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HARRIS WINS ON DEBUT

Round 9 of the TKL Contractors Championship Series rolled into Manjimup Speedway with that familiar south west buzz, crews unloading under fading light, the smell of fuel in the air, and a field that mixed proven front runners with fresh faces ready to find their feet.

Before a lap was turned, the nominations told their own story. Four drivers were set to make their Legend Cars debut: 51W Glen Treloar, 94W Ben Thorpe, 97W Rhys Muir and 98W Logan Harris. Add in five Joker Cards played for the night through Nuccini Chimney Sweeping: 12W Ben Boyd, 16W Steve Barrow, 77W Wayne Campbell, 78W Cody Roberts and 96W Kye Cook and it was clear the meeting would be anything but straightforward.

Heat 1, presented by Cutts Metalcore, wasted no time tightening everyone’s grip on the fence. 7W Michael Cook struck first, holding off 16W Steve Barrow and 23W Russell Seery in a finish separated by just 0.339 seconds. Treloar’s pace was already on display too, punching out the fastest lap of the race at 22.767 seconds.

Hydraulink Bunbury Heat 2 delivered the first real “did that just happen?” moment of the night. In his debut Legend Cars race, Logan Harris drove like he’d been there for years, working the high line perfectly and bringing home a first up heat win, not only for himself, but for car owner Rhys Muir as well. Behind him, Greg Joss and Cody Roberts kept the pressure on, with Joss stopping the clock as the fastest of the race at 22.925 seconds. The margin at the line was only 0.344 seconds.

By the time Hit WA Heat 3 rolled out, the tempo had lifted again. Russell Seery took the win, but it was Harris who left the biggest mark, setting a rapid 21.413 second lap while continuing to look more and more comfortable in traffic.

Cutts Metalcore Heat 4 swung the pendulum back to Cook and Barrow. Cook made it two wins for the night, Barrow chased hard in second, and Kim Williams brought it home in third. Barrow’s speed was undeniable, topping the lap chart at 22.736 seconds, and the finish was razor thin, just 0.257 seconds.

Hydraulink Bunbury Heat 5 was Barrow’s statement. He controlled the race to take the win, with Rhys Muir second and Rob Trenaman third. Barrow also laid down the fastest lap at 22.222 seconds and stretched the winning margin to 7.088 seconds, a rare moment of breathing room in a meeting that otherwise refused to give any.

Then came Hit WA Heat 6, and it was the kind of finish that makes people talk all the way home. Greg Joss led the entire race, doing everything right, hitting his marks and keeping the door shut. But Harris stayed close enough to be a threat, and right at the line he found the run he needed, piping Joss in a drag race to the flag. The margin was 0.002 seconds. Harris also set the fastest lap at 21.981 seconds, underlining that the earlier pace wasn’t a one off.

The Busselton Bitumen & Civil A-Main lineup stacked the deck for a proper showdown. Seery and Barrow were right there. Cook was in striking distance. Joss had already shown he could control a race. And Harris had momentum, confidence, and a car that looked glued to the track.

When the A-Main unfolded, it delivered what the lineup promised. A tight battle with several lead changes, the sort of race where you can feel the grandstand leaning forward every time the leaders hit lapped traffic. In the end, Harris finished the job and drove to his first Legend Cars A-Main win. He crossed the line 2.146 seconds clear, set the fastest lap of the race at 21.829 seconds, and capped off a night that will be hard to forget.

Behind him, 7W Michael Cook was strong in second, with 16W Steve Barrow completing the podium in third. Greg Joss came home fourth, Russell Seery fifth, Rob Trenaman sixth, Kim Williams seventh, Rhys Muir eighth, Ben Boyd ninth, and debutant Glen Treloar tenth. Kye Cook was eleventh and Ben Thorpe twelfth, while Cody Roberts recorded a DNF and Wayne Campbell was a DNS.

The Collie Machine Shop Hard Charger award went to 51W Glen Treloar, gaining three positions across the feature, a tidy result on debut and a sign there’s plenty more to come.

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