IRONBARK CLASSIC & SUPER SEDANS HEAD RUSHWORTH CLOSER

IRONBARK CLASSIC & SUPER SEDANS HEAD RUSHWORTH CLOSER

The Goulburn Valley Auto Club will host the final round of the Ballistic Performance Parts Masters

Series for Grand Prix Midgets and another visit from the VSSA Super Sedans to Rushworth

Speedway for their final meeting of the 2015/2016 season, the GVAC’s 50 th Anniversary year.

Returning to what is rapidly becoming known as their unofficial home track, this will be the Super

Sedans’ third visit this year following highly successful “Goldrush” and Victorian Championship

events earlier in the season. Bendigo’s Michael Wicks will be fresh from a win in the feature at

Wahgunyah last weekend.

Other drivers to watch for will also include Mick Nicola Jr, Ben Faulkhead, Wayne Aylett, Lionel West

and Scotty Whittle.

In the GP Midgets, it is impossible to improve on the list of top drivers who are expected to

compete. These will feature Australian Champion Paul Perry, Aus #2 Trevor Perry, Aus #3 Lisa

Chalcraft, Victorian Champion Jason Crawford, and Vic #2 Travis Florimell.

This will be the “Ironbark Classic” and the final round of the Ballistic Performance Parts Masters

Series which Crawford currently leads from Chalcraft, Chris Fowler & Trevor Perry. Chalcraft won last

year. Can she overtake Crawford to make it two in a row?

Crawford recently celebrated his Victorian Title win at Redline Raceway a few weeks ago where he

led all the way to take victory. Trevor Perry took out three heats and the final of the Wangaratta Cup

from Fowler and Crawford on May 7 th , with those three drivers looking in great form.

Local classes of GV Open Saloons, GV Production Sedans, GV Ladies and GV Juniors are also on the

program and the action in all of these classes is hotting up significantly. These classes are proving a

major attraction in their own right, with fans supporting their favorites with increasing enthusiasm.

There are over fifty local entries for this meeting and with May 28 th being the final event for this

season, spectators can expect desperation racing as the drivers attempt to win valuable points for

the end of season’s trophies. If the cars get bent, then there’s the whole off-season to fix them!

In the GV Open Saloons it is clear that GVAC President, Bendigo’s Phil Lamb will once again take the

end-of season trophy following an almost complete domination of the class this year. The big

question remains: who will take the minor placings?

Adam Box has had some great results, as has Keith Simmonds. Wayne Gilsenan has been consistent,

Peter Welch doing well recently, but missed most of the early part of the season due to injury. Jay

Nicolaisen from Kyabram, Club Champion for 2013/4 joins the field for this week. In summary, minor

placings are pretty well wide open. With nineteen entries, this is the biggest field yet for the GV

Opens

Another racer who has generally dominated in the GV Production Sedans for the latter part of the

season is Echuca’s Rachel Pratt, but will that be sufficient to make up for several missed meetings

earlier? Consider Leigh Jeffery, travelling from Melton to race at Rushworth, Warren Alexander,

Scotty Smith, Wayne O’Keefe, and the Hutchins boys. Ricky Rodda is a starter in the Valiant, and

Stevo McDonald is back. With fifteen nominations, the overall winner of this class just may be

determined this weekend.

GV Ladies is another extremely competitive class. Chloe Lamb is rarely out of the placings, as is

Jacquie Fitzpatrick. From there, most lady racers have been both competitive and consistent – these

being qualities which tend to pay off at presentation night. Look for Amy Eade, Leanne Hodge,

Natalie Thompson and others. Difficult to predict an overall points winner here. Again a big field,

with twelve starters greeting the green flag.

Lastly, no doubts exist that Thomas Conboy will take the “Big Trophy” come end of year for the GV

Juniors. Lachie Fitzpatrick has done well and whilst not really a threat to Conboy, may well have

accumulated enough points to score the runner-up prize. Josh Cecil, always there and improving

with practice. Issiah Hodge and Kodye Bastin will vie for a trophy as well.

Gate prices: Adult $20.00, kids 12 - 16 $10.00, kids under 12 free. Aged pensioners $15.00. Family

ticket (2 adults, 2 kids) $50.00. Club members: $10.00 Adult, kids 12 -16 $5.00.

Racing at Rushworth Speedway starts at 4pm on Saturday May 28th with gates open from 12 noon.

GVAC Club contact number for further information is 0409 386805.

GVAC thank the following supporters:

Super Balance – Shepparton ( Dennis Myers)

WG Panels – Rochester (Wayne Gilsenan)

Goulburn Valley Oil Supplies – Shepparton (Russell Pell)

Provac – Bendigo (Nigel Box) (Juniors all season sponsor)

Bourke Fencing – Bendigo (Pat Bourke)

CleanAway – Shepparton

R.Collie Earthmoving P/L – Kyabram ( Rob Collie)

Kyabram Motor Wreckers – Kyabram (Bernie Duncan)

The Rushworth Hotel – Rushworth (Andy & Maz McCallum)

Kyabram Bearings – Kyabram

Autobarn – Shepparton

IPTA Fibreglass – Geelong ( Scott Whittle)

Gary Smith Auto Care – Echuca (Kane Chapman)

Ross Adams Cartage Contractor – Rochester (Ross Adams)

Rushworth Bakery – Rushworth (Dave & Nicky Chillingsworth)

Maxam Printing – Shepparton

Michel Signs – (Chris Mann) –Shepparton

GRAND PRIX MIDGETS ‘IRONBARK CLASSIC’ – Ballistic Performance Parts Series

A1 – Paul Perry

5 – Sean Denning

10 – Nathan Caddy

13 – Chris Fowler

15 – Lisa Chalcraft

31 – Marty Job

36 – David Bacon

37 – Hayden Bacon

50 – Jason Crawford

55 – Trevor Perry

81 – Travis Florimell

Super Sedans FUN CITY SHEPPARTON series

V4 – Sean Lister

V5 – Michael Wicks

V7 – Trent Susol

V8 – Scott Whittle

V23 – Mick Nicola Jnr

V41 – Ben Faulkhead

NQ44 – Trent Wilson

V56 – Neil Witnish

V71 – Lionel West

V72 – Ian Page

GV OPENS SALOONS

1 PHIL LAMB

6 MARK CECIL

8 PETER WELCH

13 GAVIN COOPER

15 JAY NICOLAISEN

25 DARREN HODGE

27 ADAM BOX

30 CORY BICE

32 KEITH SIMMONDS

33 CALLAN MADILL

39 BRAD SIMMONDS

41 TROY BRITTON

45 SHAUN THOMPSON

52 ROD BURCHETT

53 WAYNE GILSENAN

65 TEEJAY POLLARD

71 STEVE SHEPHARD

83 LUKE BASTEN

84 GARRY GAPES

GV PRODUCTIONS SEDANS

9 WAYNE O'KEEFE

10 SHANE HUTCHINS

12 CRAIG BAYLISS

16 BRENDAN BREWER

18 BEVAN HUTCHINS

29 LEIGH JEFFERY

31 MARK BERGMAN

43 RICKY RODDA

50 STEPHEN HOPKINS

57 COREY GREGSON

58 SCOTT SMITH

64 WARREN ALEXANDER

72 STEVO MCDONALD

93 RACHEL PRATT

98 SHANNON PRIME

GV LADIES SALOONS

11 JACQUIE FITZPATRICK

15 BELINDA CHALCRAFT

21 AMY EADE

25 CHELSEA HODGE

26 ALLY MOORE

35 MADDIE NAISMITH

45 NATALIE THOMPSON

51 LEEANNE HODGE

54 PAULINE MARTIN

74 CHLOE LAMB

77 KELLY NADORT

84 NICOLE GAPES

GV JUNIOR SEDANS

5 THOMAS CONBOY

6 JOSH CECIL

11 LACHIE FITZPATRICK

51 ISSIAH HODGE

83 KODYE BASTEN

Written by

Ray Read

DMT Sports Media

For G.V.A.C t/a Rushworth Speedway

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