31 fastlane
Richard Stevens (round one) while also
enjoying a bye in round two.
Neil Scott took the win in Super Sedan
from Matt Gullotto after enjoying a bye
to the final and having earlier dispatched
Wayne Praetz, Steven Miilias and
Nick Benedetto (round one). Gullotto
meanwhile had taken race wins from Top
Qualifier Mick Fenton, Yvette Gregg, Nick
Panagopoulos and Kyle Higgins (round
one).
“We had a pretty good day and everything
went as planned,” Scott explained.
“We had new tyres on for this meeting
as we had a problem with them last
meeting. Everything seemed to work as
it should and the track was good as is
always expected at the Motorplex.
“I would like to thank my wife Tania,
Luigi’s Head Shop, S&G Gearbox and
Justin from Bye as well as Summit Racing
Equipment for their sponsorship of the
series and for making parts available
through the Summit Racing Pro Shop.”
In the Modified Bracket, Angelo Locantro
was able to take out the big trophy from
runner-up Mark Grieve after having earlier
tasted victory over Top Qualifier Sam
Gullotto and Brad Baker (round one) while
Grieve enjoyed a bye run to the final after
taking a win from Rhys Naylor. Locantro
was another who was faced with major
work in the days leading up to the event
and was pleased with the pay-off of what
was a back-to-back event victory.
“It was a pretty smooth event for us
considering we were forced to rebuild
the motor this week, everything went
pretty well,” Locantro said while thanking
Kwinana
Performance
and
Aztrac
Mechanical for their support as well as
his family and crew.
“We hadn’t planned to rebuild it, we
damaged it at the last event (Perth
Motorplex season opener) and so we had
to fix it if we were going to run at the
Goldenstates.
“We always plan for a win but there was
some pretty decent competition out
there, so we were just concentrating on
our own race and it all paid off in the
end. The event overall was good and
everything ran on time. To go through and
pull off a win which is back to back after
winning the Motorplex season opener
was really good.”
Alan Mahnkoph had a very successful
day at the race track, claiming both the
Top Qualifier and event victory honours
in his ‘Force Fed’ ute. His TQ status saw
him enjoy a bye in the first round before
taking on Jodie Mellitt in the final. Mellitt
meanwhile had faced Darryl Mullins in
her opening round.
“We just went through and did our normal
thing that we normally do and chipped
away, adjusting the tune-up in the car
and honing in on our dial-in,” Mahnkoph
explained while thanking Alan Erickson
Builder, Boddington Mechanical and his
crew for their support.
“At the last few meetings we have been
chipping away and getting the car more
consistent and it is all turning around