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.
2015 CHAMPIONS: L-R Mark McDonald, Steve Ellis, Richard Bansemer, Luke James, Emma Wilken
Horsham Motor Sports Club has been celebrating 20 years of racing at Blue Ribbon Raceway this racing season. Back in 1996, a dream that had inspired the club since the early seventies to have its own track, was finally achieved after many years of work.
Since then many improvement have been made and the complex now has some of the best facilities in Victoria.
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→
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.