Officials have labelled Horsham Motor Sports Club’s first speedway meeting a success despite wintry weather.
President Rob Tucker said more than 1200 spectators attended the inaugural meeting at Blue Ribbon Raceway at the weekend.
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The Culmination of a Dream
dust during a trial run at Blue Ribbon Raceway on Sunday.
Mail-Times photographer Paul Carracher caught Buckley spinning out on a corner as Rod Berry slipped through
on the inside.
PHOTO: Paul Carracher
About 27 years ago Horsham Motor Sports Club members started lobbying to build a speedway track in the Horsham area.
When cars start belting around the club’s new Blue Ribbon Raceway at Kalkee about 7pm on Saturday, their dream will finally come true.
Speedway Geared to Blast Off
Mud will fly and engines will throb at Horsham Motor Sports Club’s inaugural meeting at Blue Ribbon Raceway this weekend.
Speedway fans will hear the roar of cars belting around a 410 metre dirt track for the first time in the Horsham district when racing starts at 7pm on Saturday.
Rod Defends Title
PHOTO: Wimmera Mail-Times
Victorian Limited Sportsman champion Rod Blatchford of Horsham will defend his speedway title at Bairnsdale on Sunday. Blachford, who won the title in Hamilton last year, will be one of seven Horsham Motor Sports Club drivers to compete for the state title.
Others are Noel Sharrock, Peter Gross, Trevor Jennings, Phil Blake, Dean Baker and Lester Mutch.
The picture shows three of the challengers, Phil Blake, foreground, Rod Blatchford nursing Blake’s daughter Tennille, 2; and Noel Sharrock. The car is the one Blake will use on Sunday.
Officials say Horsham’s best chances are Blatchford and Lester Mutch. Competitors must race in three heats to qualify for the final.
Other Horsham drivers will compete in Modified Saloon events at Hamilton tomorrow night .
SOURCE: The Wimmera Mail-Times 1984