Brisbane Sedan Season Starts this Saturday

SSA Media Release

The wait is over for Brisbane speedway sedan fans with the opening round of the Supercheap Auto Archerfield Speedway Super Sedan Track Championship to be decided this Saturday night (January 14).  With the first attempt to get the series underway curtailed by rain and the next event cancelled to accommodate the New South Wales Championship in Sydney, it is a much later start than normal for Super Sedan competition at Archerfield, however the field is strong and the scene is set for a great night of tin top competition.

Headlining the 18-car field are the two most dominant performers of recent seasons in Darren Kane and Matt Pascoe.  Kane is the current New South Wales champion and National Super Sedan Series titleholder, while Pascoe is the Queensland Champion and a former NSSS champ.  Both drivers have been in terrific form so far this season with multiple feature race wins each. Kane currently leads the National Series after five rounds of competition, while Pascoe is concentrating on local competition this season and currently sits second overall in the Super Sedan Association standings.

Other strong contenders on Saturday night will be former New South Wales and Victorian champ Wayne Brims and two-time NSSS champion Wayne Randall, both of whom are fresh from some strong results interstate in recent weeks. Randall is particularly keen to be back on track in front of a home crowd and is confident that Archerfield track will produce some great racing, while Brims is always at his best in Brisbane.

Of course, the likes of Sean Black, Jason Campbell, Dale Christensen, Scott Galea and former Super Sedan Association champ Paul Geary, in only his second outing after a long lay-off, have also proven themselves capable of running at the front of the field and will be determined to snare the $1500 on offer to the winner of the 30-lap feature event.  Meanwhile, Barry Craft has shown some very good form in NSSS competition in recent weeks and Steve Pearce bolsters the field with his first appearance of the season.

Also in the field for what is the first prelude to the Australian Super Sedan Championship to be staged at Archerfield in May are Gympie-based youngster Dempsie Pails, Greg Maher, Jack Childs, Rodney Craft, Colin Moss and the Kingaroy-based duo of David Musch and Super Sedan rookie Travis Barron.

The format for the event will see each driver contest two qualifying heats, with positions drawn for the first heat and then inverted for heat two.  Finishing positions in the feature event will determine the points average that will be used to determine heat grid positions in subsequent rounds of the championship, so there is plenty at stake on Saturday night.

The support program comprises Lightning Sprints, Formula 500s and Stockcars, with pit gates opening at 3:00pm.  Main gates open at 4:00pm, with early racing getting underway at approximately 4:30pm.  Super Sedans will hit the track at around 6:00pm to kick off the main program.

For more information, visit the track website at www.brisbanespeedway.com.au or the Super Sedan Association website at www.supersedan.com.au