Troy Russell broke the dominance of Corey Bauld, Steven Harvey and Dale Riley Jnr, by winning round six of the Banjos Bakery Street Stock Series, with an exciting victory at the Cranes Combined Carrick Speedway on Boxing night before a bumper crowd.

After eight qualifying heats, which saw eight different winners it would be Nathan and Troy Russell who would start on the front row for the twenty lap decider, with Harvey and Daniel Cunningham on row two.

Troy Russell immediately took the lead, but it would be Corey Bauld who make all the early moves, coming from position six, to take second place after just three laps, with Nathan Russell dropping to third.

Dale Riley Jnr who had an uncustomary quiet night in the heats, charged through the field after starting from position fourteen, getting to fifth position on lap seven before meeting his demise and ultimately not finishing.

Up front, a great battle had developed, with Russell holding off the challenges from Bauld and Nathan Russell who was also under pressure from Steven Harvey and 2016 State Champion Matt Templar. Harvey passed Nathan Russell on the final lap, with nothing only three car lengths separating the five drivers as they crossed the line in a great finish.

Russell won by just 0.218, while 1.398 separated the top five.

:: Street Stock Banjos Bakery Series Round Six

Heat 1, 10 Laps: 1. T4 Steven Harvey, 2. T88 Matt Templar, 3. T77 Corey Bauld, 4. T34 Ian McGuiness, 5. T28 Dale Riley Jnr, 6. T24 Ben Riley (9 laps)0, 7. T72 Steven Pyne (9), 8. T71 Brodie Poole (9), 9. T31 Ross Garth (8), 10. T92 Steve Russell (0), 11. T78 Mitch Allison (0). Time: 3.44.945, Winning Margin: 1.832, Fastest Lap: 21.762 T77 Corey Bauld

Heat 2, 10 Laps: 1. T5 Troy Russell, 2. T11 Matt Hammond, 3. T23 Nathan Russell, 4. T44 John Riley, 5. T98 David Summers, 6. T61 Jarrod Beasley (9 laps), 7. T32 Terri Farrell (9). DNF: 8. T46 Brendon Green (8), 9. T25 Damien Hall (5), 10. T35 Matthew Atkinson (1). Time: No Time, Winning Margin: 3.592, Fastest Lap: 19.017 T5 Troy Russell

Heat 3, 10 Laps: 1. T33 Brad Farrell, 2. T65 Trent Austin, 3. T52 Kurt Chilcott, 4. T7 Corey Jetson, 5. T45 Gregory Smith, 6. T69 Steven Maine, 7. T86 Colin Kenny (9 laps), 8. T97 Brock Inches (9). DNF: 9. T58 Warrick Lee 99), 10. T78 Matt Crawford (4). Time: No Time, Winning Margin: 3.268, Fastest Lap: 17.937 T33 Brad Farrell

Heat 4, 10 Laps: 1. T24 Ben Riley, 2. T77 Corey Bauld, 3. T8 Charlie Ivory, 4. T2 Jarrod Rogers, 5. T15 Daniel Cunningham, 6. T57 Brad Thompson, 7. T81 Darren Garwood, 8. T59 Mark Riley. DNF: 9. T71 Brodie Poole (8 laps). Time: No Time, Winning Margin: 0.485, Fastest Lap: 17.745 T77 Corey Bauld

Heat 5, 10 Laps: 1. T46 Brendon Green, 2. T5 Troy Russell, 3. T28 Dale Riley Jnr, 4. T78 Mitchell Allioson, 5. T52 Kurt Chilcott, 6. T9 Luke Williams, 7. T55 Nick Anderson. Time: 3.04.244, Winning Margin: 0.683, Fastest Lap: 17.789 T5 Troy Russell

Heat 6, 10 Laps: 1. T23 Nathan Russell, 2. T7 Corey Jetson, 3. T58 Warrick Lee, 4. T78 Matt Crawford, 5. T97 Brock Innes, 6. T57 Brad Thompson. DNF: 7. T44 John Riley (6 laps), 8. T61 Jarrod Beasley (6), 9. T8 Charlie Ivory (6), 10. T11 Matt Hammond (6). Time: No Time, Winning Margin: 2.783, Fastest Lap: 17.580 T44 John Riley

Heat 7, 10 Laps: 1. T15 Daniel Cunningham, 2. T72 Steven Pyne, 3. T33 Brad Farrell, 4. T65 Trent Austin, 5. T92 Steve Russell, 6. T45 Gregory Smith, 7. T32 Terri Farrell, 8. T81 Darren Garwood, 9. T31 Ross Garth. DNF: 10. T86 Colin Kenny (6 laps). Time: 3.17.616, Winning Margin: 0.465, Fastest Lap: 17.746 T65 Trent Austin

Heat 8, 10 Laps: 1. T9 Luke Williams, 2. T2 Jarrod Rogers, 3. T34 Ian McGuiness, 4. T4 Steven Harvey, 5. T88 Matt Templar, 6. T55 Nick Anderson, 7. T98 David Summers, 8. T59 Mark Riley. Time: 3.02.000, Winning Margin: 1.649, Fastest Lap: 17.886 T9 Luke Williams

Consolation Race, 15 Laps: 1. T78 Matt Crawford, 2. T55 Nick Anderson, 3. T61 Jarrod Beasley, 4. T92 Steve Russell, 5. T57 Brad Thompson, 6. T45 Gregory Smith, 7. T32 Terri Farrell, 8. T25 Damien Hall, 9. T69 Steven Maine, 10. T31 Ross Garth, 11. T81 Darren Garwood. DNF: 12. T97 Brock Inches (13 laps), 13. T98 David Summers (10), 14. T78 Mitchell Allison (10). Time: No Time, Winning Margin: 0.878, Fastest Lap: 17980 T57 Brad Thompson

Feature Race, 20 Laps: 1. T5 Troy Russell, 2. T77 Corey Bauld, 3. T4 Steven Harvey, 4. T23 Nathan Harvey, 5. T88 Matthew Templar, 6. T24 Ben Riley, 7. T9 Luke Williams, 8. T46 Brendon Green, 9. T33 Brad Farrell, 10. T7 Corey Jetson, 11. T44 John Riley, 12. T2 Jarrod Rogers, 13. T15 Daniel Cunningham, 14. T65 Trent Austin, 15. T52 Kurt Chilcott, 16. T34 Ian McGuiness, 17. T58 Warrick Lee (18 laps). DNF: 18. T11 Matt Hammond (15), 19. T28 Dale Riley Jnr (9), 20. T72 Steven Pyne (7). Time: No Time, Winning Margin: 0.218, Fastest Lap: 17.492 T5 Troy Russell

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