FINAL PRACTICE — Stubber Surprise!
Stubber Surprise!
Paul Stubber has tonight surprised some of the bigger names in Late Model racing as he has recorded the fastest lap in tonight’s official practice at the Perth Motorplex ahead of the Australian Late Model Championship this weekend.
Stubber was in the first group to practice and with track conditions ideal at that point he recorded a very quick lap. To prove it wasn’t a fluke though, he also recorded the second fastest lap of the evening, a 16.628 in that same session.
In all, thirty one cars of the forty nine car field practiced, with the top twelve separated by less than a second and just over two seconds separating the whole field.
Matt Goodlad was unofficially second, given that he was not using a transponder to record his times, but he recorded a number of quick laps in succession, and in a few different sessions, showing that his times were indeed deserving of second fastest.
Craig Vosbergen was third fastest while former Australian Champion Brad Ludlow was very quick back in the seat and was able to record the fourth quickest time. Collie youngster Morgan Melvin was another who surprised, recording a very impressive 16.922 second lap to be fifth quickest overall, while Brad Blake in sixth was the only other driver to break into the sixteen second bracket.
Drivers now look to the official launch function tomorrow, before racing commences on Friday night.
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Official Results
Practice Session #1 – 5 laps: 1. Paul Stubber 16.486, 2. Darren Kane 17.235, 3. Matt Nylander 17.963, 4. David Nylander 18.461, 5.Jayden Meckenstock 19.231.
Practice Session #2 – 5 laps: 1. Kodee Brown 17.020, 2. David Doherty 17.141, 3. Michael Holmes 17.245, 4. Brad Blake 17.327, 5. Alec Melvin 17.632, 6. Ben Nicastri 17.673, 7. Cameron Pearson 17.857, 8. Hayden Norman 18.106.
Practice Session #3 – 5 laps: 1. Kye Blight 17.104, 2. Craig Vosbergen 17.372, 3. Morgan Melvin 17.463, 4. Jarrin Bielby 17.551, 5. Dale Clark 18.659, 6. Bryn Haythornthwaite NTT, 7. Darren Kane NTT, 8. Jayden Meckenstock NTT.
Practice Session #4 – 5 laps: 1. Paul Stubber 17.148, 2. Justin Pearson 17.614, 3. Ben Ludlow 17.424, 4. Ryan Ludlow 17.692, 5. Stuey Hill 17.968, 6. David Nylander 18.701, 7. Matt Nylander 18.931.
Practice Session #5 – 5 laps: 1. Michael Holmes 17.191, 2. Ben Nicastri 17.303, 3. Alec Melvin 17.359, 4. Paul Stubber 17.407, 5. Dean King 17.612, 6. Jarrin Bileby 18.051, 7. Matt Nylander 18.175, 8. Jarrin Bielby 18.920.
Practice Session #6 – 5 laps: 1. Matt Goodlad 16.750, 2. Brad Ludlow 16.886, 3. Brad Blake 16.958, 4. Kye Blight 17.204, 5. Craig Vosbergen 17.221, 6. Cameron Pearson 17.505, 7. Justin Pearson 17.675, 8. Chris Pavlovich 17.782, 9. Dale Clark 19.009.
Practice Session #7 – 5 laps: 1. Craig Vosbergen 16.885, 2. Morgan Melvin 16.922, 3. Brad Blake 17.122, 4. David Doherty 17.609, 5. Stuey Hill 17.894, 6. Mark Webster 18.119, 7. Hayden Norman 18.272, 8. Lionel Kirkby 18.313, 9. David Nylander 18.366, 10. Jayden Meckenstock NTT, 11. Ben Ludlow NTT.
Practice Session #8 – 5 laps: 1. Paul Stubber 17.050, 2. Kodee Brown 17.059, 3. Morgan Melvin 17.325, 4. Ben Nicastri 17.445, 5. David Doherty 17.530, 6. Hayden Norman 18.140, 7. Jayden Meckenstock 19.016.
Practice Session #9 – 5 laps: 1. Matt Goodlad 17.209, 2. Kye Blight 17.332, 3. Morgan Melvin 17.399, 4. David Doherty 17.433, 5. Kodee Brown 17.516, 6. Michael Holmes 17.567, 7. Cameron Pearson 17.784, 8. Matt Nylander 18.110, 9. Stuey Hill 18.627, 10. Jai Mazzini 18.999.
Practice Session #10 – 5 laps: 1. Craig Vosbergen 16.856, 2. Paul Stubber 17.512, 3. Ben Nicastri 17.936, 4. Michael Holmes 18.246, 5. Hayden Norman 18.517, 6. Chris Pavlovich 18.642, 7. Mark Webster 18.808, 8. Mark Matthews 18.968.
Practice Session #11 – 5 laps: 1. Brad Ludlow 17.448, 2. David Doherty 17.652, 3. Craig Vosbergen 17.766, 4. Ryan Ludlow 17.768, 5. Paul Stubber 17.792, 6. Kye Blight 17.947, 7. Michael Holmes 18.015, 8. Jai Mazzini 18.239, 9. Ben Ludlow 18.434, 10. Cameron Pearson 18.457, 11 Justin Pearson 18.539, 12. Jayden Meckenstock 19.231, 13. Darren Kane NTT, 14. Hayden Norman NTT.
Practice Session #12- 5 laps: 1. Craig Vosbergen 17.562, 2. David Doherty 17.782, 3. Ryan Ludlow 17.885, 4. Brad Ludlow 18.382, 5. Chris Pavlovich 18.520, 6. Ben Ludlow 18.696, 7. Jai Mazzini 18.986.
Overall Best Times
- Paul Stubber 16.486
- Matt Goodlad 16.750 (Unofficial)
- Craig Vosbergen 16.856
- Brad Ludlow 16.886
- Morgan Melvin 16.922
- Brad Blake 16.958
- Kodee Brown 17.020
- Kye Blight 17.104
- David Doherty 17.141
- Michael Holmes 17.191
- Darren Kane 17.235
- Ben Nicastri 17.303
- Alec Melvin 17.359
- Ben Ludlow 17.424 (Unofficial)
- Cameron Pearson 17.505
- Jarrin Bielby 17.551
- Dean King 17.612
- Justin Pearson 17.614
- Ryan Ludlow 17.692
- Chris Pavlovich 17.782
- Stuey Hill 17.894
- Matt Nylander 17.963
- Hayden Norman 18.106
- Mark Webster 18.119
- Jai Mazzini 18.239 (Unofficial)
- Lionel Kirkby 18.313
- David Nylander 18.366
- Dale Clark 18.659
- Mark Matthews 18.968 (Unofficial)
- Jayden Meckenstock 19.016 (Unofficial)
- Bryn Haythornthwaite NTT
Final Official Nominations – 49
0 Brad Blake
A1 Darren Kane
3 Dale Clark
S4 Stuey Hill
6 Hayden Norman
07 Kodee Brown
7 Ryan Ludlow
8 Craig Vosbergen
9 Ben Ludlow
N9 Ron Pyne
V10 Cameron Pearson
10 Lee Watt
14 Willy Powell
15 Warren Oldfield
16 Veronica McCann
18 Matt Goodlad
21 Dean King
22 Paul Joss
24 Mick Clune
N25 David Doherty
V25 Justin Pearson
25 Mark Webster
26 Ken MacPherson
30 Mark Matthews
31 Paul Stubber
34 Matt Nylander
36 Jarrin Bielby
41 Kye Blight
42 Jai Mazzini
43 Marc Giancola
49 Simon McNab
51 Jamie Oldfield
52 Jay Cardy
54 David Nylander
58 Lionel Kirkby
60 Jayden Meckenstock
61 Jason Oldfield
63 Jed Rogers
69 Bryn Haythornthwaite
71 Jamie Moon
84 Chris Pavlovich
88 Alec Melvin
89 Morgan Melvin
N91 Bruce MacKenzie
91 Michael Holmes
92 Brad Ludlow
93 Rob Galloway
N99 Ben Nicastri
99 Ryan Halliday