By Dean Thompson
Pakenham-based racer Damien Miller has won the first of two major Sports Sedan feature events this season at Nyora Raceway.
The Sports Sedans shared centre stage with the visiting Grand Prix Midgets, who scorched around the track in their Master’s Series with Geelong driver Chris Fowler picking up victory.
Other winners on the night included Kacey Ingram from Warragul in Standard Saloons, Ally Moore in Lightning Sprints, Tristan Jarred – a local Nyora resident – in Top Star Juniors, and Jaylen Knight in New Star Juniors.
In Sports Sedan action Simon Bent from Grantville started the night with a victory in the first of the heats with Scott Angus also winning qualifiers before Miller won the last with a new 10-lap record for the class.
A 20-lap feature event saw the top three in the field spread out with Miller holding a four second buffer over Marcus Reddecliffe with a further four seconds back to Simon Bent in third.
The leaders put a lap on some of the field, with Miller claiming victory from Reddecliffe, Simon Bent, Cameron Dike and Shona Bent…Simon’s daughter.
Competition in the Grand Prix Midgets began with Fowler setting the benchmark with the fastest heat race of the class and a five second victory.
Peter Robotham was victorious in the second qualifier with Fowler a non-finisher before he again won the third.
In the feature 20-lapper, two of the race favourites would come a cropper in Robotham and Terry Brown.
This left Fowler out front, storming away with victory by a seven-second margin in front of Travis Florrimell, Paul Perry, Shaun Ward, and Johnny Rouse.
Kacey Ingram set about lodging a new 15-lap record for the Standard Saloon class as he held out Andrew Miles who was on his tail.
Owen Cecil from Poowong had a tight battle with Chris Miles whilst Justin Prins returned to the track and sat in fifth for much of the race.
Ingram claimed the win as the chequered flag dropped with Andrew Miles, Cecil, Chris Miles, and Prins the top five.
Lightning Sprints returned to action with Heathcote racer Ally Moore continuing to shine behind the wheel.
Moore finished ahead of New South Wales visitor Aaron Bell by less than a second in the first heat, whilst the results were reversed in the second with Bell setting a new 10-lap record for the class.
Jason Lynn was victorious in the third heat race with Moore hot on his tail.
In the feature event Moore and Bell went at it again, with Moore taking the honours from Bell with Lynn in third place and Liz Peach the only other finisher in fourth.
Junior Sedan racers competed together in the Speedway Sedans Victoria class.
Top Star racer Tristan Jarred – who lives in the middle of the Nyora township – set a new 10-lap record in the heat races with Jaylen Knight and Luke Morrison his closest challengers.
In the feature race event, Jarred went on to claim victory overall to give himself some confidence behind the wheel, while Knight in second place was the top New Star categorised racer.
Nyora returns to competition again this Saturday 20 January with the Monster Trucks in town, along with a Jet powered Van and its big flaming engine.
There is also a Demolition Derby, plus Fireworks and Laser show.
Racing on the program will include Dirt Modifieds, Standard Saloons and Unlimited Sedans. Racing is from 4:30pm and the Monster Truck portion of the program begins from 6pm.
