WINGLESS Sprint drivers will use this Saturday’s March 16 fixture at Castrol Lismore Speedway as a final tune up before their national title at the venue next month. The 2024 Australian Wingless Sprint Championship will be a three day extravaganza, April 25-27.
A massive number of entries from across Australia are expected to contest the title as out-of-town drivers come to grips with the tight confines of the Lismore Showground Speedway bull ring. It promises to be one of the most keenly contested Australian Championships in the history of the division. In the meantime attention focuses on this weekend.
Wingless Sprint are not the only major attraction at the March 16 meeting as 410 V8 Sprintcars make their return to the venue. The 410s and Wingless Sprints will be supported by Compact Speedcars and Junior Formula 500s. A strong Wingless Sprint entry list is anticipated for this Saturday night with drivers from New South Wales and Queensland keen to put down more laps with a solid workout at the venue before the Australian Championship.
The Wingless Sprint Lismore Track Championship top ten, headed by Jacob Jolley, contains potential title winners. While Jolley (980 points) enjoys a commanding 110 point lead over next best in the standings, Ray Eggins (870) and third-placed Ian O’Toole (770), the remainder of the top ten in the chase for the 2023-24 season track title are bunched. The top ten ten are rounded out by Mitchell Haynes (680), Errol Campbell (680), Jacob Waller (670), Aaron DeHoon (610), Lachlan Eggins (600), Harry Fowler (600) and Augustine Sanson (530). With only 150 points between equal fourth and tenth in current track title points, every fixture is vital – in particular March 16 – especially with the looming Australian title. Jolley has been the dominant driver at the venue this season and will again be the competitor to beat this weekend.
Promoters Mick and Kim Sauer earlier picked up the Wingless Sprint Australian Championship after it was originally allocated to Sydney’s Eastern Creek Speedway for the 2023-24 season. However, with the well documented problems at the venue which forced a shut down of the track, national governing body Australian Wingless Sprint Racing (AWSR), in co-operation with track representatives, reallocated the title.
“The Wingless division is one of our strongest categories at Castrol Lismore Speedway,” Kim Sauer said.
“We are delighted to host the national championship and when you look at our top ten in the track title we have some heavy hitters who I’m sure will use this weekend to their advantage with the title in mind.”
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Written by Dennis Newlyn