HALLETT HOMES IN BUT MCHUGH STAYS CLOSE
For immediate release: Brandt Sprintcar Speedweek
December 28, 2024

It was only a matter of time until Brock Hallett scored a Brandt Sprintcar Speedweek A-Main win and tonight at Borderline Speedway Mount Gambier he delivered that Round Three victory over a fast finishing series leader Lockie McHugh in second and Jamie Veal third.
The GW Racing pilot was facing a 90 point deficit behind McHugh as the series moved to Mount Gambier and so a victory was critical to keep him in the Championship hunt.
What he didn’t need though was McHugh to finish right on his bumper in second place.
The current Australian Champion now has a 60 point lead going into the fourth round at Avalon Raceway on December 30 but Hallett feels he can match McHugh’s speed given the opportunity.
Jamie Veal rocketed from position ten in the A-Main (even changing a motor after his heat race) to his eventual third place finish – the second consecutive third place result in as many rounds.
Placing fourth in a career best result was Broken Hill’s Brendan Guerin.
After starting on pole (earlier winning the dash) Guerin led early but was relieved of his post by Hallett and then McHugh where he battled with impressive newcomer Jordy Rae for that spot before Rae pulled infield with motor issues after what had been a stunning performance to make it to the Dash and be an early contender for the podium.
Veal began to put Guerin under scrutiny and with Marcus Dumesny coming from eleventh along with Grant Anderson (originally starting fourth and earlier setting Quick Time in Flight One Qualifying) and initial front row sitter Cam Waters there was quite the battle pack for the top five.
Texan Chase Randall was back to his explosive self in the DKM Motorsport #9 after qualifying strong and finishing second in his heat but a brake issue reared it’s head in the A-Main and he had to retire early on lap twenty two.
Joel Heinrich put in a sterling drive coming from second place in the B-Main to run a creditable eleventh place in the A-Main.

Official A-Main placings were:

1. Brock Hallett (started 3rd)
2. Lockie McHugh (started 5th)
3. Jamie Veal (started 10th)
4. Brendan Guerin (started pole)
5. Marcus Dumesny (started 11th)
6. Grant Anderson (started 4th)
7. Cam Waters (started 2nd)
8. Luke Dillon (who set Quick Time in Flight Two)
9. Daniel Pestka (started 13th)
10. Dylan Jenkin (started 8th)
11. Joel Heinrich (started 22nd)
12. Ryan Jones (started 16th)
13. Jordyn Charge (started 23rd)
14. Bobby Daly (started 17th)
15. Grant Stansfield (started 20th)
16. Peter Doukas (started 18th)
17. Garet Williamson (started 21st)
18. Jackson Delamont (started 9th)

DNF’s in the A-Main included Tate Frost (started 14th but suffered front end damage after hitting the turn one/two wall) Glen Sutherland rolling in a similar place in a separate incident (after starting 15th), Hayden Pitt (started 19th) and Dane Court (who started 24th and was impressive again tonight).

The Dash placing were:

1. Brendan Guerin
2. Cam Walsh
3. Brock Hallett
4. Grant Anderson
5. Lockie McHugh
6. Luke Dillon
7. Jordan Rae
8. Dylan Jenkin

Official B-Main placings were:

1. Garet Williamson
2. Joel Heinrich
3. Jordyn Charge
4. Dane Court
5. Rusty Hickman
6. Randy Morgan
7. Dennis Jones
8. Brendan Quinn
9. Parker Scott
10. Jy Corbet
11. Ben Morris
12. Steven Loader
13. Terry Kelly

C-Main Official placings

1. Terry Kelly
2. Brendan Quinn
3. Steven Loader
4. Ben Morris
5. Chad Gardner
6. Jay Brown
7. Jason Wilson

Heat wins went to:

1. Brock Hallett
2. Dylan Jenkin
3. Lockie McHugh
4. Brendan Guerin

Series points after Round Three:

Lockie McHugh 720
Brock Hallett 660
Marcus Dumesny 496
Luke Dillon 475
Ryan Jones 470
Rusty Hickman 415
Garet Williamson 410
Jamie Veal 400
Daniel Pestka 400
Brendan Guerin 369
Chase Randall 369
Dylan Jenkin 360
Glen Sutherland 357
Tate Frost 356
Grant Anderson 340
Cam Waters 330
Jy Corbet 330
Will Carroll 330
Joel Heinrich 312
Randy Morgan 310
Peter Doukas 300
Jackson Delamont 283
Riley Goodno 280
Ethan Wyllie 275
Chad Ely 265
Brendan Quinn 264
Parker Scott 260
Hayden Pitt 260
Jordan Rae 258
Terry Kelly 255

The fourth round of the Brandt Sprintcar Speedweek is scheduled for Avalon Raceway on Monday night, December 30.

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