Harpas Holds Off PegoraroPosted by Mark Jones, 7 June 2009, 3:42 PM |
Yiani Harpas backed up his race 2 victory after a thrilling fight with Gary Pegoraro for the win in Race 3 at the Australian Superkart Championship, at the Mallala Motor Sport Park round of the Shannons Nationals motor Racing Championships.
Harpas moved into the lead on the first lap of the race taking the lead from the again fast starting Sam Zavaglia on the run down the back straight but was forced to defend from the fast closing Gary Pegoraro. Pegoraro briefly jumped into the lead at the end of lap five, but a missed gear put Harpas back into a lead he would not relinquish on the last lap. Harpas now holds a seven point lead on Zavaglia heading into the final bonus points race of the weekend.
Zavaglia was pushed hard for third position as Darren Hossack climbed onto the back of the Stockman in the late running. Ilya Harpas collected another top five finish in the older of the two Internode / Metaplanners / Davtec Zip-BRCs. Harpas was forced to defend against a charging Shane Price (Safe Evolutions Anderson-Safe). Price continues to impress in only his second Superkart race meeting, running top six in every race he has finished.
Kristian Stebbing is starting to overcome a poor Saturday to finish seventh in the Subaurban Accounting Stockman-Honda to finish just ahead of local driver Daniel Ramerman (Auto Clean Products Stockman-Honda). Jason Laker (1800 Bumper Stockman-Honda) claimed another top ten finish, taking ninth place from Anton Stevens in the Dunlop / ART Motorsport PVP which had dropped onto one cylinder late in the race.
Harpas now holds a seven point lead over Zavaglia and 16 over reigning champ Darren Hossack.
Steven Tamasi (Domain Prestige Homeas Stockman-Honda) claimed his second win of the weekend in a dominant class performance in the 125cc class as his rival Jeff Reed and John Pellicano climbed back through the pack after starting further back on the grid following their Race 2 collision. Rod Conn finished fourth, moving into second in the points as he did so in the Arconn Refrigeration Stockman-Honda.
Points after Race 3: Y.Harpas 57, Zavaglia 50, Hossack 41, I.Harpas 35, Pegoraro 34, Price 20, Laker 20, McIlveen 20, Stevens 18, Ramerman 17, Oakley 17 etc
125cc Class: Tamasi 57, Conn 39, Reed 37, D.Jamieson 32, Pellicano 30, Sinani 30, C.Jamieson 30 etc
