JONES WINS BAIRNSDALE SPRINTCAR FEATURE

Feature photo by: Steve Mitchell (Image Worx)…Dennis Jones: Sprintcar main event winner at Bairnsdale Speedway.

By: Dean Thompson

DMT Sports Media, (for Bairnsdale Speedway Association.)

Morwell driver Dennis Jones won the Sprintcar feature at Victoria’s Bainsdale Speedway recently.

Jones won all five events he contested in a dominating display.

Latrobe Valley racers Mitch Foster and Bree Walker won the Open Standard Saloon and Ladies Standard Saloon finals whilst East Gippslander Mark Noonan took victory in the Limited Sportsman class.

Sprintcars arrived with fifteen competitors, three of them newcomers to the Victorian Sprintcar Association, namely Jett Bell, Kim Gosling, and Tom McDonald.

Bell would go on to challenge for victory right to the end before finishing in second place behind Jones.

In Sprintcar time trials, with valuable points up for grabs towards the feature event qualifying, Jones scorched around the Speedway in 13.536 seconds on his best lap to top Steve Horton, and Adam Greenwood. In heat racing Jones won the first of the four qualifying events, Horton the second. David Dennison the third and Jones despite a back in the pack start, took victory again in the fourth and final heat race. In the ‘Shoot Out’ for pole position Jones once again snatched top spot with a 14.533 second time to claim the number starting position.

Jones hit the front at the start of the 35-lap ]Sprintcar main event and opened up an immediate gap down the back straight. Through the final a number of caution stoppages brought Jones back to the pack and during the race Bell made good decisions to get past traffic a little quicker than the leader on occasions. When the race concluded Jones finished almost a second ahead of Bell, Horton, Koby Noonan and Jack Van Bremen. For Jones it was a rare perfect night for a race driver where they remained undefeated across numerous races.

Bairnsdale Speedway Association now enters a couple months recess to continue some site improvements before the return on November 25 for the Wingless Sprint 50 lapper highlighting the race card.

Bairnsdale Speedway Association would like to thank their business partners for their support.

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