Sydney driver Chris Alajajian has joined the elite list of drivers that can claim to having won a V8 Supercar race after scoring his maiden Fujitsu V8 Supercar series race win in the opening 17-lap affair at Wakefield Park Raceway today.
Whilst the remainder of the weekend didn t go exactly to plan for the 20-year-old driver, his storming drive in the opening race was nearly faultless and lifted Alajajian s reputation as a driver capable of putting together a full race, as well as charging through the field - as is his trademark.
Chris Alajajian s race win comes off the back of strong performances in Formula 3 racing earlier this season, Chris the joint-championship leader of the Open Wheel series.
Alajajian started the weekend strongly by qualifying his Commodore a career-best second in a tightly-contested 20-minute session yesterday.
He then went on to lead the first race from lights to flag in his Protecnica Racing Holden Commodore after making a strong start and slotting in behind pole sitter Tony D Alberto through turn one.
However The Chris got a strong run up the Wakefield Park hill and passed D Alberto around the outside of turn three to assume a lead that he would never loose – winning the race by six tenths of a second.
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