Blake Iwanow has successfully defended his West Australian Junior Sedan Title, at the Makit Hardware, Narrogin Speedway on Sunday night.

Just Gavin Myers in 1979 and 1980 along with Bradley Oldfield in 2016 and 2017 have been able to achieve the feat prior to Iwanow in the 43 year history of the event.

Iwanow would start on the front row of the grid for the 25 lap main event with Beau Oldfield, while South Australian Drew Flatman and Broome driver Riley Dunne would start on row two.

The race would be run at a cracking pace, with the first of five stoppages occurring on lap three when Brandon Buszan spun on turn four.

The resultant restart would see Drew Flatman, Beau Oldfield and Riley Dunne all racing closely, trying to stay with the defending Champion. On lap six, Flatman was deemed to have spun Riley Dunne, sending Flatman to the rear of the field. On the restart, Dean Schofields car didn’t accelerate, sending cars everywhere, resulting in a third caution, with Schofield going to the rear of the field.

The race would then settle into a rhythm with thirteen consecutive laps under green. Iwanow opened a handy break, but behind him, a brilliant battle ensued for the minor placings with Beau Oldfield and Riley Dunne fighting for second place, while Kayne Dellar, Brandon Buszan, Jye Irving and Rory Elsum-Beaumont would have a great battle for the fourth position. Irving’s elevation through the field was spectacular after starting on the sixth row, with the Victorian putting in a great display of driving.

Kurtis Blackburn spun in turn four bringing on the yellow lights, as Iwanow had opened up a lead of 3.126 seconds. Iwanow also broke the one lap track record on lap nineteen, setting a time of 19.751, as the yellow lights came on.

With a six lap restart called, the race would change complexion, with Iwanow not getting away from the field as he had previously, with Beau Oldfield challenging in the laps that followed.

A further twist four laps from the finish would occur, when Josh Ahearn lost a wheel in the main straight, leaving drivers with the same scenario as a week previous in the National Title, a four lap re-start.

Oldfield immediately challenged Iwanow for the lead, but Iwanow was able to hold off the challenges to claim his second consecutive victory, with Oldfield a gallant second. Riley Dunne drove a great race to finish third, with Irving a credible fourth.

It would be Iwanow’s 51st and last Feature win in Junior Sedans, with the talented driver retiring from Junior racing as a true Champion.

RESULT
A Main, 25 laps: 1. WA1 Blake Iwanow, 2. W84 Beau Oldfield, 3. S112 Drew Flatman, 4. W55 Riley Dunne, 5. W66 Seth Hinsey, 6. W95 Kayne Dellar, 7. W198 Brandon Buszan, 8. W63 Bryden Southwell, 9. WA26 Rory Elsum-Beaumont, 10. V57 Zoe Young, 11. W119 Joshua Ahearn, 12. A1 Mitchell Baker, 13. V46 Jye Irving, 14. WX24 Jonty Barnsby, 15. W8 Brody Day, 16. WX73 Blake Palmer, 17. WA17 Kurtis Blackburn, 18. W17 Cody Mackellar, 19. W22 Dean Schofield, 20. W121 Taj Vanzetti, 21. WA95 Izak Davies, 22. W29 Deagan McNally.
RESULT
1. WA1 Blake Iwanow, 2. W84 Beau Oldfield, 3. W55 Riley Dunne, 4. V46 Jye Irving, 5. W95 Kayne Dellar, 6. WA17 Kurtis Blackburn, 7. V57 Zoe Young, 8. A1 Mitchell Baker, 9. W66 Seth Hinsey, 10. WA95 Izak Davies, 11. W22 Dean Schofield, 12. WX73 Blake Palmer, 13. W29 Deagan McNally. DNF: 14. W198 Brandon Buszan (24 laps), 15. WX24 Jonty Barnsby (23), 16. W119 Joshua Ahearn (20), 17. S112 Drew Flatman (19), 18. WA26 Rory Elsum-Beaumont (19), 19. W8 Brody Day (17), 20. W63 Bryden Southwell (9), 21. W121 Taj Vanzetti (9). DQ: W17 Cody Mackellar. Total Time: No Time. Winning Margin: 0.241. Fastest Lap: 19.751 WA1 Blake Iwanow.

B Main 2, 20 laps: 1. W295 Chloe Dellar, 2. W121 Taj Vanzetti, 3. W17 Cody Mackellar, 4. W57 Brooke Sutton, 5. S24 Chelsea Gwynne, 6. W14 Cam Aldrick, 7. W133 Lexi Smith, 8. W117 Tyson Blackburn, 9. W29 Deagan McNally, 10. WX4 Amber Shore, 11. W75 Tylah Steele, 12. W4 Emma Ahearn, 13. W16 Alicia Short, 14. W43 Jorja Davies, 15. W83 Kai Leeson.
RESULT
1. W17 Cody Mackellar, 2. W121 Taj Vanzetti, 3. W29 Deagan McNally, 4. W295 Chloe Dellar, 5. W75 Tylah Steele, 6. W133 Lexi Smith, 7. WX4 Amber Shore, 8. W4 Emma Ahearn, 9. W14 Cam Aldrick, 10. W43 Jorja Davies (19). DNF: S24 Chelsea Gwynne (18), W16 Alicia Short (17), W83 Kai Leeson (6), W57 Brooke Sutton (6), W117 Tyson Blackburn (4). Total Time: No Time. Winning Margin: 0.473. Fastest Lap: 20.434 W17 Cody Mackellar.

B Main 1, 20 laps: 1. W88 Izzac Delaporte, 2. W18 Hayden Mortimer, 3. W22 Dean Schofield, 4. WA17 Kurtis Blackburn, 5. W77 Jared Coutts, 6. W13 Elysha Cooper, 7. WA95 Izak Davies, 8. WA24 Aiden Doak, 9. W171 Jayden Blackburn, 10. W11 Erin Fraser, 11. WA77 Mitchell Delaporte, 12. W71 Olivia Earle, 13. W33 Olivia Smith, 14. WA66 Possum Lawrence, 15. W343 Tanika Webb.
RESULT
1. WA17 Kurtis Blackburn, 2. W22 Dean Schofield, 3. WA95 Izak Davies, 4. W88 Izzac Delaporte, 5. W18 Hayden Mortimer, 6. WA24 Aiden Doak, 7. W11 Erin Fraser, 8. W33 Olivia Smith, 9. WA77 Mitchell Delaporte, 10. WA66 Possum Lawrence. DNF: W171 Jayden Blackburn (11), W71 Olivia Earle (10), W343 Tanika Webb (8), W13 Elysha Cooper (8). DQ: W77 Jared Coutts. Total Time: No Time. Winning Margin: 1.321. Fastest Lap: 20.272 W22 Dean Schofield.

Heat 20, 8 Laps: 1. W117 Tyson Blackburn, 2. W66 Seth Hinsey, 3. W18 Hayden Mortimer, 4. W16 Alicia Short, 5. WA77 Mitchell Delaporte, 6. W8 Brody Day, 7. W198 Brandon Buszan, 8. WA24 Aiden Doak, 9. W13 Elysha Cooper, 10. A1 Mitchell Baker.
RESULT
1. W66 Seth Hinsey, 2. W198 Brandon Buszan, 3. A1 Mitchell Baker, 4. W18 Hayden Mortimer, 5. W117 Tyson Blackburn, 6. W8 Brody Day, 7. W13 Elysha Cooper, 8. WA24 Aiden Doak, 9. W16 Alicia Short, 10. WA77 Mitchell Delaporte. Total Time: 2.45.979. Winning Margin: 0.336. Fastest Lap: 20.273 W198 Brandon Buszan.

Heat 19, 8 Laps: 1. W87 Riley Hanson, 2. W133 Alexandria Smith, 3. W119 Josh Ahearn, 4. WA66 Possum Lawrence, 5. W1 Blake Iwanow, 6. W83 Kai Leeson, 7. W17 Cody MacKellar, 8. WA26 Rory Elsum-Beaumont, 9. W11 Erin Fraser, 10. WX4 Amber Shore
RESULT
1. WA1 Blake Iwanow, 2. W119 Joshua Ahearn, 3. W17 Cody Mackellar, 4. WA26 Rory Elsum-Beaumont, 5. W133 Lexi Smith, 6. W11 Erin Fraser, 7. WX4 Amber Shore, 8. W83 Kai Leeson (7). DNF: WA66 Possum Lawrence (2). DNS: W87 Riley Hanson. Total Time: 2.49.383. Winning Margin: 4.817. Fastest Lap: 20.273 WA1 Blake Iwanow.

Heat 18, 8 Laps: 1. W71 Olivia Earle, 2. S112 Drew Flatman, 3. W33 Olivia Smith, 4. S24 Chelsea Gwynne, 5. W63 Bryden Southwell, 6. V46 Jye Irving, 7. W73 Darryl George, 8. WA95 Izak Davies, 9. WA17 Kurtis Blackburn, 10. W343 Tanika Webb
RESULT
1. S112 Drew Flatman, 2. S24 Chelsea Gwynne, 3. V46 Jye Irving, 4. W63 Bryden Southwell, 5. WA17 Kurtis Blackburn, 6. WA95 Izak Davies, 7. W71 Olivia Earle, 8. W343 Tanika Webb, 9. W33 Olivia Smith. DNS: W73 Darryl George. Total Time: 2.45.729. Winning Margin: 0.799. Fastest Lap: 20.242 V46 Jye Irving.

Heat 17, 8 Laps: 1. W95 Kayne Dellar, 2. WX24 Jonty Barnsby, 3. W171 Jayden Blackburn, 4. W14 Cam Aldrick, 5. V57 Zoe Young, 6. W43 Jorja Davies, 7. W88 Izzac Delaporte, 8. W75 Tylah Steele, 9. W29 Deagan McNally, 10. W4 Emma Ahearn
RESULT
1. W95 Kayne Dellar, 2. WX24 Jonty Barsnby, 3. V57 Zoe Young, 4. W29 Deagan McNally, 5. W171 Jayden Blackburn, 6. W14 Cam Aldrick, 7. W75 Tylah Steele, 8. W4 Emma Ahearn, 9. W43 Jorja Davies. DNF: W88 Izzac Delaporte (0). Total Time: 2.48.677. Winning Margin: 2.589. Fastest Lap: 20.703 W95 Kayne Dellar.

Heat 16, 8 Laps: 1. W295 Chloe Dellar, 2. WX73 Blake Palmer, 3. W26 Jasmine Arnold, 4. W55 Riley Dunne, 5. W77 Jared Coutts, 6. W57 Brooke Sutton, 7. W22 Dean Schofield, 8. WX11 Chesta Grinham, 9. W84 Beau Oldfield, 10. W121 Taj Vanzetti
RESULT
1. W84 Beau Oldfield, 2. W55 Riley Dunne, 3. W295 Chloe Dellar, 4. W121 Taj Vanzetti, 5. WX73 Blake Palmer, 6. W22 Dean Schofield. DNF: W57 Brooke Sutton (1), W77 Jared Coutts (1), W26 Jasmine Arnold (1). DNS: WX11 Chesta Grinham. Total Time: No Time. Winning Margin: 3.675. Fastest Lap: 20.079 W84 Beau Oldfield

Group Photo courtesy of Jody Shanhun

L:R: 4th Jye Irving, 3rd Riley Dunne, 1st Blake Iwanow, 2nd Beau Oldfiled