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Wilson Brothers Racing’s Lee Castle was on the money at the second round of the Australian Manufacturers Championship at Oran Park, with a pair of top four finishes today aboard the team’s Subaru WRX Sti. With the handicap system in force for today’s two races, Castle found himself starting the first race from the rear of the grid in the final starting group on a wet circuit, but after a swift getaway, the Subaru was soon leading the pack of seven cars. Chaos ensued behind Castle, with the Mitsubishi Evo of Bob Pearson spinning, allowing Castle to skip away in pursuit of the smaller capacity cars. Castle carved through the pack, finding wet parts of the race track in an effort to conserve his tyres for the final race. Passing fellow Queenslander Jake Camilleri for second in the dying stages, Castle was unable to chase down eventual race winner Andrew Miedecke, driving a Hyundai Tiburon. The third and final ten lap encounter started with Castle missing the red starting light, and dropping back to the rear of the pack after starting on pole in Class A. After carving past a couple of the Class A and B cars, the safety car entered the circuit when Chris Delfsma beached his Falcon at turn two, bunching up the field. On the resumption of racing, Castle surged past most of the field to be running fourth with one lap to go. Further carnage brought out the safety car once again for the final lap of the race, with the win going to Camilleri’s Mazda 3. Castle was a happy man after the round, with the result boding well for the final two rounds of the championship. |
