MattYesterday, we travelled from our van base at Warrnambool to our local track, Avalon Raceway, for the rescheduled Presidents Cup after last week's washout.
We had a nice cruise up. It was a warm afternoon with a cool breeze that prevented it from becoming stinking hot.
A small field of 29 cars was on hand with Riley Goodno being the only American still in Australia, after the Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic.
Track seemed to have a bit of juice in it early on with the sun helping the cars dry the bottom out. Track didn't widen out a lot during the meeting, maybe from not being raced on enough. However, it was very quick.
One set of heats helped get through the program at good speed, and the track didn't require maintenance all night.
Newton in the Q66 qualified on pole for the 30 lap feature and led the majority of the first half of the race. Hallett in the Q5 snatched the lead in lapped traffic. Newton's muffler came off under cautio, and unfortunately, Avalon has strict noise rules, so Newton was forced to withdraw. Hallett powered away to win from Grant Anderson v37 and Jamie Veal v35 in a really good drive. He was the stand out all night and had great car speed.
The feature finished at just after 9:40pm. We left without staying for the fireworks display and Street Stock feature, arriving back in Warrnambool at 11:55pm. It was a nice and cruisey night.
I'm just resting up today. Our next races are the Australian Sprintcar Championship at Premier Speedway on Friday and Saturday nights before heading home either Sunday or Monday.
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