In the US
Your appetite for Speedway will surely be satisfied with nonstop action this week .The STP Outlaw Sprintcars will start the week of action as they bust open the Northeast of the US with a week of racing.
Wednesday night and the Outlaws will tackle the Gettysburg Clash at the Lincoln Speedway to front the much vaunted Pennsylvania Posse. The next attack the Outlaws will make will be to take on the Posse again at the Williams Grove Speedway for showdowns on Friday and Saturday nights.
Sunday with the 410 engines still hot the Outlaws will fire up again as they hit the historic Orange County Speedway .Tuesday see the trail head to the famed D Shaped half mile New Egypt Speedway for the NAPA Auto Parts Outlaw Classic .
With 5 races over 7 days the STP Outlaw teams will need to be on top of their car preparation and the ability to adjust their set ups across the 4 tracks all with different conditions will a challenge .This week end because of the limited time between races and the extra pressure might result in some major changes to the points position after Tuesday.
STP leader Pittman will want to add to his 130 point lead and this week of Outlawing will give those chasing plenty of opportunity to claw back point.
Will Pittman come away from the Northeast still in the lead or will Schatz continue to move up the standing .Dollansky, Kerry Madson or Kaeding are all possible winners over this week and you should watch Paul McMahan continue to grab points under the radar.
Around Australia
Archerfield Brisbane Speedway will run their 50 lap event for the Mighty Midget Speedcars and the event has attracted a high class nomination list. After a year that all would agree had been stunning and fresh from his stunning Queensland Title win Newcastle’s Adam Clarke will return to the track to face challenges from Matt Smith, Mark Brown the winner of the 50 lap Sydney 50 lap classic.
Drivers from Western Australia including the young and impressive Dayne Kingshott will join all the local drivers in the field. To add some extra excitement to the race the entry of current Australian and World Series Sprintcar Champion James McFadden will have all the drivers looking over their shoulders .50 laps is such a long way around the Archerfield track and luck will play some part in securing victory.
Queenslanders will be hoping that local favorites Kendell, Wanless and Whittaker will keep the 50 lap trophy in Queensland
Entry list:
Midget nominations: Adam Clarke, Adam Wallis, Anthony Chaffey, Ashley Jarvis, Brendan Palmer, Brett Thomas, Brock Dean, Darren Vine, Darryl Bonell, Dayne Kingshott, Don Mackay, Gavin McDowell, Ian Black, James McFadden, Jason Bell, Kazaan Fahey, Lee Redmond, Mark Brown, Mark George, Matt Hefford, Matt Greenwood, Matt Smith, Michael Harders, Michael Kendall, Ray Michelle, Robert Mackay, Rodney Harders, Scott Wilson, Sid Whittaker, Steve Swingler, Todd Wanless, Trent Usher, Troy Ware
Goulburn Speedway.
Down the Hume Highway travelling some 2 hours south of Sydney Goulburn will welcome Speedway cars and bikes from the past for the running of the Vintage International Speedway Spectacular. Speedway cars from all those days gone by will be on display and will be on track for a number of demonstration runs that will bring back so many of the memories of the past .
Some of the great Speedcar names of the past like Jeff Freeman, Johnnie Stewart, and Peter Cuneen will be remembered and their speedcars hopefully will make track appearances along with speedcars from the 1930s right through the 1980s. When these vintages cars and bikes fire up so will the emotions of all those at track side…
Solo bikes, Sidecars Sedans and super modifies together sprintcars will brings lots of enjoyment to the many fans that travel the miles to Goulburn.