"That was a tough race, this track's pretty gnarly but it was fun doing wheelies and bouncing through the holes; I moved around the track a bit to try out a few lines but even so, I'm worn out."
Hayden Williams fought hard from the rear of the grid to claim second position ahead of Chris Gwilliam, who was involved in a crash on the last corner which saw his car flipping over the finish line in mid-air, still in third place.
"I knew Hayden started deep in the field so for him to be second I knew he was coming for me. I kind of had to go into defensive mode towards the end there but we held on," said Mosen.
Californian-Kiwi Jonathan Allard re-established himself as the dominant force in sprint car racing by winning his third North Island Championship, comfortably ahead of Hamilton's Dean Brindle and North Shore driver Michael Pickens. "The track was a bit rough and they say to 'try to aim for the holes and maybe you'll miss them' but every time I tried to miss one I hit it.
"We're used to the rough and tough race tracks in California and if you try to keep the wheel speed up the car glides over them so that's what we did," said Allard.
"We've got a great class here at Western Springs and it's great to see such a large crowd here supporting us, especially considering there was a big cricket game on down the road."
Thomas McLean fist-pumped his way across the finish line to claim the TQ North Island Championship ahead of fellow Aucklander Ryan Baker and Danny Keene.
"I saw Ryan in the background, especially on the yellow flag, so I just told myself 'keep your head down and get on with it', and it worked so I'm really happy," said McLean.
Meanwhile, the F2 midget feature was won by Stephen Wilson, with regular frontrunner Kayne Buck second and Joe Malone third.
The speedway circuit moves to Huntly Speedway on Thursday night before returning to Western Springs next Saturday for the Barry Butterworth Memorial.
Courtney nabs rare Clipsal 500 double
James Courtney took out a pulsating Clipsal 500 in Adelaide yesterday, backing up his 2014 win and jumping to the top of the V8 Supercar standings.
Courtney emerged victorious from pole, overcoming a relentless Shane Van Gisbergen and teammate Garth Tander for the race win.
For the final 25 laps, the three battled for the race lead, with the Kiwi wedged between the Holden Racing Team duo. Van Gisbergen overtook Courtney on lap 60 but was quickly re-taken.
The Kiwi driver attempted several moves but Courtney was able to resist, becoming just the third man to win consecutive Clipsal 500s.
The final lap was marred by a major crash between Chaz Mostert and James Moffat, with Jamie Whincup appearing to nudge the Ford man into the wall.
At the start of the race, Saturday's winner Kiwi Fabian Coulthard fell asleep on the front row, allowing Whincup and Kiwi Scott McLaughlin to race past. McLaughlin later dropped out of contention with a battery issue.
In front, Courtney showed good speed to open up a break on Whincup.
That gap evaporated when Ash Walsh's retirement on lap 24 brought a safety car, bunching the field.
Another yellow flag after just two laps of racing came after Lee Holdsworth lost grip and careered into the wall.
With a mix of two and three stop strategies in action, Courtney found himself as provisional leader ahead of Mark Winterbottom who was overtaken by Tander, Van Gisbergen, Mostert and Whincup.
- AAP
