
Infant’s Friend driver Ash Walsh has backed up his first race win in the 2013 Dunlop Series with a fine third place today at the Clipsal 500, giving him second overall for the round. Walsh stepped onto the podium of a V8 Supercar race for the first time in front of a huge crowd in Adelaide.
Fresh from a win in Race 1, Walsh and the MSR team were mindful of keeping the tyre life in the car over a longer 23 lap race. Starting from Pole Position, Walsh got just too much wheel spin and was fourth after lap 1. A great run out of Turn 8 saw Walsh launch past Andy Jones to grab 3rd position on Lap 4. Although he was close to the two leading Fords of Mostert and Wood, he could not bridge the gap and settled into a third place race spot, guaranteeing him second overall for the weekend.
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