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Sensational Racing at Blue Ribbon Raceway

FAST 500S: V32 - Mat Turner takes the low line as V2 Bill Fraser pushes the cushion. PHOTO: Leanne Shanks
FAST 500S: V32 – Mat Turner takes the low line as V2 Bill Fraser pushes the cushion. PHOTO: Leanne Shanks

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

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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Brendan Jackson

HO68 V8 TRUCK: Brendan Jackson
HO68 V8 TRUCK: Brendan Jackson

Brendan is a Mack man… He loves them! The diesel mechanic jumps behind the wheel of his father in law, Richard Wilken’s International with 318 dodge every race meeting.

His truck is a bit of a blank canvas, he has had plans for quite a while to paint it up, but being a mechanic, he spends most of his spare time keeping the other trucks and cars on the track for the Wilken’s team.

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