On his home track Lock sealed victory in the 25-lap final at Simpson Speedway, a win he thought impossible when he began sprintcar racing four years ago.

But the night was not without carnage. Sprintcar debutante Jessica Moulden's outing ended in a bone-jarring roll on the first lap of her third heat race.

Her maiden run in a 360 sprintcar was the result of six-and-a-half years of hard work, after cutting her teeth in junior sedans and formula 500s.

The Cobden driver escaped unscathed and was philosophical about the smash.

"What can you say. It was just a racing incident," she said.

"I was just a bit unlucky. It would have been nice to finish the weekend on four wheels but it wasn't meant to be," she said.

Moulden clipped a car before rolling and collecting Peter Logue in her wake. Her next run in a sprintcar is likely to be at the end of next month.

Moulden wasn't the only casualty. Warrnambool driver Stephen Bell crashed out in his second heat race but a dedicated crew was able to patch up his car and get him back on track for the final where he finished fourth. Lock said the smashes were unfortunate. "There were a few incidents, whether the track caught drivers out, I'm not too sure. It's a funny sport speedway ? at the start of the night you just never know what's going to happen.

"It was a night of intrigue, drama and fairytales. Eventually we got the job done and were lucky to finish on the top end of it."

IT was a win on his home track, in front of a home crowd and what's more it was a state title.

But something was missing from the victory of newly crowned Victorian 360 sprintcar champion Phil Lock.

Lock began the 25-lap final at Simpson Speedway on Saturday night in position two. He passed pole-sitter Ben Fraser on the first bend on the first lap and lead the rest of the final untroubled.