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Speedcar Super Series Set For Sungold Stadium
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 by Gavin White
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Warrnambool’s Sungold Stadium is primed and ready to welcome Australia’s best Speedcar drivers this Saturday night, February 13 when the Triple X Speedcar Super Series hits the famed high banks for the very first time. Three time and defending SSS champion Mark Brown heads a quality field of the nations finest Speedcar exponents in what promises to be a spectacular debut from one of the sports most exciting divisions.
“Some of us drivers have been talking about Warrnambool all year,” confirmed championship leader Brown.
“The Speedcar Super Series guys have been talking about Warrnambool all year and right from the day it was announced we have been talking about it.”
Brown’s sentiments are echoed throughout the Speedcar fraternity with everyone involved keen to test their abilities at arguably one of the raciest tracks in Australia. Sungold Stadium has produced some of the best racing surfaces in its 51 year history this season and with Brown and co. coming with arguably one of the highest quality fields of the season it promises to be an exciting nights racing.
“The best thing that could happen is that we can get a slick middle, moisture on the bottom and moisture on the top where we can come through and do slide jobs,” hinted Brown.
The track maintenance crew will be warning Brown to be careful what you wish for since the Warrnambool venue has produced some great racing in recent meetings. Despite not ever attending the Standard sponsored Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic in person, Brown was an interested spectator online via the live webcast of the most recent edition of the storied event.
“I don’t even think I have been to a Classic because we have always been racing but I watched the Classic on the Internet the other night and that was pretty exciting.”
“I can’t wait to race there, I have been waiting for this night for about 15 years!”
Formerly from Melbourne, Brown now resides in Sydney and has enjoyed his share of career highlights behind the wheel of a Speedcar. A three time SSS champion sees the hard charging Brown as the most dominant force in Speedcar racing in the past three seasons. Brown’s 24-year career began in 1986 however his first journey to Warrnambool came in the 1987 season.
“I had my first taste of a rollover at Warrnambool and I have got a little cut on my thumb still to this day where my hand came off the steering wheel and went across the bonnet,” laughs Brown.
Enjoying a career best season last summer, Brown and the Rinkin Racing team have begun to hit their stride since the New Year with a renewed work ethic turning around their relatively slow start to the season in comparison to 2009. Three feature wins and six runner ups have been the story thus far from a season that seems like a distant memory from last summers record breaking results.
“It hurts, I like winning, it’s an addiction I can tell you that. Last year we had 13 feature wins and that just hasn’t been done before in Speedcars. So far this year we have won three but we are starting to turn it around.”
Locked into a championship battle currently with fellow Sydney ace Nathan Smee, Brown holds a slender five-point margin while gun West Australian Scott Glazebrook sits third in the standings coming into Warrnambool. Both Smee and Glazebrook will look to dethrone Brown this Saturday night while other contracted SSS drivers include Sydney’s Troy Jenkins, Queenslander’s Grant Draney, Mick Harders and Adam Wallis. WA veteran Keith Giles will also relish the chance to compete at Sungold Stadium will join South Australia’s Ben Dillon and John McKay.
Also on the program the Australian Wingless Sprints will contest the fifth round of the popular Super Six Series with a huge field expected to attend. Backed by Parr Motorsport the series is very even with some excellent young up and coming drivers mixing it with the seasoned racers.
For anyone still looking for more info on anything relating to the Classic including weather updates then you are encouraged to call the Race Info Hotline.
Race Info Line 9513 5555
Public Gates Open at 4pm with racing getting underway at 6pm on Saturday night.
Admission:
Adults $25
Concession $20.00
Children 12-15 $10
Children 6-11 $5
Family Ticket $60.
Website – www.premierspeedway.com.au
Sydney's Mark Brown leads the SSS championship entering Warrnambool on Saturday night. Pic courtesy SSS
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Sungold Stadium, Premier Speedway is located 3 hours South West of Melbourne near the beautiful coastal city of Warrnambool. Steeped in tradition Sungold Stadium is a AAA rated venue offering excellent facilities for competitors, spectators and officials alike.
Located only a short driver from the internationally acclaimed Twelve Apostles on the Great Ocean Road, there is loads for tourists to the area to see and do.
