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Tight Series of Racing

LEADER: Brett Milburn will be defending a lead in the SRA Victorian Sprintcar series when it comes to Kalkee on Saturday night. PHOTO: Rock Solids Productions
LEADER: Brett Milburn will be defending a lead in the SRA Victorian Sprintcar series when it comes to Kalkee on Saturday night. PHOTO: Rock Solids Productions

Saturday Night the unmistakable roar of 410 Cubic Inch V8 Engines will return to Blue Ribbon Raceway.

It has been six years since the SRA Victorian Sprintcars raced at the Kalkee track, and club members are excited to see their return.

Drivers from across the nation representing six states have nominated for the event. All but one of the current top ten championship drivers will be racing for points for the Eureka Series on Saturday.

Blue Ribbon Raceway will host the penultimate round of the series, which has raced at many of the tracks around Victoria this season. Only 397 points separate the current to 5 drivers, but with a possible 430 points on offer, the championship is still wide open.

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Street Stock Spectacular

SPEEDY STREETY: Street Stock driver Mark Jennings holds the chequered flag after winning the Street Stock 1000. PHOTO: Jamie Collins
SPEEDY STREETY: Street Stock driver Mark Jennings holds the chequered flag after winning the Street Stock 1000.
PHOTO: Jamie Collins

Horsham Motor Sports Club hosted it’s second race meeting for the speedway season under lights on Saturday night. The annual Street Stock 1000 brought drivers from across Victoria and SA.

Six heat races were run during the evening to decide the starting positions of the feature race.

Mt Gambier driver Mark Jennings led the competition all night winning all three of his heat races. Penola driver Steve Gartner was also on top on the field while Kathryn Jackson of Warracknabeal beat the men home in one heat to easily earn a first position.

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Blue Ribbon Raceway ready to host 2017 Street Stock 1000

PRESSURE: Street Stock Drivers Brad McClure and Kathryn Wilken battle it out in the turn. PHOTO: M & L Speedway Photography
PRESSURE: Street Stock Drivers Brad McClure and Kathryn Wilken battle it out in the turn. PHOTO: M & L Speedway Photography

Blue Ribbon Raceway’s annual Street Stock 1000 is set to attract a big field of drivers from across Victoria and South Australia on Saturday night.

The feature races locked in for the Kalkee track’s second meet of the year will be hotly contested and full of impressive racing that will keep fans entertained during the night.

Drivers will dual it out in three heat races during the night which will decided their starting positions in the feature race final later in the evening.

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Sprintcar Action at Blue Ribbon Raceway

SUPERLATIVE SOLOMAN: Sprint Car driver Chris Soloman commanded the field throughout the evening. PHOTO: M&L Speedway Photography
SUPERLATIVE SOLOMAN: Sprint Car driver Chris Soloman commanded the field throughout the evening. PHOTO: M & L Speedway Photography

Speedway action returned to Kalkee on Saturday night with roar of V8 engines. Round 7 of the Sprintcar Allstar series was hosted at the Blue Ribbon Speedway track and drivers from all parts of Victoria, South Australia and ACT came to race.

Over 1000 speedway fans attended the race meeting and were rewarded with exciting and close racing.

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Sprintcar Allstars

WIDE OPEN: Brenton Farrer pushes the cushion while Trigga Gates runs low. PHOTO: M & L Photography
WIDE OPEN: Brenton Farrer pushes the cushion while Trigga Gates runs low. PHOTO: M & L Photography

After a ‘stalled start’ to the year, Horsham Motor Sports Club will turn on the track lights this Saturday night to host Round 7 of the Spintcar Allstars.

Sprintcar driver Brenton Farrer of Kilmore currently leads the championship. He has been constantly racing well through out the season. After a feature race win in the second round, he has performed well collecting another 3 second positions so far.

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