Liam Doran made a great start in the first quarter final,
launching ahead and surviving contact with Rhys Millen to take an early lead.
His lead wasn’t to last however as behind the leaders, Joni Wiman tagged the
wall, breaking his suspension and bringing out the red flags.
When the heat restarted, Millen once again tagged Doran,
sending the Brit into a spin. Millen took a penalty for the contact whilst
Austin Dyne went on to take his first career heat win ahead of Doran and Brian
Deegan
In the second quarter final Nelson Piquet Jr. and Sverre
Isachsen launched ahead of fellow front row starter Ken Block who dropped back
early on. However, like the first quarter final, the race was soon red flagged
as contact between Piquet Jr. and Isachsen left the Norwegian’s Subaru damaged
and stopped on the track.
On the restart, Block made a better getaway to take the
lead. Piquet Jr. came close to making a move on the leader in the first turn
but appeared to think better of it after his early contact.
A lap later as Ricky Johnson took the joker, he made contact
with Piquet Jr. and was taken out of the race. Piquet. Jr. kept going and
despite briefly slowing, he took second place behind Block who won
convincingly.
Quarter Final 1C
Row 1 - Steve Arpin, Travis Pastrana, Scott Speed
Row 2 - Pat Moro, Anton Marklund
Row 1 - Steve Arpin, Travis Pastrana, Scott Speed
Row 2 - Pat Moro, Anton Marklund
We finally got a clean start in the third quarter final as
Scott Speed, Steve Arpin and Travis Pastrana went into the first turn three
abreast. Speed emerged as the leader and began to extend a gap. Anton Marklund
briefly took the final podium place from Pastrana when he took the joker lap
but Pastrana re-took the position a lap later when he took the short cut
himself, much to the crowd’s delight.
Speed took the win ahead of Arpin,
Pastrana, Marklund and Pat Moro.
Quarter Final 1D Row 1 - Toomas Heikkenen, Patrik Sandell, Tanner Foust
Row 2 - Bucky lasek, Emma Gilmour
The fourth Quarter final saw the drama of the first two
return. Two time series champion Tanner Foust took a brief lead at the start
but coming out of the first turn, the Andretti Volkswagen driver rolled his
Polo, knocking him out of the event and bringing out yet another red flag.
Patrik Sandell took an early lead on the restart ahead of
Heikkenen with Bucky Lasek and Emma Gilmour further back. On the fourth lap of
the six lap race reigning Red Bull GRC champion Heikkenen spun, allowing Emma
Gilmour to catch up and pass him. Heikkenen got his car going again but pulled
off the track straight away as driveshaft failure and a fire brought an early
end to his day.
Another red flag followed. Sandell, lasek, Gilmour were all
that remained and the trio took to the track for a three lap shootout with one
joker lap each to decide seeding for the semi-finals.
Images: Garth Milan, Alison Padron, Red Bull Content Pool, Red Bully Global Rallycross
Images: Garth Milan, Alison Padron, Red Bull Content Pool, Red Bully Global Rallycross
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