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With the end of 2023 nearing, this means just one thing… Energy Hire WA Pro Speedcar Week is about to kick off!
The opening event of the series will take place at Murray Bridge Speedway on Wednesday the 3rd of January and with twenty-eight nominations received, this will be a cracking way to start off!
Plenty of drivers come in with a claim to fame, but the most recent feature race winner is Kaidon Brown, racing his way to victory at Borderline just a few days ago.
With a second and a third in the heat races, Brown would lead every lap to claim victory, with fellow contracted drivers in Kaleb Currie and Robert Heard rounding out the top three, providing the perfect lead into the PSW.
Caleb Mills, Brendan Zadow, Zoe Pearce and Matthew Radisich competed at the same show, finishing in positions four to seven respectively, Zadow even grabbing the opening heat race win while Luke Storer was a DNF in the final, all five drivers looking to get laps under their belt as they too prepared for the PSW.
Cars are coming from all over the country for the PSW, with the lone West Aussie team heading across the Nullarbor today, Cody Nash aboard the Redmond racing #52 and fresh off a sixth-place finish on Boxing Day at the Perth Motorplex.
On the other side of the coin, rain has played havoc with racing in the Eastern States over the last month, the opening round of the Baretta Southern Speedcar Tour cancelled before beginning, Toowoomba rained out on Boxing Day and then a few days ago the George Tatnell Challenge at Nowra being cancelled.
With a number of contracted drivers nominated for each of those shows but missing out, including Cal Whatmore and Kacy-Lee Black for up North and then others for Nowra in particular including Matt Jackson, Jordan Mackay, Jay Waugh, DJ Raw, Mitch Saunderson, Dave Lambert, Rhys Birkett, Kacey-Lee Black and Daniel Paterson, they are all now chomping at the bit to get back behind the wheel!
Non contracted drivers who have thrown their hats in the ring for the Murray Bridge round include Dillon Ghent, Norm Moore and Ryan Jones, Ghent in particular looking to make an impact after a heat win at Borderline and running second for the first ten laps before ultimately recording a DNF.
It is sure to be a huge show this Wednesday night, so we encourage all the fans to celebrate the New Year safely and then join us at Murray Bridge Speedway to take in what will be the first of four epic nights of racing!
The 2024 Energy Hire WA Pro Speedcar Week is proudly bought to you by Energy Hire WA, Mobil 1, Empire Machinery, Baretta Racing Products, C & H Trucking, American Tire & Racing Services, Empire Graphics, Methanol Moonshine, Speedway Australia and Speedcars Australia INC.
PRO SPEEDCAR WEEK – EVENT DETAILS:
Wednesday, January 3
Speedcars, Classic Sprintcars, Junior Sedans, U-Pull-It Demolition Derby
Pit Gates Open 3pm
Pit Party (via Pit Entrance) 3-5pm
Main Gates Open 5.30pm
Engine Starts 6pm
Demo Derby on between approx. 9pm and 9.30pm
Tickets: www.speedwaytickets.com.au
Livestream: www.clayperview.com
NOMINATIONS January 3:
SPEEDCARS (Pro Speedcar Week)
ACT3 Mitch Saunderson
V3 Dillon Ghent
S4 Norm Moore
S6 Jack McCarthy
S6e Kaleb Currie
V7 Jesse Nicholas
NT9 Garth Thompson
S9 Kacy-lee Black
Q8 Cal Whatmore
V9 Luke Storer
T10 Luke Redpath
V10 Caleb Mills
N11 Jay Waugh
S14 Brendan Zadow
N15 DJ Raw
V15 Zoe Pearce
V17 Mathew Radisich (NZ)
N24 Ryan Jones
N32 Daniel Paterson
N36 Rhys Birkett
V39 Nick Parker
N40 Dave Lambert
N41 Jordan Mackay
W52 Cody Nash
S57 Robert Heard
V57 Troy Hose
N97 Matt Jackson
V97 Kaidon Brown
DEMO DERBY
22 Hayden Gadzinski
28 Jason Demaine
53 Joseph Williams
75 Rick Hoggett Hollitt
77 Robert Kemp
81 Simon Gibbs
84 Ian Brooks (Chooka)
93 Jaxon Demaine
126 Stuart Haldenby
410 Lindsay Farrell
420 Geoff Flack
?? Raymond Tebeck
CLASSIC SPRINTCARS
2 Nick Butterworth
9 Dennis Burford
V9 George Stell
Q11 Joshua Brown
SA49 Dillion Catford
VIC49 Trevor Mackereth
JUNIOR SEDANS
*To be announced*
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