After finishing second in the feature race just last week at Geraldton, Steven Ellement has this weekend gone one better as he claimed the feature race in round two of the Racemate West Coast Series at Manjimup Speedway. In fact Ellement was unbeaten throughout the nights racing, with no one quite able to match his speed.
That being said, Ellement was pushed all the way to the line by round one winner Andrew Priolo, but in the end he proved too strong, as he crossed the line by less than half a second ahead of Priolo, with Thomas Davies coming home third.
The night opened with hot laps and it was Matt Brown who was fastest with a 16.545, only just ahead of Andrew Priolo with a 16.548. A Priolo then took out the opening heat, but it wasn’t Andrew, as brother Jason got a handle on last meetings engine issues and went on to record the win from Brown and Adrian La Macchia.
Heat two saw Ellement record the fastest lap of the night (16.463) as he began his unbeaten streak and claimed the win from Trystan Caley and Troy Johnson. He then repeated his efforts in heat three claiming the victory ahead of Adrian Fogliani and Glen Carstairs. Heat four saw an incident that took out Chris Dymock and Matt Brown, with Dymock out for the night while Brown was able to make the start for the A Main, but never fully recovered. The heat went to Andrew Priolo over Thomas Davies and Brock Nanovich.
For the second event in a row Ellement claimed the shootout event over Andrew Priolo while Davies was third while the mid-pack scramble went to Troy Johnson over Nanovich and Brent Lockwood.
The feature saw some awesome racing between Ellement and Andrew Priolo as they battled for the lead, swapping positions a number of times. Behind them the action was intense, with Adrian la Macchia finding himself on his side during the race. The race restarted and Ellement and Priolo continued to battle, with Ellement gaining the upper hand and recording the second fastest lap of the night (16.484). Ellement then went on to claim the win from Andrew Priolo and Davies.
The Racemate West Coast Series has a months break now before round three is held at Narrogin Speedway on the 14th of December, while the Formulas themselves will be back in action at the Perth Motorplex this coming weekend, the 23rd of November, for the annual King of Kwinana event, Stay tuned for all the details!
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Photo by Aidan Skraha.
Official Results
Heat One – 1. Jason Priolo, 2. Matt Brown, 3. Adrian la Macchia, 4. Chris Dymock, 5. Glen Carstairs, 6. Brock Nanovich, 7. Brent Lockwood, 8. Aaron Fullgrabe, 9. Brooke-Louise Sharpe. DNS: Todd Broadwood, Jeremy Saffin.
Heat Two – 1. Steven Ellement, 2. Trystan Caley, 3. Troy Johnson, 4. Thomas Davies, 5. Andrew Priolo, 6. Adrian Fogliani, 7. Travis Bell, 8. Jai Dillon, 9. Bill Richards, 10 Bronwyn Channing.
Heat Three – 1. Steven Ellement, 2. Adrian Fogliani, 3. Glen Carstairs, 4. Brent Lockwood, 5. Adrian la Macchia, 6. Troy Johnson, 7. Jason Priolo, 8. Brooke-Louise Sharpe, 9. Jai Dillon. DNS: Bronwyn Channing, Todd Broadwood.
Heat Four – 1. Andrew Priolo, 2. Thomas Davies, 3. Brock Nanovich, 4. Jeremy Saffin, 5. Trystan Caley, 6. Aaron Fullgrabe, 7. Bill Richards. DNF: Matt Brown, Travis Bell, Chris Dymock.
Top 8 Shootout – 1. Steven Ellement, 2. Andrew Priolo, 3. Thomas Davies, 4. Jason Priolo, 5. Adrian la Macchia, 6. Adrian Fogliani, 7. Trystan Caley. DNS: Glen Carstairs,
Mid-pack Scramble – 1. Troy Johnson, 2. Brock Nanovich, 3. Brent Lockwood, 4. Jeremy Saffin, 5. Bronwyn Channing, 6. Jai Dillon, 7. Aaron Fullgrabe, 8. Brooke-Louise Sharpe, 9. Todd Broadwood, 10. Bill Richards. DNS: Matt Brown, Chris Dymock, Travis Bell.
A-Main – 1. Steven Ellement, 2. Andrew Priolo, 3. Thomas Davies, 4. Jason Priolo, 5. Adrian Fogliani, 6. Brock Nanovich, 7. Troy Johnson, 8. Trystan Caley, 9. Glen Carstairs, 10. Bronwyn Channing, 11. Aaron Fullgrabe, 12. Matt Brown, 13. Travis Bell, 14. Bill Richards. DNF: Jai Dillon, Jeremy Saffin, Todd Broadwood, Brent Lockwod, Adrian la Macchia. DNS: Brooke-Louise Sharpe, Chris Dymock.
