Zeltwanger clean sweeps at Hampton Downs

Race 2 Trophy Series (940 x 450)

Lee Zeltwanger rounded off a fine first day racing in the Toyota 86 Trophy Series with his second win of the day.

It meant he clean swept the first round of the new winter series with pole position, two race wins and the day’s fastest lap.

“It’s been a great day, and I’m very pleased to have done so well,” he said on the podium afterwards. “I enjoyed the race and the car was very good so I have to say thanks to the team for a great job today. We’ll move on to the second round and hopefully have the same speed.

“I also want to thank Dion Pitt who offered to help me in this series. He’s made a big difference on helping me get up to speed and that’s also been a big factor in today.”

Starting alongside him on the front row and far more circumspect after his jumped start in the first race, Harry Townshend was an untroubled second off the start and had a lonely race, comfortably faster than Ajay Giddy behind him but with no answer to Zeltwanger’s impressive speed at the front.

Townshend cruised home in second, which was nonetheless his best ever finish in a Toyota 86 race.

Giddy came out on top in a fantastic four way battle for the final spot on the podium which also involved Corban Sprague, Toby Elmiger and young Matt Day in the Dayle ITM car.

For much of the ten lap race the four were nose to tail until a late clash saw CareVets Scholarship winner Sprague and Elmiger made contact on the last lap and spin away nine seconds before they got underway again.

That meant Giddy came home third and Day an eye-catching fourth. The last lap contact was enough to leave Sprague in fifth and Elmiger seventh behind Noel Simpson, who had a solid drive to the front of another race long battle with Nathan Grammer and Kyan Davie.

Conley Webley chased hard at the back of the pack, but took the flag in tenth, less than a second behind Davie.

 

Toyota 86 Trophy Series - Hampton Downs - Race 2

 

Grid

 

Car

 

Driver name

 

Trophy/Winter

 

Team

1

22

Lee Zeltwanger

Trophy

Lee Zeltwanger

2

73

Harry Townshend

Winter

Mackenzie Motorsport

3

10

Ajay Giddy

Winter

Mackenzie Motorsport

4

100

Matt Day

Trophy

Dayle ITM Racing

5

84

Corban Sprague

Trophy

iMac Engineering

6

88

Noel Simpson

Winter

Action Motorsport

7

74

Toby Elmiger

Trophy

Action Motorsport

8

50

Nathan Grammer

Trophy

Mackenzie Motorsport

9

19

Kyan Davie

Trophy

Mackenzie Motorsport

10

18

Conley Webley

Trophy

Action Motorsport