For his part, Orders overhauled Troy Dowel for second in the championship in the final round, turning a six-point disadvantage entering the event into a 19-point advantage by the end of the day.Orders won two heats, the final and Super Final to take the round victory, while Justin Dowel edged out teenage son Troy Dowel for the final steps on the round six podium.
Will Orders overhauled Troy Dowel for second in the championship.
“It was a good battle with Will. He’s a world class driver and we’ve had some ding-dong battles. Today we didn’t quite have enough for him,” Dowel said.“All year we’ve been neck-and-neck and I’m already looking forward to next year when hopefully there’ll be another three, four or five ‘Supercars’ (Open class AWD cars) running and it will be even harder to win. “A lot of people had doubts that the series would continue give RallyCross has had a few starts here, but people gained trust and really enjoyed watching the racing. It’s definitely the most entertaining form of motorsport there is.”
Troy Dowel has showed plenty of promise throughout this year's championship
“I knew I couldn’t take the foot off because Mike would be there all the time. There was a lot of pressure and I had to stay focussed all the way – it was great to get there in the end,” he said.“It’s a really good result and a great way to end the season.” The road to the SuperFinals produced the usually competitive heat and finals racing the RXAus series has been noted for this year. Mike Conway swept his way to victories in each of the three 2WD heats, with Troy Dowel (Mazda 2) and Scott Anderson (VW Polo) swapping second and third in the first two. Anderson then failed to finish the third heat after making light contact with a temporary barrier on the final lap. Orders won the first two heats comfortably, before Dowel struck in the third. Troy Dowel – driving a different VW Polo this weekend – was a consistent and competitive third in each with Mick Ashby fourth. Conway had then looked set to continue his winning ways into the 2WD Class Final, however pulled into the pits mid-race with mechanical issues. That handed the win to Troy Dowel, edging out Scott Anderson with Ron Bustard third. Orders powered to a lights-to-flag win in the AWD final, with Justin Dowel second and Troy Dowel third. Ashby finished a lone fourth following an early-race spin. Dates for an expanded 2018 RXAus Series will be announced in due course.
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