Almost a year to the day after winning the 2009 Collie Production Sedan Championship, Bunbury based driver, Paul Bennett has defended his title at the Smokefree Collie Speedway last night, winning the Griffin Coal 2010 Collie Championship.

Bennett, defeated up and coming Collie competitor Ricky Nuccini, who finished close behind Bennett, with Damon Trouchet third.

Glen Hoskins retired on lap 21 when holding down a close third place.

The main battle in the race was for the minor placings, with Damon Trouchet having a tremendous battle for the minor placing with Collie young guns Paul Joss and Steven Perry, while Jarred Sutton was also in contention. Lapped cars came into play holding Paul Joss back allowing Steven Perry to move up into fourth place. A mid race distance error cost Perry the fourth place when he received a penalty at the end of the race giving a surprised Paul Joss the fourth place behind Trouchet.

Bennett was jubilant at winning back to back Collie Championships, in a 30 lap Feature Race, which went the full distance without a stoppage. The next major event for Bennett will be the National Championship at Narrogin Speedway in three weeks time.

Production Sedans
Heat 1 - 8 laps: 1. W75 Jarred Sutton, 2. W41 Ricky Nuccini, 3. W69 Paul Joss, 4. W6 Phil Rose, 5. W77 Brad Kenward, 6. W3 Steven Perry

Heat 2 - 8 laps: 1. W73 Glen Hoskins, 2. W63 Paul Bennett, 3. W34 Damon Trouchet, 4. W10 Brenton Cherry, 5. W25 Darren Nelson, 6. W68 Rob Bennett, 7. W64 Danny Hinsey

Heat 3 - 8 laps: 1. W41 Ricky Nuccini, 2. W10 Brenton Cherry (full result not available)

Heat 4 - 8 laps: 1. W34 Damon Trouchet, 2. W63 Paul Bennett, 3. W73 Glen Hoskins, 4. W3 Steven Perry, 5. W69 Paul Joss, 6. W77 Brad Kenward

Heat 5 - 8 laps: 1. W41 Ricky Nuccini, 2. W75 Jarred Sutton, 3. W77 Brad Kenward, 4. W69 Paul Joss, 5. W3 Steven Perry. DNS W64 Danny Hinsey

Heat 6 - 8 laps: 1. W63 Paul Bennett, 2. W34 Damon Trouchet, 3. W6 Phil Rose, 4. W73 Glen Hoskins, 5. W25 Darren Nelson. DNF: W10 Brenton Cherry, W68 Rob Bennett

Griffin Coal Collie Championship - 30 laps: 1. W63 Paul Bennett, 2. W41 Ricky Nuccini, 3. W34 Damon Trouchet, 4. W69 Paul Joss, 5. W75 Jarred Sutton, 6. W3 Steven Perry, 7. W10 Brenton Cherry, 8. W25 Darren Nelson, 9. W68 Rob Bennett. Remainder did not finish

*Championship Final went non stop - all 30 laps