Tonight at the Esperance Speedway, Ryan Higgs has bounced back in the best possible way after an opening round DNF to return to the winners circle as he claimed the twenty five lap feature event in what was Round Two of the Stainless Fastener Supplies West Coast Series proudly presented by Corporeal Health.
Higgs won a heat and then finished third in the other to be equal on points with current WA Champion Steven Ellement prior to the pole shootout, with Higgs coming out on top in their two lap dash to claim pole position.
He would then go on to claim the feature win, just over 0.7 seconds ahead of Ellement while Cody Turacchio, who for the second show in a row advanced a number of positions in the shootout, would come home third ahead of Glenn Carstairs and Chris Dymock.
All competitors got through the night relatively unscathed and all fifteen are expected to continue onto Kalgoorlie Speedway tomorrow night where they will be joined by another three cars to contest Round Three of the Stainless Fastener Supplies West Coast Series proudly presented by Freo Group Pty Ltd.
The 2020/21 Stainless Fastener Supplies West Coast Series, proudly presented by Corporeal Health, Alltorque Engineering, Ridgetech Roofing Pty Ltd, Burson Auto Parts Myaree, TRS HD Mechanical, Hedington Motorsports, JC Performance Heads, Three Springs IGA, Pope Racing, Opal Finance, Freo Group Pty Ltd.
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Official Results
Heat One, 10 laps: 1. 36 Brendon Marshman, 2. 96 Carl Della, 3. 101 Damien Della, 4. 5 Cody Turacchio, 5. 31 Ted Street, 6. 76 Steve Carter (9). DNS: 75 Tyler Carter, 81 Jacob Priest. Total Time: 2.33.355. Winning Margin: 4.540. Fastest Lap: 14.548 Brendon Marshman.
Heat Two, 9 laps: 1. 7 Ryan Higgs, 2. 49 Glenn Carstairs, 3. WA1 Steven Ellement, 4. 3 Chris Dymock, 5. 82 Troy Samwell, 6. 46 Jake Pobjoy (8). DNS: Q76 Gavin Casey. Total Time: 2.11.128. Winning Margin: 2.742. Fastest Lap: 14.085 Ryan Higgs.
Heat Three, 11 laps: 1. 3 Chris Dymock, 2. 5 Cody Turacchio, 3. 7 Ryan Higgs, 4. 36 Brendon Marshman, 5. 75 Tyler Carter, 6. 76 Steve Carter (10). DNS: 46 Jake Pobjoy, Q76 Gavin Casey. Total Time: 2.41.560. Winning Margin. 0.375. Fastest Lap: 14.259 Brendon Marshman.
Heat Four, 10 laps: 1. WA1 Steven Ellement, 2. 49 Glenn Carstairs, 3. 82 Troy Samwell, 4. 96 Carl Della, 5. 101 Damian Della, 6. 31 Ted Street (9). DNS: 81 Jacob Priest. Total Time: 2.24.761. Winning Margin: 1.073. Fastest Lap: 14.197 Steven Ellement.
Pole Shuffle 1, 2 laps: 1. 5 Cody Turacchio, 2. 3 Chris Dymock. Total Time: 33.346. Winning Margin: 0.912. Fastest Lap: 14.466 Cody Turacchio.
Pole Shuffle 2, 2 laps: 1. 5 Cody Turacchio, 2. 36 Brendon Marshman. Total Time: 32.802. Winning Margin: 1.220. Fastest Lap: 14.450 Cody Turacchio.
Pole Shuffle 3, 2 laps: 1. 49 Glenn Carstairs, 2. 5 Cody Turacchio. Total Time: 31.973. Winning Margin: 0.779. Fastest Lap: 14.424 Glenn Carstairs.
Pole Shuffle 4, 2 laps: 1. WA1 Steven Ellement, 2. 49 Glenn Carstairs. Total Time: 31.302. Winning Margin: 1.001. Fastest Lap: 14.512 Steven Ellement.
Pole Shuffle 5, 2 laps: 1. 7 Ryan Higgs, 2. WA1 Steven Ellement. Total Time: 31.692. Winning Margin: 0.923. Fastest Lap: 14.478 Ryan Higgs.
Mid Pack Madness, 6 laps: 1. 96 Carl Della, 2. 82 Troy Samwell, 3. 31 Ted Street, 4. 101 Damien Della, 5. 76 Steve Carter, 6. 75 Tyler Carter. DNF: Q76 Gavin Casey (3). DNS: 46 Jake Pobjoy, 81 Jacob Priest. Total Time: 1.35.078. Winning Margin: 1.250. Fastest Lap: 15.201 Carl Della.
Feature, 25 laps: 1. 7 Ryan Higgs, 2. WA1 Steven Ellement, 3. 5 Cody Turacchio, 4. 49 Glenn Carstairs, 5. 3 Chris Dymock, 6. 82 Troy Samwell (24), 7. 101 Damien Della (23), 8. 31 Ted Street (23), 9. 76 Steve Carter (23), 10. 96 Carl Della (23). DNF: 36 Brendon Marshman (22), 75 Tyler Carter (1). DNS: 46 Jake Pobjoy, Q76 Gavin Casey, 81 Jacob Priest. Total Time: 11.56.827. Winning Margin: 0.738. Fastest Lap: 14.062 Ryan Higgs.


Ellement Wins Kalgoorlie Showdown!
Steven Ellement has made his way to the top step of the podium once again, this time claiming the third round of the Stainless Fastener Supplies West Coast Series, proudly presented by Freo Group Pty Ltd, held at the Kalgoorlie Speedway.
In what was the second night of racing in a row for many of the competitors, Ellement again showed his class in the field of eighteen drivers, having a perfect night to claim both heat wins, the pole shuffle event and then lead every lap of the twenty five lap feature.
Ellement would start on the front row for the feature alongside Chris Dymock, but it was Ryan Higgs coming from position four to slot into second behind Ellement as the race went green.
Higgs looked briefly underneath Ellement as they came out of turn four, but this would prove to be just one of very few opportunities to even sneak a look past Ellement throughout the race.
With one lap complete the yellows came out for a stranded Carl Della, then the red lights came on a lap or so later for Tyler Carter. Cody Turacchio had a front panhard break in turn four, seeing him spin, with Carter going high to miss him, hitting the wall coming onto the front straight, pirouetting and then rolling heavily.
He emerged shaken but unhurt while Turacchio was able to restart from the rear. The first attempt at a restart didn’t last long as Ellement an Higgs touched, but the second attempt was much better, with Ellement again settling into the lead ahead of Higgs, Dymock and Marshman.
A few laps later the race was under reds again as Ted Street found himself on his side, his up and down weekend continuing while Dymock found himself in second and Marshman third after Higgs was relegated for an indiscretion.
As the laps wound down, Higgs was able to work his way back into fifth past Brendan Wright, then wrestle fourth off Gavin Casey who had made his own way into fourth place from position eleven on the grid before retiring.
Back up front though and it was all Ellement, grabbing the win ahead of Dymock, Marshman and Higgs.
A number of drivers played their Ace Cards over the weekend and this will certainly make the Stainless Fastener Supplies West Coast Series overall points very interesting indeed, with a full list to be released shortly.
The fourth round of the Stainless Fastener Supplies West Coast Series will be held at the Make Smoking History Collie Speedway on the 5th of December.
The 2020/21 Stainless Fastener Supplies West Coast Series, proudly presented by Corporeal Health, Alltorque Engineering, Ridgetech Roofing Pty Ltd, Burson Auto Parts Myaree, TRS HD Mechanical, Hedington Motorsports, JC Performance Heads, Three Springs IGA, Pope Racing, Opal Finance, Freo Group Pty Ltd.
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Pics Courtesy Formula 500’s WA
Official Results
Heat One, 10 laps: 1. 7 Ryan Higgs, 2. 3 Chris Dymock, 3. 36 Brendon Marshman, 4. 53 Brendan Wright, 5. 82 Troy Samwell, 6. 75 Tyler Carter, 7. 30 Darren Rodwell. DNS: 31 Ted Street, Q76 Gavin Casey. Total Time: 2.10.483. Winning Margin: 2.224. Fastest Lap: 16.171 Ryan Higgs.
Heat Two, 10 laps: 1. WA1 Steven Ellement, 2. 81 Jacob Priest, 3. 101 Damien Della, 4. 76 Steve Carter, 5. 46 Jake Pobjoy. DNF: 96 Carl Della (4), 49 Glenn Carstairs (0), 5 Cody Turacchio (0). DNS: 26 Craig Noakes. Total Time: No Time. Winning Margin: 7.634. Fastest Lap: 15.715 Steven Ellement.
Heat Three, 6 laps: 1. WA1 Steven Ellement, 2. 36 Brendon Marshman, 3. 7 Ryan Higgs, 4. 82 Troy Samwell, 5. 76 Steve Carter, 6. 75 Tyler Carter, 7. 101 Damian Della, 8. 31 Ted Street, 9. 26 Craig Noakes. Total Time: Declared. Winning Margin: Not Available. Fastest Lap: 15.756 Steven Ellement.
Heat Four, 8 laps: 1. 3 Chris Dymock, 2. 96 Carl Della, 3. 53 Brendan Wright, 4. 81 Jacob Priest, 5. 46 Jake Pobjoy, 6. 30 Darren Rodwell. DNS: 5 Cody Turacchio, 49 Glenn Carstairs, Q76 Gavin Casey. Total Time: No Time. Winning Margin: 7.764. Fastest Lap: 15.963 Chris Dymock.
Pole Shuffle 1, 2 laps: 1. 36 Brendon Marshman. DNS: 53 Brendan Wright. Total Time: No Time. Winning Margin: Not Available. Fastest Lap: Not Available.
Pole Shuffle 2, 2 laps: 1. 36 Brendon Marshman, 2. 81 Jacob Priest. Total Time: 33.347. Winning Margin: 1.412. Fastest Lap: 16.411 Brendon Marshman.
Pole Shuffle 3, 2 laps: 1. 36 Brendon Marshman, 2. 7 Ryan Higgs. Total Time: 33.267. Winning Margin: 0.890. Fastest Lap: 16.342 Brendon Marshman.
Pole Shuffle 4, 2 laps: 1. 3 Chris Dymock, 2. 36 Brendon Marshman. Total Time: 33.404. Winning Margin: 0.464. Fastest Lap: 16.639 Brendon Marshman.
Pole Shuffle 5, 2 laps: 1. WA1 Steven Ellement, 2. 3 Chris Dymock. Total Time: 33.292. Winning Margin: 0.170. Fastest Lap: 16.622 Chris Dymock.
Mid Pack Madness, 6 laps: 1. 96 Carl Della, 2. 76 Steve Carter, 3. 82 Troy Samwell, 4. 101 Damian Della, 5. Q76 Gavin Casey, 6. 75 Tyler Carter, 7. 31 Ted Street, 8. 26 Craig Noakes. DNF: 5 Cody Turacchio (5), 30 Darren Rodwell (3). DNS: 46 Jake Pobjoy, 49 Glenn Carstairs. Total Time: 1.43.824. Winning Margin: 2.665. Fastest Lap: 16.758 Carl Della.
Feature, 25 laps: 1. WA1 Steven Ellement, 2. 3 Chris Dymock, 3. 36 Brendon Marshman, 4. 7 Ryan Higgs, 5. 76 Steve Carter (24), 6. 46 Jake Pobjoy (24), 7. 82 Troy Samwell (23), 8. 53 Brendan Wright (22), 9. 101 Damien Della (22). DNF: Q76 Gavin Casey (10), 30 Darren Rodwell (8), 5 Cody Turacchio (7), 31 Ted Street (4), 81 Jacob Priest (2), 75 Tyler Carter (2), 26 Craig Noakes (2), 96 Carl Della (1). DNS: 49 Glenn Carstairs. Total Time: No Time. Winning Margin: 3.654. Fastest Lap: 16.125 Steven Ellement.