General News
20 May, 2021
Bumper program for season finale
A BUMPER line-up of events is scheduled for the final meeting of the season at Mid Western Speedway this Saturday.
A BUMPER line-up of events is scheduled for the final meeting of the season at Mid Western Speedway this Saturday.
The Mortlake Car Club will close its 2020/21 season with the staging of the annual Brendan Hannabury tribute race for Street Stocks along with the ‘Stoney Point 500’ for Wingless Sprints and events for Super Rods, Limited Sportsman and Vintage classes.
Victorian-based Queensland champion Matt Nelson and Mortlake member Morris Ahearn headline the Street Stocks field, while the likes of Panmure’s Ricky Throckmorton, Ballarat’s Paul Domburg, Mortlake member Brad Warren and Warrnambool’s Steven Watts are also expected to feature strongly in the event.
The annual Stoney Point 500 feature for Wingless Sprints has attracted a handy list of open wheel outlaws with Robert Whiteside, Thomas McDonald, Jeremy Pearson, John Egan, Steven Hateley, Aron Lawrence, and Clint McLaren just some of the competitors to keep an eye on.
Super Rods, a class that is recognised as the most popular club class in south west Victoria, are also on the program with Paul Verhoeven, Jamie May, Jacob Pitcher, Neville Gange, Michael Coad, Stanley Marco, and Dane Court just some of the race drivers to watch.
Limited Sportsman make a return to the Darlington bull ring with a line-up including Horsham’s Troy Curran, Portland’s Bowen Donkers and Hamilton’s Craig Ansell Hamilton.
Vintage sedans along with hot rods are also on the program for some spirited demonstrations as owners and drivers show off cars that fans used to pack dirt tracks around the nation to see.
Gates for competitors open at 9am and 10am for the the public, with racing to kick off at 12noon.
Admission will cost adults 15 years and over $20 and aged and disabled pensioners $15, while family ticket for two adults and two children under the age of 15 or a junior driver competing on the night aged 16, is $45.
Children between the age of 10 to 15 or a junior competing driver are $10 and children under the age of 10 are free.
Attendees are reminded there is no eftpos on facility (cash only), no BYO alcohol and no fires are to be lit around the track.