Wakefield Park Motor Racing Circuit’s endurance race the Deputy.com Wakefield 300 has produced exactly what the circuit was planned and designed for.
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The 10th running of this club-level motorsport gem encapsulated everything we have come to love about the race over the last decade: drama, strategic variation, insane battles for position throughout. It culminated in a thrilling dash to the line with the podium positions coming right down to the wire.
The original track owner Paul Samuels would have been thrilled to watch the wide variety of cars competing on Sunday, in much the fashion of club motorsport back in the 1960s at Amaroo Park and Oran Park.
It was a tremendous performance by father and son team Craig and Adam Burgess who backed up their their pole-to-win effort from last year. in the Ginetta G50.
The Burgess’ Ginetta G50 started on pole position after a blistering lap from Adam in Saturday afternoon’s Top 10 Shootout and the two drivers were able to control the race from the front, leading 103 of 137 laps and winning Advan Performance Division A in addition to their outright victory.
In second position after a tactical race performance were Daniel Kapetanovic and Daniel Sugden who played their strategy to perfection en route to their best-ever result in the 300, driving the Pinnacle Automotive/Hawksbury Cycles 328i BMW.
Zac Raddatz, the youngest-ever starter in the 300 at 15-years old finished third on the podium on debut with Shane Otten. The pair piloted their black Natsoft MX5 Mania superbly throughout the race keeping their eye on the prize.
In three weekends time, on March 18 and 19 Wakefield Park will host Round two of the Australian Super Bike (ASBK) Series in which former Goulburn rider Troy Herfoss is competing with the Crankt Honda Team. In a support category at this event Tom Toparis is competing in the Supersport category for Cube Racing, after performing well at Phillip Island.
EIGHTH YEAR
Lachlan Mansell, the main author of this report, spent the weekend in the commentator’s chair in the Wakefield Park tower with co-commentator Brian Van De Wakker.
The event marked Mansell’s eighth year behind the microphone for the Wakefield 300. “It's an event I'm so proud to be associated with, and my thanks go to Matt Baragwanath and Chris Lewis-Williams for involving me heavily in promoting and organising the race meeting even though I'm no longer an employee,” he said.
“To my co-commentator, it was a pleasure … sensational job as always.”