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Jock Baker

VIC 1 LIMITED SPORTSMAN: Jock Baker
VIC 1 LIMITED SPORTSMAN: Jock Baker

Jock Baker is all smiles. I met him in the workshop and up high is a Trophy Cabinet that is full. He tells me he has a pool room at home that has quite a collection as well.

Jock’s pretty good at this speedway thing. He is the current Victorian Title holder for the Limited Sportsman class. Number 1 in Victoria and Number 2 in South Australia, due to a mistake that put Jock into the wall, but he still bounced back to come Second.

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Simpson Brings Home Di Watson Memorial

WINNER: Daniel Simpson is presented the Di Watson Memorial Trophy by Neil Watson on Saturday night. PHOTO: Jamie Collins
WINNER: Daniel Simpson is presented the Di Watson Memorial Trophy by Neil Watson on Saturday night. PHOTO: Jamie Collins

Horsham Motor Sports Club celebrated twenty years of racing at Blue Ribbon Raceway on Saturday. Speedway drivers from all corners of Victoria and South Australia made the journey to help celebrate the Kalkee track.

On top of the bill was the Victorian Modified Production Association who was also celebrating 20 years of association.

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Twenty Years Of Racing

SLIDE: Martin Hawson powers through the turn. PHOTO: Mark Cowin
SLIDE: Martin Hawson powers through the turn.
PHOTO: Mark Cowin

This Saturday marks twenty years of motor racing at Kalkee’s Blue Ribbon Raceway. Horsham Motorsports Club have plenty to celebrate when looking back on how the venue has been developed since the inaugural meeting.

In 1996 the club held its first race meeting at the newly built track. Facilities for the opening meeting were fairly basic, with hired portable toilets and a tent for a canteen. The complex now has some of the best facilities in Victoria.

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Season Opens With Bumper Crowd at Kalkee Speedway

GRAND PARADE: Newcomer Jade Olds leads parade in Mark Both's Three Litre Sedan featuring a variety of cars racing on the night. PHOTO: Paul Flach
GRAND PARADE: Newcomer Jade Olds leads parade in Mark Both’s Three Litre Sedan featuring a variety of cars racing on the night. PHOTO: Paul Flach

Blue Ribbon Raceway opened for the first night of racing for the season on Sunday. A large crowd of about 550 people attended the Kalkee speedway to witness the third round of AMCA Action Series.

AMCA racing was contested across two heats, which decided the starting positions for the final race.

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