Thorne Bros Motorsport

ANOTHER TITLE FOR THORNE!

Continuing his incredible season last night, South Australian Nathan Thorne was able to successfully defend his SSA Street Stock Northern Territory Title at the Northline Speedway defeating Victorian Matt Nelson who finished for the second year in a row, and third placed Sam Brumfield.

Thorne was strong throughout the night and did enough in the heat races to qualify himself from pole position for the thirty five lap final, alongside Nelson, while further back other hopefuls including Jason Duell and Jack Yates were unable to make the call.

As the race went green Thorne would immediately take the lead, and although Nelson would stick the nose under Thorne a number of times over the first lap, he was unable to make a move.

An early caution would see Megan Henderson and Brodie Reid eliminated from the race, but Thorne would maintain his lead, he and Nelson pulling clear of the rest of the field while third placed Brumfield would lead Jake Koivumaki and Lenny Bates in what was developing into a good battle.

Bates grabbed fourth on lap six, then chased down Brumfield and passed him for third on lap eleven, but up front Thorne was pulling away from Nelson as they made their way through lapped traffic.

Thorne was lucky to avoid issues as a lapped car spun in front of him with twenty three laps remaining, bringing out the yellows for the second time in the event.

Bates was put back to fifth on the restart, Thorne leading away Nelson, Brumfield and Koivumaki.

Koivumaki would look to the outside of Brumfield, but the duo made contact coming out of turn four, allowing Bates to get back by for fourth, however by now Thorne had really begun to stretch his legs and was out to a big lead over Nelson.

Another caution with fourteen laps to go bunched the field up once again, Koivumaki back by Bates for fourth as the race resumed but business as usual up the front with Thorne leading Nelson and Brumfield, though the battle for second through to fourth would remain a lot closer than previous.

Bates slowed and went infield with eight to go, while Koivumaki began to apply the pressure on Brumfield and was able to effect the pass with only a few laps remaining, the duo side by side right behind Nelson.

Thorne though was well clear in the distance and would go on to successfully defend his Title, Nelson holding on for second while Brumfield was able to get the best of Koivumaki in the run to the line.

Official Result

Feature, 35 laps: 1. S52 Nathan Thorne, 2. V61 Matt Nelson, 3. NT63 Sam Brumfield, 4. NT11 Jake Koivumaki, 5. NT92 Lucas Fry, 6. NT3 James Ballantyne (34), 7. NT26 Jayke Budd (33), 8. NT69 Samantha Radford (32), 9. NT53 Aiden James (29), 10. NT74 Michelle Gill (26). DNF: W74 Lenny Bates (27), NT13 Lachlan Vanderburg (16), NT31 Kane Lloyd (12), NT44 Megan Henderson (1), NT59 Brodie Reid (1). DNS: S18 Jason Duell, NT17 Jack Yates, NT51 Jamie Jones. Total Time: No Time. Winning Margin: 5.829. Fastest Lap: 18.236 S52 Nathan Thorne.

Pic Courtesy Speedway Sedans Northern Territory.

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Shout out to Angryman Photography for these awesome shots!

Thorne Fastest in Official Practice!

National Street Stock Champion Nathan Thorne has tonight got his Championship defence off to the best possible start, setting the fastest lap in practice at the Gulf Western & Independent Oils Raceway at Latrobe, Tasmania.

Thorne went out on three occasions and wasn’t only fastest in each of the sessions, but progressively his times dropped until he recorded a 17.086 second circulation in the fifteenth session.

Tasmanian local Braiden Russell was next fastest with a 17.189 in session ten, while the nephew of former National champion Todd Auton from the last time the title was held at Latrobe, Harry Auton, was third fastest with a 17.270 second lap in session thirteen.

Twenty five session were held across the afternoon with seventy one drivers electing to take part. The top forty six drivers were separated by less than a second with most of the field within two seconds of each other.

Racing begins tomorrow evening at 6pm with three rounds of heats. Grid draws will be released later tonight, while live coverage across the whole weekend will be provided by Clay-Per-View.

Overall Fastest Times
1. S52 Nathan Thorne 17.086
2. T45 Braiden Russell 17.189
3. T29 Harry Auton 17.270
4. V61 Matt Nelson 17.276
5. V62 Jayden Blomeley 17.287
6. V4 Morris Ahearn17.347
7. T77 Nate Garwood 17.347
8. T65 Trent Austen 17.358
9. T18 Dale Riley Jnr 17.363
10. T80 Nigel Apted 17.395
11. T5 Troy Russell 17.425
12. V3 Peter Kinnear 17.462
13. T26 Andy Russell 17.463
14. T24 Corey Bauld 17.470
15. V88 Tim Hutchison 17.515
16. V82 Shane Roycroft 17.551
17. V39 Mark Purdie 17.561
18. T35 Matthew Atkinson 17.563
19. V31 Bhoe Paterson 17.566
20. T4 Steven Harvey 17.621
21. V38 Scott Purdie 17.632
22. W74 Lenny Bates 17.645
23. V85 Rhys Meakins 17.647
24. T172 Aaron Burgess 17.650
25. V5 Steven Watts 17.704
26. T11 Mathew Crawford 17.715
27. S33 Bryan Brown 17.751
28. V9 Brodie Ardley 17.767
29. W4 Matt Hammond 17.774
30. T21 Lucas Dickenson 17.790
31. T23 Nathan Russell 17.844
32. T2 Jarrod Rogers 17.852
33. T30 Bradley Currant 17.908
34. T83 Brad Mckendrick 17.950
35. T19 Corey Morice 17.952
36. V121 Jenson Wilson 17.972
37. T50 Damien Hall 17.977
38. T27 Jaiden Russell 17.981
39. T90 Blake Campbell 17.998
40. V87 Nathan Fawns 18.005
41. T33 Brad Farrell 18.007
42. V115 Troy Polley 18.041
43. T16 Nick Taylor 18.045
44. T34 Ian Mcguinness 18.050
45. T92 Steven Russell 18.052
46. V0 Mick Dann 18.069
47. V12 Ellen Vagg 18.163
48. T110 Terry Hammond 18.169
49. T14 Alex McMillan 18.182
50. T39 Shaun Atkinson 18.215
51. T15 Daniel Cunningham 18.237
52. W88 Peter Dowie 18.248
53. T124 Evan McMillan 18.309
54. T87 Liam Mclennan 18.327
55. T123 Noel Russell 18.361
56. T52 Kurt Chilcott 18.432
57. V45 Darwyn Lee 18.550
58. T28 Karlia Riley 18.595
59. T25 Phill Russell 18.607
60. V41 Leigh Gooding 18.609
61. V89 Stefan Clark 18.637
62. T49 Jayden Atkinson 18.740
63. T8 Shae-Lee Zeitzen 18.781
64. T561 Jamie Smith 18.855
65. T22 Sharla Scott 19.002
66. T32 Terri Farrell 19.042
67. T10 Karrisa Croft 19.043
68. T66 Caleb Wooldridge 19.078
69. T9 Luke Williams 19.173
70. T69 Darren Saunders 19.215
71. T17 Mel Collins 19.727

Honoured to be 1 of 10 talented South Australian Street Stock drivers invited to this event.
What an experience this is going to be! 🏁