From tPCR, photo courtesy of Phil JordisonRobbie Farr turned in a blinder to win the 30 lap Sprintcar Spooktacular in the East Coast Pipeline #7 machine after starting deep in the field.
The inverted starting field saw Farr, Max Dumesny and son Mitchell start a few rows from the back, Craig Brady from the third line and a cool young customer in James Thompson from inside the front line.
When the lights turned green Thompson barnstormed to the front and dictated the pace for 25 laps until a lap car spun in his path and he flipped out of contention.
It was a tough moment for Thompson who had his name engraved on the trophy.
James deserved a better finish and his time will come, of that there is no doubt.
Daryl Campbell sat second for most of the way until taken by a sharp Craig Brady in the Pick and Payless machine, Northern Territorian Danny Reidy and Glen Saville who was mowing them down in the Motorex J&J.
Ian Loudoun was another strong mover in the Blackshaws #18 as he came from position 14 in the pack to finish one off the podium.
The Dumesny family threw everything at the traffic, but nobody could lay a hand on Farr and Danny Reidy after Thompson crashed out of contention.
Farr started behind Brady and Reidy and mowed them down until the yellows came on.
Saville attacked like he was fired out of a cannon, moving on Reidy before the helter skelter started as the NT driver slowed as Saville clipped him.
Reidy was out of the final three laps as Farr opened the taps and was long gone leaving Saville and Brady to fight over the remaining podium placings.
It was Robbie’s second start of the season at Tyrepower PCR and his second win.
Now that’s consistency.
Heat Race #1: 1. N82 Gavin Black, 2. N6 Paul Freeman, 3. Q11 Brodie Tulloch, 4. N42 Gary Rooke, 5. N67 Clayton Hart, 6. N32 Warren Ferguson, 7. N7 Roddy Bell-Bowen, 8. NT3 Ben Atkinson, 9. N10 Adrian Maher, 10. Q7 Robbie Farr, 11. N41 Mick Turner, 12. N97 Hayley Sayers
Heat Race #2: 1. NT5 Danny Reidy, 2. N3 Dennis Farr, 3. N62 Taylor Johnson, 4. N25 Chris Muir, 5. N50 Martin Lawes, 6. N2 Craig Brady, 7. N16 Damian Abbott, 8. N35 Ian Madsen, 9. N69 Jon McCorkindale, 10. N49 Gary Hann, 11. N76 Brad Stacey, DNF: N95 Daniel Needham
Heat Race #3: 1. N77 Mitchell Dumesny, 2. N71 Brett Morris, 3. N14 Peter Gordon, 4. V5 Max Dumesny, 5. N96 Bruce White, 6. N94 Darryl Campbell, 7. N17 Marty Perovich, 8. N60 Michael Matchett, 9. N44 Matt Young, 10. N93 Dick Thompson, 11. N79 Peter Bourke
Heat Race #4: 1. ACT9 Steve Caunt, 2. N5 Dean Thomas, 3. N75 Glen Saville, 4. N54 Grant Tunks, 5. N22 James Thompson, 6. N18 Ian Loudoun, 7. N4 Kelly Linigen, 8. Q20 Andrew Liebke, 9. N31 Anthony Vysma, 10. N38 Keith Devonshire, DNF: ACT29 Jamie Matherson
Heat Race #5: 1. N42 Gary Rooke, 2. N76 Brad Stacey, 3. N50 Martin Lawes, 4. Q7 Robbie Farr, 5. Q11 Brodie Tulloch, 6. N41 Mick Turner, 7. N62 Taylor Johnson, 8. N2 Craig Brady, 9. N69 Jon McCorkindale, 10. N25 Chris Muir, 11. N97 Hayley Sayers, 12. N82 Gavin Black
Heat Race #6: 1. N49 Gary Hann, 2. N35 Ian Madsen, 3. N6 Paul Freeman, 4. N16 Damian Abbott, 5. NT5 Danny Reidy, 6. NT3 Ben Atkinson, 7. N10 Adrian Maher, 8. N7 Roddy Bell-Bowen, 9. N67 Clayton Hart, 10. N32 Warren Ferguson, , 11. N95 Daniel Needham, DNF: N10 Adrian Maher
Heat Race #7: 1. ACT9 Steve Caunt, 2. N77 Mitchell Dumesny, 3. N54 Grant Tunks, 4. N75 Glen Saville, 5. N71 Brett Morris, 6. N4 Kelly Linigen, 7. N44 Matt Young, 8. N60 Michael Matchett, 9. N17 Marty Perovich, 10. N38 Keith Devonshire, DNF: ACT29 Jamie Matherson
Heat Race #8: 1. N5 Dean Thomas, 2. N18 Ian Loudoun, 3. N14 Peter Gordon, 4. N22 James Thompson, 5. V5 Max Dumesny, 6. N31 Anthony Vysma, 7. N94 Darryl Campbell, 8. N79 Peter Bourke, 9. N96 Bruce White, DNF: Q20 Andrew Liebke, N14 Peter Gordon
C-Main: 1. N10 Adrian Maher, 2. N76 Brad Stacey, 3. N69 Jon McCorkindale, 4. N79 Peter Bourke, 5. N38 Keith Devonshire, 6. N97 Hayley Sayers, 7. N95 Daniel Needham, DNF: N93 Dick Thompson
B-Main: 1. N32 Warren Ferguson, 2. Q11 Brodie Tulloch, 3. ACT9 Steve Caunt, 4. N10 Adrian Maher, 5. N96 Bruce White, 6. N31 Anthony Vysma, 7. N25 Chris Muir, 8. N62 Taylor Johnson, 9. N5 Dean Thomas, 10. N49 Gary Hann, 11. N67 Clayton Hart, 12. N71 Brett Morris, 13. N6 Paul Freeman, 14. N76 Brad Stacey, 15. N14 Peter Gordon, 16. N69 Jon McCorkindale, 17. N60 Michael Matchett, DNF: Q20 Andrew Liebke,N60 Michael Matchett
A-Main: 1. Q7 Robbie Farr, 2. N75 Glen Saville, 3. N2 Craig Brady, 4. N18 Ian Loudoun, 5. N50 Martin Lawes, 6. N17 Marty Perovich, 7. V5 Max Dumesny, 8. N7 Roddy Bell-Bowen, 9. N77 Mitchell Dumesny, 10. NT3 Ben Atkinson, 11. N94 Darryl Campbell, 12. N4 Kelly Linigen, 13. N35 Ian Madsen, 14. Q11 Brodie Tulloch, 15. N54 Grant Tunks, 16. N42 Gary Rooke, 17. N16 Damian Abbott, 18. N32 Warren Ferguson, 19. N41 Mick Turner, 20. NT5 Danny Reidy, 21. N10 Adrian Maher, 22. N22 James Thompson, 23. ACT9 Steve Caunt, 24. N44 Matt Young