MEDIA RELEASE: This Saturday night (October 15th) motorsport fans are set to head through the Black Spur & into the Murrindindi Shire on their way to the Alexandra & District Speedway Club to watch fast & furious dirt track action at the venue that will this season hold two of the biggest Victorian titles of the season, the Street Stocks & the Standard Saloons on the speedway proper, plus the popular & entertaining Crash & Bash Victorian title through the dirt circuit dog leg section of the track.
Early entries for the first event of the season suggest a couple Standard Saloon competitors from the states North East are heading into the venue to get early runs into their engines & some track time at the title venue, whilst some new competitors to Street Stocks have entered in order to get laps under the belt early in the season.
Alexandra Club members Nick Chrystie, Jason Meakins, Allan Poole & Tegan Bullard will need to bring their best form to compete with Corowa racer Brendan Eames who last season had a great qualifying run at the Victorian title & Wangaratta’s Andrew Robl who can win against strong competition & is searching for consistency this season & a strong title result at Alexandra later in the year.
Lenny Bates & Debbie Jones lead the local members in the Street Stocks with Bates a serious contender for a number of big race results this season fresh off a trip to Western Australia where he started his season.
The ever popular national division Junior Sedans for ten year olds up to seventeen years of age once again looks set to have a large field on most occasions this season, Beveridge youngster Caleb Lincoln, Ricky Cornwall, Tim Gorski from Epping, Kilmore racer Courtney Meakins & Kasey Garlick amongst the strong contenders.
Sports Sedans feature race cars with race tyres & powerfully modified race engines, the field has attracted a mixture of LS1 powered cars & V6 machinery. Steve Kershaw, Dale Smith, Luke Fallon, Andrew Jordan the current Victoria # 2 driver & Matt Chiminello are amongst proven competitors in the state scene that should make for entertaining racing with a winner difficult to pick.
Ladies Racing & Victorian Speedway Council Junior Sedans are also slated to compete in what should be a great nights racing to kick off the very busy season that also includes the Crash & Bash Victorian title later in the season, the annual 100 Lap Derby & the 3 Hour Enduro before the season is finished.
Competition begins at 4pm on Saturday the 15th at Gordon Street Alexandra with adult tickets for this meeting costing $20, Aged & Invalid pensioners $15, Children between the ages of 10 & 16 are $10 with a family ticket of two adults and 3 children above the age of ten & 16 can enter for $60.
For contact at the club call 0425 756 312 in business hours during the week & on race day until 7pm.
Nominations Received
SSA Junior Sedans
AX8 Caleb Lincoln
AX13 Ricky Cornwall
AX14 Nick Cherry
AX23 Timothy Gorski
AX24 Jeremy Gorski
AX26 Jessie Garlick
AX62 Kasey Garlick
AX81 Rhi Campton
AX84 Courtney Meakins
AX85 Rhys Meakins
AX97 Sharlotte McPherson
VSC Standard Saloons
AX4 Tegan Bullard
N8 Scott Angus
AX10 Nick Chrystie
CR15 Brendon Eames
Wang21 Andrew Robl
AX24 Jason Meakins
CR46 Daniel, Daryl & Leo Joosten
AX49 Allan Poole
Wang 77 Kenneth Mankey
VSC Sports Sedans
AX5 Matt Stampfli
AX8 Steven Akil
AX39 Peter Eastham
AX44 Shane Kruger
AX48 Russell Smith
AX52 Steve Kershaw
AX64 Dale Smith
AX71 Paul Allen
AX74 Danny Eastham
AX77 Luke Fallon
RDL77 Scott O’Brien
AX89 Andrew Jordan
AX91 Matt Chiminello
SSA Street Stocks
AV19 Eugene Bennett
AX36 Debbie Jones
AX74 Len Bates
NY76 Mick Coomer
AX98 Lee Beach
VSC Ladies Open Sedans
AX4 Tegan Bullard
AX48 Alex Smith
AX91 Mandy Chiminello
AX97 Lisa McPherson
