Jamie Veal claimed the final round of the Clay-per-view Southern Sprint Car Series at Warrnambool’s Premier Speedway on Monday.
Veal collected the $10,000 winner’s check by taking the feature over Jock Goodyer and James McFadden.
Goodyer’s second placing in the Daniel Trucking entry guaranteed his title in the series with three victories, a second and fourth placing. Brock Hallet was second ahead of Aaron Reutzel.
It was a back-to-back series win for the young Tasmanian.
Veal had scored the pole in the Monte Farms/SWI car but was outgunned by Lachlan McHugh in the SRV Road Freight entry, who led through the half way mark of the 35-lap feature.
McHugh was still leading with eight laps remaining when he clipped the wall, bringing up the caution lights.
At the restart, Veal led from Goodyer, Tate Frost, Reutzel, McFadden, David Anderson and Hallett. Cameron Waters was next, ahead of Jack Lee, Marcus Dumesny and Justin Peck.
Reutzel’s run was cut short when he clipped the wall in the front straight before rolling the car.
Veal was too fast in the run to the checkered flag, holding off Goodyer and the fast-finishing McFadden who had started from 11th in the NAPA Auto Parts entry.
Waters had one of his best results in a sprint car to finish fourth ahead of Anderson, Hallet, Dumesny, Lee and Peck.
Veal had prevailed in the preliminary shootout, claiming the pole from McHugh. The second row comprised Goodyer and Jy Corbett, with Reutzel and Lee next on the grid.
Apart from Reutzel, Peck was the only other American to contest the A-main, starting from the last row of the grid, having qualified through the B-main.
There had been major concerns about the state of the surface at Premier after significant problems arose in the pre-Christmas meetings.
Premier club officials made significant changes, removing the pre-existing pole line, widening the track by about four yards and changing the camber. While further changes are envisaged in the lead-up to the Grand Annual Sprint Car Classic and the Australian Championship at the end of January, the modifications produced a surface that would suffice.