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.
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.
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.
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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