This Saturday night the Murray Machining and Sheds Murray Bridge Speedway will host the traditional Sprintcar season opener with the annual Bill Wigzell Battle of the Bridge, with a star studded 28 strong nomination list. Among them is local racer Ryan Jones, who over the years has made a habit of winning the South Australian season opener. In addition to claiming the event last year, Ryan had won the “Wigzell Race” on two previous occasions, and he has come close to two further victories with runner-up finishes in 2022 and 2021.
“Bill’s race is what I call the first major event for our part of the country and a race we really love to win. Bill’s heritage was built on being part of the first professional Sprintcar team to come out of Murray Bridge and I’m both fortunate and thankful to be in a position to drive for a famous Murray Bridge and Speedway family in the Wright’s, who have also built a professional Sprintcar team here. The bonus is we have won 3 of Bill’s races and I would be honoured to add a 4th this Saturday night” added Ryan in the lead up to the event this weekend.
When asked about the depth of the field that has nominated for this weekend, that includes three previous Australian 410ci Sprintcar Champions, Ryan had a very straight up response.
“It’s like that weekly now bud. Everyone has good gear; good crew guys and they are all good drivers. If you are a tenth off it’s a long night” he concluded.
Following the Bill Wigzell Battle of the Bridge on Saturday October 5 the Sprintcar action will continue at the Murray Machining and Sheds Murray Bridge Speedway on Sunday Night with the Australian Sprintcar Stampede; on offer, is $10,000 cheque for 1st place in the A-main & over $35,000 in total prize payout.
Also amongst the entries are the likes of Matt Egel, Jock Goodyer, Jamie Veal, Tate Frost, Jordyn Charge, Marcus Dumesny & Brock Hallett, along with Ryan Newton making the big drive down from Queensland.
Night 1 action also features the Formula 500s King of the Bridge, with Junior Formula 500s competing in the inaugural ‘Prince of the Bridge’. Speedcars will contest Round 1 of the Blackjack Series on Night 2, along with the car crushing Demolition Derby presented by U-Pull-It.
EVENT INFORMATION:
Saturday, October 5: SPRINTCARS – Bill Wigzell Battle Of The Bridge, Formula 500s King of the Bridge, Junior F500s
Sunday, October 6 – SPRINTCARS – Australian Sprintcar Stampede, Speedcars, U-Pull-It Demolition Derby
Tickets: www.speedwaytickets.com.au
Gates Open 4pm, On track action from 6pm.
EVENT ENTRIES:
SPRINTCARS – October 5 & 6
S3… Ben Morris
Q5…Brock Hallett
S6… Jason Wilson
T7… Tim Hutchins
NQ10… Jy Corbet
S10… Steven Caruso
V10… Steven Loader
S11… Scott Enderl
S14… Brendan Quinn
W18… Daniel Harding
S20… Glen Sutherland
T22… Jock Goodyer
S24… Ricky Maiolo
S27… Daniel Pestka
V35… Jamie Veal
S38… Lachy McDonough
N47… Marcus Dumesny
V49…Josh Buckingham
S51… Jay Brown
S52… Matt Egel
V55… Parker Scott
S57… Robert Heard (*Oct 5 only)
W60… Kaiden Manders
V60… Jordyn Charge
T62… Tate Frost
S63… Ryan Jones
Q66… Ryan Newton
S81… Luke Dillon
S96… Brendan Guerin
Formula 500s King of the Bridge – October 5
V1… Dale Sinclair
V4… Jack Hewett
V6… Dylan Willsher
S11… Nathan Oshea
S22… Darren Richter
S29… Brad Turnbull
S31… Harrison Pfitzner
S39… Dean Cottrell
V43… Chevette Muir
S51… Simon Reichelt
V55… Liam Russell
V58… Max Owen
S72… Corey Jones
V79… Maddox Gibbs
V93… Alex Ryan
Junior F500s – October 5
JV8… Cody Malley
VA52… Deklan Bolitho
C63… Chase Muir
V65… Roc Hughes
V99… Talon Humphrey
VA95… Toby Cook
Speedcars – October 6
S4 Norm Moore
S6 Jack McCarthy
S6e Kaleb Currie
V13 Zoe Pearce
S14 Brendan Zadow
S57 Robert Heard
S62 Kelvin Burns
V39 Nick Parker
SA99 Daniel Griffiths
Demo Derby – October 6
23… Byron Lohmeyer
47… Bradley Stevens
69… Elise Kempster
77… Rob Kemp
81… Simon Gibbs
116… Stuart Haldenby
410… Lindsay Farrell
420… Geoff Flack
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