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Two Victorian Champions were decided at the recent Drouin Speedway clubs April show when Yallourn teenager Dylan Pendlebury became the new Victorian Junior Standard Saloon title holder & Geelong based racer Shannon Meakins laid claim to the Speedway Drivers Association of Victoria Hot Rod title during a great days racing at the West Gippsland venue.

The Junior Sedan title was the first decided as it was a re-run of the attempted title event in February at the same venue which due to circumstances beyond the control of the drivers, had to be restarted.

Pole position driver Donald Young as he did in the first run of the event got a great start and led the race early.

Moves were coming through the field with Pendlebury from the distance from the lead passing others down the back of the line. Pendlebury eventually made the most of traffic conditions choosing wisely as the lead drivers came through backmarkers & passed Young into the lead, Liam Powell capitalised and Young stabilised back in third spot.

Pendlebury took out his first Victorian title from Liam Powell, Young, Toongabbie’s Ty Hutton & Drouin club member Ally Morrison the top placed female in the field.

After heat racing, Kali Hovey led all entrants to be the top qualifier in the SDAV Rods in front of Allan Luckett, Phil Jenkins, Meakins, Russell Hovey, Stan Marco, Neil Sixtus & Glenn.

A twenty lap final to determine the new Victorian title holder began with Luckett leading lap one from Kali Hovey, Meakins, Jenkins & Marco before a engine blow eliminated Kali Hovey from the race on lap two giving the second place to Meakins ahead of Jenkins.

Eleven laps into the race Luckett was passing Lawless and by lap fourteen Sixtus as well whilst still leading Meakins & Jenkins.

On lap eighteen Russell Hovey retired infield with damage to his car during a racing incident whilst trying to get past the backmarkers again seen Luckett take the wrong line & Meakins pounced as he made a move into the lead on lap nineteen with Jenkins back in third.

Meakins held firm to take the number one result from Luckett, Jenkins, Marco, Sixtus & Lawless.

In other finals on the day the Open VSC Sedans final was won by Andrew Jordan whom had never raced at Drouin prior to showing up for this event. He defeated Alan McKinnon & Daniel Angus whilst Mark Miles who has had a great season at Drouin Speedway continued on his winning form when he beat Aaron Price & Travis Evans in Open Standard Saloons with Tegan Bullard taking victory in the Ladies Standard Saloons in front of Anne Gooding & rookie racer this season Amanda Burrows.

Junior Standard Saloons also competed in heats and a final for this race date after they completed their state title feature & Pendlebury was able to double up when he won the Junior final ahead of Bairnsdale’s Matthew Bowers, Ally Morrison, Rosedale racer Michael Hardy & Jack Wharton.

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Sunday the 15th of March at Drouin Speedway fans were provided with not one, not two, they got three big feature events including the Victorian Title for Crash & Bash Sedans, the Mighty Mouse Magic for Mini Sprints & the Warragul Autobarn Open Sedan Slam & there was plenty of action to keep everybody happy & some local Gippsland driver wins.

The Crash & Bash Victorian title final got off to a booming start, with a couple of crashes in the first two attempts taking out plenty of competitors. Craig McKendry was disqualified for crashing a competitor illegally, whilst Adrian Brown, Anthony Sgroi, James Kane & Daniel Jorgen all found themselves unable to continue.

Not long after another crash put Victor Benson out of the event whilst Daniel Wanders completed a dozen laps of the race with no tyre left on the rear left hand side of the car.

At times Jason McKendry was out front, Josh Attewell & then Nathan Taylor & challenges came from Brad Warren in his Panel Van, Peter Cox, Grant Attewell & Rob Disher at stages.

With two laps to go Taylor made a passing move on Josh Attewell & try as he did, Attewell could not bridge the gap and Taylor went on to become the new Victorian Champion defeating Josh, Disher, Cox & Lennie Bonnici.

The Mini Sprintcars competed in the second annual ‘Mighty Mouse Magic’ to honour Colin Lindell a former member of Drouin & competitor of the Mini Sprints. Matt Parsons, Kevin Bomford & Dave May won the three heat race events before the final.

In the final Bomford was left infield with mechanical issues, Victorian Champion Dave May was sent to the rear of the field for causing a stoppage & then stormed back to chase Parsons. Parsons went on to take the win over May & Luke Hickson he made a late race pass on Jason Lynn to pick up third place.

Open VSC Sedan racing were competing in their feature event of the season at Drouin Speedway with local Labertouche racer Joel Andrews sharing heat race wins with Nathan Fawns.

The final had everything with the hard charging Mick Evans slamming into the concrete wall taking him & his V8 Torana out of the event leaving Andrews, Marcus Reddecliffe & Fawns at the front of the field. Eventually the Cortina of Reddecliffe ran its race and headed infield with mechanical concerns and Andrews stormed home to win from Fawns & Andrew Suckling.

In other divisions on race day, Gemma Laidlaw won her first Junior Standard Saloon final, Kasey Ingram won the 1200cc Junior Sedans, Mark Miles won the Standard Saloon final in front of Chris Charles & Jeff Blencowe & Trish Dike won the Ladies Standard Saloon final ahead of Tegan Bullard & Anne Gooding.

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This Sunday Drouin Speedway hold the massively popular Victorian Crash & Bash title with around thirty competitors due to compete including last year’s champion ‘Goose’ Young who took a memorable win on the last lap by spinning the race leader at the time with just metres to spare in getting to the line & crossed the line himself for the win.

Young headlines a field of over thirty other competitors who are all aiming to get to the finish line first whilst not knowing if anybody in the way or chasing from behind are going to hit their car stopping them in their tracks.

Peter Cox, Lennie Bonnici, Finley Burke & the McKendry brothers are just some that will be in amongst the action this Sunday.

The Mini Sprints run the second annual ‘Mighty Mouse’ Magic event with a new winner to be crowned as last year’s winner has not entered. Dave May the Victorian Champion would be a very hot favourite coming off a win this past Saturday night & will be challenged by Kevin Bomford, Matt Parsons, Owen Bulman & Luke Heppell-Hickson amongst others.

The Warragul Autobarn Open VSC Sedan Slam returns for a second season & entries are only just starting to come in with Mick Evans, Jaedn Alberni, Nathan Fawns, Joel Andrews & Marcus Reddecliffe amongst those who will compete for the prize money paying event. Fawns & Alberni just finished fourth & fifth in a big event in Ballarat whilst Evans is hard to beat at Drouin in his V8 powered Torana.

National Junior Sedans, Junior Standard Saloons, Ladies Standard Saloons & Open Standard Saloons are all on the show also.

For enquiries spectators are encouraged to call 0422 289 133

Gates open at 8.30am racing from 11am 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 is free

CRASH & BASH VICTORIAN TITLE
Vic 1: Goose Young
4: Grant Attewell
5: Joshua Attewell
8: Anthony Sgroi
11: Daniel Wanders
23: Jimmy Brown
25: Johnny Young
27: Phillip Disher
31: Rick Borne
33: Lennie Bonnici
39: Jamie Galik
53: Ian Lamb
54: Brad Warren
61: Shannon Mair
62: Peter Cox
72: Rob Disher
77: Frank Sinclair
87: Adrian Brown
96: Victor Benson
111: Stephen Alan Mitchell
144: Nathan Taylor
154: Jason Mckendry
184: Ben Warren
187: Bungy Judd
217: Daniel Williams
304: Matthew Haby
451: Craig McKendry
666: Andrew Corlett
690: Finley Burke
777: James Kane
946: Daniel Jorgen
SSA JUNIOR SEDANS
Jack Ramsdale 11

LAIDES STANDARD SALOONS
Amanda Burrows DS79
Stephanie Evans DS28
Anne Gooding DS58
Tegan Bullard DS4
Trish Dike DS37

MINI SPRINTCARS – MIGHTY MOUSE MAGIC
Kevin Bomford 32 32
Luke Heppell-Hickson 21 21
Dave May 4 4
Brad Lowe 44 44
Danny Milton 11 11
Owen Bulman 7 7
Jason Lynn 24 24
Matt parsons 73 73
Kyle Stathopoulos 99 99

OPEN STANDARD SALOONS
Travis Evans DS77
Andrew Morris DS11
Leigh Gooding DS52
Mark Miles N12
Aaron Price N7
Chris Charles DS24
Jeff Blencowe DS9
Andrew Suckling N79
Wayne Tooze DS22
John Dike DS37
Phil McNeil DS18
Mitchell Bowyer DS28

WARRAGUL AUTOBARN SLAM FOR OPEN VSC SEDANS
Joel Andrews DS43
Daniel Angus N42
Cameron Dike DS37
Marcus Reddecliffe N29
Mick Evans N31
Jaedn Alberni DS44
Nathan Fawns G87
Gavan Dorain 8/03/2015
Ash England N15

JUNIOR STANDARD SALOONS
Sean McNeil DS11
Gemma Laidlaw BD26
Dylan Pendlebury BD32

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Drouin Speedway held its February race meeting on Sunday the 8th and along with all club classes two big features were scheduled to be completed with the Wingless Sprints in round four of their Gippsland Challenge & the Junior Standard Saloon drivers competing for their Victorian title, unfortunately as it stands, there is only one official winner & that was Tony Moule in the Wingless Sprints.

Overcast weather provided the best conditions for the venue early in the day before the sun kicked in when it reached the afternoon & making the most of the earlier conditions the Wingless Sprints competed in six heat races to set their field for the twenty lap feature event.

Adam Greenwood, Tony Moule, Travis Miller, Kelvin Toogood, Robert Stevenson & Miller again won the six heat events before lining up for the feature.

Moule who had won a Wingless final at Drouin already during the season & was virtually a local with business interests in Pakenham got the best of the start leaping to the front. Initially there was a good queue behind him of seven other drivers as splitting from the bottom half of the field. Lap after lap, Miller & Warrick Taylor were right with Moule working their way ahead with a little distance between them and the rest.

Stoppages due to spins from others & passing moves as Taylor slid back changed the front of the field up a little with Greenwood getting into the battle with Moule & Miller at times.

In the end Moule drove a tactically brilliant race to win from Miller, Greenwood, Paul Drew & Taylor in the Gippsland Challenge round.

The Victorian Standard Saloon Junior title was meant to be the main race of the day & that it was, right up until the feature event. The kids were excellent with six heats completed to that point of the day with club member Ally Morrison winning the very first heat, Donald Young the next the Dylan Pendlebury & Ty Hutton won the second round heats with Cooper Cappellari & Bailey Perkins the last two heats. Six winners in six heats showed how close the drivers were in abilities, it was on paper going to be a great final with Donald Young from the front of the field as top qualifier.

In the feature race, there were crashes, spins, great passing, panel rubbing & stewards’ penalties from the green flag right to the end which was shy of the twenty five scheduled laps. At this point the press has no further information to pass on accept to say that the stewards on the day declared the event with what they believed were official top five placings & that governing body wishes to hold a meeting in order to address various concerns & questions before announcing their position on the race.

Drouin spectators looking for a race result are asked to be patient & await outcomes from the Victorian Speedway Council.

In Open Standard Saloon racing Mark Miles from Pakenham defeated John Dike Jnr & Aaron Price to win the final after Dike, Miles, Travis Evans & Miles again won the four heat races contested.

Ricky Cornwall was a winner on points in the Speedway Sedan Australia Junior 1200cc Sedan division with Luke Dingley & Jack Ramsdale rounding out the top three whilst Peter Angus was too strong in the Division 2 Hot Rods for Daniel Angus & Ricky Low.

In Open VSC Sedans Mick Evans was too strong for Sam Williams & Joel Andrews with Tracey Ingram defeating Trish Dike & Tegan Bullard in Ladies Standard Saloons.

Racing returns to Drouin Speedway Club on March the 15th with the Victorian Crash & Bash state title & a feature for Open VSC Sedans.

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This Sunday the 18th of January Drouin Speedway will once again be alive with the sound of the bump & grind and the hum of beautiful engines when the club returns for the first time since the Christmas break to entertain local motoring fans.

The VSC Classic Sprintcars & Vintage Super Modifieds are scheduled to compete on the program for fans who love open wheel racing whilst the Ace of Spades Club bring their old time sedans back to the popular venue for the old timers.

Whilst the vintage clubs entertain those in the older age bracket, the younger folk are not forgotten with the Open Standard Saloons, Ladies Standard Saloons, Junior Standard Saloons and Victorian Speedway Council Open Sedans where Division 2 Hot Rods, Sports Sedans & Unlimited Sedans can all run together.

The Vintage Sprintcars are not slow in getting around, they might be in chassis that are twenty five years old and they might have a couple rules to try and keep the drivers from wrecking other people’s cars, yet they still bring a smile to everybody’s faces as they get around and make some noise.
Likewise the Ace of Spades sedans, they use every inch of the race track & don’t even look like hitting the wall. Chev Slopers vs. T Model Fords, it’s a great spectacle.

The Open Sedans have nominations to hand from local hot shot Mick Evans through to Geelong & Moama registered competitors Shannon Burke & Joshua Brown throw in the ready to go regulars and it could be quite a good little battle for the Opens.

In Standard Saloons the action has been great this season with plenty of variation in the winners list. Morwell’s Shane Stewart gets back behind the wheel this weekend and he will be mixing it up with Mark Miles, Aaron Price & Ballarat racer Tim Hutchinson who is running strongly in the Victorian state aggregate so far this year.

The Ladies Standard Saloons last meeting continued on their great momentum this year with the field this meeting including the return of the current Victorian Champion Anne Gooding to do battle with Tegan Bullard & rookie Stephanie Evans who finished third in her first ever final last meeting. They are part of a good field of nominated racers that include Trish Dike who just might show everybody why she has been known as one of Gippsland’s best Speedway Lady racers.

In the Junior Standard Saloon division preparations for the coming Victorian title at Drouin Speedway has resulted in Cooper Cappellari coming all the way from the North East of Victoria to compete against Ally Morrison, Sean McNeil, Michael Suckling & the extremely hard to beat Ty Hutton. It’s tough to pick a winner in this race on Sunday no matter who you support.

For enquiries spectators are encouraged to call 0422 289 133

Gates open at 8.30am racing from 11am 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 is free

NOMINATIONS
VSC Vintage Super Modifieds
Graeme Briggs
Paul Woodgate
Glenn Barnett
Howard Colwell
Jim Duggan
Robert Watson
Mark Banks
Geoff Long

VSC Classic Sprintcars
Larry Fitzpatrick
Rob Watson
Gary Hamlin
Bob Noonan
Peter Phillips
Graeme Briggs

VSC OPEN SEDAN (Unlimiteds, Sports & Divi 2 Hot Rods)
Mick Evans
Rob Bushell
Daniel Angus
Joshua Brown
Ash England
Gavin Dorain
Mitch Bowyer
Tania Paull
Shannon Burke

OPEN STANDARD SALOONS
Shane Stewart
Travis Evans
Tegan Bullard
John Watson
Rob Bushell
Leigh Gooding (Trial Car)
Wayne Tooze
Mark Miles
Aaron Price
Chris Charles
Jeff Blencowe
Tim Hutchinson
Sam Hutchinson
John Dike Jnr
Bruce Bullard
Cameron Dike

Ladies Standard Saloons
Stephanie Evans
Vanessa Coleman
Anne Gooding
Brigette Morgan
Tegan Bullard
Amanda Burrows
Trish Dike

Junior Standard Saloons
Ally Morrison
Sean McNeil
Cooper Cappellari
Michael Suckling
Ty Hutton
Matthew Bowers

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For Drouin Speedway Club

Drouin Speedway came alive for the last time before Christmas & under a beautiful blue sky, visiting divisions Wingless Sprints & SDAV Hot Rods joined club divisions for all levels of Standard Saloons along with VSC Open Sedans with Tony Moule driving a Wingless Sprint owned Drouin Speedway Club President Larry Evans taking a win in his division whilst Phil Jenkins won the ‘Legends Cup’ for the Hot Rods that was postponed from last season.

In Standard Saloon racing Tegan Bullard won the Ladies, Ty Hutton the Junior Standard Saloons & Ben Randall the Open Standard Saloons finals & Scott Angus came out on top in the Open Sedans.

The SDAV Hot Rod Club were running for series points & the before mentioned ‘Legends Cup’ & in three heat races wins went to Phil Jenkins, Shannon Meakins & Glenn Lawless. State Champion Dean West a local driver in Gippsland had a less than glorious start to the day muffing up the first heat, yet will be satisfied with eventually finishing behind a very determined Jenkins & young gun Meakins to finish in third place ahead of Allan Luckett & Lawless.

Wingless Sprints competed for points towards their state aggregate with Moule winning heat one and two & keen to make it three from three before he was penalised by stewards for driving incidents. Brett Kuypers was out from & numerous stoppages resulted in officials declaring the race and Kuypers the winner. Moule then led from start to finish in the final event to lead to the finish Troy Carey from Tullamore NSW, Wayne Hurford, Kuypers & Tearni Perkins.

The Standard Saloon track championship round was a welcome return for Ben Randall who went on to win two of his three heats with Bunyip’s Jeff Blencowe & Mark Miles from Pakenham winning the other two. Randall then led start to finish in the feature event to defeat Miles, Cory Horter, John Dike Jnr & Matt Nelson.

With some extra cars available to compete from other Victorian Speedway Council divisions the Unlimited Sedans became VSC Open Sedans for race day. Mick Evans took the first heat win with Daniel & then Scott Angus wrapping up the three heats. Scott Angus then jumped away at the start of the final & Daniel Angus got the better of Evans for some time before getting by into second to start the chase of Scott Angus. On the very last lap Evans was right behind & just couldn’t pass, Scott Angus, Evans, Daniel Angus, Eric Miles and Rob Tatterson from Trafalgar where the top five finishers.

Junior Standard Saloon car numbers were once again strong with the Victorian title for the division at the venue after Christmas. Ty Hutton, Bailey Perkins & Hutton a second time were winners of the heats. Some drama in the final with some of the stronger competitors Ally Morrison & Ambah Fythe coming unstuck whilst in the top five left Hutton to win ahead of Perkins & Courtney Meakins.

The Ladies’ racing began well for Tracey Ingram who took a win in the first heat in a strong battle with Sonia Nelson before Tegan Bullard took a win in the next two heats. Bullard got the best start in the final & Ingram found herself on the wrong end of the steward’s decision ending with a black flag & disqualification from the race before Bullard took the win from Nelson & rookie driver Steph Evans & Vanessa Coleman. Rookie racer Amanda Burrows had her first big crash against the back straight wall eliminating her from racing.

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Drouin Speedway fires up again this Sunday from 11am at Jindivick Road Drouin West with something for dad, mum & the kids featuring the V8 Hot Rods from the SDAV Club wrapped in their old 34′ Ford based designs & on the same program both divisions of Junior Sedans have rounds of their track championships as do the Standard Saloons. Rounding out the complete program is some Ladies Standard Saloon racing, Wingless Sprints & sometimes unique, Unlimited Sedans.

The Hot Rods will be headlined by the current Victorian Champion & honary club local Dean West who is from just down the road at Maryknoll. The champ is looking forward to defending the state championship after Christmas at Drouin Speedway he, Allen Luckett, Shannon Meakins, Phil Jenkins & Kali Hovey are just some of the close knit club who should be at Drouin for a hit out on Sunday.

The Standard Saloons are the biggest club category & their second round of the track championship includes Mark Miles, Travis Evans, Jeff Blencowe, Aaron Price & Matt Nelson who should all put on fantastic racing with it hard to pick a winner.

The Wingless Sprints include Sprintcar star Tony Moule up against Wayne Hurford & New South Wales Troy Carey and a few of the girls. Bianca Reeves, Skye Day & Kellie Banks are looking to dish out the dirt on the guys as they hope to head to victory.

The Ladies is going to be a tough battle with Sonia Nelson, Tegan Bullard & Sharon Morrison already entered to compete and the numbers could be near ten racers before they start.

For enquiries spectators are encouraged to call 0422 289 133

Gates open at 8.30am racing from 11am 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 is free

NOMINATIONS
WINGLESS SPRINTS
V30 Tony Moule
N45 Troy Carey
V57 David White
V59 Andrew Brown
V63 Bianca Reeves
V65 Brett Kuypers
V73 Wayne Hurford
V159 Skye Day
V184 Kellie Banks

SDAV HOT RODS
Dean West V1
Phil Jenkins #3
Neil Sixtus #7
Allen Luckett #16
Kali Hovey #22
Russell Hovey #25
Shannon Meakins #84
Glenn Lawless #99

LADIES STANDARD SALOONS
Tegan Bullard DS4
Sonia Nelson AX61
Steph Evans DS28
Sharon Morrison AX39/AX16
Amanda Burrows DS79
Vanessa Coleman DS 13
Tracey Ingram RD67

STANDARD SALOONS TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
Travis Evans DS77
Andrew Morris DS11
Ben Randall AX39
Mitchell Bowyer M17
Tegan Bullard DS4
Matt Nelson AX61
John Watson M4
Rob Bushell DS88
Steve Attewell DS12
Phil McNeil DS18
Cory Horter RD73
Wayne Tooze DS22
Mark Miles N12
Aaron Price N7
Chris Charles DS24
Jeff Blencowe DS9

UNLIMITED SEDANS
Scott Angus N71
Rob Bushell DS88
Eric Miles NY34
Daniel Angus NY42
Jamie Angus V98
Marcus Reddecliffe N29
Ray Gould N37
Mick Evans N31

SSA JUNIOR 1200 SEDANS TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
Ricky Cornwall AX15
Nicolas Cherry AX14
Jack Ramsdale NY11

JUNIOR STANDARD SALOONS TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND
Ambah Fythe RD91
Ally Morrison AX13
Sean McNeill DS11
Michael Suckling N78
Matthew Bowers B18

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Chris Stewart the current Victorian Standard Saloon Champion returned to Drouin Speedway on Sunday the 9th of November to defend last seasons win in the Eliminator Cup leading to the finish line Brad Hill & his own brother Daniel who finished in third place whilst David May took the first round win in the Victorian Mini Sprints state series & Brad Warren in a Chrysler Centura won the Unlimited Sedan track championship round.

Standard Saloons were the feature event of the day and held four heats to determine starting positions in the final. Chris Stewart won the first heat getting the better of Dale Morrison then the second when he led hom Mark Miles. Jason Leonard won the only heat the Victorian Champion wasnt scheduled to race in before Stewart wrapt up a three from three result in qualifying by winning the last qualifying heat.

The final runs eight laps one way, then eight the reverse way before turning around once more to run twelve laps for the money. Stewart was never in trouble in a dominate display with various second placed drivers before the race settled in the closing laps with Miles striking difficulty and Hill capatilising to take second in front of Daniel Stewart then came Miles in his ailing Falcon & Travis Evans completing the top five finishers.

In Mini Sprints Owen Bulman, May & May again won the three heats with May extremely quick in lap times dropping from 17.8 second laps in the first heat to 16.1s by the time the third heat got done. May went on to win the feature from Bulman, Jason Lynn, Luke Hickson & Darren Schnoor.

Unlimited Sedans were competing for their track championship points in round one & visiting Nyora club driver Marcus Reddecliffe in a Cortina powered by a 250 crossflow took a win in the first heat before Shannon Burke in a 305ci Injected SL engined Commodore won the second & third heats putting himself on the front row of the final where he was unable to capatilise and take a victory after Brad Warren in a 265ci Hemi powered Centura made an outside pass inbetween turn three and four to take the lead and storm on to a win from Burke, Des Birkin, Daniel Wanders & Rob Bushell.

Ladies Standard Saloons were won by Anne Gooding, Donald Young won the Junior Standard Saloons whilst his sister Zoe won the Junior 1200 Sedans.

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Drouin Speedway revs up for action once again this coming Sunday the 9th of November with all club classes in action & three big feature events for fans to enjoy including the ‘Gold Cup’ series for Mini Sprints, round one of the track championship for Unlimited Sedans & the annual ‘Latrobe Valley Waste’ Eliminator Cup for Standard Saloons.
Ladies & Junior Sedans also get behind the wheel on race day giving something for everybody to follow.

The Mini Sprints recently announced a national alliance that includes the states of Queensland, Tasmania & New South Wales & whilst that still has a way to go to be finalised, a number of new drivers are making the switch into Mini Sprints.

Dave May who competed at the June event at Drouin finishing second comes back again & this time his long time crewman Brad Lowe returns behind the wheel of his own race car. Youngsters and former Speedway Kart competitors Luke Hickson & Will Van der Ark along with former Junior Quarter Midget racer Kyle Stathopoulos all join the Mini Sprints having their first race meeting as a driver.

Kevin Bomford, Darren Schnoor, Owen Bulman & Jason Lynn will be trying to beat to the line the new breed in the first round of the division’s state wide series.

Eliminator Cup entries include last start feature winner Dale Morrison, club Standard Saloon champion Leigh Gooding, youngster Brad Hill who finished second at the last meeting, Mark Miles, Jeff Blencowe & Travis Evans amongst the potential the best from Drouin’s club & Chris & Shane Stewart to of the best Victoria has in the division. Morrison, Gooding & Miles have all been feature race winners at Drouin in the last couple of seasons.

The Junior Standard Saloon kids have another opportunity to settle into Drouin Speedway before the Victorian title later into the season.

For enquiries spectators are encouraged to call 0422 289 133

Gates open at 8.30am racing from 11am 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 is free

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Nominations as at 2pm Wednesday 5th November
Mini Sprints Round 1 Gold Cup State Series
David May
Kevin Bomford
Brad Lowe
Owen Bulman
Jason Lynn
Darren Schnoor
Will Van der Ark
Luke Hickson
Kyle Stathopoulos

Ladies Standard Saloons
Tegan Bullard
Bridgette Morgan
Sharon Morrison
Anne Gooding
Amanda Burrows

Eliminator Cup For Standard Saloons
Anne Gooding
Travis Evans
Andrew Morris
Andy Hedges
Leigh Gooding
Jason Leonard
John Watson
Rob Bushell
Bruce Bullard
Brad Hill
Daniel Stewart
Chris Stewart
Dale Morrison
Mark Miles
Chris Charles
Jeff Blencowe
Scott Angus

Unlimited Sedans Track Championship Round 1
Shannon Burke
Rob Bushell
Shona Bent
SSA Junior Sedans
Seth Bent

VSC Junior Standard Saloons
Donald Young
Ally Morrison
Ty Hutton
Jack Yeomans
Sean McNeil

Written by
Dean Thompson
DMT Sports Media
for Drouin Speedway Club

Drouin Speedway Club kicked off its season with a great day of action involving all club divisions, visiting vintage clubs & the Crash & Bash association providing entertainment that kept everybody happy.

The Crash & Bash division pulls a great crowd from the eastern suburb areas into the little West Gippsland venue & nine heat races were ran to determine the starting order for the forty lap final.

Ryan Brown, Brad Warren, Jason McKendry, Daniel Jorgen, McKendry again, Peter Cox, Lenny Bates, Frank Sinclair & Jake Young all won the heat races that determined that the McKendry brothers of Jason & Craig would start on the front row ahead Bates & the field.

In the final Jason McKendry & Bates at various stages of the race held the lead with the other chasing. Yellow light stoppages for cars that were stuck in awkward places on the track probably caused more havoc at resumption as the leaders had to round up groups of back markers rather than a spread out field & Bates towards the end of the race whilst leading got stuck in a tangle entertaining the dog leg and McKendry pounced & Bates just couldn’t recover to get back in the hunt.

Jason McKendry won from Bates, Finley Burke, Sinclair & Cox.

In the Standard Saloon Track Championship first round Dale Morrison from the suburb of Officer easily accounted for the rest of the field defeating good friend Brad Hill by around half a lap distance in the final with John Watson, Jeff Blencowe & Travis Evans rounding out the top five.

The Junior Standard Saloons were also very entertaining with six youngsters giving it their best. Three of them were much quicker than the rest & each took turns at leading races during the day with Traralgon’s Adrian Lawrence coming out ahead of Michael Suckling & Ally Morrison in the final with Sean McNeil, Jack Yeomans & Gemma Laidlaw completing the result in fourth to sixth.

The Unlimited Sedans had some good competition & with indications that other drivers are prepared to come to Drouin from next race meeting the competition could get a little stiffer. Wayne Nelson from Woori Yallock was too strong for Shannon Burke & Tim Hutchinson in the final.

Tegan Bullard defeated Bridgette Morgan in the Ladies Standards in a series of match races between the two & the Vintage Super Modifieds Paul Woodgate was the stand out driver in their division on the day with Glen Barnett & Rob Watson also driving their machines well as did Victor O’Neill, Bob Moloney & Bill O’Neill in the Ace of Spades vintage sedans club.

Drouin Speedway next is open on November the 9th with racing from 11am featuring the VSC Unlimited Sedans Track Championship first round, Eliminator Cup for Standard Saloons and Gippsland Zone title for Mini Sprints.

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Written by
Dean Thompson
DMT Sports Media
for Drouin Speedway Club