Herne wins shortened Trans Am Race 2

Nathan Herne has won Race 2 for the Turtle Wax Trans Am Series at Symmons Plains, which ended under Safety Car due to an incident for Nash Morris.

Time-certainty caused the chequered flag to be waved 10 laps shy of the scheduled 22, with Herne prevailing from Kyle Gurton, Ben Grice, and Race 1 winner Tim Brook.

However, an issue with the recovery of Morris’s #67 Supercheap Auto car meant it was effectively only a four-lap contest.

Brook held first position as the field got away from the rolling start, while Herne went down the inside of Gurton to take second at Turn 2.

Herne then got a run on Brook down the back straight and when he made the pass for the lead at Turn 6, it created room for both Gurton and Grice to also go through, shuffling Car #38 all the way back to fourth.

Gurton was a threat for the lead until a Safety Car was called on Lap 5 due to Morris becoming stuck in the gravel at the Hairpin.

The deployment also triggered carnage at that corner when Craig Scutella apparently slowed in response to the ‘SC’ board being put out, and was shunted by Chris Sutton.

As the field trundled around under Safety Car, it came to light that the brake proportioning valve had become jammed in Morris’s car, and that would put paid to any further action.

Behind the top four was Cody Burcher in fifth, from Brett Holdsworth, Lochie Dalton, Owen Kelly, Dalton Ellery, and Jett Johnson.

Race 3 of Round 1 starts this afternoon at 15:50 local time/AEDT, and will be streamed live on Stan Sport.

Results: Race 2

Pos	Num	Team/Sponsor	Driver	Car	Cls	Laps	Race time
1	1	Team Valvoline GRM	Nathan Herne	Ford Mustang	O	12	21:23.4500
2	2	Micale Cabinets /Nuveau Group	Kyle Gurton	Ford Mustang	O	12	21:24.2189
3	03	All American Driveline	Ben Grice	Ford Mustang	O	12	21:24.8247
4	38	TRADIEPAD Wall Racing	Tim Brook	Ford Mustang	O	12	21:25.3737
5	36	Cody Burcher Racing	Cody Burcher	Ford Mustang	O	12	21:25.9111
6	99	TPS Group /Breeze Holiday Park	Brett Holdsworth	Chevrolet Camaro	O	12	21:26.4536
7	45	Up2 /11 Motorsport /GRM	Lochie Dalton	Ford Mustang	O	12	21:27.2451
8	73	Owen Kelly Motorsport	Owen Kelly	Ford Mustang	O	12	21:27.8915
9	31	Bruce Lynton Service	Dalton Ellery	Ford Mustang	H	12	21:28.2046
10	117	Team Johnson/Full Throttle BBQ	Jett Johnson	Ford Mustang	H	12	21:29.6327
11	116	Sydney Property Care	Edan Thornburrow	Ford Mustang	O	12	21:30.2830
12	12	Shaun Richardson Motorsport	Shaun Richardson	Dodge Challenger	H	12	21:31.0631
13	6	McAlister Motors	Hugh McAlister	Ford Mustang	H	12	21:33.5958
14	23	Holinger Racing	John Holinger	Chevrolet Camaro	M	12	21:35.8347
15	48	Nic Carroll Motorsport	Nic Carroll	Dodge Challenger	O	12	21:36.5348
16	8	Wealth Rite Racing	Chris Pappas	Ford Mustang	H	12	21:37.9793
17	88	Ownit Homes /Superior Jetties	John Harris	Ford Mustang	H	12	21:39.0986
18	37	Dream Racing Australia	Jackson Rice	Dodge Challenger	O	12	21:40.6563
19	69	Dial Before you Dig	Jon McCorkindale	Ford Mustang	O	12	21:41.8370
20	4	Crutcher Devlopments	Mark Crutcher	Ford Mustang	M	12	21:44.0742
21	15	Pacific Petroleum/Carroll Tyre	Michael Rowell	Ford Mustang	H	12	21:45.4957
22	27	Dream Racing Australia	Elliot Barbour	Chevrolet Camaro	O	12	21:45.9311
23	777	Dream Racing Australia	Craig Scutella	Chevrolet Camaro	M	10	21:48.1145
DNF	321	321 Motofit	Chris Sutton	Ford Mustang	M	4	3:57.9171
DNF	67	Supercheap Auto	Nash Morris	Ford Mustang	O	3	2:50.9625

Classes: O Outright, H Hoosier Cup, M Masters Cup