Sunday, December 13, 2009 Jason Crowe - SSA Media
It was a Higgs trifecta at the Perth Motorplex on Saturday night, with the sixth round of the Super Sedan Summer Series, as part of the Sedan Muster.
Keith Higgs won an entertaining 20 lap Feature Race, defeating Gary Higgs and Dustin Higgs, in a race which had plenty of three and four wide racing, and ultimately came down to the wire.
The initial start was aborted when Bert Vosbergen and James Holland spun in the opening corner, before Micheal Nash and John Triplett both hit the fence on the second attempt. Triplett would be forced to retire.
Keith Higgs would again lead the field, getting the better of the start over pole sitter, Frank Does. Kemble Aylett, Gary Higgs, Kodee Brown and Dustin Higgs were not far behind, as the race settled.
Dustin Higgs moved to fourth nearing the half way mark of the race, with Kodee Brown and Peter Lyall of Carnarvon fighting for the position with him, while Aylett had slipped back to seventh.
Higgs and Does continued to fight for the lead, while Gary and Dustin Higgs were closing the gap, with a fifty metre gap back to Brown, Lyall, Murray Iwanow and Aylett.
With six laps to go, Micheal Nash would spin, bunching the field back together, all of whom were still on the lead lap.
Gary Higgs would pass Does to take second place, before setting out after Keith Higgs, who appeared to have the measure of his rivals. Dustin Higgs had a great battle with Does in the concluding stages, taking third place on the final corner, to record a Higgs trifecta.
Earlier, Gary Higgs, Frank Does, Darren Larson and Kemble Aylett were successful in the heat races. Larson won heat three, after Does spun on the last corner, while in the lead handing Larson a close victory, as Does tried to recover. Keith Higgs would earn a front row in the Feature race, after a very exciting pole shuffle, where he systematically disposed of all of the opposition, prior to going down in the decider against Does.
RESULTS
Heat 1 - 10 Laps: 1. W81 Gary Higgs, 2. W21 Shayne Reid, 3. W1 Kodee Brown, 4. W24 Murray Iwanow, 5. W45 Micheal Nash, 6. W91 Darren Larson, 7. W37 John Triplett, 8. W75 Jim Holland, 9. W111 Shane Norris. 3.10.513, Fastest Lap: 17.300 W24 Murray Iwanow (Lap 4), Winning Margin: 5.419
Heat 2 - 10 Laps: 1. W3 Frank Does, 2. W82 Dustin Higgs, 3. W85 Keith Higgs, 4. W9 Kemble Aylett, 5. W14 Peter Lyall, 6. W2 Ken Reid. DNF: W87 Liam Burke, W76 Terry Green, W4 Bert Vosbergen. 3.16.630, Fastest Lap: 19.044 W3 Frank Does (Lap 2), Winning Margin: 0.305
Heat 3 - 10 Laps: 1. W91 Darren Larson, 2. W3 Frank Does, 3. W1 Kodee Brown, 4. W82 Dustin Higgs, 5. W21 Shayne Reid, 6. W111 Shane Norris, 7. W81 Gary Higgs, 8. W2 Ken Reid. 3.19.192, Fastest Lap: 18.638 W81 Gary Higgs (Lap 3), Winning Margin: 0.330
Heat 4 - 10 Laps: 1. W9 Kemble Aylett, 2. W37 John Triplett, 3. W85 Keith Higgs, 4. W24 Murray Iwanow, 5. W76 Terry Green, 6. W14 Peter Lyall, 7. W45 Micheal Nash. DNF: W75 James Holland. 3.22.002, Fastest Lap: 19.497 W9 Kemble Aylett (Lap 5), Winning Margin: 0.224
Pole Shuffle - 2 Laps: W82 Dustin Higgs def W91 Darren Larsen, W85 Keith Higgs def W82 Dustin Higgs, W85 Keith Higgs def W1 Kodee Brown, W85 Keith Higgs def W9 Kemble Aylett, W3 Frank Does def W85 Keith Higgs
Feature Race - 20 Laps Grid: 1. W3 Frank Does, 2. W85 Keith Higgs, 3. W9 Kemble Aylett, 4. W1 Kodee Brown, 5. W82 Dustin Higgs, 6. W91 Darren Larsen, 7. W21 Shayne Reid, 8. W81 Gary Higgs, 9. W24 Murray Iwanow, 10. W37 John Triplett, 11. W14 Peter Lyall, 12. W45 Micheal Nash, 13. W76 Terry Green, 14. W111 Shane Norris, 15. W4 Bert Vosbergen, 16. W75 Jim Holland.
Result: 1. W85 Keith Higgs, 2. W81 Gary Higgs, 3. W82 Dustin HIggs, 4. W3 Frank Does, 5. W14 Peter Lyall, 6. W1 Kodee Brown, 7. W9 Kemble Aylett, 8. W24 Murray Iwanow, 9. W91 Darren Larson, 10. W111 Shane Norris, 11. W21 Shayne Reid, 12. W76 Terry Green, 13. W75 Jim Holland. DNF: W4 Bert Vosbergen, W37 John Triplett, W45 Micheal Nash. 1.59.00 (Last 6 laps), Fastest Lap: 17.277 W24 Murray Iwanow (Lap 4), Winning Margin: 1.741

Part of the Higgs family tree, 3rd Dustin, 1st Keith, 2nd Gary - photo courtesy Peter Roebuck
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