MUD FLIES, CARS SLIDE AT SPEEDWAY OPENING: Mud flies and cars slide as competitorsround a bend during a Limited Sportsman race at Blue Ribbon Speedway, north of Horsham. Mail-Times photographer David Fletcher caught the Limited Sportsmen drivers testing their skills just before sunset during speedway action at the weekend. The race was one of the first at the meet ing which featured an official opening of the Horsham Motor Sports Club track. PHOTO: WIMMERA MAIL TIMES
Australian speedway leaders believe Horsham’s new Blue Ribbon Raceway at Kalkee is ‘world class’ and one of the best in Victoria.
Ray Carman of Carman’s Motor Body Works in Horsham is pictured, left, as he hands over a Valiant ute to Horsham Motor Sports Club director of racing Robert Tucker. The ute, to be used as a push car for stranded vehicles, has the Blue Ribbon Raceway logo emblazoned on its door. PHOTO: Paul Carracher
The canteen is in place, the toilets have arrived and Horsham Motor Sports Club members are ready to roll with the official opening of their new Blue Ribbon Raceway on Saturday night. A church minister will bless the track during an opening ceremony and district drivers will be introduced to the crowd before cars roar into action.
The opening, from 7pm, will mark a triumph for club and community workers who have devoted countless volunteer hours shaping the new track and surrounds on the Blue Ribbon Road, north of Horsham.
THEY’RE RACING: Horsham Motor Sports Club enthusiast Ray Buckley, number 84, spins out in a shower of dirt and 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.
HOW FAST?: Time-keeper Rob Queale had the best view in the house during Horsham Motor Sports Club’s trial run at the weekend. The club will have its first official meeting on Saturday. PHOTO: Paul Carracher.
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.
