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Waz Grabs Another!

Warren Oldfield doesn’t have too many races he hasn’t won in Late Models, but last night he ticked another off the list when he won the Red Dirt Rumble at Kalgoorlie Speedway.

He would go fastest in qualifying, record a win and a second place in his heats, then win the pole shuffle to start from pole position in the twenty-five lap final.
Electing to start on the outside saw brother Jamie Oldfield take up the pole position, but Warren would still take advantage to take the lead through the opening turns with Mat Robbins slotting into third behind the Oldfield’s.

Unfortunately the race was quickly under yellow flag conditions, Abbey Pickering finding herself facing the wrong way in turn one and setting up a complete restart.

Attempt two saw Jamie holding the lead down the bottom but Warren would plant the car on the outside line and drive around him to take the lead, with defending winner Joe Chalmers chasing hard ahead of Robbins.

Warren was able to get out to a few cars lengths lead, and as the laps wound down Warren and Jamie would build the gap on Chalmers and Robbins.

Lapped traffic was just about to come into play when the yellows came on for contact between Damian Hudson and Jack Barnewall, rookie Barnewall in his first ever Late Model feature race having raced up to seventh. He restarted from the back and despite some huge moves on the restart, he would collect the wall and head to the infield.

Back on track Warren would lead away and despite Chalmers doing his best to get by Jamie in the opening turns, Jamie was able to pull away. Jamie continued his momentum and closed in on Warren, poking the nose underneath Warren but unable to get by.

Again lapped traffic began to play its part Jamie momentarily putting the nose in front before being baulked and allowing Warren back through. This gave Chalmers the chance to get in on the battle, but the order would remain unchanged as the trio wound their way through.

With eight to go the lead cars had open air, but just four laps later there was a pack of five cars ahead of them. In the run to the chequers Warren, Jamie and Joe were flying through the traffic, constantly pressuring each other in every turn for position, but in the end the positions would remain unchanged, Warren Oldfield crossing the line just 0.4 seconds ahead of Jamie Oldfield, in what was his ninth feature race of the season, with Joe Chalmers third.

This brings the final event for the LMRWA season to a close, with just the annual awards night remaining, so stay tuned for all those details.

Release by DTN Media.

Official Results

Qualifying, 2 laps: 1. 15 Warren Oldfield 15.111, 2. 23 Joe Chalmers 15.227, 3. 57 Mat Robbins 15.357, 4. 91 Michael Holmes 15.433, 5. 16 Jack Barnewall 15.606, 6. 7 Shaun Cubbage 15.648, 7. 80 Damian Hudson 15.716, 8. 90 David Boyes 15.804, 9. 74 Nathan Richards 16.174, 10. 95 Abbey Pickering 16.190, 11. 76 Ben Strautins 16.191, 12. 24 Jeff Pahl 16.943. 13. 04 Greg Horan 17.007, 14. 51 Jamie Oldfield NTT.

Heat One, 10 laps: 1. 57 Mat Robbins, 2. 15 Warren Oldfield, 3. 80 Damian Hudson, 4. 16 Jack Barnewall, 5. 74 Nathan Richards, 6. 04 Greg Horan (9). DNF: 76 Ben Strautins (4). Total Time: 2.35.263. Winning Margin: 0.683. Fastest Lap: 14.900 Mat Robbins.

Heat Two, 10 laps: 1. 23 Joe Chalmers, 2. 91 Michael Holmes, 3. 51 Jamie Oldfield, 4. 90 David Boyes, 5. 95 Abbey Pickering, 6. 24 Jeff Pahl. DNF: 7 Shaun Cubbage (8). Total Time: 2.40.542. Winning Margin: 0.754. Fastest Lap: 14.932 Jamie Oldfield.

Heat Three, 10 laps: 1. 15 Warren Oldfield, 2. 90 David Boyes, 3. 91 Michael Holmes, 4. 80 Damian Hudson, 5. 76 Ben Strautins. DNS: 24 Jeff Pahl, 16 Jack Barnewall. Total Time: 2.39.967. Winning Margin: 2.997. Fastest Lap: 15.044 Warren Oldfield

Heat Four, 10 laps: 1. 51 Jamie Oldfield, 2. 57 Mat Robbins, 3. 95 Abbey Pickering, 4. 23 Joe Chalmers, 5. 74 Nathan Richards (9), 6. 04 Greg Horan (9). DNS: 7 Shaun Cubbage. Total Time: 2.29.762. Winning Margin: 5.273. Fastest Lap: 14.272 Jamie Oldfield.

Pole Shuffle 1, 2 laps: 1. 91 Michael Holmes, 2. 90 David Boyes. Total Time: 42.638 Winning Margin: 0.743. Fastest Lap: 15.549 Michael Holmes.

Pole Shuffle 2, 2 laps: 1. 23 Joe Chalmers, 2. 91 Michael Holmes. Total Time: 33.963. Winning Margin: 0.978. Fastest Lap: 15.138 Joe Chalmers.

Pole Shuffle 3, 2 laps: 1. 51 Jamie Oldfield, 2. 23 Joe Chalmers. Total Time: No Time. Winning Margin: 0.689. Fastest Lap: 14.646 Joe Chalmers.

Pole Shuffle 4, 2 laps: 1. 51 Jamie Oldfield, 2. 57 Mat Robbins. Total Time: 33.362. Winning Margin: 1.789. Fastest Lap: 14.643 Jamie Oldfield.

Pole Shuffle 5, 2 laps: 1. 15 Warren Oldfield, 2. 51 Jamie Oldfield. Total Time: 33.333. Winning Margin: 0.705. Fastest Lap: 14.851 Warren Oldfield.

Feature, 25 laps: 1. 15 Warren Oldfield, 2. 51 Jamie Oldfield, 3. 23 Joe Chalmers, 4. 57 Mat Robbins, 5. 91 Michael Holmes, 6. 90 David Boyes, 7. 95 Abbey Pickering, 8. 24 Jeff Pahl (24), 9. 74 Nathan Richards (23), 10. 80 Damian Hudson (23), 11. 04 Greg Horan (23). DNF: 16 Jack Barnewall (7), 76 Ben Strautins (0). DNS: 7 Shaun Cubbage. Total Time: No Time. Winning Margin: 0.426. Fastest Lap: 14.819 Warren Oldfield.

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