Heinrich Takes Early Charge on Day One at the Bosch Power Tools Perth Super 440
Osborn Motorsport’s Joel Heinrich takes the early charge in Perth after clean sweeping day one of the Bosch Power Tools Perth Super 440 as he attempts to take back the championship lead from Kody Garland.
In our first and only practice session of the weekend, Heinrich topped the session with 1:02.639, only +0.537 clear of Garland. Local favourite Mason Harvey finished in third position with a 1:03.306.
Qualifying was a lackluster due to an incident involving Joseph Andriske which brought out the red flag, which prematurely ended the session with four minutes to go. Due to the early stoppage, many drivers were caught out and barely were able to set a definitive run. Mason Harvey ended up being one of the drivers to get caught out, failing to set a lap time resulting in starting last place for the first race of the weekend. Heinrich was able to land himself in pole position prior to the stoppage, +0.721 clear of rookie leader, Caleb Paterson.
Friday afternoon saw plenty of action in the opening 18 minute race of the Battery World Aussie Racing Cars at CARCO.com.au Raceway.
Due to a clean up from a previous session, the race had a single-file rolling start, which Heinrich took advantage of to comfortably win +1.249 clear of Paterson. However, the moment that got everyone on their feet was the battle for third position.
For the majority of the race, all eyes were on both Kody Garland and TFH Racing’s Josh Thomas as they battled it out for the final spot on the podium, which ultimately ended in Garland’s favor. Thomas would finish in fourth, just +0.044 clear of local hero Mason Harvey who moved up an incredible seventeen positions to finish an impressive fifth place.
In the battle for the Masters cup, Scott O’Keefe claims the class win with Scott Andriske taking out the Gold Cup.
Race 2 kicks off this afternoon at 2:25pm local time.