Pelaw Main's Rohan Tungate is part of a three-way tie for leader after round two of the 2019 Australian Solo Speedway Championship at Mildura on Saturday.
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Tungate, first round leader Max Fricke and second-leg winner Chris Holder are locked on 30 points going into Monday night’s round at Undera in Victoria.
Holder dropped only one-point in the heats and won the A-final from Tungate, Fricke and 2016 Australian champion Brady Kurtz who progressed from the B-final.
Tungate, who claimed his second runners-up podium finish, Fricke and Kurtz had all finished on 11 points from the heat.
Newcastle’s Sam Masters, the 2017 Australian champion, took another 10 points from the meeting and sits equal fifth on 20 points with Kurtz, one-point behind 2018 NSW champion Jack Holder.
This year’s series is a marathon with a fifth leg added to the program with the inclusion of round-four at Albury.
Tungate, the reigning Aussie champion, made a strong start to the 2019 series finishing second on the opening night to a red-hot Max Fricke at Gillman Speedway.
Victorian Fricke, the 2016 World under-21 champion and four-time Australian under-21 champ, and Tungate both finished on 13 points after the heats and battled all the way in the final.
Former world and five-time Australian champion Chris Holder was third overall after progressing to the A-final from the B-final.
Undera stages round three on Monday.
Round four takes place at new Aussie championship venue Albury on January 9, before the champion is crowned at Kurri Kurri on January 12.
Points table Top 8:
- Rohan Tungagte 30
- Max Fricke 30
- Chris Holder 30
- Jack Holder 21
- Brady Kurtz 20
- Sam Masters 20
- Jordan Stewart 17
- Ryan Douglas 16
