Could this be the round for Mark Carlin to open his Sprintcar feature win account - photo by Corey Gibson Photography
Wangaratta the next stop for the Eureka Sprintcar Series
Author : Ian Vale
The Eureka Garages & Sheds Sprintcar Series heads to Wangaratta Speedway this weekend for round five of the Series that will see a new 2019-2020 season round winner that will come from a tough field of drivers nominated.
With so many drivers that have been so close yet so far from taking a Eureka Series round win this could be the night, drivers the likes of Jordyn Charge fresh of a feature win last weekend at Western Speedway Hamilton, Brayden Parr, Bobby Daly or could Terry Rankin be the man on the night. These drivers have experienced the podium in the Series over the last couple of season but have not yet stood on the top step, they are more that capable of making the top step.
When you have Charles Hunter, Grant Stansfield and Brett Milburn in the field who have all been Series round winners the competition just gets that bit tougher.
One driver that knows his way around the Wangaratta venue is Mark Carlin but that was in his sedan days, while Mark race here last season in his sprintcar luck was not on his side but this season Mark has been fast and he could be a dark horse at this event.
Once again Chris Solomon is showing his consistency is paying off for him, round after round Chris keeps moving up the points table. Chris is a past Victorian 360 Sprintcar Champion so he knows what it takes to finish at the pointy end of the field, a win will not be a surprise this weekend.
Dennis Jones is another tough competitor on his night and he should be right in the mix at this event. Two drivers that have shown good car speed of late is Troy Hose who took a heat win in fine style at the last round of the Eureka Series at the very fast Borderline speedway and David Donegan is another driver that has picked up his pace this season.
Two of the most casual drivers in the sport Ryan Davis and Andrew Hughes are regulars in Eureka Garages & Sheds Series, both drivers are more that capable of running at the sharp end of the field come the Eureka A Main Final.
Ballarats Sam Wren will make the trip up north for this weekend and will be looking for a strong result.
Some of the other drivers entered are Brett Smith, Chris Campbell, Robert Nicholas and New South Wales competitor Brendan Rallings.
As stated earlier with both the earlier round winners not in the field this weekend there will be a new name added to the 2019-2020 Eureka Series winners list but one thing is for sure with the level of competition who ever wins this Saturday night they will have deserved.
Wangaratta Speedway 58 Shanley Street Wangaratta, on track action will commence with support classes from around 4pm with the sprintcar to be on track around 5.30pm.
Eureka Garages and Sheds Series – Indy Race Parts Top 10: 1st – Corey McCullagh – 1329 2nd – Brett Milburn - 1233 3rd – Jye Okeeffe - 1165 4th – Grant Anderson – 1137 5th – Chris Solomon – 1078 6th – Bobby Daly – 1077 7th – Terry Rankin - 976 8th – Grant Stanfield - 931 9th – Jordyn Charge - 928 10th – Brayden Parr - 867
Western Nissan (End of Series random draw between 11th & 20th place) 11th – Charles Hunter - 845 12th – James McFadden - 813 13th – Ryan Davis - 809 14th – Mike Van Bremen - 799 15th – Dennis Jones - 768 16th – Brenten Farrer - 765 17th – Peter Doukas - 764 18th – 563 Eddie Lumbar – 756 19th – Tim Hutchins – 747 20th – Adam King - 732
For a full list of all the 2019-2020 SRA of Vic Race dates go to www.sravic.com
The Sprintcar Racing Association of Victoria thank the following Eureka Garages and Sheds Sprintcar Series and season sponsors:
EUREKA GARAGES & SHEDS, WESTERN NISSAN, MAX DUMESNY MOTORSPORT, HOOSIER TIRE AUSTRALIA, CAMDEN SINGAGE & BUILDING SERVICES, C & H TRUCKING, PARR MOTORSPORTS, STEELPIPES AUSTALIA, LUMBAR’S TRANSPORT, AVALON RACEWAY, MR ELECTRIC, D&F RACING PRODUCTS, ELIMINATOR RACE WINGS, COREY GIBSON PHOTOGRAPHY, MAXAM PRINTING, SPRINTCARWORLD.
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