The winner of the 2020 Sidecar Super Series will be decided this Saturday night (22 February) when the third, and final, round is held at Gillman Speedway.

Local duo Shane Rudloff and Scott Morris go into the meeting as favourites to win the series. Despite not winning the final in either of the first two rounds, consistent results throughout the qualifying heats has them leading by six points ahead of Kym Menadue/Eric Melton and Neale Hancock/Brendan Johnson, with Rick Stephens/Nick O’Brien a further three points behind.

Rudloff and Morris will not be able to rest on their laurels on Saturday night, however. With a maximum of 16 points available, if Menadue/Melton or Hancock/Johnson where to go through the night unbeaten, Rudloff/Morris would need 11 points to win, which would mean they would have to reach the final, so can’t afford to drop too many points in the heats.

The chances of any of the series leaders scoring maximum points will be difficult however with the surprise entry of current Oceania and World Cup Champions Warren Monson and Andrew Summehayes. Monson/Summerhayes missed the first two rounds because of racing commitments in New Zealand, so can’t win the series, but they will be the favourites to win this round.

Although the series winner is unlikely to come from outside the top four of Rudloff, Menadue, Hancock and Stephens, the racing should be very close as Dean Hobbs/Glen Zaworski, Aaron Silvy/Jaron Silvy, Nathan Fleet/Ayrton Canning, Stephen Fowler/Corey Palmer and Adon Pearce/Eli Bock have all figured in some exciting racing in the first two rounds.

While the Sidecar Series is the feature event, there will also be support races for Division one, Division two, and Flat track solos.

Everything You Need To Know:

Meeting Date: Saturday, 22 February 2020.
Venue: Gillman Speedway Stadium, 65 Wilkins Road, Gillman – near the Port Adelaide area.

Parking and entrance: Patrons can enter via gates at the western and eastern ends of the venue. There are free off-street parking areas near both gates.

Gates open: at 5 pm. Free spectator access to the pits until closed to the public for practice and racing.

Racing starts: at 7.00 pm.

Sidecar Riders/Passengers: 12-Brian Silvy / Cameron Diwell, 14-Kym Menadue / Eric Melton, 15-Shane Rudloff / Scott Morris, 21-Aaron Silvy / Jaron Silvy, V21-Adon Pearce / Eli Bock (Vic), 22-Stephen Fowler / Corey Palmer, 43-Warren Monson / Andrew Summerhayes (Vic), 68-Neale Hancock / Brendan Johnson (Vic), 69-Rick Stephens / Nick O’Brien (NSW/SA), 89-Nathan Fleet / Ayrton Canning, 111-Ricky Adams/Letitia Matters, 970-Dean Hobbs / Glen Zaworski

Solos Division 1: 18-Jake Mitchell, 42-Seth Hickey, 51-Fraser Bowes

Solos Division 2: 12-Darryl Christopher, 20-Anthony Davey, 23-Brian Johnson, 47-Nicholas Possingham, 50-John White, 211-Teagan Pedler
Flat Track Solos: 18-Jake Mitchell, 21-Jesse Paech, 23-Shannon Paech, 40-Luke Mitchell, 44-Doug Hayden

Juniors (infield junior track during track grades – no pre-meeting events): 125cc Solos: 26-Jordan Hargreaves, 33-Jake Fleet, 131-Ashley Jansen-Batchelor, 524-Harry Sadler. 125cc Solo Novice: 48-Kobi Canning.

250cc Sidecar: 28-Kaidyn Silvy/Ebony Lethbridge. Pee Wee: 13-Jackson McPherson, 257-Cole Haydon. 50cc: 5-Jack Silvy, 10-Darcy Bennett, 21-Bentley Paech, 57-Reid Haydon

Admission: Adults $25, Age Pension & Student Concession $20, Children aged 12-15 $5, Under 12 free, Family $55, Programme $5. Parking free. Grandstand free.

Concession is limited to holders of the Centrelink Pensioner Concession Card and Student Concession card holders only. Eftpos is only available at the eastern gate. The western (main) gate is cash only.