O’BRIEN, MCDONALD, WHITTLE TASTE VICTORY AT REDLINE RACEWAY

Feature photo by: Dean Miller Photography…Cameron O’Brien

By Dean Thompson DMT Speedway Media, for Belmont Speedway Drivers Club

After a heavy dumping of sleet rain at Ballarat’s Redline Raceway on Saturday night, March 29, the night went ahead with terrific racing from the Wingless Sprints, Standard Saloons and Unlimited Sedans.

The fans were entertained, with the likes of Cameron O’Brien (Wingless Sprints), Corey McDonald (Unlimited Sedans) and Scott Whittle (Standard Saloons) putting on skilful driving displays.

Wingless Sprint competitors each competed in two qualifying heat races in their latest Super Series round supported by local business True Blue Floors, with O’ Brien being the only competitor to win twice during that phase of the racing. Nicholas Ryan, Matt Tuckett, Travis Millar and Ballarat’s Will Green were other winners. Along the way Millar set a new one lap track record for the class just eclipsing the previous best with a 14.767, whilst the ten-lap record was almost beaten on a few occasions.

On points after the rain closed out the racing O’Brien from Hamilton claimed the victory over Millar, Ryan, Aron Lawrence and Jake Warren from Ecklin South.

Visiting competitors in the Unlimited Sedans were competing in their state Lucky 7s series and Wodonga racer Corey McDonald set about winning all three of his heat races setting a new ten lap record of 2:32.963 along the way. New Victorian champion and Redline Raceway member Trent Susol won the other heat race with McDonald securing the round victory ahead of Susol, Nathan Lightburn, Jimmy Harris and Daryl Nicolson.

Standard Saloon competitors raced across nine qualifying races in the Gold Rush with each driver appearing in three events. Mitch Foster claimed a win in a close one first up with Darren Forrest behind him. Scott Whittle and then Wayne Sheerman were next up with wins. Whittle, Foster and Cody McCabe then won in the second round whilst Forrest ended up on his roof and against the turn four concrete wall after a wild ride when a wheel dug into the track and sent him upside down. Jeff Oldfield, Sheerman and Whittle then closed out the final round with wins, Whittle the only driver to win all three of his races.

Winner for this season’s Gold Rush being Whittle with maximum points then Sheerman separated by fastest lap time between himself and Foster who were on equal points, with Jayden Blomeley from Ballarat fourth and McCabe in fifth.

Racing returns on April 12 with the 360-LS Sprintcars series round, Junior Sedans and Street Stocks.

Photo (1): Wingless Sprints’ star Cameron O’Brien. Photo by Dean Miller Photography.

Photo (2):Top performer in the Unlimited Sedans, Corey McDonald. Photo by Dean Miller Photography.

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