Blake Takes the Win and QFS Pro Dirt Series Lead!

Current National Late Model Sedan Champion Brad Blake has broken through to score an impressive win in the Round 2 of the QFS Australia Pro Dirt Series on Saturday Night, 25 th of November at the Perth Motorplex. 17 Highly presented Late Model Sedan Teams fronted for the second round of the

QFS Australia Pro Dirt Late Model Series, which turned out to be one of the most dramatic, eventful nights in Late Model Racing Australia History. The Ground shook with the rumble of 17 Late Models taking off in Heat one with battle's for position taking place everywhere on the track.

Kevin Bell, Ryan Halliday, Michael Hamon, Craig Vosbergen and Co were battling hard for the lead positions early in the race, Mark Duncombe brushed the turn 2 wall and lost several places as the rest of the field jostled for positions.

approached Rookie Rick Farrell at a fast rate entering turn one, Bell was on the pole line as Hamon tried to make it 3 wide between Bell and Farrell damaging his #57 Mastersbilt in the process as Halliday, Richards, Blake and Vosbergen took evasive action. Hamon's right front wheel assembly soon gave way entering turn 3 as he bounced to a stop and drivers went everywhere looking for a safe passage, Matt Goodlad made heavy contact with the rear of Rick Farrell's car in the process and Ben Ludlow slid to a stop.

At the Restart Craig Vosbergen was given the lead as they once again blasted away with the #8 Rocket setting a blistering pace, but Phil Richards pounded the turn 3 & 4 wall very hard bringing out the cautions once again.

In bizarre circumstances, officials put Vosbergen back into 4 th place as they re-shuffled the starting order for the restart. Blake blasted off at the restart with Bell and Halliday battling for 2 nd , Craig Vosbergen exerted his bravery as he out braked and slid up in front of Bell and Halliday in one swoop entering turn 3 to take back 2 nd place, but Blake had it wrapped up as he took the win over Vosbergen and Halliday. Race 2 saw Mark Duncombe and Ben Ludlow off of the front row, Ludlow blasted away with a 15:93 second opening lap as Rookie Warren Oldfield grabbed 2 nd place and was also showing awesome speed in his Ultra Tune Mastersbilt.

The Cautions soon came out as Mark Duncombe exited the race with fuel pressure problems. One of the most shocking accident's in Late Model Racing history soon occurred when the cars were rolling around on the caution, Phil Richards throttle hung wide open on the main straight sending his #71 Rocket plowing full speed into the idling cars of Ryan Halliday and Michael Hamon, Richards car flipped violently over the other 2 cars with the engine bouncing off of the rev limiter. Halliday lept from his car to run to Richards along with safety workers, miraculously all 3 drivers escaped serious injury with both Richards and Hamon's cars sustaining heavy damage and Halliday's new GRT getting the left hand side torn open.

On the restart Ludlow again blasted away, but his lead soon faded as Blake took the lead as Ludlow's power steering failed and Vosbergen also moved into 2 nd , Warren Oldfield challenged Ludlow on the outside several times as Terry Chamberlin also entered the top 5. Another heavy accident soon occurred between Jay Cardy and Matt Goodlad, shearing Cardy's front wheel off of his car on the Main straight. Blake soon took the win as the race was declared when Mark Webster and Darren Currell spun after the restart in turn 1, Ludlow took 2 nd and Warren Oldfield claimed 3 rd as Craig Vosbergen got a flat tyre on the last lap.

Brad Blake qualified on pole position for the all important Main event with Craig Vosbergen on the outside front row. On the start Oldfield darted under Vosbergen and gave Blake the hurry up down the main straight, the track was now dry slick and tested driver ability, Blake steadied his lead as Ben Ludlow drove the low line to move past Vosbergen on into 2 nd , Ryan Halliday also was moving up through the field steadily. Ludlow caught Blake and the 2 drivers ran 2 wide for several laps with Ludlow running the curb, Vosbergen soon changed his line to catch the leaders, further back in the field Goodlad and Clint Noakes made steady progress forward from their respective starting spots. Blake started to pull out to a big lead as Ludlow's tyre's went off, Halliday soon moved through to 3 rd passed Vosbergen and on the last lap, pipped Ludlow for 2 nd as Blake took his 34 th QFS Pro Dirt Series Feature win over Halliday, Ludlow, Vosbergen and Matt Goodlad rounding out the top 5. Blake now Leads the QFS Australia Pro Dirt Series heading into round 3 and it will be hard for the likes of Halliday, Vosbergen and Ludlow to wrestle it off of him.