgins in the top four positions. Jason Priolo retired after 10 laps and was joined by Aaron Higgins not long after. The front runners had changed positions to House, Sinagra, Turrachio and Nanovich with those positions remaining for the next 10 laps or so.

Mark House who had a significant lead found it rapidly being diminished as he was held up by slower traffic with a fast closing David Sinagra behind. With around 8 laps remaining Sinagra snatched the lead taking out the round from House with Turrachio and Nanovich rounding out the top four positions of Round 4 of the series.
No fastest lap time has been provided at the time of writing, however it is very clear that the fastest time in the heats of 14.18 seconds which represents almost a full second less than the previous record or 15.12 seconds on the longer track means that the old record would definitely have gone had the track not been shortened.

A great evening’s entertainment which as always is provided by the Formula 500 brigade.