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Speedway Stampede

FORMULA FRENZY 2015 Australian Chapion - Dylan Willsher speeds around Blue Ribbon Raceway PHOTO: Mark Cowin
FORMULA FRENZY: 2015 Australian Chapion – Dylan Willsher speeds around Blue Ribbon Raceway
PHOTO: Mark Cowin

A huge field of Street Stock are set to race this Saturday night at Kalkee’s Blue Ribbon Raceway with 32 drivers from across Victoria and SA nominated to race in the annual Street Stock 1000.

Drivers will race in three heat races during the night which will decided their starting positions in the feature final.

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Simpson Brings Home Di Watson Memorial

WINNER: Daniel Simpson is presented the Di Watson Memorial Trophy by Neil Watson on Saturday night. PHOTO: Jamie Collins
WINNER: Daniel Simpson is presented the Di Watson Memorial Trophy by Neil Watson on Saturday night. PHOTO: Jamie Collins

Horsham Motor Sports Club celebrated twenty years of racing at Blue Ribbon Raceway on Saturday. Speedway drivers from all corners of Victoria and South Australia made the journey to help celebrate the Kalkee track.

On top of the bill was the Victorian Modified Production Association who was also celebrating 20 years of association.

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Twenty Years Of Racing

SLIDE: Martin Hawson powers through the turn. PHOTO: Mark Cowin
SLIDE: Martin Hawson powers through the turn.
PHOTO: Mark Cowin

This Saturday marks twenty years of motor racing at Kalkee’s Blue Ribbon Raceway. Horsham Motorsports Club have plenty to celebrate when looking back on how the venue has been developed since the inaugural meeting.

In 1996 the club held its first race meeting at the newly built track. Facilities for the opening meeting were fairly basic, with hired portable toilets and a tent for a canteen. The complex now has some of the best facilities in Victoria.

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Supreme Sprintcars

ON TRACK: Matt Reed jumped away from the pack leading the race from start to finish. PHOTO: Mark Cowin
ON TRACK: Matt Reed jumped away from the pack leading the race from start to finish.
PHOTO: Mark Cowin

Speedway drivers from all parts of Victoria and South Australia and ACT descended on the Kalkee’s Blue Ribbon Raceway on Saturday Night.

A large field of 360 cubic inch V8 Sprintcars, competed in round 9 of the Allstar Sprintcar series providing some fantastic racing action.

Over 1000 speedway fans attended the race meeting, and they were rewarded with some very close racing from the Sprintcar drivers.

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