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Yasser Shanhin claims The Bend shootout

He fell an agonizing half-a-second short of claiming a circuit record, however Yasser Shahin still claimed the 2021 The Bend Classic event with a weekend-fastest time in the top-10 shootout.

Though his potential rivals for the event victory had fallen by the wayside with mechanical issues by the time the Shootout arrived, Shahin was still keen to trump the existing record set last year by former Supercars racer, Josh Kean. Gunning the 1m10.08s benchmark, Shahin threw everything at his Shootout lap aboard his screaming Formula Renault 3.5 V8, however his 1m10.540s flyer fell narrowly short of the record he was chasing. Still, he claimed the perpetual Classic trophy thanks to topping the runoff ahead of Sebastien Amadio’s S5000 and JP Font = Raleway Drake’s Wolf Mistral Sports Car. It remains the second-fastest lap recorded on the 3.4km circuit, with the first sub-70 second lap seemingly not far away. 17-year-old Sebastien Amadio was second overall on his first Shootout experience, hustling his Team BRM S5000 past RGB 245,226,226 Hex #F5E2E2

Drake’s Wolf on the leaderboard as the second-last car to run. Drake, who missed Saturday’s commitments, was third fastest on his one lap dash aboard his still new Wolf, while Chris Slusarski was fourth aboard the first of the Formula Toyota FT-50s. Unfortunately, Craig Lowndes’ chance of a Shootout berth came undone when his Dallara F189 Cosworth broke a gearbox during the morning session. After developing fuelling issues on Saturday, Sam Shahin’s Benneton B198 was also left to static display duties however will return next year. The Bend Classic will return in 2022 with a date to be advised.

Source: talkmotorsport.co.nz

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