Nominations for the 2010 Street Sedan Title being held at Gympie’s Mothar Mountain Speedway on the Easter weekend of 3rd & 4th April close on Friday 5th March.

If you haven’t already sent your nomination, you will need to ensure you fax it to 5471 6277 on Friday then follow this up with the original copy and payment of the nomination fee to QSCA Title Co-Ordinator, 11/3 First Ave, Coolum Beach 4573.

The QSCA is indeed saddened to shared the news of the passing of Llew Seesink this week.  Llew was a true gentleman in the sport of speedway.

Llew capably filled the role of State Chief Steward for many years in the 1990’s travelling all over Queensland to help foster and nurture speedway in many areas.  Llew was a big contributor to the QSCA Management Committee.  Llew was always accompanied by his supportive wife, Estelle, as he completed his duties for speedway.  On numerous occasions Llew and Estelle opened their home for the holding of QSCA meetings and many drivers can recount weekends spent at the Seesink property when competing in Bundaberg.

Llew and Estelle were both active members of the Bundaberg Speedway Sedan Club for many years in both the days at Carina and earlier at Sharon.

Our thoughts are extended to Estelle, son Craig and daughter Cheryl at this most difficult time.  Llew will be laid to rest today in a private ceremony in Bundaberg.

Last weekend the 4th Round of the Exide Batteries Nambour Qld Modified Production Series was run in Gympie and combined as the T-Mac Auto Spares 30/30 Modified Production Challenge.  Two drivers teamed to compete – both drivers had two heats and a 30 lap A Main.  The collective points for the car combined to determine the starting position in the first 30 lap A Main event.  In the second 30 Lap A Main event the cars started as per their finishing positions in the first 30 lap A Main event.

At the completion of the second 30 Lap A Main event Todd Doyle was the winner over Glenn Pagel and Shane MacDonald.

Points so far in the Series are as follows: (93 drivers so far)

Brett Baxter 407, Glenn Pagel 354, Aidan Raymont 329, Gavin Lorensen 313, Todd Doyle 265, Greg Worling 251, Rodney Pammenter 250, Shane MacDonald 235, Steve Price 232, Nathan MacDonald 196, Mark Raymont 171, Neil Coomber 167, Ashley Barron 162, Peter Gray 123, Dennis Shallcross 122, Craig Franz 116, Quintin Clarke 115, Steven Zahl 110, Luke Hollyman 107, Jeff Peacock 107, Max Clarke 105, Johnno Collins 99, Royce Ernst 99, Robert Trapp 95, Darren White 88, Mark Pagel 87, Dennis Bullpitt 83, Geoff Hayes 80, Darren Lester 77, Kane Heidke 76, Shane langton 76, Tony Coomber 71, Garry Maroske 70, Gary Pagel 69, Mark Ferguson 66, Kerry Lack 65, Scott Thomsen 64, Steve Bradford 63, Troy Ware 62, Jason Jolley 57, Wayne Fischer 57, Dale Grotherr 57, Brett Barron 52, Steve Cook 51, Ty Jones 47, Adrian Stott 46, Andrew Harper 44, Darren Baldwin 40, Greg Raymont 40, Tim O’Shea 40, Matt Swarbrooke 37, Bevan Collins 34, Brian Learoyd 34, David Kent 31, Darren Ciesiolka 30, Allan Nash 30, David Jacobi 28, Travis Hutchison 28, Travis Barron 27, Steve Downes 26, Graeme Jones 25, Brett Barron 25, Russell Bonsey 23, Shannon Blackburn 21, Matt Egan 19, Glenn Truin 19, Michael Shelford 18, Andy Pickering 17, David Chrisp 17, Lucas Gibson 17, Darrell Peardon 14, Jim Cowley 14, Jessica Raymont 14, Kent Shelford 14, Jason Greenhough 11, Andrew Roberts 10, Russell Cowley 10, Paul Redman 9, Darryl Etherden 8, Dave Marshall 8, Jeff Smith 8, Brendan Bayfield 8, Brett Raabe 7, Jeremy Beer 5, Jamie O’Meara 5, Tony Hehir 5, Ian Galvin 3, Darren Pearson 0, Jason Boss 0, Gerry  Flood 0, Darren Truin 0, Shayne Truin 0, James Elliott 0

There is just one more round to be held at Maryborough on 10th April to find the eventual winner.

The Australian Modified Production Title will be held at the Bendigo Bank Arena, Latrobe, from Thursday 11 March 2010, with the Finals set for Saturday, 13 March 2010. Speedway Sedans Australia have today released the field which will compete in the event.

In total, 52 drivers will take part in the event, which promises to be a brilliant spectacle, as current series all around Australia have proven throughout the season.

National Champion, Mark Carlin is part of a contingent of 18 from Victoria, while twelve drivers will come from Queensland for the event. The home state will have ten representatives, while New South Wales account for nine drivers. Two former State Champions in John Purser and Allan Mortimer, will make the massive trip from Western Australia, while Terry Brown is South Australia’s sole representative.

The field is full of State and National Champions, led by National Champion, Mark Carlin. Former Champions Todd Doyle (2008, 2007), Justin Drew (2006) and Greg Worling (1998) are also entered.

Queensland Champion, Shane Macdonald joins former Champions, Doyle and Aidan Raymont in the strong field. New South Wales Champion, Steve Price, and former NSW Champion David Jacobi (2001), are also in the field, along with Multiple Victorian Champion, Andrew Blackwell. Former Victorian Champions Graham West (2002) and Trevor Mills (2001), join Blackwell for the Title being held at Latrobe for the first time. Multiple South Australian Champion, Bryan Galley of Victoria is also in the line up with former West Australian Champions, Purser and Mortimer. Multiple Tasmanian Champions, Andrew Russell, Craig Williams, along with Barry Youl make a total of sixteen Current or Former Champions in the line-up.

Scrutineering will be held on Thursday, 11 March 2010, with three rounds of heats to be contested on Friday, 14 March 2010, with the final round of heats, along with the three finals on Saturday, 15 March 2010.

Further details will be released in the coming days, in the lead up to the event.

Nominations in Allocated Roof Number Order

A1 Mark Carlin
V2 Kellie Atkins
N3 Greg Worling
T4 Barry Youl
T5 Justin Goss
V6 Bryan Galley
T7 Rohan Blair
V8 Fiona Verhoeven
W9 John Purser
T10 Brett Tatnell
T11 Jordy Howe
V12 Trevor Mills
V14 Justin Alberni
N15 Terry Board
V16 Peter McCarthy
T17 Craig Williams
V18 Rodney Burr
V19 Justin Drew
Q21 Shane Macdonald
Q22 Steve Price
V23 Brendan Hucker
Q24 Dale Grotherr
V25 Christopher Hayden
T26 Andy Russell
T27 Josh Marston
Q28 Aidan Raymont
V29 Darren Forrest
Q31 Darryl Etherden
Q32 Nathan Macdonald
Q34 Glenn Pagel
V35 Andrew Blackwell
T36 Brad Palmer
Q37 Todd Doyle
V38 Darren Pottage
S39 Terry Brown
Q41 Graeme Jones
N42 Gerard Flood
Q44 Ashley Barron
V45 Anthony Wilson
N46 Steve Downes
V51 Wayne Ramsdale
N54 Ron Watts
V56 Graham West
N61 Max Clarke
N63 David Jacobi
Q66 Ross Bullimore
V72 Martin Hawson
W74 Allan Mortimer
Q78 Peter Gray
N81 Quintin Clarke
T82 Jason Price
N88 Jeffery Barclay

The 2010 Junior Street Sedan Title is scheduled to be held at Maryborough Speedway on Saturday 27th February, 2010.  25 nominations are to hand for this event.  Current title holder Bradley Jennings will be keen to defend his Title – Bradley has won the last two Title events and will be looking to make it a hat trick.

Nominations to hand are:  Michele Blavius, Natasha Cook, Gary Harris, John Irwin, Bradley Jennings, Taran Knowles, Beau Laverty, Harmony Lomax, Brent Lorensen, Rohan Lorensen, Nathan Miller, Michael O’Reilly, Jayden Peacock, Ryan Packer, Brady Roberts, Sam Roza, Mitchell Slade, Tim Smith, Leisa Smith, Ben Stead, Brody Thomsen, Mitch Thomsen, Jesse Volk, Danni Wicks and Josh Wicks

The Junior Street Sedan Title is part of a huge night of speedway scheduled at Maryborough – supporting events include Round 3 Masondale Heavy Haulage Modified Production Series and Street Sedans.

Many of the senior competitors in other divisions have started their racing careers in Junior Street Sedans over the years, drivers such as Mark , Aidan and Jessica Raymont, Brett Baxter, Craig and Sarah Franz, Tegan Jennings, Scott Thomsen, Jason Slade etc have all gone on to be successful senior drivers.

Junior Street Sedans age limit is 12 years through to 16 years, driving Street Sedans.  It is an opportunity for families to share the race car – in many instances Dad/Mum have raced the car and it has given the son/daughter the opportunity to start their racing career.

This weekend is Round 4 of the Exide Batteries Nambour Qld Modified Production Series being held at Gympie – 23 cars are nominated – being the 30/30 event this means a huge 46 drivers. When you review the field it is a star studded field and should provide a great spectacle of Modified Production racing.

The return of Gary Pagel, Mark Pagel, Brian Learoyd to Modified Production racing will bring back lots of memories for regular visitors to the Mountain. Bevan Collins and Tim O’Shea from the Super Sedan ranks will be interesting. Add to the mix Street Sedan drivers Travis Hutchison, Jim Cowley, Kent Shelford, Paul Redman, Shannon Blackburn, Russell Cowley and James Elliott the night is guaranteed to be exciting. Jess Raymont will be sharing the debuting of her new car with Jamie O’Meara. Troy Ware is returning from the Midget ranks to team up with Darren White. Shane and Nathan MacDonald team up in the Q1 car making a formidable pair.

Each driver competes in 2 heats and the collective points scored on the night determine starting positions in the first 30 lap A Main – where the first driver finishes the first 30 Laps is where the car lines up to start the second 30 Lap A Main. The car to take the chequered flag at the end of the second 30 Laps is the eventual winner.

Racing begins at 4.30pm with a full support program – this is not a meeting to miss.

34 Nominations are to hand for Round 3 of the Exide Batteries Nambour Qld Modified Production Series being held at Charlton Raceway, Toowoomba this Saturday 13th February.

Once again the racing is guaranteed to be close, fast racing with all drivers determined to score maximum points to move themselves up the list of points. 

The list of nominations is a star studded field.  Qld No 1 Shane  MacDonald will be hoping to do well in front of his home crowd.  NSW 1 Steve Price hasn’t had a smooth run in the first two rounds of the Series and will be looking to improve those results.  Series leader Glenn Pagel is having a sterling run this year and will be hard to beat.  Last Series Round held in Brisbane Brett Baxter won convincingly, Brett will be looking for a repeat result this weekend.

Nominations are – Shane MacDonald, Greg Worling, Glenn Pagel, Brett Baxter, Todd Doyle, Rodney Pammenter, Dennis Bullpitt, Gavin Lorensen, Tony Coomber, Luke Hollyman, Geoff Hayes, Brett Raabe, Royce Ernst, Max Clarke, Ian Galvin, Andrew Harper, Steve Price, Robert Trapp, Dale Grotherr, Aidan Raymont, Nathan MacDonald, Darren Ciesiolka, David Jacobi, Graeme Jones, Mark Ferguson, Steven Zahl, Matt Egan, Jeff Peacock, Wayne Fischer, Peter Gray, Quintin Clark, Robert White, Kerry Lack, Shane Langton

The seems the weather gods will be co-operative this weekend – don’t even consider missing this great night of racing – Pit Gates open at 2pm, Main Gates open at 4pm and Racing from 5pm.  Other divisions on the night are V8 Sprintcars, Street Sedans and Junior Street Sedans.

It has been confirmed tonight that persons may use a NASR One Day Insurance to race in both Senior and Junior Divisons covered by the ASCF Driver Licence category.  This means – Modified Production, Production Sedans, Street Stocks and Junior Sedans.

Same principles apply as before – any person may only purchase two (2) One Day Insurances per season.  If applied for more than 7 days prior to the race meeting the cost $35 and if applied for less than 7 days prior to the race meeting the cost is $50.

The purchase of a One Day Qld Licence also applies – cost is $15 – no matter when it is applied for.

To apply for the One Day Insurance you must contact the State Licencing Officer – Pam Franz – on 0417 137 740 or admin@qsca.com.au to obtain the correct form.

This change is effective immediately.

Reminder to all that nominations close on Friday this week – 29th January – for the Junior Street Sedan Title at Maryborough on 27th February, 2010.

Postal address for nominations is – QSCA Title Co-Ordinator, 11/3 First Ave, COOLUM BEACH 4573
You can fax them to 5471 6277 but remember to follow up with the original and payment of nomination fee by 5th February.

The new Snell SA 2010 helmet standard is due to be launched this year so NASR and speedway scrutineers will officially recognise 3 standards:

Snell SA 2010
Snell SA 2005
Snell SA 2000

However, the SA 2000 standard is due to be phased out next year. On the 1st of July 2011 Snell SA 2000 standard helmets will no longer be approved. Therefore competitors with a Snell SA2000 helmet can continue to use it until the middle of next year.

If you are looking at purchasing a new helmet be sure to ask sales staff about the new Snell SA 2010 standard. Also, all competitors should check the Snell standard of your current helmet so you can be sure yours complies with the NASR minimum safety standards.

If you have any further quesitons, please contact Paul Trengove – NASR Competition & Operations Manager on 08 8139 0777