Picture Bruce
Jenkins
Shepherd and pole
position holder Ryan Wood fought for the lead away from the
lights, but contact on the infield sent Wood into a spin and
to the back of the field. Shepherd carried on with some
minor rear bodywork wounds but couldn’t hold off wily
championship leader Simon Evans, who avoided the drama and
took the lead at the end of the first lap, with Shepherd and
Ronan Murphy in hot pursuit.
The race developed
quickly into three distinct battles. The battle for the lead
with Evans, Shepherd and Murphy, the battle for fourth,
fifth and sixth involving a fast-starting Christina