BALLARAT’S James Wren was “in a league of his own”, taking out back-to-back Victorian Wingless Sprint titles at Simpson Speedway on Saturday night.
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Simpson Car Club president Alan Symons said Wren was half a lap ahead until a yellow light in the A-main.
“Tony Moule came in second … he drove a pretty good race, but he had a fairly wounded car,” Symons said.
“From about three laps from the end, she started smoking fairly badly, but he managed just to keep Weely (Luke Weel) behind him.”
Simpson driver Luke Weel finished third, having worked his way up from seventh spot at the start of the A-main.
“There was a couple of people (whose cars) dropped dead in front of me, which probably have me a few spots,” he said.
“It was a bit of luck-of-the-draw, bit of right place at the right time.
“I just got a pretty decent start and the inside line kept moving.”
Within a couple of laps, Weel had moved into fourth, before climbing again.
Earlier in the night, Weel placed second, fourth and fifth in his heats.
He will race again at his home track in a fortnight, saying the races would be a good build-up to the Australian title in Toowoomba in early March.
Ricky Throckmorton took out the street stocks at Simpson on Saturday night on what Symons described as the best track Simpson had produced so far this season.
The speedway has another meeting in two weeks, which will feature wingless sprints, super rods and modified productions.