Veal Victorious in Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic Night Two

WARRNAMBOOL, AUS (January 23, 2016) – Jamie Veal extended his red-hot form at Sungold Stadium, Premier Speedway, Warrnambool tonight to claim night two honors in what was another action packed 30-lap feature event on night one of the 44th Lucas Oil Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic.

In a repeat of the Night One final the first the initial start of the A-Main saw a quartet of cars involved in a turn two pile up that somehow only claimed the Q41 of Mitchell Gee, despite the fact he was joined in the melee by the likes of Bryan Mann, David Murcott and Toby Bell-Bowen.

When the 30-lap journey eventually got underway it would be Veal who would open up a commanding early race lead, despite the best efforts of a hard charging Jamie Maiolo and defending Classic Champion Kyle Hirst.

On lap ten, Veal was brought back to the field when a spinning Bryan Mann saw the yellow lights blink on in an incident that saw Jason Kendrick making slight contact with the turn three wall as he tried to avoid the stranded Q16 of Mann.

The result of the impact was a broken rear arm aboard the W11 entry, which would also ensure that the popular West Aussie would join Mann as a spectator for the remaining 20 laps.

From there it was a case of normal transmission resumed as Veal tried to stamp his class on the field leading Maiolo and Hirst for lap after lap as Randy Hannagan, who initially shared the front row with Veal began to dial into the racy Sungold Stadium high banks.

On lap 18 Hirst got by Maiolo and set after Veal, that task was made a lot easier when the yellow lights again came on this time for Chad Ely, who was left stranded in a rather precarious position on the exit of turn two, which resulted in a once clear path for Brendan Guerin becoming somewhat of a road block.

The ensuing contact resulted in both cars being parked.

From the drop of the green flag at the re-start it was all Veal in the SWI Engineering Maxim as he went on his merry way, eventually winning from an impressive Kyle Hirst aboard the W17 Milwaukee Tools entry and Randy Hannagan who had car owner Ray Scott with a grin from ear to ear as the Scotts Livestock USA55 completed the podium.

Finishing fourth and collecting an army of admirers for his performance along the way was Jamie Maiolo, while South Australia 4 of American Kraig Kinser finished fifth in what was one of the drives of the night having transferred from the B-Main and starting position 19!

Rounding out the top ten were Robbie Farr 6th from position six, Jason Sides 7th from position 10, Steven Lines 8th from 14th, David Murcott 9th having started 15 and Garry Brazier who was tenth after launching from position eight.

They were followed by Daniel Harding (11th), Glen Sutherland (12th), Corey McCullagh (13th), Toby Bell-Bowen (14th) and Luke Walker (15th).

The non-finishers were Chad Ely, Brendan Guerin, Jason Kendrick, Bryan Mann and Mitchell Gee.

The top 96 in points after two nights of qualifying are as follows:

1. Jamie Veal 568
2. Ryan Jones 566
3. Randy Hannagan 560
4. Ben Atkinson 558
5. Kyle Hirst 554
6. Jamie Maiolo 554
7. Robbie Farr 536
8. John Vogels 522
9. Chad Ely 516
10. Gary Brazier 512
11. James McFadden 510
12. Kerry Madsen 508
13. Jason Sides 508
14. Jason Kendrick 504
15. Brad Sweet 502
16. Daniel Harding 502
17. Terry McCarl 498
18. Tim Rankin 494
19. Steven Lines 494
20. Paul McMahan 492
21. Daniel Pestka 488
22. David Murcott 488
23. Brooke Tatnell 486
24. Toby Bell-Bowen 486
25. Brendan Guerin 486
26. Bryan Mann 482
27. Glen Sutherland 478
28. Darren Mollenoyux 474
29. Daryl Clayden 470
30. Kraig Kinser 468
31. Ian Loudoun 468
32. Corey McCullagh 466
33. Luke Walker 466
34. Brad Maiolo 466
35. Grant Anderson 462
36. Bradley Keller 462
37. Jason Pryde 460
38. Mitchell Gee 460
39. Jordyn Brazier 456
40. Max Johnson 452
41. Keke Falland 444
42. Tim Van Ginneken 440
43. Jamie Bricknell 440
44. Andrew Scheuerle 440
45. Jackson Delamont 438
46. Luke Dillon 432
47. Carson Macedo 428
48. Brock Hallett 428
49. Danny Reidy 426
50. Mark House 426
51. Jonathan Allard 422
52. Craig Vanderstelt 420
53. Dennis Jones 418
54. Jake Tranter 416
55. Sam Walsh 416
56. Ian Madsen 414
57. Jack Lee 414
58. Danny Smith 410
59. Matthew Smith 408
60. Taylor Milling 408
61. Ricky Maiolo 400
62. Brett Milburn 398
63. Max Dumesny 398
64. Dion Bellman 398
65. Troy Little 398
66. Phil Lock 398
67. Danny Dietrich 396
68. Chris Solomon 394
69. Jody Baldwin 394
70. Chace Karpenko 390
71. Peter Doukas 390
72. Matthew Dumesny 388
73. Andy Caruana 388
74. Darren Jensen 386
75. Daniel Sayer 384
76. Nick Lacey 382
77. Glen Saville 380
78. Jake Smith 380
79. Shaun Bradford 380
80. Andrew Wright 378
81. Kurt Luttrell 376
82. Daniel Newnham 372
83. Luke Oldfield 370
84. Quentin Tanner 366
85. Robin Dawkins 364
86. Jamie Stark 362
87. Steven Rowell 362
88. Brendan Quinn 360
89. Kris Lacey 356
90. Daniel Evans 356
91. Charles Hunter354
92. Matt Egel 354
93. Adam King 352
94. Peter Milnes 350
95. Kristy Ellis 346
96. Shaun Dobson 342

**All Positions Are Subject to Tie-Breakers Being Applied for Seeding of Heats.

Night Three of the 44th Lucas Oil Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic will be held on Sunday January 24, 2016, with cars on track from 5.00pm. Public gates open at 1.30pm for pre-paid ticket holders and at 2.00pm for walk up sales.

Tickets for night three only can be purchased at the Warrnambool side ticket booth from 9.00am.