LISMORE SPEEDWAY: IMPRESSIVE AGP ENTRIES FOR FEBRUARY 3

Feature photo by: Gary Reid… Speedcar Grand Prix family affair . . . AGP winners Reid Mackay (left) and grandfather Ron Mackay..

By Dennis Newlyn

One of the biggest car counts in many years have entered for the seventy-first running of the Australian Speedcar Grand Prix at Castrol Lismore Speedway on Saturday night, February 3.

It’s particularly pleasing for promoters Kim and Mick Sauer who have again supported ‘the great race’ at their venue. The AGP carries the honour for the winner of holding aloft the AGP Perpetual Shield amongst the hardware that goes with winning such a world famous Speedcar race.

“We are so pleased to again host the Australian Speedcar Grand Prix. This time-honoured event carries so much incredible history as we have outlined with our news items within the last week and it’s very pleasing to see such a strong car count from New South Wales and Queensland,” Kim Sauer said.

Race organisers have received thirty-three entries. Both the NSW and Queensland Speedcar Associations are to be commended for acknowledging what this race means, stands for in world Speedcar racing with its incredible place in history, by turning out in big numbers.

Another perpetual trophy is on the line at the Lismore Showground venue this weekend when the Modlites battle for supremacy in the celebrated Kevvie Cup.

This race honours club life member Kevin Lloyd who over the years held administrative positions with the NSW and Queensland Modlites – including president of the NSW club (2012). He also won the Club Person of the Year award in two consecutive seasons – 2015-16 and 2016-17. The following season he was given club life membership. At last count there are 29 Modlite nominations for the 2024 Kevvie Cup.

Speedcar and Modlite racing will be supported by Wingless Sprints, AMCA Nationals and Formula 500 Juniors.

But it’s the Australian Speedcar GP that takes centre stage as Queensland’s Rusty Whittaker puts his title on the line.

It’s also pleasing to see the 2018 AGP winner Reid Mackay, whose family has such a distinguished involvement with the AGP, entered. Reid, who won at Gunnedah Speedway, is the grandson of the celebrated Sydney Showground 1971 AGP Champion and two times national titleholder Ron Mackay.

It’s that kind of race with family heritage very much a part of the incredible statistics of the AGP, which was first held in 1938 and won by Les Dillon (NSW).

Wingless Sprints also have turned out in big numbers with 34 nominations featuring all of the heavy hitters, while the AMCA Nationals also are well represented  and will field 19 cars. The Formula 500 Juniors are not disgraced with 11 cars nominated at this time ready to take to the track for one of the most impressive nights of the season at Castrol Lismore Speedway.   

NOMINATIONS: FEBRUARY 3, 2024:

Speedcars (33)

N5 Nathan Smee

N6 Matt Geering

Q6 Darren Vine

Q7 Harry Stewart

SA9 Kacy-Lee Black

Q10 Chris Moor

N11 Jay Waugh

Q11 Charlie Brown

Q17 Damien Wise

N18 Luke Geering

Q18 Nathan Mathers

Q22 Scotty Farmer

Q23 Casey O’Connell

Q24 Rusty Whittaker

N32 Daniel Paterson

N34 Jeffrey Burns

Q35 Michael Kendall

Q39 Tim Devine

N41 Jordan Mackay

Q43 Boyd Chaffey

N46 Dylan Menz

Q62 Brent Aprile

N63 Mitch Brien

SA71 Troy Ware

Q76 Reid Mackay

Q91 Seth Atkinson

Q93 Nic McDowell

Q96 Jason McDowell

N97 Matt Jackson

Q97 Corey Stothard

V97 Kaidon Brown

Q98 Andrew Roeser

N15 DJ Raw

 Modlites (29)

A1 Sam Gollschewsky

Q3 Beau Laverty

N5 Callum Beerling

Q5 Sean Rose

Q6 Corey Stein

Q7 Jason Faint

Q8 Dan Lewis

N8 Trent Mclean

Q13 Cruise Mcvie

Q18 Rodney Pammenter

N21 Mark Webster

Q22 Bradley Sieders

Q23 Abi Meehan

Q25 Terry Leerentveld

Q28 Chris Fing

N34 Rob Swain

Q39 Ryan Silcock

Q48 Nathan Politch

Q52 Cameron Birch

Q54 Scott Lehfeldt

Q56 Fergus Couttes

Q60 Joshua Leerentveld

Q61 Steve Collins

Q69 Mark Troth

W72 Jason Webb

Q79 Russell Martin

Q82 Mitchell Pammenter

Q99 Scott Thomsen

Q115 Tyson Snow

Wingless Sprints (34)

N2 Robert Mazzer

Q4 Zane O’Toole

Q6 Brett Russo

Q7 Corey O’Toole

Q8 Scott Thomsen

Q12 Ben Manson

Q17 Lance Dawson

NX17 Ben Hull

NX20 Ian OToole

Q22 Lachlan Eggins

Q23 Mitchell Allan

NX23 Ray EGGY Eggins

Q24 Harry Fowler

NX31 Michael Hunter

NX33 Errol Campbell

N36 Jacob Waller

Q38 Jeremy Burt

NT45 Kevin Willis

N46  Aaron DeHoon

Q52 Jayden O’Toole

Q55 Gus Sanson

Q57 Lachlan Robertson

NX63 Mitchell Haynes

Q64 Matthew Brown

Q73 Chris Catchpole

Q74 Stuart Jefferies

Q79 Mitchell Glynn

Q80 Liam Atkinson

N80 Trent Martin

NX82 Jacob Jolley

N89 Jacqui Salmon

Q89 Ben Dowley

Q90 Brae Sanderson

Q97 Nicholas Potts

 AMCA Nationals (19)

N1 Steve Potts

NT1 Lee McKinnell

Q6 Troy Price

N7 Jim Knight

Q8 Gary Stacey

Q10 Michael Denning

Q15 Matt Hardy

Q16 Shane Stacey

Q18 Russ Hardy

Q20 Graeme Holland

N23 Aida Miller

Q27 Bruce Marshall

N29 Natasha Herne

Q34 Mark Taylor

N36 Matt Egan

N47 Jai Jones

Q53 James Turner

Q71 Andrew Stacey

N98 Paul Reeves

JF500s (11)

QLD11 Harry Lumsden

QLD12 Riley Edwards

NSW25 Jack Walker

QLD26 Beau Bateman

QLD31 Axel Rudolph

QLD46 Charlie Bowen

NSW55 Daisy Smith

QLD66 Zack Hilder

QLD79 Ruby Haylock

QLD81 Cooper Dawson

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