The VSCA raced for the prize money put up by David Barker and family with the Supa Spray Feature at the Nyora Speedbowl. There were four heats run with each car running in three of them.

Placings

Heat 1 Logue, Barker, Painter, Hughes, Fitzpatrick

 Heat 2 Logue, Bowman, Painter

 Heat 3 Barker, Hughes, Bowman

 Heat 4 Logue, Barker, Hughes, Bowman, Hutchins

Heat 1

Darren Painter was on pole but Mick Cook lead down the back straight followed by Peter Logue Painter, David Barker, Andrew Hughes and Mark Fitzpatrick. Cook held onto the lead and was challenged by Logue. When they came to the backmarkers Cook and Logue came together. Logue was able to continue on but Cook had to retire. On the restart Logue led Barker, Painter, Hughes and Fitzpatrick and that is how they finished.

 Heat 2

Ken Hutchins shot to lead but his lead was short lived when he hit the wall coming out of turn 4 the first time. He was OK but his car was worse for wear. On the restart Logue took to the lead followed by Rod Bowman Painter and Cook. Cook had to pull in with a couple of laps to go which left Logue, Bowman and Painter to take out the places.

 Heat 3

With Hutchins still working on his car and Warrick Taylor  having fuel problems this left Hughes, Barker, Bowman and Painter to face the starter.  Barker back after is rather nasty contact with the wall at Rosedale recently had his new car going well and took a handy lead. Bowman was close to Hughes but could not get through. Painter lost his fourth place because he did not respond to the Steward.    

 Heat 4

 Logue was on pole and took the lead and opened up a handy lead from Barker, Hughes, Bowman, Hutchins and Taylor. Logue was going particularly well as was Barker and they came in ahead of Hughes, Bowman and Hutchins.

 Feature

 Logue was on pole with Barker also on the front row. Logue continued where he left off at Bairnsdale by taking out the heats he ran in. Barker was having a great night having his first run in his new car and they lead from the start. Logue soon opened up a lead which turned into a half lap lead from Barker. Bowman was also having a good night and was getting close to Barker but could not bridge the gap. Logue continued to do well and to the credit of all the drivers it was about lap 12 of the 20 lap feature that Logue started lapping the back markers.So the final placings were Logue, Barker, Bowman, Cook and Painter.

Peter Logue had a clean sweep at Bairnsdale 26/2/11

Peter Logue showed why he is the points leader in the VSC Sprintcar series by taking  out  the three heats and the feature in convincing fashion at the Bairnsdale speedway on Saturday night.

Shane Fisher also has a good meeting by keeping out the other contenders and coming in second twice in the heats and also in the Feature

Rod Bowman also had a good meeting and was pleased to pick up a trophy on his home track in the feature

The VSC Sprintcars were keen to get a meeting underway as the previous two meetings were abandoned because of the weather.

The first heat saw Logue lead from the start with Fisher holding on to come in next from Bowman Siely, Moore and Cook.

The next heat saw Bowman lead from the start followed by Siely, Cook, Fisher, Logue, Taylor, Moore and Hutchins. Logue had moved up to third place when there was a restart on the seventh lap. Here Bowman was relegated to third place when the Steward deemed he had broken the start, Siely and Cook were put at the rear of the field when the Steward could no make radio contact. So this left Logue in the lead on the restart with Fisher next followed by Hutchins, Moore, Siely and Cook and this is how they finished.

The third heat saw Cook get to the lead out of turn two the first time closely followed by Logue,Siely, Moore, Bowman and Fisher. Logue got throgh Cook at turn one the fifth time round and he opened up a lead. Cook and Siely were close together, Bowman got through to fourth followed by Moore and Fisher.

The Feature saw Logue lead from pole and soon opened up a handy lead. Fisher was next followed by  Bowman, Siely, Cook, Hutchins and Moore. The leaders started lapping the back markers after the tenth lap with all cars holding their positions.

SPRINTCARS TO SQUIRT THE DIRT AT BAIRNSDALE

Motorsport fans in Gippsland should consider putting some high powered V8 action into their Christmas by attending Bairnsdale Speedway this Sunday the 26th of December as the VSC Sprintcars tear up the neighbourhood with their brand fully sideways, dirt chewing, full noise action.

Amongst the entries are standout Ford powered driver Peter Logue from Morwell who won round one at Rosedale Speedway recently and rookie sensation Traralgon’s Andrew Hughes who has finished high in the standings at both race meetings already held for the Sprintcars this season.

Last time at Bairnsdale the meeting was lost due to rain, so locals are looking forward to some great summer weather this weekend that will allow the guys to hit the dirt and play!

Bairnsdale’s Rod Bowman will be right at home and looking to impress as his team owner and local Bairnsdale business man Colin Sands has purchased the best of the best equipment for this season with a 2010 chassis and a top of the range Chev engine from a well known engine builder in Melbourne.

David Barker was impressive at his last start at Rosedale and the ‘President’ will be extremely strong again whilst Mal Siely an accomplished Gippsland race driver with numerous Victorian title victories will hope for no mechanical issues that plagued him at the last event in order to challenge at the front on Sunday night.

Darren Painter from Moe returns to the tour having not raced since Wangaratta in October whilst David Moore from Glengarry North, Shane Fisher, Johnsonville’s Robert Sands, Robert Hunter and Morwell’s Mark Fitzpatrick will all keep the front runners honest and looking for a podium position themselves this weekend.

Fans are invited to come out this weekend to see the Sprintcars and share in the festive fun. Be sure to say hello to the drivers and their teams later in the evening when access to the pit enclosure is given.

This season the VSC Sprintcars thank their current supporters including association point score sponsors:

Supaspray Smash Repairs – Dandenong

Westpoint Motor Company – Bairnsdale

Hennessy Transport – Langwarrin

Associate sponsors include:

Dennis Jones Engineering

Lucas Oil Products

Moe Engines

Victory Lane Racegear

Market Street Automotive

Torque gas

M & JM Cook Concreting

Trans All Motors

Modern Stainless Fabrications

U Pick Wreckers

Written By

Dean Thompson

VSC Sprintcar Media Rep

dmtmedia@speedway.net.au

LOGUE VICTORIOUS AT ROSEDALE

Saturday night the 4^th of December the VSC Sprintcars put on their brand of track stomping, rough riding motorsport racing at Rosedale Speedway with Peter Logue from Morwell coming up trumps on points ahead of Dennis Jones and a tie for third between Dave Barker and rookie Andrew Hughes (# 22 Hughes Plant Earthmoving, Chev).

Unfortunately for competitors due to circumstances beyond their control the Rosedale Speedway Club were unable to put on a feature race as their generator failed and darkness caught up to the race meeting. Four heats were run with Mick Cook, Peter Logue x 2 and Jones winning those.

Cook in his ‘Trans All Motors’  # 77 Chev powered race car led from pole to finish in heat one with Hughes, Jones, Warrick Taylor, Rob Hunter, David Moore (# 10 Dryden Chiropractic Centre Traralgon, Chev), Rod Bowman, Rob Sands and Mark Fitzpatrick (# 96 Pro-Ma Performance Products, Chev) the rest of the finishers.

Taylor was sent rear of field during the race after tangling with car # 88 Hunter (Hennessy Transport, Chev) whilst fourth and worked his way back to finish there whilst the hard charger was Jones from 8^th to 3^rd in results. Former Victorian Champion Mal Siely failed to finish with magneto issues and his night was just about over.

In heat two Logue in the # 6 Logue 4 x 4 Ford powered car quickly flashed from the second row of the grid to stick behind Barker for the first three laps before a spinning Hunter and the dust coming from his car caused Barker to slow coming off turn four allowing Logue to pass for the lead. Cook failed to finish with a broken camshaft, Shane Fisher (# 12 Uptime Truck & Trailer Services) ran out of fuel and Siely in the Eastcoast Plumbtec # 87 didn’t even get the car to start and headed for the race trailer. Results were Logue, Barker, Hughes, Taylor (# 69 Banger Excavations, Chev), Moore, Hunter and Fitzpatrick.

Jones began heat three from the front and that’s were he finished in the # 7 Dennis Jones Engineering Mopar powered car with Barker again a strong second from Sands, Hughes, Bowman (# 35 Westpoint Motor Company), Fisher, Hunter and Fitzpatrick. Barker in his brand new Eagle Chassis sponsored by SupaSpray Smash Repairs was showing that he had greatly increased pace on last season which by anybody’s measures was a fantastic season in itself.

In the final heat Taylor began on pole however a push from 5^th, 6^th and 7^th through the field put them all in the top three positions with Logue coming from furthest back to hit the front and defeat Jones, Bowman, Taylor, Barker, Moore, Sands(# 55 Johnsonville Garage, Chev) and Fisher. After the chequer flag fell a collision between Jones and Sands with both cars ending up on their sides or upside down, brought the night to a close as the generator for the Speedway club couldn’t get going.

So with the round win going to Logue based on heat points total’s a pleased Logue commented. “It is disappointing not the be able to put a feature on for the crowd and win the night on the track with a feature win, however we are very pleased with the cars performance in what is a brand new car for us. I get the feeling though that Jones and I are in for a tough season as Barker, Hughes and Taylor are all pressing for podium finishes and race victories. It should be a great season from a fan perspective.”

Next race meeting for the VSC Sprintcars in December the 26^th at Bairnsdale Speedway.

The meeting at Nyora had to be abanded Sat morning when a heavy shower flooded the track.
This was disappointing as theteams that had organised to get their photos for the Oval Express shoot was to be done before the racing

Getting ready for the 2010 Season

One team that is looking froward to the upcoming season is the Fisher Team

Shane and Lyn Fisher campaigned a car with the VSC Sprintcars a couple of seasons ago.Shane felt that he missed the class so much he and Lyn went ahead a took over the number 13 car .
This is the Ford powered car previously campaigned by the Philips family. Dale set up the car and drove for a couple of seasons , then son Michael was given the chance to have track experience as a sixteen year old. He did not take long to show his capabilities and now has been given the oportunity to compete in the 360′s.
This has given Shane the chance to get a proven car in the class. The only speedway experience Shane has had is his previous stint with the VSC Sprintcars. He did particularly well then and we are sure he and his team will be competative this season.
The car as shown is ready for the sign writer but has since been finished and I hear he will be giving the car a shake down at Bacchus Marsh shortly.

The Fisher Team car ready to race

The VSC Sprintcar Association held a successfull Presentation Dinner to conclude the 2009/10 Season

There were over 100 present at the dinner which included the sprint car drivers and their teams.

It was also pleasing to see so many children enjoying themselves during the evening which goes to show that the class is a family orientated class.

The Barker Family

Happy Club Trophy Winner

Many of the teams include family members. The Barker family is a case in point where three generations take an active part in keeping the car on the track.

David is the driver getting a creditable fourth placing in the Points Series for the season

Mitch Foster had a very successful season. He along with his team turned up to the eleven meetings that points were awarded.

Mitch Foster surrounded by his awards for the Season

Mitch showed that he could handle his Holden powered sprint car extemely well. He is the Third Generation of the Foster family and he has used this season as a grounding to have a crack at the Open Class next season.

The VSC Sprintcar Association is a group of keen sprint car racers racing a restricted class throughout country Victoria

The class had its’ origins in Eastern Victoria support for the class is expanding to include teams from the Melbourne area and beyond.

This blog will be added to shortly but in the meantime you can visit our website at www.sprintcarsvictoria.com.au