By Dean Thompson
South Gippsland’s home of entertainment is Nyora Raceway and this Saturday night the dirt track is set to entertain.
In the 1980’s and 90’s, the Formula 500’s were a regular invited class at Nyora Raceway and it is great to see them back in their current form for the first time in a long time.
The open age and junior age classes will compete along with regular classes from Nyora, the Standard Saloons, Sports Sedans, plus the return of the Unlimited Sedans.
There is a long list of great competitors in the Formula 500 including 2015 Australian champion Dylan Willsher and 2019 Victorian champion Jack Bell.
Cars coming from New South Wales will compete, with Victorian names Jett Bell, Justin Bowen, Brooke Buckingham, Kurt Dunham, Angus Hollis, Parker Johnson, Jac Laneyrie, James Macdonald, Hayden Pascoe, Brock, Indy and Jordy Rae, Dale Sinclair, Jett Speed, Steve Jabke, Leigh Van Ginneken and Matt Turner also in on the action.
The list is long and the winner will be hard to pinpoint with almost 30 entrants in the field, in what looms as a terrific show.
The category also brings junior drivers to Nyora with a line-up of future stars of the sport of Speedway.
Maddox Gibbs was once a junior racer in karts at Nyora Raceway and he returns to what they consider their home track.
Rowdy Andreatta is another from Nyora, who previously was running in junior sedans before the family invested in the F-500.
Dakota Luckett, Tyler Maggs, Zoe Pearce, Rusty Ponting, Mitch Saunderson are others competing on Saturday that have their eyes on being fast and first past the chequered flag.
The support class action fields include some great talent such as Andrew Miles, Chris Miles, Kacey Ingram and Mitchell Blencowe in the Standard Saloons…Simon Bent, Jacob Blencowe, Ray Gould and Chris Aarts in the Sports Sedans and Trent Susol, Travis Ramsdale and Peter Cox in the unlimited sedans.
For early birds, the junior quarter midgets hit the track early in the day.
The quarter midgets compete on the infield track and from 4pm the main show begins on the Speedway proper.
All the action on Saturday starts at 4.30pm, while the gates will be open for public from around 11am.
Entry cost is $25 for adults, kids 12 to 16 are $10 each while all other children are free. Seniors are $10, while a family ticket for two adults and two kids – 12 to 16 – is $60.
