POSITIVE SUNDAY: PERTH SUPERSPRINT
Qualifying kicked off the Sunday action in Perth with Dave starting from P2 for the Race 8 and Matt in P8; another top ten start for our rookie.
Race 9 Qualifying followed immediately with Dave finishing in P4 and Matt in P16.
A clean start to Race 8 for both Matt and Dave maintain their starting positions.
Dave lost out to Kostecki in a short battle or P2 and shortly after the #11 of De Pasquale came into contact with Dave on lap 3 forcing him off the track losing ten places and re joining in P13.
Payne made his way up the field to P6 following Davison, impressively charging his way through the field.
Dave followed Cam Waters closely in P11 trying to make his way back up the pack after the contact with De Pasquale.
By lap 34, Payne was up to P7 behind Van Gisbergen and Dave was in P11 with Brown leading the race.
Dave enjoyed a battle with Van Gisbergen and regained a position on lap 39. Waters followed close behind Payne and eventually passed Matt.
Reynolds followed Feeney home in 14th and Matt achieved P9, another top ten finish following his best result in the race prior.
Race 9 started strong for both drivers. Payne dropped one place on the opening laps.
On lap 10, Van Gisbergen gained position on Payne who showed consistent race pace.
Reynolds remained in 4th with Kostecki following close behind.
Payne moved up to p16 ahead of Le Brock on lap 16.
On fresher tyres Dave was able to ease past Slade to take back 4th position.
Matt also battled hard to move up to P13 by lap 33 following Fullwood.
Dave remained 4th behind Kostecki maximising his race pace and. Matt concluded his Race 9 in P18.
Recapping their weekend, the drivers said:
Matt Payne said:
“We Had a really good day yesterday finished P6, qualified P5 which I was really stoked about. It was Car #19s first top ten of the year .We had a good day today, qualified P8 this morning and finished P8 and had an unfortunate qualifying. After that, we qualified P16 where I made a small mistake but finished P18 in the final race. It’s hard racing down the back; everyone is trying to climb over each other. It’s hard work but I am pretty happy with my weekend. We’ve got a reasonable spot on the championship, so overall it’s a good weekend.
David Reynolds said:
“I had a pretty good weekend. Rolled out the truck really fast and stayed pretty quick in Qualifying. I was one of the highest placed qualifiers over the weekend in the average of three, and I was always the dominant force in each. In the first race yesterday, we got a podium which is great; fantastic for the team – small reward. This morning’s race we had a little drama; I got pushed off the track and got some sand in my brake duct and that literally destroyed the front of the car, and it was very difficult to win the race after that. The last race I started 4th and drove the wheels off – flat out the whole time and finished 4th so there was not a lot of pace left in the car, but all in all it was a great weekend from the team. Good stops, everything like that was working well so the wins aren’t too far away we just need to be a little bit better on race day.”
Round 4 of Championship will take place in Tasmiania for the NED Whisky Tasmania SuperSprint on the 19th to the 21st of May.
