TICKFORD Autosport teenager Rylan Gray has been confirmed as the winner of the Saturday Super2 race at Ipswich following a post-race investigation.
The 18-year-old had a margin of 2.9164 seconds over pole-sitter Brad Vaughan upon taking the chequered flag, but did so under a cloud of doubt.
That related to a possible infringement at the end of the Safety Car intervention which accounted for a large portion of the race.
V8 Sleuth understands Gray has now been cleared of any wrongdoing and thus will retain what is the second race win of his Super2 career.
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Vaughan therefore has to settle for second, having been in line to become BJR’s first Super2 victor since Andrew Jones in Race 2 of the 2011 Queensland Raceway round.
Gray’s title advantage now stands at 144 points over Nash Morris entering Sunday’s action, where another 150 points will be up for grabs across the course of a 40-minute race.
There will be no more than 22 cars on the grid, with Image Racing’s #118 Commodore withdrawn and driver Jarrod Hughes sore following heavy contact from Mason Kelly.
Hughes was subsequently taken to Ipswich Hospital for X-rays on his left upper arm. Â