Boys clings on for Super2 Race 2 victory

Jordan Boys has withstood huge pressure from Tyler Everingham to win Race 2 of Round 1 of the Dunlop Super2 Series at Mount Panorama.

Boys wrested the lead from pole-sitter Jayden Ojeda as the field descended towards Griffins Bend on the opening lap of the 12-lap contest but had to cling on as a train formed behind him after a mid-race Safety Car.

The victory in the second encounter of the weekend also gives the Image Racing driver the round win on a countback over Broc Feeney, whose third place in Race 2 made his results a mirror of Boys’.

Zak Best finished fourth from Matt Chahda and Super2 rookie Jaylyn Robotham in the second Image entry, with Ojeda ending up ninth after a late off.

When the lights went out, Ojeda (#31 MW Motorsport Nissan Altima) and Boys (#49 VF Commodore) made an even start before running side-by-side all the way through Hell corner.

The latter pulled ahead as they closed in on Griffins Bend and Everingham (#27 MWM Altima) followed through the gap made by Boys to take up second.

That left Ojeda third while Feeney (#888 Triple Eight Race Engineering VF Commodore) held on to fourth despite a challenge from Matt Chahda (#18 Matt Chahda Motorsport FGX Falcon).

Boys was almost 0.9s to the good at the end of the standing lap although Everingham had brought the gap back under half a second on Lap 3, and Ojeda was close behind his team-mate.

The leader stretched his margin back to 1.3s after three laps more, but found himself under pressure from #27 again in the next 6.213km.

It was therefore something of a reprieve for Boys when a Safety Car was called on Lap 8 in order to have Nash Morris’s #67 Paul Morris Motorsport FG Falcon recovered after the Super3 Series debutant beached himself at Murray’s Corner.

At that point, the top five of Boys, Everingham, Ojeda, Feeney, and Chahda remained, while Zak Best (#78 Tickford Racing FGX Falcon) was sixth having inherited the spot after a mistake from Angelo Mouzouris at Hell Corner on Lap 5.

Robotham (#999 VF Commodore) was seventh, ahead of Matt McLean (#54 Eggleston Motorsport VF Commodore), Mouzouris (#10 Triple Eight VF Commodore), and Declan Fraser (#777 MWM Nissan Altima).

Boys waited a long time before he launched for the Lap 10 restart, but he could not shake Everingham.

The leader was wide exiting The Chase that lap and had to mid-track it into Murray’s Corner, which bottled the field up and enticed Ojeda to try and capitalise.

However, Car #31 ended up high and dry, with Feeney snatching third and Best fourth, while Chahda was a net unchanged fifth and Ojeda even lost sixth to Robotham as they ran into Griffins Bend.

Boys continued to struggle for grip and the split to Everingham was only 0.1651s with a lap to go.

He managed to hang on, however, for a third win in Super2 and his first since the 2019 finale in Newcastle.

Everingham and Feeney took the chequered flag within 0.8s of the winner, with Best and Chahda each only a few tenths further back again.

Robotham took sixth and McLean seventh, with Fraser eighth.

Ojeda ended up ninth, having sailed off at The Chase as he tried to put a move on Robotham on the penultimate lap.

Mouzouris followed him onto the green stuff at that moment, and at the chequered flag, in 10th spot, while Bathurst local Michael Anderson (#5 Anderson Motorsport FG Falcon) took Super3 class honours in 13th outright.

There were two DNFs in the Super2 class, after Zane Morse pitted before the end in the #11 Zane Morse Racing VF Commodore.

The other was Josh Fife (#28 MWM Nissan Altima), who was in a willing battle over seventh with Robotham before he found the wall at Forrest’s Elbow on Lap 5.

Boys and Feeney share the series lead with 279 points apiece, 39 up on Best, while McLean was top Super2 rookie for the weekend.

Round 2 supports the Winton SuperSprint on May 29-30.

Results: Race 2 Updated*

Pos	Num	Team/Sponsor	Driver	Car	Cls	Laps	Race time
1	27	Lowes Petoleum / MWM	Tyler Everingham	Nissan Altima	S2	12	28:37.7740
2	78	Best Leisure Industries	Zak Best	Ford Falcon FG/X	S2	12	28:39.0160
3	18	Cavalier Homes	Matthew Chahda	Ford Falcon FG/X	S2	12	28:39.4281
4	999	Image Racing / Rare Spares	Jaylyn Robotham	Holden Commodore VF	S2	12	28:39.8935
5	54	Eggleston Motorsport	Matthew McLean	Holden Commodore VF	S2	12	28:41.3367
6	777	Oz Property / MWM	Declan Fraser	Nissan Altima	S2	12	28:42.6187
7	31	Jayco / MWM	Jayden Ojeda	Nissan Altima	S2	12	28:42.6667
8	888	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Broc Feeney	Holden Commodore VF	S2	12	28:43.2964
9	10	Triple Eight Race Engineering	Angelo Mouzouris	Holden Commodore VF	S2	12	28:45.6088
10	30	Matt Stone Racing	Aaron Seton	Holden Commodore VF	S2	12	28:46.3742
11	38	Eggleston Motorsport	Jack Sipp	Holden Commodore VF	S2	12	28:54.2188
12	5	Anderson Motorsport	Michael Anderson	Ford Falcon FG	SC3	12	28:55.5831
13	69	Dial Before You Dig	Jon McCorkindale	Ford Falcon FG	CH	12	28:55.8844
14	75	Linc Scsffolding	Brendan Strong	Holden Commodore VE	SC3	12	28:56.3471
15	61	Image Racing	Reef McCarthy	Ford Falcon FG	CH	12	29:00.3579
16	7	Mocomm Motorsport Comms	Jim Pollicina	Holden Commodore VE	SC3	12	29:01.7996
17	22	Herron Todd White Valuers	Bradley Neill	Holden Commodore VF	S2	12	29:02.3967
18	35	Unit Racing	Jason Gomersall	Ford Falcon FG	SC3	12	29:05.1862
19	23	R.H.M	Ray Hislop	Ford Falcon BA	SC3	12	29:10.7971
20	4	Crusher Parts International	Tony Auddino	Ford Falcon BF	SC3	12	29:21.9075
21	67	Flash Bush Motorsport	Nash Morris	Ford Falcon FG	CH	11	29:08.3793
NC	11	Brema Group Racing	Zane Morse	Holden Commodore VF	S2	10	24:40.5795
NC	17	Resurrection Panel N Paint	Jason Foley	Ford Falcon BF	SC3	5	11:39.7790
NC	28	Natural Gas and Water / MWM	Josh Fife	Nissan Altima	S2	4	8:47.1788
NC	2	Page Bros Jayco	Steven Page	Holden Commodore VE2	SC3	4	10:15.4111
DSQ	49	Image Racing / Joss Group	Jordan Boys	Holden Commodore VF	S2

* Penalties for Car #49, Car #888

Series points: Super2 Updated

Pos	Driver	Pts
1	Zak Best	258
2	Broc Feeney	240
3	Matt Chahda	225
4	Angelo Mouzouris	222
5	Matt McLean	213
6	Jayden Ojeda	207
7	Jaylyn Robotham	198
8	Declan Fraser	186
9	Tyler Everingham	150
10	Aaron Seton	141
11	Jack Sipp	141
12	Bradley Neill	135
13	Jordan Boys	129
14	Josh Fife	90
15	Zane Morse	72

Series points: Super3

Pos	Driver	Pts
1	Jon McCorkindale	288
2	Michael Anderson	252
3	Brendan Strong	249
4	Reef McCarthy	231
5	Nash Morris	213
6	Jason Gomersall	198
7	Jim Pollicina	195
8	Ray Hislop	186
9	Tony Auddino	168
10	Blake Fardell	138
11	Jason Foley	72
12	Steven Page	0
13	Gary Collins	0