Sport
22 October, 2024
Two titles up for grabs at speedway season final
THE last race meeting for the Mareeba Speedway 2024 season will be held on Saturday at the club’s revamped venue at Springs Road.
Patrons are guaranteed to see some great racing action, with two titles being contested on the night.
The Mannings Pie’s 2024 Super Street Sedan Title will be held with a big field of race cars coming from the Tablelands, Cairns, Townsville and Mackay.
Current champion Dan Pitchfork from Cairns will be looking to make it two in a row, but he won’t have it all his own way, with plenty of competition coming from Townsville’s Brett Hardy and local Chris Ross who has returned to racing this season.
The 2024 Warpac North Queensland Modified Production Title is also included in the jam-packed program.
The current champion is Townsville’s Hayden Stephenson and he will have stiff opposition from Yungaburra’s Johnno Collins, Edmonton’s Scott Vella, Townsville’s Stacey Lee as well as a field of quality race cars.
This will be the first time this year that the Modified Production Sedans have run at Mareeba.
The very popular and powerful Sprintcars are also included, running their final round of the Snap On North Queensland Sprintcar Championship.
Current points leader Gwesyn Dalliston will be endeavouring to keep local Tablelander John Magro, who is in second, and Cairns youngster Ash Ewing back in third, at bay to endeavour to take out his first Sprintcar Championship.
The Fuch’s Lubricants Junior Sedans, under the mentorship of former Super Sedan star Peter Wright, are a growing division with competitors aged 10 years to 16 years and are the future of North Queensland speedway.
With a dozen nominations for Saturday night, the in-form 10-year-old Jai Cotterell from Townsville has won the final of his last two starts while in his first year of competing. Other youngsters to watch are Townsville girls Kayla Adams and Livi Jorgensen.
The huge night will also include the 4AM Halloween Family Party with a Scary Maze, huge lolly drop, a jumping castle and prizes for best dressed children and adults.
Gates open at 3.30pm, with the grand parade at 5pm.
“We have had a very successful 2024 season and Saturday night will be a huge finale for us,” MMRC president Scott Davis said.
“We have really made an effort to cater for families and not just race cars and it is the generous hard work of our many volunteers and the continued generosity of our partners and sponsors, here at our not-for-profit community venue, that has really ensured us have had such a great year.”
