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Oldfield Wins John Day Classic!

Coming into last night’s show Warren Oldfield (Oldfield Racing) had never won the John Day Classic event, was struggling with a new car combination, and hadn’t had a win at the Perth Motorplex since April of 2023. Last night that all changed.

With twenty-two cars on hand for what was also the sixth round of the Pro Dirt Series proudly presented by SupaFit Seat Covers, heat race wins were shared by Brent Vosbergen (Team Vosbergen Racing - TVR), Luke Halliday (Halliday Racing), Jamie Oldfield (Oldfield Racing), and Jason Oldfield (Oldfield Racing), Vosbergen and Jamie Oldfield doing enough in their second heats to start on the front row of the thirty-lap main event.

As the main event went green, Vosbergen and Jamie hit the line together, Jamie able to get the advantage around the outside through the opening turns to lead the opening lap by just 0.058 seconds.

Lap two saw Oldfield able to move clearly into the lead while further back Halliday was running third, chased by Tasmanian Brad Smith (Brad Smith Devil Motorsports 6T).

Oldfield switched to the low line and Vosbergen went high, but all that did was enable to Oldfield to get slightly further ahead. The gap back to Halliday was widening, who in turn was putting a gap between himself and Smith, who was now under attack from Jason and Warren Oldfield.

Jason grabbed fourth on lap five, while a lap later Jamie and Brent found themselves encountering the first of the lapped traffic.

Lap seven saw Brent close the gap once again, but he was unable to make the pass, as Warren Oldfield grabbed fifth from Smith and in a rare move, he shifted to the outside as he looked to get around brother Jason, grabbing fourth on lap eight.

Further back, Australian Champion Joe Chalmers (Team BCM Motorsport:) was slicing his way through the field after starting in seventeenth, into seventh by lap ten.

Jamie and Brent were side by side as they crossed the line on lap twelve, Oldfield high through turns one and two allowing Vosbergen to dive through and lead lap thirteen.

Halliday was now running a lonely race in third while Warren, Jason and Smith were in close quarters, Chalmers also closing on the back of them.

Chalmers would eye off Smith and look for a way through but in turn two it all came undone, the duo coming together and stopping, Chalmers sent to the rear for the incident.

Halliday was the one who made a challenge on the restart, diving under Vosbergen and Oldfield, but only able to settle in front of Oldfield for second.

One lap was completed before David Nylander (Nylander Motorsport) came to a stop in turn three, bringing out the yellows once again with fourteen remaining.

Vosbergen maintained the lead briefly on the restart, but Jamie was quickly around his outside to lead lap seventeen, while Warren also shuffled Halliday back as he claimed third.

Lap nineteen saw Jamie all of a sudden bounce through the track and dramatically slow, Warren able to get around both him and Vosbergen to take the lead, Vosbergen second and Jamie able to recover to run third.

With around eight laps remaining Warren would hold the lead over Vosbergen, Jamie, Halliday and Jason, Chalmers able to move past a number of cars once again including Brad Blake to take sixth, then fifth from Jason.

Six to go and the yellows were out again as Smith and Blake came together, both cars stranded facing backwards on the main straight.

This time the field would restart single file, Warren leading away Vosbergen, Jamie, Halliday and Chalmers.

Warren was away while the pack of four cars would battle for second behind them, Vosbergen able to maintain the position as both Halliday and Chalmers got past Jamie.

With two to go Chalmers got past Halliday for third, but up front it was all Warren, building his lead each lap and recording his first win at the Motorplex since April of 2023.

Vosbergen would hold second and Chalmers was third across the line, with Halliday and Jamie Oldfield rounding out the top five finishers.

After a big few weeks the Late Models will now have a rest before getting back underway on Boxing Day at the Perth Motorplex!

The 2024/25 Pro Dirt Series is proudly supported by Maddington Toyota & CanningVale Toyota, ABN Trade Mates, McPhee Freight, scardifieldssmash, Heatleys Safety, Industrial & Automotive, Ross's Auctioneers & Valuers, SupaFit Seat Covers, My Race Pass, Wilson Brewing Company, The Event Mill and Dirt Track Nutters.

Release by DTN Media.

Pics Courtesy Richard Hathaway Photography and Cochrane Photography.

Contingency Awards
DTN Pole Position – Brent Vosbergen
Heatley’s Hard Charger – Joe Chalmers
Supafit Supa 7 – Brad Blake
Ross’s All Star – Luke Halliday

Official Results

Heat One, 8 laps: 1. 4 Brent Vosbergen, 2. 15 Warren Oldfield, 3. 0 Brad Blake., 4. T6 Brad Smith, 5. 21 Rod Musarra, 6. 80 Damian Hudson, 7. 11 Jason Oldfield, 8. 18 Matt Goodlad, 9. 90 David Boyes, 10. 25 Ryan Huxtable. DQ: A1 Joe Chalmers. Total Time: No Time. Winning Margin: 1.653. Fastest Lap: 16.386 4 Brent Vosbergen.

Heat Two, 8 laps: 1. 94 Luke Halliday, 2. 51 Jamie Oldfield, 3. 52 Jay Cardy, 4. 54 David Nylander, 5. 39 Chris Barrow, 6. 318 Freddy Kinsella, 7. 81 Peter Walker, 8. 65 Peter Seaton, 9. 04 Greg Horan, 10. 3 Robbie Cox (7), 11. N6 Bruce Mackenzie (7). Total Time: 2.22.512. Winning Margin: 0.524. Fastest Lap: 17.039 51 Jamie Oldfield.

Heat Three, 8 laps: 1. 51 Jamie Oldfield, 2. 4 Brent Vosbergen, 3. A1 Joe Chalmers, 4. 94 Luke Halliday, 5. 81 Peter Walker, 6. 39 Chris Barrow, 7. 90 David Boyes, 8. 80 Damian Hudson, 9. 04 Greg Horan, 10. 3 Robbie Cox. DNF: 25 Ryan Huxtable (2). Total Time: No Time. Winning Margin: 0.986. Fastest Lap: 16.653 51 Jamie Oldfield.

Heat Four, 8 laps: 1. 11 Jason Oldfield, 2. T6 Brad Smith, 3. 318 Freddy Kinsella, 4. 0 Brad Blake, 5. 15 Warren Oldfield, 6. 54 David Nylander, 7. 18 Matt Goodlad, 8. 21 Rod Musarra, 9. 52 Jay Cardy, 10. 65 Peter Seaton, 11. N6 Bruce Mackenzie. Total Time: 2.25.188. Winning Margin: 0.734. Fastest Lap: 17.240 15 Warren Oldfield.

Feature, 30 laps: 1. 15 Warren Oldfield, 2. 4 Brent Vosbergen, 3. A1 Joe Chalmers, 4. 94 Luke Halliday, 5. 51 Jamie Oldfield, 6. 11 Jason Oldfield, 7. 0 Brad Blake, 8. 18 Matt Goodlad, 9. 52 Jay Cardy, 10. 318 Freddy Kinsella, 11. 81 Peter Walker, 12. 90 David Boyes, 13. 80 Damian Hudson (29), 14. 39 Chris Barrow (29), 15. 04 Greg Horan (27), 16. N6 Bruce Mackenzie (27), 17. 3 Robbie Cox (27). DNF: T6 Brad Smith (25), 54 David Nylander (24), 21 Rod Musarra (17). DNS: 25 Ryan Huxtable, 65 Peter Seaton. Total Time: No Time. Winning Margin: 2.746. Fastest Lap: 17.335 51 Jamie Oldfield.

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