31/10/2024
West Coast Series Gets Underway!
This weekend will see the opening round of the Roof Rack City Wangara West Coast Series at Pithara Speedway Club Inc, proudly presented by the team from Hyper Industries.
Fourteen nominations have been received for the show and with some big names in the field, it should certainly be a cracking way to open the season.
Defending champion Brendan Newmarch (Newmarch Racing) headlines the field, after claiming a twenty-four point win last season. He grabbed four heat race wins, a feature race win, two second places, and a third and would love to improve on that this season, starting this weekend at Pithara.
Brendon Marshman (Opal Finance F500 Racing) was third overall last season, just ten points shy of coming home second. He claimed the opening round of the West Coast Series last season and would love to open his account the same way this season as he looks to elevate himself up the overall standings once again.
Coming in hot is Cody Turacchio (Cody Turacchio Motorsports) fresh off a dominant win in the opening night showdown at the Perth Motorplex. Although not originally looking to contest the full series, Cody has thrown his at in the ring for this weekend, and with some good results, we may just see him race more of the scheduled rounds!
Jamie Pages and Troy Samwell rounded out the top five overall finishers in the 2023/24 West Coast Series. Both have nominated for the show this weekend, and after best finishes of fourth and fifth respectively in last year’s features, will be hoping to start their seasons off with a bang.
Nicholas Pages is the only other top ten driver from last year to nominate for this weekend’s show, and after cutting his teeth in the senior division for the first time, will be keen to put his increased experience to the test.
Darren Rodwell, Cheryl Upton, Rhys Cu***ng (RJC Motorsport), and Debbie Garland (Woodys Racing) all contested select rounds of the series last season and are back looking for improved results. Many of them had a couple of runs in the last few weeks and will hope to put together some more solid runs this time out.
Alex Dewers, Bryan Sharpe, Logan Dean (LSJ Motorsports) and Chloe Newmarch (Newmarch Racing) didn’t contest any of the West Coast Series last season, though Chloe and Logan both raced in the Junior version. Chloe was absolutely dominant with six feature wins from the seven rounds to claim the overall series title while Dean finished fifth overall. Both have graduated and already put on some great showings as part of the senior division, so will certainly challenge Dewers, Sharpe and the rest of the field.
Drivers will once again have the opportunity to play their Ace Card at any one round this season, which effectively doubles their points for that evening. This will be done at the drivers meeting for each round, and last year it played a big part in the whole Championship results, so it is certainly another exciting element to what should be another brilliant series.
Racing kicks off this Saturday night at Pithara around 6pm.
The 2024/25 Roof Rack City Wangara West Coast Series, proudly presented by Roof Rack City Wangara, Hyper Industries, Xtreme Bounce Party Hire, Complete Tyre Solutions, Full Belly Catering , Hazard Group WA, Freedom Caravans, Asteel Powdercoaters, Joondalup Transport , Pope Racing, Opposite Lock - Wangara, IGA Three Springs, Emeco Group, ABP Freighters and Roadline Civil Contractors.
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