The 2015 / 2016 speedway season came to a conclusion at Blue Ribbon Raceway during the long weekend. 120 drivers came to race in the two day race meeting, which featured ten different classes of race cars.
Topping the bill was the Wingless Sprints who were well represented; 30 drivers raced two heat races each night to decide starting positions of the final race. Continue reading Wingless Walsh Unstoppable
A big two-day race meeting of speedway is set for this weekend with the running of the Blue Ribbon Raceway Speedway Carnival. The annual two day race meeting will be held on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th, with speedway drivers from across Victoria and South Australia racing on both days.
A huge field of 37 Wingless Sprints have nominated to race on the weekend, in what has become an annual feature race. The Horsham club now has two drivers in the popular class. Jeremy Beddison will be unveiling his newly built car for the first time this weekend. Steve Hately who now has a season of Wingless Sprint racing under his belt, looks forward to finally challenging the field on his home track.
A long season of Formula 500 racing was came down to one race at Kalkee on Saturday night, where the final round of the Victorian Formula 500 Stampede series was decided.
Starting positions for the feature race were decided from four heat races during the evening. Heat race wins were shared amongst Terry Rankin and Jack Bell along with Shane Van Duynhoven and Steven Van Ginigan. But it was the consistency of Jack Bell that was rewarded which placed him on pole position for the main feature race. Continue reading Sensational Racing at Blue Ribbon Raceway
Name doesn’t ring a bell? No? Kathryn isn’t new to racing, this is her 11th year. Up until a few months ago she was Kathryn Wilken. Kathryn made sure she had the race car mechanic work secured for life by marrying her mechanic, Brendan, who she met 10 years ago at the Blue Ribbon Raceway.
Mwah… a love story that started in the pits.