2023 Round 10 Cup Results
Pearson charges to ANZAC win!
The now traditional ANZAC race at Talladega, like anything run in conjunction with the sacred occasion, has an atmosphere all its own. It's a celebration, an expression of national pride, with the sombre and respectful undertone as we remember how hard won the premise of the celebration truly is.
Although the date itself takes place a little closer to Dover this year, the sense of occasion attached to the superspeedway makes it the correct venue to recognise such a significant day.
After the minute's silence the grid would begin to form up. Hetterscheid would sit on pole from Raymond, another strong qualifying performance from the SRM boss. Nankervis and Jones would occupy row two right behind them.
As the flag dropped the field of 40 cars would charge at turn one, each trying to find the best place for them to run. Every driver has their own idea about the best way to make the high speed chess game work out, and this was on show in the early laps. By lap ten Jones and Douglas had pushed their way to the lead, taking up residence on the low line with Stent also dropping in front of the polesitter.
By lap thirty Jones had dropped into the outside lane leaving Douglas up front. Otto leading a middle lane with Dyson, Lobb and O'Shea pushing hard to make a third lane into a viable option. Unfortunately Lobb would strike the wall, the resultant loss of pace causing O'Shea to spin him out, and we had our first caution.
Another quick caution and another restart, and Jones would be back in the lead of the inside lane, with Douglas on the outside. Pearson, Dyson, Foster and Carroll-Walden would link up on the top, making huge gains and eventually attracting the majority of the middle lane to join them. The SPR duo would clear the inside lane and slot down to lead for the first time.
Another caution, another restart and Stent would lead Hetterscheid on the inside line, Dyson leading the outside line being pushed by Phelps. A third lane led by Pearson and ably pushed by O'Shea managed to make solid progress forward, Jones jumping on the front before slotting in front of Phelps, leaving Pearson to lead the top again.
There was some further yellow flag intervention and by the time the race resumed on lap 75 Foster was leading, (having started 40th) and had teammate help from Carroll-Walden and Hetterscheid, all three darting to the high lane. This was all the invitation the low line, again lead by Pearson, needed to make a run to the front. The laps began to tick down and the racing got more desperate, with some four wide action leading to contact between JCW and Trahair, setting the race up for a green/white/chequer.
On the final restart Dyson slotted in behind Pearson and charged for the flag. Jones sat with Foster, while Rogue teammates Roffey and Anastakis made good momentum down low. Foster slotted in front of Roffey and the trio pushed up to the back of the DPR boys. Taking the white flag, Pearson got a slightly dodgy bump from Dyson, which momentarily split the cars up, Foster darted to the outside but lost momentum alone, leaving Pearson to win from Dyson. Roffey would come home a brilliant and unexpected (by his own admission) third, from Jones and Anastakis.
From the smallest track to the biggest, it seems Pearson means business in 2023. Can past champions Dyson or Foster put a halt to his run? Or is it time for a new face to shake up the old order? You'll have to tune in next week to find out.
Incidents
Lap 30 - Darryn Lobb
Lap 35 - Dylan O'Shea
Lap 45 - Luke Crum
Lap 61 - Parry Anastakis
Lap 66 - Toby Stent
Lap 71 - Paul Jackson
Restart Infringements
N/A
No Further Action
Lap 55 - Clark/Fenly/Urquijo/Neill etc - check up in front, chain reaction
Lap 86 - Trahair/Carroll-Walden - 4 wide, car up top squeezes a little, both centre cars go toward one another
Post-Race Tech
Brad Fenly - No submission - DQ
Garry Wellman - No submission - DQ
Blake Delaney - No setup data - DQ
Brenton Henderson - No submission - DQ
Dylan O'Shea - No submission - DQ
Luke Georgeson - No submission - DQ
The now traditional ANZAC race at Talladega, like anything run in conjunction with the sacred occasion, has an atmosphere all its own. It's a celebration, an expression of national pride, with the sombre and respectful undertone as we remember how hard won the premise of the celebration truly is.
Although the date itself takes place a little closer to Dover this year, the sense of occasion attached to the superspeedway makes it the correct venue to recognise such a significant day.
After the minute's silence the grid would begin to form up. Hetterscheid would sit on pole from Raymond, another strong qualifying performance from the SRM boss. Nankervis and Jones would occupy row two right behind them.
As the flag dropped the field of 40 cars would charge at turn one, each trying to find the best place for them to run. Every driver has their own idea about the best way to make the high speed chess game work out, and this was on show in the early laps. By lap ten Jones and Douglas had pushed their way to the lead, taking up residence on the low line with Stent also dropping in front of the polesitter.
By lap thirty Jones had dropped into the outside lane leaving Douglas up front. Otto leading a middle lane with Dyson, Lobb and O'Shea pushing hard to make a third lane into a viable option. Unfortunately Lobb would strike the wall, the resultant loss of pace causing O'Shea to spin him out, and we had our first caution.
Another quick caution and another restart, and Jones would be back in the lead of the inside lane, with Douglas on the outside. Pearson, Dyson, Foster and Carroll-Walden would link up on the top, making huge gains and eventually attracting the majority of the middle lane to join them. The SPR duo would clear the inside lane and slot down to lead for the first time.
Another caution, another restart and Stent would lead Hetterscheid on the inside line, Dyson leading the outside line being pushed by Phelps. A third lane led by Pearson and ably pushed by O'Shea managed to make solid progress forward, Jones jumping on the front before slotting in front of Phelps, leaving Pearson to lead the top again.
There was some further yellow flag intervention and by the time the race resumed on lap 75 Foster was leading, (having started 40th) and had teammate help from Carroll-Walden and Hetterscheid, all three darting to the high lane. This was all the invitation the low line, again lead by Pearson, needed to make a run to the front. The laps began to tick down and the racing got more desperate, with some four wide action leading to contact between JCW and Trahair, setting the race up for a green/white/chequer.
On the final restart Dyson slotted in behind Pearson and charged for the flag. Jones sat with Foster, while Rogue teammates Roffey and Anastakis made good momentum down low. Foster slotted in front of Roffey and the trio pushed up to the back of the DPR boys. Taking the white flag, Pearson got a slightly dodgy bump from Dyson, which momentarily split the cars up, Foster darted to the outside but lost momentum alone, leaving Pearson to win from Dyson. Roffey would come home a brilliant and unexpected (by his own admission) third, from Jones and Anastakis.
From the smallest track to the biggest, it seems Pearson means business in 2023. Can past champions Dyson or Foster put a halt to his run? Or is it time for a new face to shake up the old order? You'll have to tune in next week to find out.
Incidents
Lap 30 - Darryn Lobb
Lap 35 - Dylan O'Shea
Lap 45 - Luke Crum
Lap 61 - Parry Anastakis
Lap 66 - Toby Stent
Lap 71 - Paul Jackson
Restart Infringements
N/A
No Further Action
Lap 55 - Clark/Fenly/Urquijo/Neill etc - check up in front, chain reaction
Lap 86 - Trahair/Carroll-Walden - 4 wide, car up top squeezes a little, both centre cars go toward one another
Post-Race Tech
Brad Fenly - No submission - DQ
Garry Wellman - No submission - DQ
Blake Delaney - No setup data - DQ
Brenton Henderson - No submission - DQ
Dylan O'Shea - No submission - DQ
Luke Georgeson - No submission - DQ
