It was the final stint of the race that set the pair up for victory as Ojeda stormed from fifth to first.<\/p>\n
Stan Sport is the only place to watch the 2023 SpeedSeries.<\/strong><\/em> All the action streaming ad-free, live and on demand<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n The key moment came with a little over an hour to go, when 'The Juice' put his car on the grass to go three-wide and get by Thomas Randle as well as a lapped car.<\/p>\n A key strategy play by the No.21 team meant Ojeda had completed all his compulsory pit stops late in the race.<\/p>\n When a safety car was called, he didn't have to serve the lengthy 90-second minimum time limit and passed race leader Aaren Russell (with Drew Russell and Wayne Russell) in pit lane.<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> NBA team grilled over 'tank job' to miss playoffs<\/strong><\/a>\ufeff<\/strong><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Masters leader grilled again over breach furore<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/strong> Coach fumes as 'filthy' act leaves stars injured<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n From there, Ojeda was largely unchallenged. Although he had to survive a frenetic finish to the race.<\/p>\n One last safety car intervention with four minutes to go in the race gave Russell one more chance to attack Ojeda, but the No.58 car ultimately came up short.<\/p>\n It was a nervous close to the six-hour race for Ojeda, whose fuel light came on with a few minutes to go.<\/p>\n "I'm speechless. Bathurst has been so tough, but today's good," said Ojeda.<\/p>\n "I had a knock with one of the lapped cars, and then we were managing a gearbox problem as well, and then the fuel alarm to top it off because we couldn't handle enough more.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeedSeriesAU\/status\/1644972332187025408<\/a><\/p>\n "We got one more lap under green. We thought it would finish under safety car.\u00a0<\/p>\n "That safety car couldn't go around any slower. I almost wanted to drive into his rear bar to get to the line a little bit quicker.\u00a0<\/p>\n "Ultimately, awesome to do it under green and what a day."<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeedSeriesAU\/status\/1644972044042534912<\/a><\/p>\n While Ojeda held out Russell, behind them Anton De Pasquale (paired with Anthony Soole and Adam Burgess) found himself embroiled in a battle for the final place on the podium.<\/p>\n A hard-charging Tyler Everingham (joined by Garth Walden and Michael Auld) stormed his way past the Thomas Randle\/Michael Kavich\/Ben Kavich car.<\/p>\n In the dying stages of the race, Everingham put a pass on De Pasquale at Forrest's Elbow for third just as the final safety car of the race was deployed.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeedSeriesAU\/status\/1644974297654628352<\/a><\/p>\n Everingham initially crossed the line in third and drove up to the podium only to be told to push his car back after being handed a 15-second post-race penalty.<\/p>\n That gave the De Pasquale\/Soole\/Burgess entry the final place on the podium.<\/p>\n In Class A2, the Tony Quinn\/Ryder Quinn\/Grant Denyer entry pipped Delfsma\/Casha\/Gray by a mere 0.09s at the finish line with a pass on the final turn.<\/p>\n Class A1 victory went to Dean Campbell and Cameron Crick in their Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X after passing the Mercedes-AMG A45 of Mike Sheargold\/Dylan O'Keeffe\/Brett Hobson in the final stanza.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeedSeriesAU\/status\/1644982475742142464<\/a><\/p>\n Class B1 victory went to the Jordan Cox\/Scott Turner\/Rob Rubis BMW 135i while Class B2 fell the way of Brent Edwards\/Cody McKay\/Bradley McDonald.<\/p>\n In bizarre scenes, Class C was taken out by Brock Giblin and Ben.McLeod after the Chris Holdt\/David Ling\/Darren Jenkins car was not classified for completing the final lap in more than double that of the race winner.<\/p>\n Class D went to Lachie Bloxsom\/Mitchell Maddren\/Murray Dowsett while Class E went the way of Lasagna delivery service backed drivers Andrew Jackman\/Cameron Beller\/Mark Taubitz.<\/p>\n For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> clicking here<\/strong><\/em><\/a>!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n
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