Street Stock competitors this weekend will have to battle across two days with five heats each competitors before one of them will be crowned the ‘Ipta Fibreglass King of the Mount’ and the defending King and Australian champion Anthony Beare will be back to see if he can hold on to his crown on a weekend that includes Sprintcars and a Late Model Sedan feature to keep the crowds baying for more.

The Street Stock field is over fifty cars with racers from right across Victoria, a few from South Australia and one from Western Australia. Beare is the on paper favourite for the majority of fans before he even arrives in the pit enclosure and wheels the car off the trailer. However the field includes plenty of competitors who are a real potential winner if things go their way.

The biggest two to speak of are Brad McClure and Mark Jennings both former national champions in the class. The two have been running around in Stockies for years and they have a large following of fans each too. McClure a Redline member is hoping for a change of luck and winning this weekend is a shot in the arm he needs.

Jacob Mills from the North East of Victoria is another driver who recently qualified incredibly well at the Australian title, local racers or club members such as Darren Giacometti, Kye Walters, Shaun Henry, Jason Degoldi, Darryl Atkinson, Mick Hetherington fresh off a win last meeting and Mick Clark will be amongst the hard chargers at the front of the field.

Then add in Corey Sandow, Jayden Edwards, David Barrie who stormed throw the field at the last race meeting and Lenny Bates and you have a hard task ahead of you at picking a winner this weekend.

Street Stocks will be the headline event on both days with Sprintcars on the Saturday and Late Model Sedans on the Sunday their co-headliners.

Sprintcar action with support from ‘Hennessy Transport’ will see the new Victorian champion Mark Laity and the runner up from that title at Nyora Raceway Adam Greenwood, up against the likes of Wayne Nicholls a proven Sprintcar campaigner, Dennis Jones who swaps between the Victorian Sprintcar Association class and the Sprintcar Racing Association of Victoria class and Shane Steenholdt in what should be a enthralling feature race on Saturday night, can they go faster than the 12.2 seconds a lap that they ran last time they came to Redline?

V8 Thunder Sedans are also back on Saturday night after a number of competitors have repaired their cars after a huge crash damaged three of them at the last race meeting.

On Sunday the ‘Forte Engineering Late Model Sedans Firecracker 5000’ race will also be a cracker, Cameron Pearson has a great history at Redline winning his first ever feature in this class at the track in one of these 700 to 900hp beasts when he wasn’t even old enough to drive on the roads.

Brad Smith from Tasmania, Steve Vaughan from Adelaide, Brett Watson from Queensland and Todd Bayley and Wade Carter from New South Wales bring a interstate flavour to the field and Smith in particular should give Pearson a hard time whilst Victorians Brock Edwards, Gary Bryans and Graham Forte have proven they can muscle these machines around with the best of them, plus giving the field a international flavour, New Zealand woman Kristin Vermuelen is starting to put herself in the frame when it comes to podium position results.

Sundays show also includes the Sports Sedans with almost twenty cars for this meeting. A handful of drivers need this meeting in order to tick boxes as far as qualifying for the upcoming Victorian title at Alexandra and as a result Redline benefits from their nominations.

Brendan Miller a driver very capable of winning any meeting he enters and Steve Kershaw will be a big test for Leigh Bourke who seemingly has won everything this season at Redline as far as Sports Sedans are concerned. Ricky Ashmore will be in the picture at the front of the field and Lucas Conder, Nathan Fawns and Craig Phillips will be hoping for better things after mechanical issues affected their racing at the last meeting.

Racing is across two days gates for the public to enter open at 2pm, with racing on Saturday night and Sunday night from 5pm, prices as per the following:

One day only prices for Adults $25- Aged & Disabled Pensioner $20, kids 5 to 15 years of age all at $5 each, whilst under 6 years of age is free & a family of 2 adults and 3 kids at paying age, $60-.

If you come in Saturday and wish to see both days racing ask for the 2 day pass which is Adults $40- Aged & Disabled Pensioners $30, kids 6 to 15 years of age all at $10 each whilst under 6 years of age is free & a family of 2 adults and 3 kids at paying age, $100-.

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IPTA FIBRE GLASS STREET STOCK KING OF THE MOUNT
PETER BRYANT – DAYLESFORD 6
DON FYFE – BAIRNSDALE 8
JACOB MILLS - LEETON 11
DAVE MISSEN – BALLARAT 11
DARREN GIACOMETTI – REDLINE 12
ANDREW BURGOYNE – REDLINE 13
JAIDYN DREDGE – DAYLESFORD 13
ROBERT SMITH – BALLARAT 14
KYE WALTERS – REDLINE 15
JAMIE CURTIS – BAIRNSDALE 17
SCOTT SECOMBE – REDLINE 18
MARK JENNINGS – SOUTH AUSTRALIA 21
LEE HARRISON - REDLINE 22
COREY SANDOW – MILDURA 22
PHILLIP MITCHELL – REDLINE 23
MITCH VINEY - GEELONG 23
SHAUN HENRY – BALLARAT 23
BRAD MCCLURE – REDLINE 24
JAMIE CRUTCHLEY – WARRNAMBOOL 25
JASON DEGOLDI – REDLINE 27
CADE COX – SOUTH AUSTRALIA 27
CHRIS BOHDAL – REDLINE 28
ASH FOX – GEELONG 29
COLIN FORBES – BALLARAT 35
DARRYL ATKINSON – REDLINE 36
SCOTT PURDIE – REDLINE 38
GERRARD MABBITT – BALLARAT 39
DARREN FORREST – ROSEDALE 41
CHRIS HAY – WARRNAMBOOL 42
ROB LOCK - BENDIGO 42
CHRIS WHATMORE – BALLARAT 42
NATHAN DUNN – DAYLESFORD 43
MEGAN FORRREST – ALEXANDRA 14
MICK HETHERINGTON - REDLINE 48
JEFF OLDFIELD – REDLINE 45
KEVIN APPS – SWAN HILL 46
ANTHONY BEARE – SOUTH AUSTRALIA 46
MICK CLARK – BALLARAT 48
STEPHEN PETRIE – GEELONG 51
JACQUE WHATMORE – BALLARAT 52
DALE BLOMELEY – BALLARAT 61
JAYDEN BLOMELEY – BALLARAT 62
PRISCILLA GRECH – BALLARAT 63
JAYDEN EDWARDS – SOUTH AUSTRALIA 87
FELICITY ROYCROFT – GOULBURN VALLEY 65
LUKE DINGLEY – ALEXANDRA 66
STUEY ROBINSON – COLAC 66
COREY KNOX – SOUTH AUSTRALIA 67
LENNY BATES – ALEXANDRA 74
MELISSA CRUTCHLEY – WARRNAMBOOL 77
DYLAN CAMPTON – ALEXANDRA 81
SHANE ROYCROFT - GOULBURN VALLEY 82
DAVE BARRIE – COLAC 83
ANDREW JORDAN - ALEXANDRA 89
CRAIG CLAYTON – WEST AUSTRALIA 125

VSC SPORTS SEDANS
TOM MCKENNA – ROSEDALE 6
BRENDAN MILLER – ALEXANDRA 6
RICKY ASHMORE – BALLARAT 7
STEVEN AKIL – ALEXANDRA 8
LEIGH BOURKE – REDLINE 9
LUCAS CONDER – BALLARAT 9
JACKN VAN BREMEN – ALEXANDRA 16
LUCAS WALKER – HEARTLAND 23
WAYNE KNOX – REDLINE 67
DEAN PICTOR – ALEXANDRA 38
MATTY CHIMINELLO – ALEXANDRA 91
STEVE KERSHAW – ALEXANDRA 52
SHAUN THOMPSON – HEARTLAND 45
KAYLA KNOX – REDLINE 68
RICKY OMEARA – BALLARAT 81
NATHAN FAWNS – REDLINE 87
CRAIG PHILLIPS – REDLINE 36

VSA SPRINTCARS WITH SUPPORT FROM HENNESSY TRANSPORT
MARK LAITY - 1
SHANE STEENHOLT - 5
MICK FALLON - 6
DENNIS JONES - 7
ASH HICKS - 14
DAVE DENNISON - 15
WAYNE NICHOLLS - 21
MICHEAL EVANS - 28
ADAM GREENWOOD - 35
VINCE CHARTER - 39
GERRY HOEKSTRA - 41
ALISTAIR BASTIAN - 57
AMY PHILLIPS - 74
JASON LANGDON - 78
DILLON SIELY - 87
ANDREW NEILSON - 90

VSC THUNDER V8’S
GREG RAGGATT – REDLINE 49
GRAEME NUGENT – REDLINE 27
WALLY HUCKER – BALLARAT 22
STEPHEN COLE – REDLINE 33
STEHEN HODDER – REDLINE 46
SHANE STEPHENSON – REDLINE 75

FORTE ENGINEERING LATE MODEL FIRECRACKER 5000
DANNY AMATO – VICTORIAN 0
BRAD SMITH – TASMANIA 6
GRAHAM FORTE – F7 (VICTORIA)
FIONA VERHOEVEN – SOUTH AUSTRALIA 8
SHANE BELK – VICTORIA 9
BRETT WATSON – QUEENSLAND 9
CAM PEARSON – VICTORIA 10
GEORGE NAPIER – X11 (VICTORIA)
KRISTIN VERMUELEN – NEW ZEALAND 12
BROCK EDWARDS – VICTORIA 12
TODD BAYLEY – NEW SOUTH WALES 19
WADE CARTER – NEW SOUTH WALES 24
GARY BRYANS – SOUTH AUSTRALIA 26
JAMES CORNFOOT – VICTORIA 31
STEVE VAUGHAN – SOUTH AUSTRALIA 67

Written by
Dean Thompson
DMT Sports Media
For Belmont Speedway Drivers Club

Australian Street Stock Champion will be at Redline for the King of the Mount (C) Dean Miller Photography

Saturday Night Sprintcars Mark Laity in car 53 is Victorian Champ(C) Random Panda Photography

Sunday night Late Model Sedans\, Cameron Pearson one to watch (C) Random Panda Photography