THE popular V8 Dirt Modifieds will this Saturday night be making their first 2023-24 season appearance at Hessions Auto Parts Grafton Speedway.

Headlining this Saturday night’s second race meeting of the season, a solid line up of 15 V8 Dirt Modifieds from all over NSW and also from Queensland are set to converge at Grafton Speedway for the Spring Shootout event. With a rich history at Grafton Speedway, the V8 Dirt Modifieds are no doubt going to put on plenty of close and exciting racing around the 440-metre track, which has had a brand-new racing surface laid during the off-season break.

The front-running contenders in the V8 Dirt Modifieds are going to be the likes of local chargers Andrew Firth and Joshua Rose, along with out-of-town challengers in Queenslanders and former Australian Champions Kevin Britten and David Clark, along with Chris Corbett, Seiton Connor-Young and Luke Dunn who are all expected to be right up there at the pointy-end of the field.

With the RSA Street Stockers, they will be fighting it out for the latest Northern Rivers Rumble Series round. After winning the season opener back in September, Connor Reeves, from Casino, has his sights fixed on making it back-to-back wins in the hotly contested Holden VS Ford class.

In what is going to be their second outing of the season, the youngsters in the Junior Sedans are raring to go. With the National Title coming to Grafton Speedway in January of next year, the drivers are wanting to get vital track time around the host venue in order to give them an advantage heading into their upcoming National Title.

Completing the class line-up for Saturday night’s action at Grafton Speedway is going to be the SSA Production Sedans, SSA Street Stocks and RSA Four Cylinder Sedans.

Grafton Speedway would like to thank Hessions Auto Parts for their 2023-24 season support, which is their seventh consecutive season as the track’s naming-right’s sponsor. With store locations in both Grafton and Coffs Harbour, Hessions Auto Parts stock a wide range of parts and accessories at competitive prices. To find out more, contact them on 0266 423 085 (Grafton) and 0256 456 361 (Coffs Harbour) or visit their website at hessionsautoparts.com.au.

EVENT INFORMATION:

PRICES
Adults: $30
Pensioners (age and TPI): $25
High School Children (with student card): $15
Children Under 12: $10
Children Under 5: FREE
Family Pass (two adults and two children): $75

You can purchase your tickets for this Saturday night’s meeting either at the track (entry gate) or online: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/grafton-speedway-festival-of-speed-tickets-736977448387

If you can’t make it out to the track, you can watch all of the racing online via the LIVE stream: https://page.inplayer.com/whatsonspeedwaytv/index.html?fbclid=IwAR3Vts3l2OJnBt4UanzeuHUYVbSA3whuFtjf0kVmUEsPBUfhrFuND1AuCZI

The racing action will begin at 5pm and the gates will open at 3pm.

Grafton Speedway is part of the Grafton Showground, which is located on 208 Prince Street in Grafton, NSW.

For more information, contact Grafton Speedway promoter Mick Corbett on 0427 310 009. You can also visit their website at graftonspeedway.com.au or LIKE them on Facebook by searching Grafton Speedway.

Photo: Butcher Photography