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Sprintcar Action at Blue Ribbon Raceway

SUPERLATIVE SOLOMAN: Sprint Car driver Chris Soloman commanded the field throughout the evening. PHOTO: M&L Speedway Photography
SUPERLATIVE SOLOMAN: Sprint Car driver Chris Soloman commanded the field throughout the evening. PHOTO: M & L Speedway Photography

Speedway action returned to Kalkee on Saturday night with roar of V8 engines. Round 7 of the Sprintcar Allstar series was hosted at the Blue Ribbon Speedway track and drivers from all parts of Victoria, South Australia and ACT came to race.

Over 1000 speedway fans attended the race meeting and were rewarded with exciting and close racing.

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Sprintcar Allstars

WIDE OPEN: Brenton Farrer pushes the cushion while Trigga Gates runs low. PHOTO: M & L Photography
WIDE OPEN: Brenton Farrer pushes the cushion while Trigga Gates runs low. PHOTO: M & L Photography

After a ‘stalled start’ to the year, Horsham Motor Sports Club will turn on the track lights this Saturday night to host Round 7 of the Spintcar Allstars.

Sprintcar driver Brenton Farrer of Kilmore currently leads the championship. He has been constantly racing well through out the season. After a feature race win in the second round, he has performed well collecting another 3 second positions so far.

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Wingless Walsh Unstoppable

FOUR WIDE WINGLESS: Feature race drivers perform a Four-wide salute to the race fans before the race. PHOTO: Leanne Shanks
FOUR WIDE WINGLESS: Feature race drivers perform a Four-wide salute to the race fans before the race.
PHOTO: Leanne Shanks

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 Weekend of Speedway

WINGLESS WEEKEND: Travis Millar is one the 37 Wingless Sprint drivers who have nominated to race this weekend. PHOTO: Mark Cowin
WINGLESS WEEKEND: Travis Millar is one the 37 Wingless Sprint drivers who have nominated to race this weekend.
PHOTO: Mark Cowin

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.

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