Drouin Speedway on Jindivick Road is back this Sunday from 11am with a huge day of entertainment for family & friends from 11am to around 4.30pm with the annual Standard Saloon Eliminator Cup sharing the spot light with round one of the Division 2 Hot Rod Track Championship & the ‘Mighty Mouse Magic’ for Mini Sprintcars with Junior Standard Saloons, SSA Junior Sedans & VSC Sedans all have important races to compete in also.
The Standard Saloon Eliminator Cup this year supported by local business Latrobe Waste is always a tough race on the calendar with Chris ‘Big Bird’ Stewart, Jacob & Patrick Vuillermin, Mark Miles, Sean Connolly, Leigh Gooding, Matt Nelson, Nick Chrystie & Victor Benson amongst strong nominations received for the event trying to win $700 big ones! The Vuillermins dominated the last meeting at Drouin and with some stiff competition added to the field they will have a battle on their hands.
The Division 2 Hot Rods ran a race meeting at Drouin late last season and loved an improved race surface and have got behind a Track Championship concept running across three rounds this season. Round one has attracted Rob Tatterson, Scotty Laidlaw, Ricky Mills, Toby Callanan & Andrew Galley amongst a dozen drivers who have already nominated to run round one supported by Allman’s Fencing whilst Southern Chassis Works will also be supporting the Hot Rods track championship at Drouin.
The popular Gippsland based division will also honour a fallen comrade, Mr Barry Ross who passed away this past week & be keen to win this first round.
The Victorian Mini Sprints had their first run last Saturday night at Nyora Raceway and return to Drouin Speedway to compete for the ‘Mighty Mouse Magic’ an event in honour of Mr Mighty Mouse himself Colin Lindell whom also passed away in recent weeks and whom had a long association with Drouin Speedway Club & Mini Sprints in their former guise the Mini Modifieds. Victorian Champion Owen Milton will be challenged by Stuart Ferguson, Danny Milton & Kevin Bomford all of whom have already nominated.
The Junior Standard Saloons fresh off round one of their Victorian series held at Nyora Raceway this past Saturday night have some keen youngsters set to battle for the CB’s Bin Mob Cup with trophies for first to third. Ty Hutton, Casey Lovell, Ally Morrison, Michael Suckling, Jack Yeoman, Joshua Thomas & Bailey Perkins with many of the kids rookies in racing who will be keen to finish with a trophy however they will all need to try to defeat Tyson Cull the current Victorian Champion who will be keen to go one better than last weekends second place result.
SSA Junior Sedans will be competing for the Jenkins Sheetmetal Junior Sedan Slam with Michael Skene a former winner at Drouin in a feature event a nomination. Jack Van Breman & Shona Bent will be challenging whilst Jake Warren was a big improver at Warrnambool last Saturday night.
VSC Sedans with Mono construct race cars will have round one of a the JA Signs & Graphics supported round one of their Track Championship where father and son duo Wayne & Jaedn will resume battle with Joel Andrews, Brendan Miller & Peter Eastham amongst challengers.
For enquiries spectators are encouraged to call 0422 289 133
Gates open at 8.30am with entry at $15 for Adults, a family ticket is $40 for two adults & 2 kids, kids aged 12 – 16 enter at $10 as do aged & invalid pensioners. Any child under the age of 12 are free
DIVISION 2 HOT RODS – ALLMANS FENCING TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 1
M11 Robert Tatterson
M7 Scott Laidlaw
RD72 Broderick Stray
RD25 Rick Mills
M4 Jimmy Low
M22 Jason Seymour
RD14 Toby Callanan
RD91 Richard Baker
RD92 Gary Uprichard
N15 Andrew Galley
SSA JUNIOR SEDANS – JENKINS SHEETMETAL JUNIOR SEDAN SLAM
AX15 Ricky Cornwall
AX16 Jack Van Bremen
N31 Josh Stewart
A0 Michael Skene
RD43 Kasey Ingram
DS84 Jake Warren
N0 Shona Bent
N10 Seth Bent
LATROBE WASTE ELIMINATOR CUP
DS52 Leigh Gooding
DS11 Andrew Morris
DS77 Travis Evans
DS24 Chris Charles
AX12 David Rose
RD16 Jacob Vuillermin
RD88 Patrick Vuillermin
RD7 Devlin Saunders
DS 13 Andy Hedges
AX32 Matt Nelson
N12 Mark Miles
RD57 Phil McNeil
DS27 Victor Benson
B5 Sean Connolly
BD47 Steve Dadswell
DS22 Wayne Tooze
AX10 Nick Chrystie
RD29 Chris Stewart
N15 Ash England
RD10 Alan Danks
M17 Mitchell Bowyer
RD46 Charlene Dike
RD39 Ben Randall
N Andrew Suckling
N Michael Ralston
AX16 Tegan Bullard
CB’S BIN MOB CUP ROUND ONE JUNIOR STANDARD SALOON TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP
RD17 Ty Hutton
N78 Michael Suckling
RD24 Jack Yeomans
AX13 Ally Morrison
DS77 Casey Lovell
RD4 Bailey Perkins
BD25 Joshua Thomas
V1 Tyson Cull
JA SIGNS & GRAPHICS DASH & TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 1 FOR VSC SEDANS (OPEN & SPORT)
N29 Marcus Reddecliffe
DS43 Joel Andrews
AX39 Peter Eastham
AX6 Brendan Miller
AX99 Andrew Spink
DS 4 Wayne Alberni
DS 44 Jaedn Alberni
VIC MINI SPRINTCARS – MIGHTY MOUSE MAGIC
32 Kevin Bomford
4 Stuart Ferguson
7 Owen Bulman
33 Peter Schnoor
21 Danny Milton
72 Bill Jubber
1 Owen Milton
33 Ben McNearly
Drouin Speedway thanks the following for their support:
Ampworks
Robin Hood Hotel
Drysdale Chaff Mills
Brimstone Fire
Polish N Shine
Victory Lane Race Gear
Ramsdale Wreckers
Laser Electrical
Inaction Photos
Drouin Waste Recyclers
TNT Autos
Monckton Concrete
Latrobe Waste & Recycling
Written by
Dean Thompson
DMT Sports Media
For Drouin Speedway Club