This Saturday night Rushworth Speedway has two special memorial races for fans to get behind with the visiting SDAV Hot Rods holding their annual Ray Welsh Memorial whilst the 3 Litre Sedans are back for the annual Dave Pollard Memorial race with both races highly sought after victories for the competitors of those classes.
All the local heroes in their Sedans are also on the show with Open Saloons, Production Sedans, Ladies Saloons and Junior Sedans all vying for important club points.
In the Ray Welsh Memorial for SDAV Hot Rods, the line-up includes last race meeting winner Kali Hovey, her husband Shannon Meakins, Stan Marco Snr, Dean West, and Russell Hovey amongst others that will hit the race track.
The 350ci powered Hot Rods with a body based on the old 1934 Ford is a popular class for fans to watch who love the sound of an eight cylinder engine and the vintage type of look of the car body.
Once again to win the Ray Welsh Memorial means so very much too many of the drivers in the class today as Welsh was a legend of the class over many many years.
In the Dave Pollard Memorial for 3 Litres supported by Dave’s daughter Felicity and her husband Shane with their business Aerodrome Automotive, Bendigo’s Lennie Clark, Shane Simpson, Swan Hill’s Mick Boyle and Goulburn Valley members Daniel Wilson and Ben Naismith are just some of the racers who compete with engines that run at just over 3 litre capacity that are up for the battle to win the memorial. Dave for a long time was Goulburn Valley Auto Clubs sole representative of the class as it travelled around Victoria for various feature events.
It is very hard to look past Clark, however the event should be terrific with all keen to pick up the Memorial win.
Adam Box returns to compete in Open Saloons after winning the last race meeting and this time he will be up against Paul Lamb, Michael Wicks, Jay Nicolaisen and Stephen Hopkins and a great field of other strong competitors. Can Box go back to back?
Mark Cecil starts favourite this meeting in the Production Sedans after winning a fortnight ago. Leigh Jeffery had a great run towards the end of that feature and if he is on song early he could give Cecil some hassle.
Chloe Lamb, Kelly Lamb, Cassie Wicks and Belinda Chalcraft will put on a great show in Ladies competition whilst Josh Cecil hopes to go back to back in the Junior Sedans with Luke Cecil and Daniel Smith in the field keen to get the better of him at the finish line.
Racing begins from 4pm on Saturday with entry costs $25 per adult, aged pensioners are $15, kids 12 to 16 are $12.50 each and under the age of 12 is FREE, whilst a family of 2 adults and 2 kids 12 to 16 is $60
The Goulburn Valley Auto Club would like to thank the following supporters:
Super Balance Automotive –Shepparton
Mota Care Auto Service Centre – East Bendigo
WG Panels – Rochester
Kyabram Motor Wreckers – Kyabram
The Rushworth Hotel – Rushworth
Autobarn Shepparton
Aerodrome Automotive – Kialla
Marty Turpin Mechanical – Tatura
Ipta Fibreglass – Geelong
Ross Adams Cartage Contractor – Rochester
Rushworth Bakery – Rushworth
Maxam Printing – Shepparton
Pearce Concrete – Golden Square
Superior Concrete & Construction – Bendigo
A1 Water Supplies – Tatura
McKellars Freight Services – Bendigo
Grime 2 Shine Auto Detailing – Bendigo
Bendigo Specialists Brake & Clutch
SDAV HOTRODS RAY WELSH MEMORIAL
2 Raedyn Marco
3 Phil Jenkins
4 Dean West
5 Stan Marco Snr
6 Tom Marco
11 Stan Marco Jnr
13 Chris Wilkes
22 Kali Hovey
25 Russell Hovey
28 Dylan Linehan
84 Shannon Meakins
99 Glenn Lawless
3 LITRE DAVE POLLARD MEMORIAL Sponsored by Aerodrome Automotive
HO 6 Graeme Gerlach
SH 14 Mick Boyle
VIC 3 Andrew Ahearn
HL 4 Jason Ahearn
VIC 2 Shane Simpson
B 6 Ross Burrows
GV 19 Daniel Wilson
GV 22 Ben Naismith
VIC 1 Lennie Clark
GV OPEN SALOONS
GV 1 Paul Lamb
GV 14 Michael Wicks
GV 15 Jay Nicolaisen
GV 21 Wes Cadmore
GV 25 Stephen Hopkins
GV 27 Adam Box
GV 31 Mark Bergman
GV 36 Braiden Simmonds
GV 51 Chelsea Hodge
GV 58 Scott Smith
GV 56 Thomas Conboy
GV 72 Josh Beattie
GV 78 Matt Callanan
GV 84 Garry Gapes
GV 86 Darren Holt
GV 99 Dale Smith / Mark Clark
GV 112 Greg Knight
GV 123 Stewart Knight
GV PRODUCTION SEDANS
GV 5 Geoff Lee
GV 7 Mark Cecil
GV 29 Leigh Jeffery
GV 41 Troy Britton
GV 50 Scott Burchett
GV 55 Leigh Hammond
GV 63 BJ Harris
GV 64 Warren Alexander
GV 114 Brad Frost
GV 139 Jaiden McCann
GV OPEN LADIES
GV 1 Chloe Lamb
GV 2 Kelly Lamb
GV 14 Cassie Wicks
GV 15 Belinda Chalcraft
GV 36 Jas Bergman
GV 51 Leeanne Hodge
GV 84 Nicole Gapes
GV OPEN JUNIORS
GV 6 Josh Cecil
GV 7 Luke Cecil
GV 41 Keiden Britton
GV 58 Daniel Smith
GV 25 Cooper Laurie
Ends Release.
