All systems ready to go for the Penultimate round of the 2022-2023 Eurerka Sprintcar Series - Photo courtesy of Corey Gibson Photography
Premier Speedway Next Stop for Eureka Garages and Sheds Series
Author : SRA Media
With only two rounds remaining of the Eureka Garages and Sheds Sprintcar Series and the next stop on the tour heads to Warrnambool’s Premier Speedway this Saturday night with another great night anticipated with the double bonus being the C&H Trucking Pro Sprint Series also on the program.
Series leader Terry Rankin will return following his DNF last weekend while he wasn’t alone with four of the top five in series points all failing to finish the A-main at Portland. Matthew Reed will be looking to close the points while both he and Rankin qualified extremely well last week while Ashley Cook capitalised on his podium finish last weekend to jump to third place overall ahead of Jordy Rae and Tim Hutchins fifth in the series standings.
Brock Hallett returns to Warrnambool following his triumph at his home track last weekend at Portland while runner up Tate Frost also returns this week. Both drivers come back to the scene of their biggest wins in their career as Hallett famously won the 2023 Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic while Frost won his preliminary feature.
The field will boast an exciting mix of drivers including 2022 Classic winner Lockie McHugh who will again take the reigns of the Domain Ramsay owned Sprintcar while doing double duty along with Jordy Rae as the pair also contest the C&H Trucking Pro Sprint Series on the same night.
Daniel Pestka comes to Warrnambool in very good form while his recent feature win at Murray Bridge shows his proven speed while winning last weekends B-main before a great run saw him finish in fourth place in the A-main at Portland.
The inclusions of Jamie veal, Brett Milburn, Grant Stansfield, Darwin’s Kale Quinlan, Jordyn Charge, Tasmania’s Brody Appleby and the much improved Will Carroll will all be doing their best to not only take points away from the series regulars but also challenge for the A-main win.
While the series has only two rounds remaining drivers such as Chris Solomon, Mitch Smith, Kevin Reeves, Adam King, David Dennison and David Aldersley will all be looking to either maintain a top 10 in the series or attempt to break into it.
All drivers will contest time trials, a heat race each plus the top 8 shootout while a B-main will all occur prior to the 30 lap A-main.
While much of the interest centres around the Eureka Garages and Sheds Sprintcar Series round the C&H Trucking Pro Sprint Series has produced numerous great stories and results with an exciting line up set to contest round 5.
Last start feature winner Daniel Storer will be keen to keep his superb form going while Jordy Rae’s recent round win at Warrnambool in February will also see him as a pre race favourite. The fact Rae also recently won the Victorian Pro Sprint Title at Simpson also now firmly sees him as one of the divisions drivers to beat.
Corey McCullagh and Lockie McHugh will be in the mix for the A-main win while regulars Sam Wren, David McKay, Andy Hibbert, Steven Loader and David Donegan will be well worth watching while Libby Ellis make’s an appearance from her Queensland base.
Worth noting Jett Speed will make his debut in the class jumping out of his Formula 500 for the night while Harry Ross has also impressed in his recent runs in the class.
Eureka Garages & Sheds Series R11 Nominations at the time of writing. V2 Jordan Rae Q5 Brock Hallett V6 Cameron Waters T7 Tim Hutchins NT15 Kale Quinlan V15 David Dennison VA15 Dane Court V17 Dennis Jones NT25 Will Carroll S27 Daniel Pestka V28 Andy Hughes VA29 Terry Rankin V32 Stephen Spark T33 Brody Appleby VA33 Brett Clarke V35 Jamie Veal V36 Daniel Reinhardt VA36 Ashley Cook V48 Adam King V49 Josh Buckingham V60 Jordyn Charge T62 Tate Frost V63 Kevin M Reeves V64 David Aldersley V68 Brett Milburn VA71 Lachlan McHugh V72 Jake Smith V75 Mitchell Smith V83 Christopher Solomon VA88 Grant Stansfield V92 Matthew Reed V98 Peter Doukas
SRA - C&H Trucking Pro Sprint Series R5 - Gold Cup V9 Jordan Rae V10 Steven Loader VA14 Harry Ross VA18 Mitchell Sutej V19 Sam Wren NT28 Kate Searle VA38 Leigh Armistead V40 Jett Speed VA43 Daniel Storer V53 Nigel Laity VA71 Andy Hibbert NQ73 Libby Ellis VA75 David Donegan S77 Lachlan McHugh VA83 David McKay V90 Corey McCullagh
Full series information and nominations can be viewed at www.sravic.com or at www.sprintcarworld.com.au
Eureka Garages and Sheds Series – Indy Race Parts Top 10: 1st – Terry Rankin – 3021 2nd – Matthew Reed – 2988 3rd – Ashley Cook – 2810 4th – Jordan Rae – 2763 5th – Tim Hutchins – 2748 6th – Chris Solomon – 2578 7th – Brayden Parr – 2322 8th – Jordyn Charge – 2132 9th – Grant Anderson – 1905 10th – Mitchell Smith - 1808
G&C Forestry (End of Series random draw between 11th & 20th place) 11th – Eddie Lumbar – 1719 12th – Kevin Reeves – 1700 13th – David Dennison – 1658 14th – Adam King - 1642 15th – David Aldersley – 1627 16th – Brett Milburn – 1587 17th – Grant Stansfield – 1584 18th – Corey McCullagh – 1535 19th – Bobby Daly – 1469 20th – Andrew Hughes – 1167
The Sprintcar Racing Association of Victoria thank the following Eureka Garages and Sheds Sprintcar Series and season partners: EUREKA GARAGES & SHEDS, G&C FORESTRY, MAX DUMESNY MOTORSPORT, HOOSIER TIRE AUSTRALIA, CAMDEN SINGAGE & BUILDING SERVICES, C & H TRUCKING, PARR MOTORSPORTS, STEELPIPES AUSTALIA, LUMBAR’S TRANSPORT, AVALON RACEWAY, IDIGIT, D&F RACING PRODUCTS, ELIMINATOR RACE WINGS, COREY GIBSON PHOTOGRAPHY, MAXAM PRINTING, SPRINTCARWORLD, AIDAN FREEMAN PHOTOGRAPHY.
Eureka Garages & Sheds www.eurekagarages.com.au Hoosier Tires Australia www.mdmotorsport.com.au Camden Signage & Building Services www.camdenneon.com.au Steelpipes Pty Ltd www.steelpipes.com.au Lumbars Transport www.lumbars.com.au Eliminator Race Wings www.crossmotorsport.com Parr Motorsports www.parrmotorsport.com Avalon Raceway www.avalonraceway.com.au Corey Gibson Photography www.gibsonphotography.com.au Sprintcarworld www.sprintcarworld.com.au Maxam Printing www.maxamprinting.com.au G & C Forestry https://www.facebook.com/gcforestry Aidan Freeman Photography https://www.facebook.com/AidanFreemanPhotography/ D & F Race Products C & H Trucking IDIGIT
C&H Trucking Series Top ten 1st Jordan Rae 1427 2nd Daniel Storer 1233 3rd Andy Hibbert 1208 4th Sam Wren 1191 5th Paul Solomon 1136 6th Charles Hunter 1110 7th Matthew Symons 1072 8th Dale Walsh 948 9th Steven Horton 843 10th David McKay 773
11 th to 20 th in the Points Strandings 11th Ben Micallef 583 12th Shane Steenholdt 571 13th Jordan Abbott 542 14th Jordy Langdon 484 15th Eddie Lumbar 451 16th Marcus Green 418 17th Nigel Laity 413 18th Phil Micallef 412 19th Boyd Harris 408 20th Domain Ramsay 363
The Sprintcar Racing Association of Victoria thank the following C&H Trucking Series sponsors: C&H TRUCKING, SS AUTO WHOLSALES, EZ PRINTING, LUMBARS TRANSPORT, A PLUS POWDER COATING, EUREKA GARAGES & SHEDS, ELIMINATOR RACE WINGS.