After knocking on the door for many recent rounds, Dark Horse Racing’s Ash Miller has taken the victory at the latest sensationally exciting round or the QLD MX5 Cup, held at Lakeside Raceway on September 13th.

After pacing very quickly during practice the previous day, Miller and his DHR squad were optimistic about his chances.

“The car felt awesome during practice, and despite having to get used to a cavalcade of new things, including a new Haltech dash and a different seating position, the car felt great right out of the box.”

The pace continued into Sunday’s race day, landing on the front row of the grid behind Geoff Fane’s beastly 2B monster. However, fortunes would fall into Miller’s favour come the start of the first race.

“Geoff stopped on the roll up lap, something to do with his throttle position sensor playing up. So right from the outset I had a clear run into turn one.”

Staving off a challenge from David Gainer, Miller proceeded to command the opening race, streaking clear of Gainer and third place runner Damien Meneguzzo.

“The car felt amazing and we were easily able to just drive to the flag. I’ve never felt the car so good!”

The second race netted another victory, albeit by default – while Gainer took the win on the road after an intense battle with Miller, it was the latter who was awarded the win after David was awarded a 20 second penalty for jumping the start.

“That race was intensely hard fought but very fair – Lakeside isn’t renowned for it’s passing spots, but I tried every angle I possibly could to find one!”

The third race proved just as exciting, and Miller tussled with Meneguzzo and Gainer on the opening lap before taking command once again, finishing behind Geoff Fane’s 2B car.

With the points worked out, Miller took the overall victory for DHR, the team’s first after only two years in the MX5 class.

The absense of QLD MX5 Cup Championship leader Ash Lowe from the Lakeside round due to injury now sees a thrilling battle in the making, as a hair’s breadth seperates Ash Lowe and Ash Miller in the points standings.

Lakeside will once again play host to the next round of the championship, which will see the ‘Battle of the Ash’s’ resume in red-hot style.

“I love Lakeside, and we’ve been very good around here in the past, so we’ll be focusing 100% on getting the most out of the car for the next round. I can’t wait!”

Mark October 11th in your diaries, and set your GPS to Lakeside Park – it’s going to be a race meeting you won’t want to miss!