Jye Okeeffe one of Warrnambools drivers that is in with a chance for a win this weekend. Photo by Corey Gibson Photography
Eureka Garages & Sheds Sprintcar Series R5 & Vic Title Saturday
Author : Ian Vale
Round five of the prestigious Eureka Garages and Sheds Sprintcar Series is more than just a Eureka Series round this weekend, the winner of this round will have the honour of being crowned the Graeme McCubbin Victorian Open Sprintcar Champion for 2016-2017.
How good is the Eureka Sprintcar Series so far, after just three rounds completed there are three different winners and a different Eureka Series / KTM point’s leader after each round.
Glen Sutherland now stands at the top of the Eureka Series points table after his stunning drive at last weekends round at Mt Gambier taking out the feature win, but to keep that number one status this early in the Eureka Series is going to require another strong performance this weekend.
The level of competition nominated for this round of the Series is second to none, there are five drivers that have fifteen SRA Series crowns between them and twelve of the Series Titles have been under the Eureka Garages & Sheds Sponsorship banner.
Matthew Reed has six Series Titles, with three of them as the Eureka Series while the following are all Eureka Garages & Sheds Champions. John Vogels has won the Series five times while Darren Mollenoyux, Shaun Dobson and current Eureka Series champion Brett Milburn has one each.
Three of these drivers have also won the Victorian open Sprintcar Title, Matthew Reed and John Vogels who is the defending Victorian Champion has two wins each while Darren Mollenoyux has take out the Title once.
Three other drivers that are in the field that have had taken out the Victoria Open Sprintcar title are David Murcott, Daniel Pestka and Tim Rankin.
In 2015 the Sprintcar Racing Association of Victoria was pleased to be able announce that the Victoria Open Sprintcar Title will be conducting the future Titles in honour Graeme McCubbin. To be known as the Graeme McCubbin Victorian Open Sprintcar Tile to keep his memory around for many years to come.
This cracker field of drivers will race this weekend to the very popular group time trial format where the drivers will only be time trialling against the drivers in their seeded heat races to qualify for the C, B and Eureka Garages & Sheds A Main events.
Will we see yet another new name added to the winners list for round five of the Eureka Garages & Sheds Sprintcar Series at Premier Speedway this Weekend?
There is plenty of the local talent that is more than capable to snare a win at their home track with the likes of Corey McCullagh, Jye Okeeffe, Tim Van Ginneken and round two winner Peter Doukas all nominated.
Once again the Series has attracted a few interstate drivers that are not regulars of the Series, from South Australia Brad Keller, Sam Putland, Ricky Maiolo and Aidan Hall who had a run at last Saturdays Eureka Garages & Sheds round at Mt Gambier.
Queensland driver Lachlan McHugh is calling in for a run on his way home from a race meeting last week in Adelaide. The two young charges in the Series, Jordyn Charge and Brayden Parr have been running with consistent performances and both drivers sit in the top twelve of the points score.
Charles Hunter will be out to redeem himself after a bad night in round three that dropped him down the points table after a promising start to the Series.
With over forty drivers nominated once again the Series continues to be very popular and one of the toughest Sprintcar Series in the country.
Round five of the Eureka Garages & Sheds Sprintcar Series doubles as the Victoria Open Sprintcar Title in memory of Graeme McCubbin, a Victorian and Australian Sprintcar Champion. Premier Speedway Saturday night the 26th of November 2016
Eureka Garages and Sheds Series – KTM Top 10: 1st – Glen Sutherland - 1098 2nd – Jye Okeeffe - 1024 3rd – David Murcott - 949 4th – Corey McCullagh - 946 5th – Tim Van Ginneken - 941 6th – Jacob Smith - 919 7th – Brad Warren -879 8th – Brett Milburn - 867 9th – Adam King - 775 10th – Jordyn Charge - 749
Western Nissan (End of Series random draw between 11th & 20th place) 11th – Peter Doukas - 741 12th – Brayden Parr - 737 13th – Dennis Jones - 728 14th – John Vogels - 703 15th – Sam Wren - 644 16th – Terry Kelly - 588 17th – Ashley Scott - 579 18th – Charles Hunter -556 19th – David McKay - 538 20th – Scott Reilly - 499
The Sprintcar Racing Association of Victoria thank the following Eureka Garages and Sheds Sprintcar Series and season sponsors:
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