Shepparton News

A FRICKE-ING STAR

WITH SPEED TO BURN YOUNG MANSFIELD ACE CHARGES HIS WAY TO AUSTRALIAN SENIOR CHAMPIONSH­IP

- By TYLER MAHER

Goulburn Valley Motorcycle Club product Max Fricke bathed himself in more glory at the weekend.

The former under-21 speedway world champion added the Australian Senior Solo Speedway Championsh­ips title to his resume after a brilliant campaign, which included a round win at his home track Undera Park Speedway.

The rising star of Australian speedway wrapped up the championsh­ip triumph at Kurri Kurri during the fifth and final round of competitio­n, securing enough points in the heats to compile an unassailab­le lead before the last race of the event.

The Mansfield speed demon was over the moon after his success and told australian speedwaych­ampionship­s. com.au of his dreams of snaring even more success in the future.

‘‘There’s some great talent that have won the championsh­ip in the past, so it’s an honour to have my name on the list,’’ Fricke said.

‘‘It’s been a really close championsh­ip between myself, Rohan (Tungate) and Chris (Holder) right from the get-go. It’s been a great championsh­ip and I am unbelievab­ly happy to now be named the champion.

‘‘All the clubs have done such a great job this championsh­ip and everything has worked out really well.

‘‘I hope to look to add a (Grand Prix) World Championsh­ip, but I think that’s a long way into the future, so I just need to continue improving and hopefully a goal like that can be achievable.’’

Fricke was on fire during the championsh­ips, claiming round victories at Gillman, Undera and Albury-Wodonga, with a thirdplace­d finish at Mildura and a second spot at Kurri Kurri enough to secure 83 points and keep him in front of the rest of the podium in Tungate (77 points) and Holder (70).

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Max Fricke

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