TEST OF ENDURANCE AT ALEXANDRA SPEEDWAY THIS SATURDAY NIGHT

It’s been cold, wet & windy as it typically is in Winter, however once again one of the marquee

events of the Alexandra Speedway season is upon us & set to warm Speedway fans up when the

drivers in the annual 3 Hour Enduro hit the track this Saturday night with a sensational entry list that

is headlined by the defending champions of Daniel Unternahrer & Darren Nelson, along with almost

twenty other teams that are absolute pre-race serious chances of a top five result in the entry list.

Competitors usually with two cars & two drivers, sometimes more, have to complete the most

amount of laps around the dog leg dirt circuit in the three hour time limit to be the winners. The

more you stop or break down, the less chance you have of winning.

Drivers need a fair amount of luck, however driving skill, patience, crew work in the pits & tactical

ability will all ensure a worthy winning team.

Unternahrer & Nelson are a strong combination with their V8 powered cars & Unternahrer has kept

himself in form by recently being the fastest competitor on track at the Winton Raceway Speedway

Drivers Day. Nelson didn’t do a lot of racing this past season choosing to mostly support another

drivers pursuit of a point score win, as such Nelson is really excited for this weekend’s racing.

The Miller Boys from Pakenham are teaming up with older Brother Damien & little Bro Brendan

forming a lethal combination, not to rub salt into the wound, however it seems Brendan wanted to

form the combo so that his brother couldn’t crash him out of the race like he did in the 100 Lap

Derby in June!

Team after team could be listed as a fair chance to have a top five result and we would still miss

potential winning combinations out, some of the teams that our media representative suggests to

keep an eye on include former 360 Sprintcar Australian Champion Tony Moule & Frank Ramsdale

both from Pakenham, father & son Colin & Corey Lincoln from Beveridge over at the Hume Highway,

Seymour businessman Robert Gorman & Young gun Daniel Simpson from Horsham, Darren Forrest &

Scott Ellis from Melbourne’s Eastern Suburbs, Alexandra drivers Luke Fallon & Matt Ridd with Luke

the King at long distance races looking to bag his first 3 Hour, this year’s 100 Lap Derby runner up

Brad Warren & Russell Hill a former Flat Out 50 winner, Lenny Bates & Andrew Jordan another

Eastern Suburbs combination & David Donegan along with Dan Scott in two of the most popular

crowd pleasing Enduro cars that includes a Ford Cortina with a Holden V8 driven by Donegan.

Racing starts at 2pm & gate prices for spectators are Adults $25, Aged and Invalid Pensioners $20,

kids 12 to 16 $10, under 12 are free whilst two adults and three kids in the 10 to 16 aged bracket can

get in for $70 with under 10 free.

Race day contact number is 0425 756 312 to start of race meeting.

Alexandra Speedway Club is very thankful for the support provided by all these businesses:

360 Diffs & Gearboxes

Air Anywhere

Alexandra & Yea Pre Mix

Australian Racing Products

Blackburn Trailers

Burco’s Metal Fabrications

Campton’s Graphix

Eastern Suburbs Locksmiths

Fallon’s Bus Services

FSM Recycling

GB Racecars

Good Guys Performance Centre

GYB Civil

Healesville Directional Drilling

Highline Racewear

Inaction Photos

Kilmore Towing & Transport

Lake Eildon Houseboat Sales

Lincoln’s Earthmoving

Metro Tow

More Tyres

Murrindindi Kitchens

Pakenham Caravan Storage & Repairs

Quality Fire Protection

Revegetation Victorian

Rumbles Indoor Playcentre

Smooth Suspension

Trax Racewear

Tyrepower Alexandra

Waverley Exhaust & Brake Centre

Weeks Radio

Yarra Valley Towing

Entrants

1 Daniel Unternahrer & Darren Nelson

4 John & Corey Agosta

6 Damien & Brendan Miller

8 Rob Bushell Snr & Rob Bushell Jnr

9 Jeff Mitchell & Jacob Blencowe

10 Tony Moule & Frank Ramsdale

12 Trent & Brett Knersch

13 Tim McCubbin & Rob O'Connell

15 Corey & Colin Lincoln

16 Jack Van Bremen & Nick Chrystie

18 Mark Pollard & Michael Flemming-Robertson

21 Clint Henderson & David Walton

22 Stuart Robinson & Sarah McCoubrie

24 Chris & Jayde Aarts

26 James & Des Robinson

27 Rhys & Greg Collins

28 Shaun Erickson & Anthony Knight

33 Lennie Bonnici & Shane O'Brien

38 Andrew Burgoyne & Scott Purdie

42 Paul McCoubrie & Aaron Bunton

43 Nathan Dunn & Jaidyn Dredge

44 Alan Kruger & Josh Service

47 Gary & Tamieka Monti

53 Nicole & Alex Simpson

54 Robert Gorman & Daniel Simpson

55 Darren Forrest & Scott Ellis

56 Tony Bellman, Robbie Fair & Wayne Furmston

61 Matt Nelson & Sam Williams

67 Corey Knox & Brian Graetz & Sarah Lock

69 Darren Skilton & Daniel Wanders

71 Sharon Finning & Wayne Gilsenan

72 Andrew, Josh & Tyler Brown

73 Scott Cornwall & Rick Sankey

75 Jake Warren, Adam Whalebone, Chevy Cooper & Steve Attewell

76 Daniel McCarten, Daniel Creek & Ross Richardson

77 Luke Fallon & Matt Ridd

81 Dylan & Colin Campton

83 David Barrie & Gareth Wilson

84 Brad Warren & Russell Hill

88 Tim & Graham Hutchinson

95 Karl & Robert Haisma

97 Leigh Bourke & Tim (Timbo) McPherson

89 Len Bates & Andrew Jordan

101 Vaughan Webber & Jamie Crutchley

111 Nathan O'Brien & Josh Barber

124 Shona & Simon Bent

195 Dale Mead & Warrick Taylor

308 David Donegan & Daniel Scott

Written by

Dean Thompson

DMT Sports Media

For Alexandra & District Speedway Club

VICTORIAN GRAND PRIX MIDGETS CLUB ENDS THE SEASON WITH ANNUAL

AWARDS NIGHTTOP SIX IMAGE IS - LEFT TO RIGHT BACK - LISA CHALCRAFT, JASON CRAWFORD, CHRIS FOWLER, TREVOR PERRY
FRONT LEFT TO RIGHT IS - SEAN DENNING AND PAUL PERRY
 

The annual awards night for the Victorian Grand Prix Midgets Club closed out the season with a

number of awards and certificates of appreciation distributed amongst a night of fun that included

comedic use of the a large screen & the stand up talents of the Vice President Mark Shiells.

Hosted by club President John Fowler, the club quickly jumped into some fun to open the night with

some rib tickling of most of the members.

Into the awards, Sean Denning who in the second half of the season caught a break when Garry

Jacobson took up offers in Queensland running Sprintcars and in the Dunlop V8 Supercar series &

left a seat open in Mark Shiells team with Denning jumping in to the seat, finished the season with

Best New Driver award.

Marty Job who had a history as a Demolition Derby driver landed a role as the second driver for John

Fowler and he picked up the most improved competitor from the start of the year to the end.

Last year’s overall Masters Series champion Lisa Chalcraft went home with the Best Presented car,

her father Ken was awarded this seasons Presidents award whilst the Jim Phillips Encouragement

Award was taken out by David Bacon.

Acknowledgment was given to the Jason Glynn Memorial winner Trevor Perry, the Australian title

winner Paul Perry & Rod Quarrell Memorial/Victorian title winner Jason Crawford.

Wangaratta City Speedway was also acknowledged for their support towards the Grand Prix Midgets

club through a partnership that gets the competitors on track four times a year at the venue & club

member Glenn Cunningham was awarded the Rod Quarrell Clubman award for all his dedication

through the season as a liaison at tracks and infield clerk of course and other support he offered.

Appreciation certificates were handed out to a number of people including Dean Thompson from

DMT Sports Media, Sara Flowerday of SF Photo graphix & corporate supporters Oil Hydraulics,

Ballistic Performance Parts, Shell Club, Jacobson’s Transport & Superbalance Automotive.

To wrap the season up the Ballistic Performance Parts Masters Series top six was awarded their

hardware in the way of framed photos for all and trophies for the top three.

The results were:

                -6th Sean Denning

                -5th Paul Perry

                -4th Trevor Perry

                -3rd Chris Fowler

                2nd Lisa Chalcraft

                1st Jason Crawford

Earlier, the annual general meeting was held and John Fowler was retained as President with Mark

Shiells staying on as Vice President, Leanne Chalcraft as secretary and Chris Fowler as treasurer, Ken

Chalcraft as lead scrutineer and Trevor Perry was elected onto the technical committee.

Excitement amongst the competitors is bubbling with a number of new cars due out next season

with new and returning drivers.

Danny Stainer will be back on track with a Stainer built race car for the ‘Pitstop Mowers’ team. Perry

Bros Chassis have new cars for themselves & customers David & Hayden Bacon whilst the old cars

will be up for sale.

Ray Duncan is picking up a chassis from the Perry Bros team also & Nathan Caddy will return to the

race track in the 10 car. It is not out of the question for the division to have a dozen to sixteen

Victorians in cars after Christmas when the Australian title will be contested at Wahgunyah

Speedway on the Murray River.

Next year’s racing includes Nyora Raceway coming onboard as a new venue and the drivers are

excited about getting to the famous little bull ring. In the meantime, drivers are already busy putting

their weaponry together for next season’s competition.

Victorian Grand Prix Midgets thank the following season supporters:

Ballistic Performance Parts

Oil Hydraulics

Jacobson’s Transport

Marine Innovations

Dmac Property Services

Pitstop Mowers

Super Balance Automotive

SF Photo Graphix

Written by

Dean Thompson

DMT Sports Media

For Victorian Grand Prix Midgets Club.

BONNICI WINS DRAMA FILLED 100 LAP DERBY, MILES & LUNT WIN MAJOR EVENTS ALSO

Nagambie Speedway Club member Lennie Bonnici, best known in recent seasons as a Crash & Bash

racer, has piloted his ex Mike Burke Super Sedan to victory in the 35th running of the Alexandra

Speedway Club 100 Lap Derby when his consistent run rewarded him as race incidents removed

Steve Lincoln & Daniel Scott along with Brendan & Damien Miller out of contention in the run home.

The 100 Lap Derby this season attracted a sensational array of race craft and an even more

impressive list of drivers with all sorts of experience to the event, fans came from as far was Western

Australia to see the local Truck, Rod & Ute show and then take a look down at the Speedway.

In amongst the competitors were defending champion and former Australian 350ci Sprintcar

champion Tony Moule, former Australian Junior Sedan champion Brock Atkins, multiple times

winners David Erickson & Luke Fallon & Camden NSW racer Ross Nicastri who also happened to be

involved with the major sponsor D.I.Y Auto Parts Broadmeadows.

After forty heat races were completed two drivers, Steve Lincoln from Broadford & Dan Scott from

Kilmore had won four heats out of their five, three drivers all from Team Miller Motorsports based in

Pakenham being brothers Brendan & Damien Miller and mate Brad Warren had three wins apiece,

with a handful of others with two wins.

Bonnici himself won one heat and it was a beauty, when he set a new one lap track record on the

short circuit dog leg with a 32.535 time in the seventeenth heat of the weekend, it was not beaten in

the next twenty three.

The closest heat race finish was the very first heat of the weekend with Leigh Bourke in a 250

Crossflow powered Cortina taking a win over Bonnici in his LS1 powered chassis car by .161 whilst

five other heats finished with less than a second between the first two drivers as they crossed the

line.

Scott won the fastest heat of the weekend in heat nine with a complete time of 3 minutes 20.869

seconds.

The big race its self had twists and turns right throughout, Aaron Bunton left the track before the

race even started, Shane O'Loughlin's car caught fire & crashes in the latter stages turned the race

upside down.

Brendan Miller led lap one before team mate Brad Warren took the lead on the second lap. Steve

Lincoln in his EH Holden with a big 350 under the hood, assumed control on lap three before Damien

Miller in a LS1 powered Commodore snatched the lead in traffic as Lincoln was shuffled back behind

Damien Miller, Warren, Brendan Miller, Scott & Lenny Bates.

Damien Miller had the race by the scruff of its neck leading from lap ten to sixty five before he

turned himself the wrong direction coming out of the dog leg on lap sixty six as Lincoln flew past and

back into the lead.

On lap seventy two Lincoln & Scott, mates off the track, came together in the dog leg when there

was a tangle up with a slower driver. There was nothing Scott could do about the contact, Lincoln

wasn’t happy as it caused his car a flat tyre & damage to Scott’s car occurred also.

Brendan Miller assumed the lead from lap seventy three and his brother Damien was behind him

chasing. Racers are racers and once they put the helmet on the little things are forgotten & Damien

Miller tried to pass his brother in the spot with the most chance of things going wrong, the dog leg &

both cars tangled up, Brendan lost the lead and laps as they both exited the track.

Team mate Warren hit the lead and that lasted one lap with Bonnici taking the lead from lap eighty

one, Bonnici despite what appeared to be the engine boiling in the latter laps motored on to take

the win from Warren by 12.8 seconds, a huge victory putting that amount of distance between he

and second place over the last nineteen laps.

Zac Swanson from Ballarat was fantastic in his underpowered Commodore staying on the lead lap

and finishing third much to the delight of his supporters with Andrew Jordan from Melbourne’s

Eastern Suburbs in fourth, Colin Lincoln from Beveridge in fifth all on the lead lap, number one

hundred.

Bonnici was fairly reserved in his victory as he soaked it in. "Thank you very much to everybody at

O'Brien Racing' for their support. I know this is a big event, I have not quite got my head around

everything yet, however it is a special race to win."

The Victorian Short Circuit Championship for Speedway Sedan Australia Juniors was like always

sensational with the youngsters from the age of ten to seventeen wowing the massive crowd with

their skills. Despite their 1200cc powered machines, the fastest driver was only three and a half

seconds a lap slower than the fastest V8 machine in the 100 Lap Derby.

Both Caleb Lincoln & Jackson Lunt took four wins apiece out the ten heat races. Tim Gorski & Ayden

Bellman were the other heat winners with the best time being recorded by Lincoln in heat eight of

the weekend being three minutes 42.322 seconds.

Luke Dingley took a big dump on night one of racing doing a massive pirouette in the sky with infield

officials saying the car was higher than the catch fence. Dingley would later be ok.

In the twenty lap final Jackson Lunt dashed to the lead on lap one with Lincoln chasing. Tim Gorski,

Australian Champion Todd Atkins, Wayne Furmston, Ayden Bellman & Ricky Cornwall all began well

and battled with each other in a chasing a pack. Atkins and Gorski swapped third a fourth a couple

times until lap thirteen with Cornwall racing into third spot as Atkins slipped back to seventh.

Things came to a sudden halt on lap fifteen as Atkins took a roll in turn one entering the dog leg and

with the time required to extract him from his race car and offer medical assistance eating into the

night, the race was declared with Lunt winning from Lincoln by almost four seconds with Cornwall

next in the queue followed by Bellman, Jack Brough, Tim Gorski, Colby Lunt, Tyler Barton, Courtney

Meakins & Furmston. Jackson Lunt in the process of winning set the new track record for Juniors

with a 36.089 second lap.

On a weekend where the Junior drivers & Alexandra Speedway Club remembered the late 15 year

old Jordy Webster who passed away suddenly in March, Lunt remembered to thank the Ahearn

family and its supporters for joining in the weekend and rewarding the winning drivers with some

fuel vouchers. Connor Donegan also won a best presented award supported by Grays Pro Blast in

Bendigo.

The Shamrock Cup for Standard Saloons was proudly supported by the local Shamrock Hotel in

Alexandra township & last year’s winner was looking to win the event for the third time and increase

his chances of winning the state Standard Saloon point score.

Mark Miles & Leigh Gooding won two heat races each in qualifying with six other drivers winning

heats including Victorian champion Michael Ardley & Alexandra members Jason Meakins, Nick

Chrystie & Mick Chrystie in the fastest heat of the weekend for Standard Saloons when he recorded

a time of three minutes 40.125 seconds in the very last heat race.

When racing started in the twenty lap final Miles from pole position lead Gooding & Nick Chrystie.

Ben Randall made a move into third on lap four & Patrick Vuillermin who started in thirteenth spot

moved to fifth by lap six. Randall dropped out of the race on lap thirteen and Nick Chrystie moved

back into the top three before spinning himself out of contention on lap fifteen.

Gooding started to be caught and passed on lap sixteen with Mick Chrystie charging into second with

Vuillermin in third. Meanwhile out front Miles was commanding in his dominance from every re-

start that occurred leading without any trouble. Pakenham racer Miles set a new Standard Saloon

short course lap record when he broke the 35 second barrier with a 35.995 one lap time on his way

to back to back in Shamrock Cup victories defeating Mick Chrystie from Kinglake, Vuillermin, Jake

Blencowe, Aaron Price, Nick Chrystie, Rob Bushell, Aaron Marshall, Tim Hutchinson & Chris Leonard.

Miles was his usual jovial self in his speech after winning. "We come here with a lot of friends and

family, no matter the result we have a great time. It is great that I can win two years in a row, the

competition was tough. Getting a track lap record is the icing on the cake. Thank you to everybody

for supporting me & to Alexandra for running this event on this great weekend every year."

Alexandra Speedway returns on August the 13th with the annual 3 Hour Enduro race.

Alexandra Speedway would like to thank:

Metro Tow

Kilmore Towing & Transport

TRAX Racewear

Aarons Bin Hire

Rumbles Indoor Playcentre

Healesville Directional Drilling

Lincolns Earthmoving

Eastern Suburbs Locksmiths

Waverley Exhaust & Brake Centre

Campton’s Graphics

Two Bays Communications

Pakenham Caravan Storage & Repairs

Good Guys Performance Centre

Quality Fire Protection

Inaction Photos

Fallon’s Bus Services

Murrindindi Kitchens

Yarra Valley Towing

Blackburn Trailers

360 Gearboxes & Diffs

GB Racecars

Smooth Suspension

Lake Eildon Houseboat Sales

Fairy’s Car Removals

Air Anywhere

Burco’s Metal Fabrications

Alexandra & Yea Pre Mix

Highline Racewear

Revegetation Victoria

Tyrepower Alexandra

Australian Racing Products

GYB Civil

More Tyres

Weeks Radio

Written by

Dean Thompson

DMT Sports Media

For Alexandra & District Speedway Club

WAHGUNYAH TO CLOSE A BIG SPEEDWAY SEASON THIS SATURDAY NIGHT

Saturday night will see the last of dirt racing for the season in the North East when Wahgunyah

Speedway opens its gates for the final huge show that includes the visiting Legend Cars & Amca

divisions complementing the big Production Sedan feature and the final of all the club track

championship point scores.

Traditionally Production Sedans have a big event at this meeting and with local support from

Wahgunyah Automotive, the tradition continues with a number of strong performers in the field

including the West Australian champion Stephen Laidlaw, the Bob Bailey Memorial winner Jacob

Mills, the ACT title winner Wes Barnes & drivers from Dubbo, Canberra, Goulburn, Leeton & Albury

all making tracks to Wahgunyah.

The Production Sedans have this meeting and one more event at the venue before the 2017

Australian title in January. This is a great opportunity for those who have not run on the track much,

to dial in a little better for the big one. It's Mills country though, watch Jacob Mills keen to win after

a raw deal at Canberra a month ago.

The sensational Legend Cars will delight the crowd with their very quick Yamaha powered rockets.

Often getting around the big Wahgunyah turns four and five cars wide, they are a crowd pleaser.

Hayden Pascoe is very much in form, John Christy, Brayden Willmington, & Bryan Neal will be just a

few that will be trying to make things difficult for Hayden and aiming for the big 'Legends Crown'

win.

The AMCA Nationals are in a transitional period where their machines move to 350ci engine power.

With some drivers still using the 253ci engines, the field may be a little spread at times, however

fans love the sound of the V8s. Newcastle racers Darrel Kime and Raymond Kime will make the trip

down, Shane Anderson from Narribri is in the field as is Rodney Bassett a Tasmanian. The local

Victorians such as Frank Thierry, Bill Lodwick, Matt Mills & Jamie Collins are amongst drivers who

should ensure some fast lap times.

In Ladies Sedan racing Fleur Heiner is trying to secure the track championship with Alyce Iaria trying

to get into the top three if she can have a great night and leap frog Kylie Creek in the standings.

Amazingly, the talented Fleur Heiner is also leading the Sports Sedan track championship & she will

be trying to win that also on Saturday night. Darryl Joosten is hopeful he has the car to make a run

for the overall championship after making some changes to his car, however they will have both

Liam Powell & Craig Cottier to look out for, whom are not that far behind.

The field for the Goulburn Ovens Sedan Association is huge, some twenty three nominations for the

last event of the season with the return of the Victorian Champion Ross Maclean into the field. Last

start winner Danny McCarten will be looking for two from two starts after his win a few weeks ago &

Clint Henderson who was gunning for that win will be trying to secure his third of the season.

Whatever happens, there will be great battles through the field top to bottom.

Toby Carmichael returns to try to secure the track championship win whilst Daniel Powell is hoping

he can do enough on Saturday to snatch the result away from Carmichael. Susie Bear should be well

enough ahead of Rick McAuliffe to secure third spot in the championship results, however McAuliffe

will just be keen to get into a battle with Carmichael and Powell for the win.

Enquires should be made to 0419 977 205 (Helen)

Public gates open from 11pm with racing starts at 2pm

Gate prices this season are adults $25, Family for 2 adults and 3 kids up to 16 years old $60, Aged

Pensioners $15 & children from the age 12 to 16 is $15 and under 12 free.

Corowa - Rutherglen Speedway Club is proudly supported by:

QA Kitchens

Dunkley Panels

McLardy McShane Insurance & Financial Services

Milthorpe Transport

Hartnett Transport

Heritage Motor Inn

Upton’s Steel Supplies

Kalari Photography

Corowa Kitchens

Marshall Batteries

Cofield & Co Plumbing

Sultans Turkish Restaurant

Pigdon Holden

Corowa IGA

Rod Stone Automotive

Max Maclean Building Supplies

Maverick Marine

Murray Transport Spares

Ultimate Fasteners

Autobarn Albury

Wahgunyah Rock Yard

BJ Burton Trophies

D & K Welding

Federation Tyrepower

Quantum Printing

Corowa Meats

Inaction Photos

Vern & Jackie Parker DVD

AMCA NATIONALS QUEENS CUP

NSW 0 Darrel Kime

VIC 7 Frank Thierry

VIC 9 Bruce Tait

TAS 13 Rodney Bassett

VIC 13 Bill Lodwick

VIC 20 Matt Mills

NSW 22 Raymond Kime

VIC 26 David Wick

Vic 34 Jamie Collins

VIC 36 Darren Bloom

NSW 69 Shane Anderson

LEGEND CARS AUSTRALIA - LEGENDS CROWN

3A HAYDEN PASCOE

4A BRYAN NEAL

8N BRETT MITCHELL

10A SCOTT SULLIVAN

11N TYSON WILLIAMS

17A JOHN CHRISTY

18N CLINTON MCKENZIE

47N JIM MCCABE

63A GREG THOMPSON

67A ASHLEY HODAK

68A PAUL OSPRAY

89A BRAYDEN WILLMINGTON

89N RUSSELL HEATON

PRODUCTION SEDANS WAHGUNYAH AUTOMOTIVE 1000

N 4 BRUCE ROBB

N 6 NATHAN HAWKINS

N 7 DAVID LORD

V 12 JACOB MILLS

N 12 STEVE TERRY

A 13 KERRYN BAILEY

N 17 RODNEY ANDERSON

A 19 MONIQUE BAILEY

N 24 DANNY HARRISON

N 27 WAYNE BOURKE

N 28 WES BARNES

V 30 STEPHEN LAIDLAW

N 32 CRAIG MCALISTER

N 45 BRETT NORMAN

N 51 BRENT CROKER

N 56 JUSTIN HAWKINS

N 75 MATT VICARY

N 97 JASON BOARDMAN

VSC OPEN LADIES SEDANS - HIGHLINE RACEWEAR TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL ROUND

MT 10 ALYCE IARIA

MT 22 BELINDA LADGROVE

CR 35 KYLIE CREEK

MT 61 FLEUR HEINER

CR 69 RHIANNON GLARE

CR 86 MELINDA TAYLOR

SPORTS SEDAN PREMIER AIRCONDITIONING TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL ROUND

W 6 STEVE MCDONALD

MT 10 MARTIN HEINER

CR 29 ADAM LOVELL

W 34 CRAIG COTTIER

MT 38 MARCUS GRIFFITH

W 44 JAMES POWELL

W 45 LIAM POWELL

W 46 TROY FROST

CR 46 DARYL JOOSTEN

MT 61 FLEUR HEINER

CR 69 JO GLARE

CR 82 GEORGETTE MEUNIER

CR 83 NATHAN SHORTIS

GOULBURN OVENS SEDANS COROWA GLASS & ALUMINIUM TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL ROUND

CR 5 JACK MILTHORPE

L 6 MICK PETTIT

CR 7 ROSS MACLEAN

CR 17 MICK QUINN

CR 18 MARK POLLARD

CR 21 CLINT HENDERSON

CR 22 STUART BALINS

CR 23 BRETT TRACEY

CR 24 SCOTT CALLANDER

CR 25 DANNY MCCCARTEN

CR 35 ROSS RICHARDSON

L 36 DANNY SMITH

CR 43 DAVID WALTON

CR 48 ROB WEBSTER

CR 69 TIM BARNARD

CR 76 CHELSEA CORNELIUS

CR 77 JAMIE ATKIN

CR 82 GEORGETTE MEUNIER

CR 83 TOM BOWERS

CR 84 MICK BUNT

CR 86 COREY WALTON

L 92 FRANK GORDON

CR 96 HARRY WALLISS

VSC JUNIOR SEDANS ALBURY AUTOBARN TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL ROUND

W 11 JAKE COTTIER

CR 18 RICK MCAULIFFE

CR 19 SUSIE BEAR

BD 26 GEMMA LAIDLAW

CR 43 ISSABELLE TAYLOR

W 45 DANIEL POWELL

SH 77 HAYDN GLARE

CR 84 ASHLEEH BUNT

SH 93 TOBY CARMICHAEL

Written by

Dean Thompson

DMT Sports Media

For Corowa - Rutherglen Speedway Club t/a Wahgunyah Speedway

MAC TIME AT WAHGUNYAH WITH MCCARTEN WINNING GOSA SEDANS

Thurgoona race driver Daniel ‘Mongrel’ McCarten returned to Speedway racing for the first time this

season and he drove like he hadn’t been out of the car in 365 days when he went on to take a big

comeback win competing in the Goulburn Oven Sedan Association.

McCarten who had only recently been cleared to compete after some health concerns, drove

superbly all night to take the feature race win ahead of guest driver in the Victoria # 1 car Mitch

Watts and Corowa businessman David Walton in third.

The night included debuts, returns, crashes & black flags to keep the fans and stewards on their toes.

Six heat races were completed to determine the start positions in the final and in heat one driving

his father in laws car on a still wet track, Watts settled in at the back of the field and made sure he

finished with the car in one piece.

McCarten piloted his Pro Bar Bumper Bars supported Falcon to the finish line ahead of Walton, Scott

Calander, Mick Bunt, Tom Barnard, Tom Bowers, Jack Milthorpe the rookie and Watts in heat one.

With two heats each round a second group competed with Chelsea Cornelius taking a win in her first

heat race on what was a special day for her as the host club Corowa – Rutherglen recognised her

Grandfather Arthur through a memorial race held on the same day for another division. Cornelius

won from Clint Henderson, Mark Pollard, Wally Dewar, Jamie Atkin, Mick Quinn & Stuart Balins.

Watts started at the front of the field in his second round heat race and he was gunning for a win in

clear space. He made a jump at the green flag and despite some competition from Henderson, Watts

went on to win with McCarten in third spot then Dewar, Calander, Atkin, Harry Walliss another

rookie & Balins.

Bowers had a much better run in the second round when he won from Walton, Cornelius, Milthorpe,

Bunt & Pollard.

McCarten made it two from three in terms of heat victories for the night when he won his last heat

race ahead of Cornelius with Watts in third place. Bunt continued to perform well and finished

ahead of Atkin, Balins and Rusell Taylor another rookie in the division.

Henderson after two seconds earlier, finally picked off a win in his LS1 powered VE Commodore

defeating Walton, Dewar, Bowers, Milthorpe, Calander & Pollard in the last heat of qualifying.

With McCarten & Henderson at the front of the field, Watts, Walton, Cornelius & Dewar up in the

mix also the battle was one of the best the Goulburn Ovens Sedans put on for the season. McCarten

was strong out front, Henderson found himself battling with McCarten & Watts and the leaders

caught their way up into the back markers.

A crash involving Dewar & Cornelius that tore up the front of the latter’s car as it slammed the back

straight concrete wall, resulted in the steward handing out a black flag to Dewar ending his race as

well as the crashed Cornelius & her car.

Milthorpe progressed forward and started to look like he had a handle on his new car before he

pulled infield not comfortable with his steering. Henderson later tried to make an outside pass

around Balins a lapped competitor and the two touched and Henderson slammed into the concrete

wrecking his night and his fight for the win.

Through all this McCarten maintained his composure and went on to win from Watts, Walton,

Bowers, Calander, Pollard, Atkin, Barnard & Walliss.

Goulburn Ovens Sedan Association would like to thank the sponsors.

Max’s Motor Museum – Corowa

Maverick Boats – Corowa

Elle Mae Hair & Beauty – Corowa

Corowa Kitchens & Cabinets

Psychic Tina – Leeton

Wahgunyah Rock Yard – Wahgunyah

Stevo’s Painting Services

Cornelius Classic Panels – Corowa

Ace Smash Repairs – Leeton

MP Sheds – Leeton

Corowa Glass – Corowa

Dunkley Paint & Panels – Corowa

Sf photo graphix - Mulwala

Written by

Dean Thompson

DMT Sports Media

For Goulburn Ovens Sedan Association

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

MAY ALEXANDRA MEETING, LEADS INTO THE 100 LAP DERBY 

Alexandra Speedway started to get excited for the upcoming 100 Lap Derby when race fans and 

competitors alike headed to the May race date at the popular venue & all the talk from club 

members and regular race fans was about the upcoming Queens Birthday weekend 100 Lap Derby 

on the same weekend every year as the Truck, Rod & Ute Show in town.

Whilst locals were all talk about the 100 Lapper, visiting 3 Litre Sedan drivers were keen for their one 

show a season at Alexandra for the Mick Woodhams Memorial & it was also the final opportunity for 

club members to earn points for their club championships.

Victorian champion Will Lamb led the 3 Litre nominations with Vic 2 Lennie Clark & Vic 3 Zac 

Swanson also competing. Competitors qualified through three heat races with Lamb taking a win in 

the first two heats & Clark the other. Troy Simpson from Woori Yallock was competitive without a 

win taking second twice & third in the other heat he competed in.

In the big final, Lamb who has a love for Alexandra Speedway & the event, went on to again win 

from Lennie Clark & Andrew Ahearn.

Sports Sedans were more evenly matched with Matt Nelson, Luke Fallon an Alexandra local resident 

& Steve Kershaw winning the three heats leading into the final. All three drivers field the top three 

positions in every heat bar one. Fallon then made it two wins in two weeks following up on winning 

Wangaratta the week before when he defeated Kershaw, Jack Van Bremen, Russell Smith & Russell 

Hill in the final.

National Junior Sedans races in the SSA Juniors were missing a few regular competitors with a state 

round on elsewhere on the same night. Ricky Cornwall won all three heats he competed in whilst 

Jamie Burton won the other that Cornwall was not competing. Tim Gorski was second in all his heats 

and Courtney Meakins third in all hers. These drivers would prove to be the top competitors in the 

final also with Cornwall winning from Gorski, Meakins, Burton & Tyler Barton.

In the Ladies Open Sedans, Lisa McPherson proved to good winning all three heat races with Sonia 

Nelson coming second in two of them & Alex Smith in the other. McPherson made it a clean sweep 

when she won the final from Smith & Tegan Bullard making it into the top three as she had in heat 

three.

Matt Nelson & Luke Fallon also dominated heat racing in the Unlimited Sedans with two & one wins 

respectively whilst Darren Skilton was a constant third placed driver. Fallon then won the final with 

Skilton in second with no other finishers whilst in Standard Saloons Nelson won all the heats and the 

final from Jason Meakins and Adam Barkby.

One Hundred Open Sedans, 40 Standard Saloons and 30 National Junior Sedans are now likely to 

converge into Alexandra Speedway on Queens Birthday weekend on 100 Lap Derby weekend for the 

Derby, the Shamrock Hotel Cup  the Victorian Short Circuit Championships respectively.

Its a weekend not to be missed.

Alexandra Speedway would like to thank:

Metro Tow

Kilmore Towing & Transport

TRAX Racewear

Aarons Bin Hire

Rumbles Indoor Playcentre

Healesville Directional Drilling

Lincolns Earthmoving

Eastern Suburbs Locksmiths

Waverley Exhaust & Brake Centre

Campton’s Graphics

Two Bays Communications

Pakenham Caravan Storage & Repairs

Good Guys Performance Centre

Quality Fire Protection

Inaction Photos

Fallon’s Bus Services

Murrindindi Kitchens

Yarra Valley Towing 

Blackburn Trailers

360 Gearboxes & Diffs

GB Racecars

Smooth Suspension

Lake Eildon Houseboat Sales

Fairy’s Car Removals

Air Anywhere

Burco’s Metal Fabrications

Alexandra & Yea Pre Mix

Highline Racewear

Revegetation Victoria

Tyrepower Alexandra

Australian Racing Products

GYB Civil

More Tyres

Weeks Radio

Written by

Dean Thompson

DMT Sports Media

For Alexandra & District Speedway Club

DALY DAZZLES WITH WINNING DRIVE AT RUSHWORTH

Latrobe Valley Sprintcar driver Bobby Daly blitzed the field with a clean win at the Goulburn Valley 

Auto Club’s Rushworth Speedway on Saturday, at the same time cementing the season pointscore 

for the Victorian Sprintcar Association Race Series 2015/16.

The main event for the show on May 14th was the Sprintcars with all our local heroes in Sedans 

supporting on show also.

In the Sprintcar final Dennis Jones added some new meaning to the label “Things with Wings” when 

he attempted to fly, becoming airborne late in the race after coming together with team mate Justin 

Barton, this added an extra spectacle to the already polarising show the fastest things on dirt put on, 

& Jones despite the ride, managed to land back on his wheels & continue on.

The starting grid for Sprintcar final was Daly, Barton, Mark Laity, Jones, Andrew Hughes, Shane 

Steenholt and Dave Dennison.

At the flag, the green light was closely followed by the yellow with the Chief Steward unhappy with 

the disorderly start and ordering a restart. The second attempt saw Daly get away well, but this was 

also short-lived when Dennison spun in turn two, bringing the yellow out again.

Third attempt lucky, with Daly again claiming the lead, followed by Laity, Barton, Jones, Hughes, 

Steenholt and Dennison. The field remained in that order for much of the race with a battle 

emerging between Barton and Jones for third.

Daly had opened around a half-lap lead by lap fourteen, and Laity had been caught by the 

squabbling Barton and Jones, making it a three way battle for second and third. On lap eighteen, 

Jones rode over Barton’s wheel, with both cars thankfully recovering without losing ground. 

Daly took an easy win by over half a lap. 

Fans were abuzz with speculation that Daly would break his own track record at Rushworth, but this 

was not to be. Although Daly claimed the fastest lap with a time of 13.450 seconds, this was just 

0.121 short of his existing record. During the event, all Sprintcars recorded times under fourteen 

seconds.

The final five placings were Daly, Barton, Laity, Jones and Hughes.

Supporting feature event was for Marsh Modifieds, with the final field reduced after losing some 

competitors to damage and break downs. Jonathon Knight had pole with Garry Kakoschke on the 

outside followed by Timothy Knight, Justin Bradley and George Potts.

Despite a brilliant showing in the heats by Johnathon Knight, it was Kakoschke who claimed the early 

lead and was never headed. The field of Kakoschke, Johnathon Knight, Timothy Knight, Bradley and 

Potts just spread out during the event, with Johnathon Knight trying unsuccessfully to close on a 

flying Kakoschke. Final placings were Kakoschke, Johnathon Knight, Timothy Knight, Bradley and 

Potts.

An initial fourteen nominations for GV Production Sedans was reduced to just nine starters in the 

final. Much of the action was produced in the heats, with some hectic mid-field battles for placings 

were taking place. In heat three, Scott Burchett had claimed a commanding lead with the pack 

fighting behind him. This culminated in a five-car pile-up in turn four involving Echuca’s Rachel Pratt, 

Ash Brown, Leigh Jeffery and Warren Alexander. All escaped with just panel damage and dented 

egos.

This left the final grid of Burchett, Pratt, Shane Hutchins, Jeffery, Brown, Matt Walker, Scott Smith, 

Mark Bergman and Warren Alexander. Pratt out-dragged Burchett for the lead and the field settled 

down with Hutchins in third followed by Jeffery and Brown. 

The mid-field battles of the heats did not eventuate, except for a tussle between Brown and Walker. 

Pratt had opened a quarter-lap lead from the rest, and Alexander retired with a broken front 

suspension. 

Final placings were Pratt, Burchett, Hutchins, Jeffery and Brown.  The GV Production Sedans were 

recording times in the 20 – 21 second bracket.

It was bonus points night for some of the GV ladies with the non-appearance of two of the previous 

front runners. Line-up for the final was Bendigo’s Natalie Thompson, Jacquie Fitzpatrick, Kelly 

Nadort, Leanne Hodge and Echuca’s Maddie Naismith. The ladies stayed pretty much in that order 

with Fitzpatrick challenging for the lead, and eventually getting past Thompson, who in turn was 

looking for a way back to the front.

An opportunity occurred on the last lap when Fitzpatrick went wide coming out of turn two, and 

Thompson pounced to take the flag. Final results were Thompson from Fitzpatrick with Nadort third 

followed by Hodge and Naismith.

Juniors presented with five cars for the final, Thomas Conboy from Bendigo on pole from Lachie 

Fitzpatrick, Josh Cecil, Issiah Hodge and Kodye Basten. An interesting race developed with Conboy 

taking the lead and Fitzpatrick lost some ground to fall back into a challenge by Cecil. 

Conboy escaped into the distance as Cecil tried to find a way past Fitzpatrick. Hodge retired to the 

centre, followed shortly after by Basten. Placings at the flag were Conboy from Fitzpatrick, Cecil, 

Basten and Hodge.

This week, the GV Open Saloons had their final to themselves and with fifteen starters the local Big 

Bangers were promising plenty of action. They did not disappoint!

The front three rows on the grid saw Phil Lamb from Peter Welch (both Bendigo), Keith Simmonds, 

Wayne Gilsenan, Adam Box and Shaun Thompson. Peter Fitzpatrick started out of position eight, and 

Mark Cecil from eleven. Lamb hit the front from Welch, followed by Gilsenan, Keith Simmonds, 

Thompson and Box. The field spread out with Lamb leading Welch, who started to close on the 

leader as they commenced working their way through lapped traffic. 

By lap seven, Fitzpatrick was in ninth, and Cecil in sixth when the red flag stopped the race with a car 

on fire on the infield. The restart order was Lamb, Welch, Gilsenan, Thompson, Keith Simmonds, 

Box, Brad Simmonds and Cecil. 

An intriguing situation ensued as the cars circulated under yellow for several laps whilst the placings 

were sorted, with Fitzpatrick trying to re-join the field in fourth spot, then third. Gilsenan held his 

position in the tight single file line-up, with Fitzpatrick circulating two-wide on the outside while the 

Chief Steward went to confer with the lap scorers. Fitzpatrick then retired to the infield.

The restart had positions unchanged, with Cecil proceeding with what was the drive of the night. 

From lap eight, he was picking off a car a lap, and by lap twelve was in fourth spot. Mark Cecil in the 

ancient 6-cylinder Torana was simply out driving the big V8s of Keith Simmonds and Box!

Thompson, meantime had got past Gilsenan to take over third, with Gilsenan dropping to seventh in 

the process. With two laps remaining, Keith Simmonds finally got past Cecil. The chequered flag 

dropped on Lamb and Welch with the Steward announcing a two position penalty on Thompson for 

an earlier indiscretion, promoting Keith Simmonds to third with Gilsenan in fourth, and Box fifth.

With the majority of the GV Open Saloons posting times in the 20 – 21 second bracket, Lamb’s best 

time was 18.845 seconds and Welch 19.381

The final meeting for the season at Rushworth Speedway will be on Saturday 28th May, with the 

return of the Super Sedans, supported by Grand Prix Midgets. On the same program we will see the 

last round for GV Open Saloons, GV Production Sedans, GV Ladies and GV Juniors.

Written by

Ray Read

DMT Sports Media

For Goulburn Valley Auto Club t/as Rushworth Speedway

ONE HUNDRED RACE DRIVERS HEADING TO WAHGUNYAH THIS SATURDAY NIGHT

Wahgunyah Speedway revs up again this Saturday night May 21st with One 

hundred drivers nominated to compete in their various divisions where the 

visting Super Sedans & Super Modifieds join the Standard Saloons as the 

feature divisions.

The Standard Saloons have a terrific car count with almost thirty 

competitors scheduled to compete including very strong competitors such as 

Rye’s Nick Chrystie, Pakenham’s Mark Miles, Geelong based Jay Dickson, Swan 

Hill’s Leighton Warburton, Kinglake’s Mick Chrystie, Gippsland’s Ben 

Randall & Yarrawonga’s Gary Evans joining the likes of Warrick Howie, Chris 

Fitzgerald, Micheal Fleming-Robertson & Brendan Eames from the home club 

Corowa – Rutherglen to try to win the Lachie Howie Memorial in honour of a 

much loved local.

No doubt, the locals will be trying hard to keep the trophy up North, 

however with state Standard Saloon points on the line Miles, Randall & 

Dickson in particular will be keen to collect the win and catapult 

themselves up the table.

Normally the 366ci powered Super Sedans would take centre stage on this 

show, however due to mechanical breakages and damaged cars from a lot of 

recent racing, many cars are unable to compete, so they take a slight back 

step however will maintain a great deal of interest for those in the crowd. 

Mick Nicola Jnr from Traralgon, Scott Whittle from Geelong, Michael Wicks 

from Bendigo & Wayne Aylett from Leeton in particular will be of interest 

to the fans in the Magic on the Murray. 

The Arthur Cornelius Memorial returns for the returning open wheel V8 Super 

Modifieds. Chip & Rob Farrer have been the dominate drivers in recent times 

however, we are led to believe a number of other competitors are very 

strong now also. Jordy Davis & Jade Ewart are very keen to compete whilst 

Corowa members the Thomson family who are Corowa members have William 

Thomson in a club registered car and local Corowa businessman David Walton 

having a guest drive in another Corowa registered car.

Supporting the main acts will be Sports Sedans in their third round of the 

‘Premier Air Conditioning’ track championship & the Ladies in the second 

round of their ‘Highline Racewear & Team Apparel’ track championship along 

with the Goulburn Ovens Sedans Association & the Junior Sedans in club show 

races.

Enquires should be made to 0438 550 778 (Brett) or 0419 977 205 (Helen) 

Public gates open from 11pm with racing starts at 2pm

Gate prices this season are adults $25, Family for 2 adults and 3 kids up 

to 16 years old $60, Aged Pensioners $15 & children from the age 12 to 16 

is $15 and under 12 free.

Corowa - Rutherglen Speedway Club is proudly supported by:

QA Kitchens

Dunkley Panels

McLardy McShane Insurance & Financial Services

Milthorpe Transport

Hartnett Transport

Heritage Motor Inn

Upton’s Steel Supplies

Kalari Photography

Corowa Kitchens

Marshall Batteries

Cofield & Co Plumbing

Sultans Turkish Restaurant

Pigdon Holden

Corowa IGA

Rod Stone Automotive

Max Maclean Building Supplies

Maverick Marine

Murray Transport Spares

Ultimate Fasteners

Autobarn Albury

Wahgunyah Rock Yard

BJ Burton Trophies

D & K Welding

Federation Tyrepower

Quantum Printing 

Corowa Meats

Inaction Photos

Vern & Jackie Parker DVD

SUPER SEDANS

Michael Wicks V5

Scott Whittle V8

Mick Nicola Jnr V23

David Mackenzie V24

Ben Faulkhead V41

Wayne Aylett N65

Lionel West V71

Ian Page V72

 

STANDARD SALOONS

John Watson Moe4

Warrick Howie CR7

Kyle Patton W7

Nick Chrystie AX10

Mark Miles N12

Tom Lambert SH12

Marc Rowan SH13

Chris Fitzgerald CR14

Randy Rowan SH14

Nathan Rowan SH15

Trevor Kuhne AX17

Micheal Fleming-Robertson CR18

Geoff Bowers MT18

Jack Bear CR19

Lucas Williams MT22

Jason Meakins AX24

Rod Milthorpe CR24

Jay Dickson RDL31

Leighton Warburton SH31

Mick Chrystie AX33

Daryl Mesley SH35

Ben Randall RD39

Brendon Eames CR42

Daniel & Leo Joosten CR46

Adam Poole W71

Cory Horter RD73

Jason Keenan MT84

Gary Evans SH85

Shannon Meakins AX94

 

V8 SUPERMODIFIED

David Walton CR4

William Thomson CR7

Esther Thomson SH8

Jordy Davis SH15

Jade Ewart SH17

Duane Cordina SH34

Grant Shiltze SH69

Roger Thomson SH88

Chip Farrer SH95

Rob Farrer SH99

 

VIC SPORTS SEDANS

Steve McDonald W6

Steve Shephard HL7

Martin Heiner MT10

Karen McCaskill BD15

Aaron Dewar CR28

Adam Lovell CR29

Craig Cottier W34

Marcus Griffith MT38

Shane Frost W43

James Powell W44

Liam Powell W45

Daryl Joosten CR46

Ben Kelly MT46

Troy Frost W46

Fleur Heiner MT61

Rob Hodgetts MT63

Glen McVean MT68

Tom Barnard CR69

Jamie Atkin CR77

Georgette Meunier CR82

Nathan Shortis CR83

 

OPEN LADIES SEDANS

Alyce Iaria MT10

Karen McCaskill BD15

Jacquelyne Rowan SH14

Jay Phillips AX17

Melanie Chrystie AX33

Melinda Taylor CR43

Fleur Heiner MT61

Simone Hodgetts MT64

Rhiannon Glare CR69

 

GOSA

Mitch Watts CR7

Jack Milthorpe CR8

Mick Quinn CR17

Mark Pollard CR18

Clint Henderson CR21

Stuart Balins CR22

Scott Callander CR24

Daniel McCarten CR25

Wally Dewar CR28

David Walton CR43

Tom Barnard CR69

Chelsea Cornelius CR76

Jamie Atkin CR77

Tom Bowers CR82

Mick Bunt CR84

Rusell Taylor CR86

Harry Walliss CR96

 

VSC OPEN JUNIOR SEDANS

Jake Cottier W11

Shaniiq Rowan SH13

Kiarah Rowan SH15

Rick McAulliffe CR18

Susie Bear CR19

Isabelle Taylor CR43

Daniel Powell W45

Hayden Glare  SH77

Ashleeh Bunt CR84

Toby Carmichael SH93

Written by

Dean Thompson

DMT Sports Media

For Corowa – Rutherglen Speedway Club t/a Wahgunyah Speedway