Adrian Maher Takes the Cash 

Rain brings early end to Title night 10/01/09

Rain bought an early end to the V8 NSW Modified title after the completion of 2 rounds of heats. The night was shaping up to a great finale with the early heats displaying the fast and close racing the modifieds are known for.

The early heats revealed the usual suspects were at the front with Andrew Pezutti, Scott Cannon, Tony Sneddon and Peter Britten winning. Placegetters included Andrew Drake, Jai Stephenson, Mark Robinson and Darren Latimer. Negotiatons are underway to reschedule for a later date.

Congratulations go to the track staff for attempting to "get the track back"  however a second shower made it impossible to continue. Thanks also to the drivers who wheel packed in very difficult circumstances. Although it did seem a couple really enjoyed it.

The first Gunnedah outing by the NOS Sprintcars certainly caused some interest. Although small in number their presentation and performance ensured that they will be invited back.

The Street Stocker numbers were swelled by some late entries with Bruce Smith and Dave Hamilton winning and Errol Carter and John Philp taking 2nd and 3rd in both heats.

The Fender Benders also had their best roll up for a long time. One Commodore unfortunately ended up looking more like a Corolla after being piledriven in the rear straight (don't you hate it when that happens). The resultant fuel spill was cleaned up by our track crew (see Gallery).

The very popular 4 cylinders also put on a good show with a couple of Siggys showing the way early.

Don't forget to check the gallery pages.

Don't miss next month's meeting when we have the V8 Super Sedans, Modified Production Sedans, Formula 500s and all supports.

  

Luke Oldfield	Andrew Pezzutti	Mark Robinson	Ryan Collier

For a look at all the Drivers cars, go to the Gallery page 

Junior Quarter Midgets

Gunnedah Speedway hosted the first meeting of the season for the young guns of Junior Quarter Midgets in NSW on December 6th. The youngest boy, Kemble Walsh number 99 lead the field of 120cc drivers out onto the track for thier first event for the day, 10yr old Jayke Brien 63, wasted no time gaining the lead and held it for almost half the race before local Gunnedah boy Clayton Small 91, momentarialy took the lead and the charge was on. Jayke managed to take back control, finishing 1st with Clayton second , Kemble 3rd and the only girl, Ellie Small Number 5, taking 4th place.
Heat 2 started with brother and sister, Clayton and Ellie starting side by side, with Jayke and Kemble close behind. Ellie made sure the boys would have to work hard if they were to take her off the podium and charged,lap after lap keeping them at bay, evenually Jayke Brien gathered the momenum and made the charge to take the lead once again, with Ellie in second followed by Clayton then Kemble in 4th.
Heat 3 gave Jayke pole position with Kemble sticking close beside him, first lap in and Clayton made his move taking up second spot , Kemble held onto to third position untill a mechanical mishap forced him to retire early giving 3rd place to Ellie Small.
The 160cc big guns headed out for thier first heat with NSW 1 Mitch Brien leading the field , Ben Wright in car 2 didn't let Mitch get too far away and sat on his tail all the way. Ben's sister Rylee Walsh car 6 hadn't run for a while and took the opportunity to practice her skills before mixing it with the boys. Mitch took out 1st with Ben 2nd and Rylee 3rd.
Heat 2 began with Ben infront off Mitch and the chase was on, Ben held Mitch out for the first few laps until mitch wound it up and made the charge taking a comfortable 1st place again with Ben not too far behind and Rylee finishing in third position.
Heat 3 and it was Rylee's turn to lead the boys out onto the field.Mitch once again pushed the pedal to the metal and gained control of the race with Ben and Rylee chasing in 2nd & third, the race would end in these positions.
Brien brothers, Jayke and Mitch, cleaned up at the presentation as they were both awarded 1st place overall point score winners due to the heavens opening up just before the feature races, causing the remainder of the meeting to be cancelled.
Clayton Small 91 taking 2nd, and Ellie Small car 5 in 3rd ,with Kemble car 99 taking home 4th place for the 120cc. Ben Wright awarded 2nd , and Rylee Walsh awarded 3rd for the 160cc class. Alhough their day was cut short due to the rain, a great day was had by all and they can't wait to battle it out again at the beautifully prepared track, thanks to Barry Towers and his team at Gunnedah Speedway. We are all looking forward to our next meeting here on January 10th 2009.