Daniel Pidala is the official winner of a dramatic Oilfield Transport Services, WASCF Street Stock State Championship, held tonight at the Broome Speedway in the North of Western Australia.

The twenty eight year old Carnarvon Mechanic, led throughout the epic thirty lap race, which took an hour to run and had just eight cars from an original twenty one finish.

After three aborted starts, Bob Wakefield was involved in a crash, putting him on the infield after just 100 metres, and soon after was joined by Kane Munro and Jack Barnewall, as Wayne Thomson became the first of numerous drivers to be sent to the rear of the field.

Pidala opened up a commanding lead of nearly half a lap as the race settled down, as Shaun Reed and Clinton John became the next to retire. Daniel Ameduri was sent to the rear of the field on lap six, as Thomson started to storm back through the field.

Pidala again opened a handy lead, with Jeff Genev, Shane Kulker, Jamie Oldfield and Peter Herbert all in hot pursuit, as the race was run at a cracking pace.

At the half way mark, a major crash took out defending Champion, Matt Amato, brother Damien Amato, Clint Udecz and Wayne Thomson all on the back straight.

With half the race gone and half the field out of the race, Pidala continued to hold the lead as Oldfield put the pressure on Genev for the minor prize.

With ten laps remaining Pidala slowly started to come back to the field, but led by a handy margin from Genev, Oldfield, Odin Smith and Herbert, while Shane Kulker slipped back to sixth.

A five lap restart was called when Greg Avins was unable to get off the track with a flat tyre, leaving just nine cars to fight out the result.

Pidala started to slow dramatically as Genev and Oldfield tried to pass the Carnarvon based driver. Peter Herbert joined the challenge with three laps to go, setting up a grand stand finish.

Jamie Oldfield passed Genev on the outside on the last lap to finish second, just two car lengths behind Pidala. Jeff Genev was third while Peter Herbert finished fourth.

At the presentation, Peter Herbert was emotional, with his best ever result in a State Title. Jeff Genev was full of praise for all other placegetters, especially Oldfield, who passed Genev on the last lap. Jamie Oldfield was full of praise for the event, and his car owner, Rod Smith.

Quietly spoken Pidala was very happy with the win, and thanked his family, especially his father who puts tireless hours into the preparation.

Sadly, Genev and Herbert were disqualified after the race meeting at post scrutineering checks.

The State Title was the first ever to be held at the Broome venue and was a huge success, with massive crowds on both nights.

Heat 16 - 10 Laps: 1. W46 Shaun Reed, 2. W25 Mark Dunne, 3. W38 Bob Wakefield, 4. W92 Phil Brenzi, 5. W42 Shane Winch-buist, 6. W61 Darren Johnson, 7. W4 Jeff Genev, 8. W51 Justin Melhuish, 9. W82 Matt Amato.

Result

1. W46 Shaun Reed, 2. W38 Bob Wakefield, 3. W4 Jeff Genev, 4. W61 Darren Johnson, 5. W51 Justin Melhuish. DNF: W25 Mark Dunne, W42 Shane Winch-buist. DNS: W92 Phil Brenzi, W82 Matt Amato. Time 3.20.164 (Last 9 Laps)

Heat 17 – 10 Laps: 1. W83 Daniel Ameduri, 2. W77 Shaun Fitzgerald, 3. W7 Frank Kulker, 4. W11 Greg Avins, 5. W10 Glen Harper, 6. W96 Greg Hewitt, 7. W66 Clint Udecz, 8. W26 Clinton John, 9. W44 Peter Herbert.

Result

1. W83 Daniel Ameduri, 2. W7 Frank Kulker, 3. W66 Clint Udecz, 4. W26 Clinton John, 5. W11 Greg Avins, 6. W44 Peter Herbert, 7. W10 Glen Harper, 8. W96 Greg Hewitt. Time: 1.32.353 (Last 4 Laps)

Heat 18 – 10 Laps: 1. W16 Jack Barnewall, 2. W2 Wayne Bird, 3. W16 Wayne Thomson, 4. W14 Mark Furphy, 5. W37 Kane Munro, 6. W43 Josh Davies, 7. W67 Edward Cumming, 8. W81 Clinton Pursche, 9. W47 Gavin Cumming.

Result

1. W16 Jack Barnewall, 2. W37 Kane Munro, 3. W14 Mark Furphy, 4. W15 Wayne Thomson, 5. W2 Wayne Bird, 6. W81 Clinton Pursche, 7. W67 Edward Cumming, 8. W47 Gavin Cumming. No Time

Heat 19 – 10 Laps: 1. W27 Terry Hickey, 2. W31 Lyle Sibosado, 3. A1 Michael Hamon, 4. W8 Damien Amato, 5. W88 Wade Mason, 6. W21 Evan Wakefield, 7. W56 Greg Mills, 8. W95 Trent Bin-Omar, 9. W24 Jamie Oldfield.

Result

1. W31 Lyle Sibosado, 2. A1 Michael Hamon, 3. W24 Jamie Oldfield, 4. W8 Damien Amato, 5. W56 Greg Mills, 6. W88 Wade Mason, 7. W27 Terry Hickey. DNF: W95 Trent Bin-Omar, W21 Evan Wakefield. Time. 3.35.937

Heat 20 – 10 Laps: 1. W22 Gerard Clarke, 2. W75 Odin Smith, .3. W52 Daniel Pidala, 4. W28 Tim Coxall, 5. W55 Chelsea Dunne, 6. W6 Shane Kulker, 7. W41 Andrew Norton, 8. W19 Aaron Halligan, 9. W5 John Zinner.

Result

1. W52 Daniel Pidala, 2. W75 Odin Smith, 3. W28 Tim Coxall, 4. W6 Shane Kulker, 5. W55 Chelsea Dunne, 6. W41 Andrew Norton, 7. W5 John Zinner, 8. W22 Gerard Clarke, 9. W19 Aaron Halligan. Time: 2.11.816 (Last 6 Laps)

C Main - 10 Laps

Grid Position

1. W21 Evan Wakefield, 2. W81 Clinton Pursche, 3. W22 Gerard Clarke, 4. W67 Edward Williams, 5. W47 Gavin Cumming, 6. W27 Terry Hickey, 7. W96 Greg Hewitt, 8. W42 Shane Wich-buist

Result

1. W81 Clinton Pursche, 2. W21 Evan Wakefield, 3. W22 Gerard Clarke, 4. W67 Edward Williams, 5. W96 Greg Hewitt, 6. W27 Terry Hickey, 7. W47 Gavin Cumming. DNF: W42 Shane Winch-buist. Time: 3.49.389

B Main - 15 Laps

Grid Positions

1. W46 Shaun Reed, 2. W2 Wayne Bird, 3. W14 Mark Furphy, 4. W31 Lyle Sibosado, 5. W56 Greg Mills, 6. W7 Frank Kulker, 7. W16 Jack Barnewall, 8. W10 Glen Harper, 9. W88 Wade Mason, 10. W5 John Zinner, 11. W61 Darren Johnson, 12. W95 Trent Bin-Omar, 13. W51 Justin Melhuish, 14. W19 Aaron Halligan, 15. W41 Andrew Norton, 16. W55 Chelsea Dunne, 17. W81 Clinton Pursche, 18. W21 Evan Wakefiled

Result

1. W46 Shaun Reed, 2. W14 Mark Furphy, 3. W16 Jack Barnewall, 4. W10 Glen Harper, 5. W88 Wade Mason, 6. W5 John Zinner, 7. W95 Trent Bin-Omar, 8. W55 Chelsea Dunne, 9. W61 Darren Johnson, 10. W2 Wayne Bird, 11. W51 Justin Melhuish. DNF: W7 Frank Kulker, W56 Greg Mills, W31 Lyle Sibosado, W81 Clinton Pursche, W41 Andrew Norton, W21 Evan Wakefield. Time: 1.30.493

A Main - 30 Laps:

Grid Draw

1. W4 Jeff Genev, 2. W52 Daniel Pidala, 3. W37 Kane Munro, 4. W15 Wayne Thomson, 5. W75 Odin Smith, 6. W44 Peter Herbert, 7. W24 Jamie Oldfield, 8. W8 Damien Amato, 9. W6 Shane Kulker, 10. W83 Daniel Ameduri, 11. W66 Clint Udecz, 12. W28 Tim Coxall, 13. W38 Bob Wakefield, 14. A1 Michael Hamon, 15. W26 Clinton John, 16. W11 Greg Avins, 17. W46 Shaun Reed, 18. W14 Mark Furphy, 19. W16 Jack Barnewall, 20. W10 Glen Harper, 21. Matt Amato (Defending Champion - did not automatically qualify)

Official Result

1. W52 Daniel Pidala, 2. W24 Jamie Oldfield, 3. W6 Shane Kulker, 4. W14 Mark Furphy, 5. W83 Daniel Ameduri, 6. W10 Glen Harper. DNF: W11 Greg Avins, W75 Odin Smith, A1 Michael Hamon, W28 Tim Coxall, W82 Matt Amato, W66 Clint Udecz, W15 Wayne Thomson, W8 Damien Amato, W26 Clinton John, W46 Shaun Reed, W16 Jack Barnewall, W37 Kane Munro, W38 Bob Wakefield. DISQ: W4 Jeff Genev (post race scrutineering - originally finished third), W44 Peter Herbert (post race scrutineering - originally finished fourth)

Clinton Pursche and Lyle Sibosado collided in the main straight

Damien Amato, one of the drivers involved in a major crash of the back straight

The infield started to look like a used car lot

Winner, Daniel Pidala

Runner Up - Jamie Oldfield

Daniel Pidala beside the winning car

Jamie Oldfield with car owner "Rocket" Rodney Smith