By Dean Thompson
South Gippsland motorsport venue Nyora Raceway is back in action this Saturday night, with three big main events the feature of the evening with races that honour a club friend and former member, a state title and a popular big eight-cylinder class all delivering the action.
Nyora will host the Victorian Ladies Standard Saloon title, with club member Ally Morrison – the current Victorian champion – defending the number one roof plate she runs against some excellent competition.
Her car owner Brad Hill has helped her build a new car for this season, while Brad’s own race car will be handed over to Goulburn Valley woman Felicity Roycroft in a two-pronged attack on the title for Brad Hill Motorsport.
The two ladies are as equally as good as each other with Roycroft having more racing under her belt this season providing an extra challenge for Morrison.
They will compete against other Nyora members and drivers from as far as the Portland club.
Sarah Price from Pakenham, Allana Ardley from Bendigo, Maddison Miles from Catani, and Zoe Young from Langwarrin will all represent the Nyora club as members hoping to claim podium honours and perhaps the top result.
Danielle Solly, Ellen Vagg, Jaimi Barber, and Nicole Vaughan are just some of the others in the line-up to keep an eye on as they chase title honours.
Dirt Modifieds return to Nyora in the last hit out at the venue prior to the huge $10,000 event in April that is set to attract competition from Queensland and New South Wales.
Brett Clarke, a South Gippsland man and winner of the last Dirt Modified race at Nyora, returns to try and do it again against Zeke Edwards, Micheal Ardley of Mornington, Todd Hobson of Clyde, and Daryl Hickson of Mornington.
The latter three are all Nyora people just like Clarke, which should be a ripper show from these high powered machines.
A race unofficially called the Robert Bickham Memorial and officially called the ‘Woggy Memorial’ after his nickname, is also going to be huge for the Sports Sedans.
The race is part of the state series for the class known as the Sports Sedan Power Series.
Thirty plus race entrants will compete, with last weeks round winner Damien Miller, a Pakenham man, the lead entrant that includes his brother Brendan, Victorian champion Lee Beach, last Nyora Sports Sedan winner Caleb Lincoln, Nyora fan favourite Simon Bent in Bickham’s former race car, Jayde Aarts, Jamie Paull, Robert Garlick and Dale Smith.
Division 2 Hot Rods and Unlimited Sedans are also scheduled as supporting classes.
All the action on Saturday starts at 4.30pm, while the gate will be open for public from around 11am.
For entry if you purchase tickets online via the link available on social media, it will cost $20 for an adult, Kids 12 to 16 are $10 each, while all other children are free and Seniors are $10. A family ticket (two adults and two kids 12 to 16) is $50. Prices are slightly higher at the gate in cash, with adult’s fees starting from $25.
