MILLER & RANDALL WIN BIG AT WANGARATTA Wangaratta City Speedway played host to a very strong field of Sports Sedans & a talented field of Standard Saloons for this season's running of the Sports Sedan Victorian title & 2016 SuperAxe 1000 respectivel

MILLER & RANDALL WIN BIG AT WANGARATTA 

Wangaratta City Speedway played host to a very strong field of Sports Sedans & a talented field of 

Standard Saloons for this season's running of the Sports Sedan Victorian title & 2016 SuperAxe 1000 

respectively with Damien Miller & Ben Randall picking up the big wins in front of a spirited crowd on 

March the 19th.

With the Sports Sedans attracting thirty race cars the qualifying was tough as drivers worked hard to 

qualify as close to a front row start in the thirty lap final as possible with twenty three starters 

ensuring traffic was likely to play a factor & Andrew Jordan from Melbourne’s eastern suburbs 

proved to be the top driver through three heat races each from Brendan Miller & eventual winner 

his brother Damien with Matthew Ridd all from the Alexandra Speedway club making up the top 

four starters.

Amongst drivers who did not finish the gruelling race were Wangaratta members Jimmy Powell & 

Rhys Collins with state ranked top drivers Luke Fallon, Daniel Unternahrer & Brendan Miller all failing 

to finish also. 

Jordan looked very looked like a winner when he headed Damien Miller and it became a story of 

what might have been when a caution light came on and set the field off for a green, white chequer 

finish with Miller getting by Jordan, Jordan returning fire before running wide & allowing Miller to 

take the lead back & win the race becoming Victorian champion with Nagambie's Aaron Bunton 

finishing third ahead of Trevor Mills & Matt Ridd.

Heat wins in the Sports Sedans went to Bunton, Jordan, Ridd, Fallon, Martin Heiner, Damien Miller, 

Brendan Miller, Mills & Dale Smith giving an extraordinary nine winners from nine heats showing 

just how close the field actually was for the evening. 

Miller was understandably pumped with his championship victory. "That was an awesome race by & 

with Jordan, bad luck & well done to him & the other podium placers. This is going to be an event we 

will talk about for weeks, thank you to everybody who helps out our teams racing from family to 

crew. It's time now to party long into the night."

The Standard Saloon SuperAxe 1000 blue ribbon feature began with Randall & last year’s winner 

Nick Chrystie at the front of the field with Daryl Joosten & Cameron Dike behind them. Randall from 

Churchill in Gippsland had earlier made the decision to go home after technical issues played havoc 

with his mindset however was talked into staying & racing & that decision paid off big time when the 

talented driver went on to win the feature event from his good friend Dike, Russell Hill, Aaron Price 

& Chrystie. 

For the Standard Saloons Andrew Robl from Killawarra won a heat however due to breakdown took 

no further part in the event whilst Joosten, Dike, Randall, Chrystie & Randall once more were the 

other winners.

Jason Crawford went on to win the Grand Prix Midget final from Mooroopna's Lisa Chalcraft, Chris 

Fowler, Sean Denning & David Bacon & visiting Division 2 Hot Rods were win by Scott Laidlaw from 

Broderick Stray & Gary Uprichard & in Junior Sedans Daniel Powell from Beechworth was too strong 

for Jake Cottier & Janie Patton. 

In April Wangaratta Speedway returns with their third Victorian title of the season this time for the 

Goulburn Ovens Sedan Association doing battle for the number one plate. 

Wangaratta Speedway Club Supporters for 15/16:

SuperAxe Woodsplitters

One Mile Motors

Crosher Constructions

Wangaratta Auto Care

Wangaratta Radiators

North East Fasteners

A Grade Removals & Storage

Enzed Wangaratta

McDonalds Wangaratta

Alpine Truss

Gardenview Lodge Motel

IGA Wangaratta

APCO

Thommo's Cash for Scrap

Solimo Towing

Ussher Plumbing

Patton Automotive

Precast Concrete

Ryan’s Refrigerated Transport

Wangaratta Tourist & Caravan Park

Meyland Trophies

Rural City of Wangaratta

Wangaratta Club

Grimshaw Signs

Conway Printers Jindera

Wangaratta Bearings

Written by

Dean Thompson

DMT Sports Media

For Wangaratta Speedway Club

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