Ute Racing returned for Round 3 last weekend at Qld Raceway 24/25th August 2024

The Utes were back in action at Qld raceway for round 3 of the OZGRIND Ute Racing Qld Championship .

After some very close racing last round at Lakeside the Utes returns to Qld Raceway to battle it out for championship points.

Qualifying

Production Ute pole position went to John Young with a new lap record for the Production class with a 1.26.80 on the long track. Next was Troy Montgomerie 1.28.80 and in 3rd was Steve Cook. Our rookie for this year Matt Powell took 4th and Craig Kasper rounded out the field.

In the V8’s the FG Falcon of Brendan Exner took pole with a 1.24. Peter Clarke In the VE commodore had to settle for 2nd on the grid.

Racing

It was one of those weekends that tested pretty much everyone on the grid. Just about everyone had to work through mechanical issues and or electrical issues and the weekend turned into survival of fittest.

John Young in the VZ commodore in the production class was controlling the lead in Race 1 when a safety car was called, this was the start of craziness of the weekend as John’s commodore suddenly lost electrics on the restart and could not finish the race. This ended Johns perfect result roll this year and opened the door for Steve Cook to take the win. Troy Montgomerie battled a super close race with Steve and got 2nd and Matt Powell in his first every ute race took 3rd.

Brendan Exner was too strong for the Commodore of Peter Clarke and Brendan took the win in the V8’s

Craig Kasper v Matthew Powell

Race 2

John Young was unable to start R2 and was spending lots of energy trying to get the VZ Commodore back to life. This did open the door for Troy Montgomerie and Steve Cook to have some of the best door to door racing we have seen for a long time to battle it out over the rest of the weekend.

Craig Kaspers entry developed a engine miss that turned terminal later that day and Matthew Powell was working through some teething issues with his newly refurbished BA Falcon.

Brendan Exner continued to lead the V8 Class with Peter Clarke chasing for 2nd.

Race 3 Results

Race 4 Result

Race 5 result

Round Results

Production Utes

1st Troy Montgomerie 121 points

2nd Steve Cook 115 points

3rd Matthew Powell 82 Points

4th Craig Kasper 38 Points

5th John Young 25 Points

V8 Class

1st Brendan Exner 125 points

2nd Peter Clarke 115 points

Troy Montgomerie Production Ute Round winner

Steve Cook 2nd place

Matthew Powell 3rd place round 3

Round Winner V8’s Brendan Exner

Peter Clarke 2nd V8’s

Round 4 Morgan Park

It is very close turn around for round 4 at Morgan Park 7-8 Sept. This is a very special round for the utes as it is the first time the class has raced at this venue. This will be a game changer for a few of the drivers having never have driven this track. This will be a huge weekend !

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