Two days of racing at Nyora

Nyora raceway fires up with two days of racing across Saturday and Sunday.

There will be various classes on offer, with the dirt modifieds and sports sedans to compete on both days in important race events for their classes.

Dirt modifieds are attracting some interstate competition to come and compete, whilst the sports sedans will complete for the annual Robert Bickham memorial, known as the “Woggy” Memorial.

Unlimited sedans are in town on Saturday for one of their series rounds, the wingless sprints have a club show the same night and junior sedan action is on offer in the way of the 1500cc class.

On Sunday, the division two hot rods, standard saloons for the “Dougo 44” event and the 1500cc juniors again will compete, while dirt modifieds and sports sedans will both compete across two nights.

Dirt modified competition from the Nyora club itself includes the Victorian champion Daryl Hickson, Matt Reddecliffe, Marcus Reddecliffe, Warrick Taylor, Michael Ardley, and Todd Hobson. They are all strong competitors in their own rights, with Hickson and Hobson in particular two drivers that have challenged the nation’s absolute best.

In sports sedan action, with a huge prize purse on offer, there are more than 20 cars nominated at this stage, with Damien Miller from Pakenham the biggest name nominated to compete as far as results are concerned.

Miller will be up against Caleb Lincoln, a winner at Nyora more than once and Katie Meyer, a winner at the club’s last race meeting

Simon Bent, a local legend at Nyora raceway with more than two dozen feature wins, and proven racer Scott Angus will also feature.

There will also be a strong line-up of other Nyora locals keen to figure in the podium results, including Daniel Knight, Shona Bent, Chris Aarts, Bernie Franklin and Peter Angus.

A strong line-up of wingless sprints has also nominated for Saturday with Wayne Logue, the winner at Bairnsdale two weeks ago, leading the entry list.

The list also includes Koo wee rup’s Thomas McDonald, Blaine Densley, Ricky Mills, Bree and Adin Robertson, Jake Warren, Kim Gosling, Ben Hodge, Ebony Hobson, and Peter Logue. Picking a winner is exceedingly difficult.

Victorian champion Jordan Haley leads the Sunday nominations for the division two hot rod class and the small field is packed with drivers to make the race a doozy.

Bobby Devine, Daniel Angus, Allan Sell, Ben Crittenden are just some of the drivers that should make the racing entertaining.

In junior sedan action, the likes of Matilda Farrell, Nathan Miles, Cruz Farrell, and Maddy Capon will lead the action which includes a number of developing drivers.

Tristan Jarred, a local Nyora youngster, continues to improve each time he hits the track.

In remembrance of Poowong community legend Stephen Douglas, the Nyora club is also remembering a long-time volunteer and member of their motorsport club with a 44-lap memorial standard saloon race.

The race has attracted a number of drivers from other clubs around the state who wish to pay their respects to Douglas.

Mark, Chris and Andrew Miles, Ally Morrison, Nyora resident Sara Benson, Poowong’s Owen Cecil, former Victorian champion Jacob Vuillermin and current state champion Rhys Lansdownare just some of the drivers that are likely to figure in the battle.

Unlimited sedans return to competition with the “lucky seven” series round event, and they have attracted a great line-up with leading competitors chasing the season-long point score.

Junior quarter midgets will compete on Sunday for the track championship points on offer.

Racing begins at the Nyora Recreation Reserve from 4pm.

Admission is $30 for adults, $15 for pensioners and teenagers 12 to 16 years, and $5 for kids. A family tickets is $65.

The Nyora Raceway’s social media page offers a ticket link with access to cheaper two-day tickets.

For inquiries, call 0428 847 888.