By Brett Swanson (Pirate Media Group)

Dynamo Dave May seems to make a habit of coming into a class and waltzing off with the class Championship and that trend continued last night (February 7^th) at Gippsland’s Nyora Raceway when May won his first Victorian Mini Sprint championship just a week out from the National Title.

“After what happened at the (Geoff Moule) Memorial event, we checked and rechecked the weight of the car empty of fuel to make sure that if we won we wouldn’t be disqualified for being too light this time,” stated May on the dais. “At one stage after a heat we checked it again and it said we were different than what we knew the car to be so I thought their scales must be wrong and then after the feature we were okay so that was a good feeling.”

May is now buoyed heading into the National Championship event next week having experimented with a couple of set-up variations that proved fruitful on his Tritech Lubricants/Allstate Custom Trailers #4.

Matt Parson’s, who cherishes his Moule Memorial Victory, was disappointed not to have been able to mount more of a sustained challenge against May in the main event. Parsons suffered a recurrence of a chain issue on his Warragul Party Hire/Jettco #73 first experienced in a heat race, which unfortunately curtailed his pursuit after he’d surged through the pack and was wringing the cars neck as he chased down the leader. Parson’s however will accept his runner up position and look forward to next year’s campaign.

“I need to thank my brother Dean and all the crew and helpers who do all the work on the car and Stephen Bell who spent time during the week tuning up our car,” Parsons said somewhat dejectedly. “The car was really good until we had that issue again with the chain.”

Completing the podium was Jason Andreatta who showed a great turn of speed early on in his green Head Shed #37 even taking an exciting heat win along the way.

“It’s great to be back in the car after four years out of the seat, so I’m really happy with this result,” Said Andreatta in a massive understatement.

Just missing a podium finish was Darren Schnoor (Browns Stockfeeds #6) and Kevin Bomford (Elite Metals/Berley Pro #32) with Jason Lynn and rookie Kyle Stathopolous (Kencar Transport #99) completing the finishers.

Earlier in the night Owen Bulmans title tilt went no further than hot laps in his Hobson Designs/Stickerette #7 with engine failure.

Luke Hickson also experienced a frustrating night in the Alfred Engineering #21 with fuel injection and filter issues and fellow rookie Will Van Der Ark showed some great pace in his #72 but was caught out by a couple of minor issues.

Heat wins went to Parsons, Andreatta and May.

The Victorian Mini Sprint Association and the Victorian Speedway Council wish to congratulate all competitors for a great night of racing and wish all competitors the best of luck for the upcoming National Championship which dominator Dave May is keen to bring home to the Garden State.

Further information can be found at www.vicminisprints.com or on their facebook page facebook.com/vicminispints or at www.nyoraraceway.com.au