The action is oversized for a huge national title in Latrobe | the lawyer
news,
The biggest event of the season, the Australian Super Sedan Championship, comes into action this Friday and Saturday night at Latrobe Raceway. The North West Coast venue will witness two epic race nights as 33 of Australia’s top super drivers will be thrilled and eager to go after enduring several big weeks of racing in preparation for this weekend. The Championship was last held two seasons ago with Darren Kane winning his fourth crown. He announced his retirement in May last year, but Adam Beechey convinced him to come out of retirement by giving him his car and crew. Kane raced at Carrick on Tuesday and in four laps matched the speed of the car with the peloton. With Beechey’s gear at his disposal, a fifth championship isn’t out of the question. Local legend Callum Harper was on top form winning the Grand Prix, Grand National and Tribute Race for Ian Beechey. Harper hasn’t had it easy, facing incredible pressure from the best in the business, but the two-time champion is extremely tough to beat on his home track. Matt Pascoe is a three-time champion who won his second title at this track in 2015. Pascoe also won the Tasmanian Super Sedan Championship at Carrick earlier this month and is still a tough contender. Pascoe senior also has his two sons Brad and Zac competing. Another three-time champion is Victorian ace Mick Nicola and although his last championship win was 20 years ago he has shown he is still very competitive. He recently wrecked his car and transported his spare from the mainland – talk about a man and his passion. He was immediately on the pace in the spare car, challenging hard for victory on Tuesday night against Harper and Latham. Steve ‘The Joker’ Jordan won an Australian title at this track in 2011 and the former Launceston rider, after fixing some mechanical issues, is confident he can fight for victory. Queenslander Matt Williams has been a revelation, quickly gathering a strong local following as he enjoys spending time on the outside, caring less about his reputation than charging at the front. If he can keep his car together he will be a considerable threat. His brother Leigh is also an extremely tough runner. Fellow Queenslander Michael Hally is quick and quickly acclimated to the local racing conditions. Tasmanian stars include Steve Latham who won the first two encounters of the year but admits he hasn’t quite got the setup right in recent weeks, while Luke Gunn and Laura Davidson who led the title State three weeks ago could cause a major upheaval. David Nichols, Corey Smith and Marcus Alexander are also aggressive contenders. New South Wales’ Andrew White has just won the K Rock Cup in Victoria and he and Victorian star Jamie Collins could clinch their first Australian title. There’s a huge support program on both nights with super sedan racing on Friday and Saturday before the big championship event. Races start at 6:30 p.m. on Friday and 6 p.m. on Saturday. It will certainly be a race meeting not to be missed.
/images/transformer/v1/crop/frm/32UQzXcwHuv6EtT6StXJwQK/2bf85c59-da0e-47eb-b59f-07aaff823d8f.jpg/r0_107_2106_1297_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg
The biggest event of the season, the Australian Super Sedan Championship, comes into action this Friday and Saturday night at Latrobe Raceway.
The North West Coast venue will witness two epic race nights as 33 of Australia’s top super drivers will be thrilled and eager to go after enduring several big weeks of racing in preparation for this weekend.
The Championship was last held two seasons ago with Darren Kane winning his fourth crown.
He announced his retirement in May last year, but Adam Beechey convinced him to come out of retirement by giving him his car and crew.
Kane raced at Carrick on Tuesday and in four laps matched the speed of the car with the peloton. With Beechey’s gear at his disposal, a fifth championship isn’t out of the question.
Local legend Callum Harper was on top form winning the Grand Prix, Grand National and Tribute Race for Ian Beechey.
Harper hasn’t had it easy, facing incredible pressure from the best in the business, but the two-time champion is extremely tough to beat on his home track.
Matt Pascoe is a three-time champion who won his second title at this track in 2015. Pascoe also won the Tasmanian Super Sedan Championship at Carrick earlier this month and is still a tough contender.
Pascoe senior also has his two sons Brad and Zac competing.
Another three-time champion is Victorian ace Mick Nicola and although his last championship win was 20 years ago he has shown he is still very competitive.
He recently wrecked his car and transported his spare from the mainland – talk about a man and his passion.
He was immediately on the pace in the spare car, challenging hard for victory on Tuesday night against Harper and Latham.
Steve ‘The Joker’ Jordan won an Australian title at this track in 2011 and the former Launceston rider, after fixing some mechanical issues, is confident he can fight for victory.
Queenslander Matt Williams has been a revelation, quickly gathering a strong local following as he enjoys spending time on the outside, caring less about his reputation than charging at the front.
If he can keep his car together he will be a considerable threat.
His brother Leigh is also an extremely tough runner.
Fellow Queenslander Michael Hally is quick and quickly acclimated to the local racing conditions.
GREAT PERFORMANCE: Tasmanian Callum Harper, from Wynyard, leads a round of last weekend’s Grand National en route to winning the event. Image: Angryman Photography
Tasmanian stars include Steve Latham who won the first two encounters of the year but admits he hasn’t quite got the setup right in recent weeks, while Luke Gunn and Laura Davidson who led the title State three weeks ago could cause a major upheaval.
David Nichols, Corey Smith and Marcus Alexander are also aggressive contenders.
New South Wales’ Andrew White has just won the K Rock Cup in Victoria and he and Victorian star Jamie Collins could clinch their first Australian title.
There’s a huge support program on both nights with super sedan racing on Friday and Saturday before the big championship event.
Races start at 6:30 p.m. on Friday and 6 p.m. on Saturday.
It will certainly be a race meeting not to be missed.