This coming Saturday night Bairnsdale Speedway will host the Victorian Speedway Council Junior 1200cc Sedans state title event with almost 20 competitors from the class making the trek to East Gippsland for the second season in succession to compete for the number one roof plate.
There will be a new champion as last seasons champion has taken the step up to adult aged competition this year. Also scheduled to compete are the high power to weight Unlimited Sedans, many of whom have eight-cylinder power plants under the hood. Supporting classes include the Division 2 Hot Rods, Open Standard Saloons, Ladies Standard Saloons and Junior Standard Saloons.
A very talented Junior 1200cc lineup for the Victorian title has many potential winners among it.
Drivers to keep an eye on include Chase Doherty whom won at Bairnsdale’s first race meeting of the season, Andrew Mitchell who won last weekend at Rosedale, Arthur Hutchinson who has many wins in the class since it moved to the Victorian Speedway Council, plus Ella Sheedy from Bunyip, Xander Baxter, Jaylen Knight, Riley Taylor, Brad Marshall, Dayne Murdoch, and Holly Hutchinson.
A winner could come from elsewhere in the field, while those listed have been consistent podium and top five finishers in the last season or more.
The Lucky Sevens Unlimited Sedan series has attracted regular visitors to Bairnsdale Troy Hutchison, Anthony McKean, Daryl Nicolson and Warrick Taylor, while Sean Connolly, Nathan Lightburn, Corey McDonald and Kent Davey will do a fair bit of travelling to come and race.
Taylor, McDonald and McKean have been very consistent with their results, all drivers looking forward to a great start to their season.
In local club class competition, the Division 2 Hot Rods can expect to see Troy Wilson, Leigh Mitchell, Kate Stuchbery, Chris Greaves and Ben and Fraser Crittenden amongst the nominations, with Mitchell visiting from the Rosedale club to be the cat among the pigeons.
Junior Standard Saloon action will include Nathan Miles who won at Drouin at their last race meeting.
Cooper Irons, Aliyah Westwood, Bairnsdale’s Toby Greaves, Tom Braz. Jack Stewart, and Ella Sheedy will all provide terrific action on race night.
Breanna Walker, a winner at Drouin two weeks ago, will join Michelle George and Kate Stuchbery, both Bairnsdale members, Caroline Allen and Tasharni Murray in this week’s Ladies Standard Saloon racing.
Walker and Allen have been front runners for the past season and a half, and they will likely be vying for the win.
However, all five drivers have shown enough to make this racing a close affair.
Rounding out the racing is the Open Standard Saloons with a very tough lineup once again.
Josh Thomas, Andrew Cormack, Mitch Foster, Gus Argoon, Bryce Leek, Leigh Gooding, Jack Braz, Jamie Curtis, Jack Yeomans, Beau Stuchbery, and Ash Cormack are just some of the entrants this race night. Thomas has many feature race wins at Bairnsdale however whenever Mitch Foster is in the field, he is serious competition to contend with.
Along with Thomas and Foster, other Bairnsdale members keen to clinch the win are Argoon, Curtis, Stuchbery and the Cormack boys. This race is too hard to pick a winner.
Spectator Entry begins from 1pm racing will kick off at 5.30pm.
Eftpos is the preferable method of payment and is available at the ticket box, pit box and canteen.
