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Sprintcar All Star Action

V23 Sprint Car - Jimmy Gardiner races his 360 Sprintcar around Blue Ribbon Raceway. PHOTO: Mark Cowin
V23 Sprint Car – Jimmy Gardiner races his 360 Sprintcar around Blue Ribbon Raceway.
PHOTO: Mark Cowin

The roar of V8 engines will return to Blue Ribbon Raceway this Saturday featuring Round 9 of the Sprintcar Allstars.

Twenty three cars have nominated to compete in the second last round for the season.

The All Star championship is tightly contested with only 21 points between the top three drivers. Corey Lincoln of Beveridge leads the series by only 10 points infront of Brenten Farrer of Kilmore in second, and South Australian Jed Bell in third spot.

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Season Opens With Bumper Crowd at Kalkee Speedway

GRAND PARADE: Newcomer Jade Olds leads parade in Mark Both's Three Litre Sedan featuring a variety of cars racing on the night. PHOTO: Paul Flach
GRAND PARADE: Newcomer Jade Olds leads parade in Mark Both’s Three Litre Sedan featuring a variety of cars racing on the night. PHOTO: Paul Flach

Blue Ribbon Raceway opened for the first night of racing for the season on Sunday. A large crowd of about 550 people attended the Kalkee speedway to witness the third round of AMCA Action Series.

AMCA racing was contested across two heats, which decided the starting positions for the final race.

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A New Race Season ~ New Drivers and Cars

RACING BOTHERS: V17 - Jamie Mills, AMCA driver contests the turn with V10 - Allan Culling while V20 - Matt Mills takes the high line.<br />  PHOTO: Mark Cowin
RACING BOTHERS: V17 – Jamie Mills, AMCA driver contests the turn with V10 – Allan Culling while V20 – Matt Mills takes the high line.
PHOTO: Mark Cowin

Kalkee’s Blue Ribbon Raceway will return to life on the 27th of December when
Horsham Motor Sports Club will commence its race season.

The evening will feature the third round of the V8 AMCA Action Series, which has been hotly contested with the podium being shared by Dean Heseltine of Lancefield and Jamie Collins of Geelong winning the previous two rounds respectively.

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82 Races at Blue Ribbon Raceway

WINGLESS SPRINT CARS: Ashley Armistead leads Jack Oliver into the turn. PHOTO: Emma Bansemer
WINGLESS SPRINT CARS: Ashley Armistead leads Jack Oliver into the turn.
PHOTO: Emma Bansemer

The Queen’s Birthday weekend Speedway Carnival at Blue Ribbon Raceway began on Saturday afternoon, but not without earlier concern of drizzle for Horsham Motor Sports Club officials. Although the weather passed by midday the track surface was very greasy. The program featuring 82 races over the weekend was re-shuffled, 33 Wingless Sprint Cars were then the first to race in an attempt to dry out the track aided by their large race tyres.

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