O'Keeffe drove a faultless race as he survived numerous restarts as well as heavy pressure from Andrew Priolo in the reduced ten lap final to record a fine victory and set up some good confidence going into the final night tonight and also the Australian Championship to be held in less that three weeks. Priolo held on for second while Steven Ellement grabbed third place.

The event, which doubled as round of the Racemate West Coast Series began earlier that night with forty cars coming through scrutineering. The opening heat, with twenty cars, began with Mark House snatching the lead. Just as that happened, Victorian visitor Dylan Willsher found himself losing a wheel and bringing out the yellows before a lap was completed. Peter Blight lead the next start before a couple of cars suffered serious engine failures and headed infield, joined by a number of other cars with other various issues as the race progressed. Thomas Davies then grabbed the lead but on the last laps House fought back and went under Davies to claim the win with Davies settling for second and David Sinagra back in third.

Heat two also saw twenty starters, but an issue that saw Aaron Fullgrabe spinning and then collected by Tom Hooper, who rolled, eliminated a number of competitors. Brooke-louise Sharpe and Glenn Holdaway were stuck out wide in the same incident and made contact, seeing Sharpe ride the wall and out for the race along with Fullgrabe, Hooper and Glenn Carstairs. The restart saw Steven Ellement and Andrew Priolo battling it out, with Ellement putting all kinds of pressure on Priolo as he tried to get through. Meanwhile, behind them O'Keeffe had fought his way through and grabbed second from Ellement in the dying stages of the race.

Heat three once again saw cars going everywhere at the start, but the race was able to continue with Adrian la Macchia leading. The yellows then came out for Sharpe who found herself going heavily into the wall. The race restarted and Steven Ellement grabbed the lead with three laps to go while shortly after Andrew Priolo passed La Macchia for second, with the order remaining unchanged to the finish.

Todd Broadwood led away the final heat of the night but it was only one lap before the reds were out again after Adrian Fogliani spun in front of the field and ended with Brendon Condren going upside down. Broadwood led again with Troy Johnson in second place before he dramatically slowed and headed infield. O'Keeffe was on a mission as he chased down Broadwood and grabbed the win while Craig Bottrell made a last minute pass to claim second ahead of Broadwood.

The B Main was scheduled to have twenty starters with ten transferring to the A, but only ten started, seeing all transfer. Tasmania's Kristian Kelly claimed the win from Willsher and Debbie Patmore.

The feature itself saw cars everywhere at the start with Willsher rolling in turn one. The next start saw another incident, this time ending with Steven Gay upside down. Despite a number of other yellows and Andrew Priolo being right on his tail for the majority of the race, Jye O'Keeffe raced to a fine win with Steven Ellement back in third.

Just to add to the excitement, with Troy Johnson, the track championship leader going into the round, not starting the feature, Thomas Davies has taken the Perth Motorplex Track Championship lead by a slender six points. Believe it or not, after eight rounds, Troy Johnson and Andrew Priolo are now actually tied for second place! Tonight's round suddenly became a little bit more intense!

Indeed, the action begins all over again tonight with the final round of the Racemate West Coast Series and the hope is to have most of the damaged cars repaired and back on track. The field should also be boosted by the appearance of National Champion Marcus Kelly, meaning we should be in for a rip snorter!

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Official Results
Heat One - 1. Mark House, 2. Thomas Davies, 3. David Sinagra, 4. Matt Higgs, 5. Steven Gay, 6. Chanelle Condren, 7. Adrian Fogliani, 8. Craig Bottrell, 9. Adrian la Macchia, 10. Brad Davison, 11. Debbie Patmore. DNF; Peter Blight, Trystan Caley, Lizz Plummer, Ash Kent, Jamie Pages, Dylan Willsher, Todd Broadwood, Gavin Connelly, Adrian Haywood.

Heat Two - 1. Andrew Priolo, 2. Jye O Keeffe, 3. Steven Ellement, 4. Brock Nanovich, 5. Jason Priolo, 6. Jeremy Saffin, 7. Troy Johnson, 8. Brent Lockwood, 9. David Carstairs, 10. Brad Warwick, 11. Brendan Condren, 12. Glenn Holdaway, 13. Brendon Marshman, 14. Chris Dymock. DNF; Kristian Kelly, Glenn Carstairs, Aaron Fullgrabe, Adrian Tyler, Tom Hooper, Brooke-louise Sharpe.

Heat Three - 1. Steven Ellement, 2. Andrew Priolo, 3. Adrian la Macchia, 4. Matt Higgs, 5. Chris Dymock, 6. Jason Priolo, 7. Thomas Davies, 8. Jeremy Saffin, 9. Chanelle Condren, 10. Dylan Willsher, 11. Lizz Plummer. DNF; Gavin Connelly, Brooke-louise Sharpe, Brad Davison, Brock Nanovich, Aaron Fullgrabe, Adrian Haywood. DNS: Peter Blight, Tom Hooper.

Heat Four - 1. Jye O'Keeffe, 2. Craig Bottrell, 3. Todd Broadwood, 4. Brad Warwick, 5. Steven Gay, 6. Glenn Carstairs, 7. Kristian Kelly, 8. Mark House, 9. David Sinagra, 10. Adrian Fogliani, 11. David Carstairs, 12. Debbie Patmore, 13. Glenn Holdaway, 14. Ash Kent. DNF; Troy Johnson, Brendon Marshman, Adrian Tyler, Brent Lockwood, Brendon Condren. DNS: Trystan Caley, Jamie Pages.

B Main - 1. Kristian Kelly, 2. Dylan Willsher, 3. Debbie Patmore, 4. Aaron Fullgrabe, 5. Adrian Tyler, 6. Ash Kent, 7. Glenn Holdaway, 8. Adrian Haywood, 9. Lizz Plummer, 10. Brent Lockwood. DNS: Gavin Connelly, Brad Davison, Peter Blight, Trystan Caley, Brendon Marshman, Jamie Pages, Brendan Condren, Tom Hooper, Troy Johnson, Brooke-louise Sharpe.

Feature Race - 1. Jye O'Keeffe, 2. Andrew Priolo, 3. Steven Ellement, 4. Thomas Davies, 5. Mark House, 6. Matt Higgs, 7. Kristian Kelly, 8. Jeremy Saffin, 9. Chris Dymock, 10. Adrian Fogliani, 11. Todd Broadwood, 12. Brent Lockwood, 13. Chanelle Condren, 14. Glenn Holdaway, 15. David Carstairs, 16. Lizz Plummer. DNF Craig Bottrell, Adrian Haywood, Jason Priolo, Brad Warwick, Adrian Tyler, Glenn Carstairs, Debbie Patmore, Brock Nanovich, Aaron Fullgrabe, Adrian la Macchia, Steven Gay, David Sinagra, Ash Kent, Dylan Willsher