All roads lead to Archerfield Speedway and the ARTS 50 Lap Classic
The winter chill is slowly starting to take over from the warmth of summer down under .It is at this time of the year that the Australian Speedway Season starts to wind down.
American Tire and Racing Services present the 50 Lap Classic this Saturday night at the Supa Cheap Archerfield Speedway. This will be the fifth time the Classic has been run at Archerfiled
Last week end in Sydney the Valvoline Raceway hosted their 50 Classic and now the attention moves to Brisbane.
Nathan Smee set the standard last week with his demolition of what was a classy field to win the 50 Lap Classic. Taking the lead after only 9 laps Smee not only took the lion’s share of the bonus lap money but left no one in any doubt that he will be the man to beat in the Brisbane 50 Lap Classic.
Smee on the Gas in the ARTS Spike
New Zealand visitor Brock Mastovich proved with his fourth placing that the Kiwi drivers cannot be underestimated at any track. The Kiwi will be driving the Keith McAllen Mac/EagleWA 11 normally driven by Australian Champion Adam Clarke.
Western Australian is well represented in the 50 Lap event with Current Speedcar Pro Series Champion Dayne Kingshott and the ever reliable Lee Redmond .Darren Vine who last Saturday night won the Australian Compact Speedcar Title will swap Compact for a Mighty Midget to take on the 50 Lap feature.
Joining Mastovich in the Classic will be four Kiwi Expats, Michael Kendall the current Queensland Champion, Andy Hassan, Gavin Wesble and Kaz Fahey.
Michael Kendall and Darren Palmer together with Current POWRi Champion Brett Thomas will be strong contender as the 28 cars face the heats and strive for one of the 20 spots in the 50 Lap feature and go for a share the $10,000 on offer that’s includes bonus lap and prize money down to 20th position.
Brock Masovich at Valvoline last weekend
The nominations for the 50 Lap ARTS
5Q Rodney Harders
5N Andy Hassan (NZ)
7N Nathan Smee
10Q Ken Stanaway
11WA Brock Mascovich (NZ)
13Q Gavin Wesble (NZ)
16N Kaz Fahey (NZ)
18Q Dave Lambert
19Q Darren Vine
24Q Michael Harders
24WA Dayne Kingshott
25Q Anthony Chaffey
26Q Chris Singleton
28Q Michael Wilson
29Q Brendan Palmer
42Q Scott Wilson
52W Lee Redmond
58Q Rusty Whittaker
65Q Don MacKay
66Q Ray Michelle
69Q Brett Thomas
75Q Brad Young
76Q Rob MacKay
82Q Jason Bell
89Q Michael Kendall (NZ)
94Q Nick McDowell
98Q Matt Greenwood
99Q Brock Dean
Who is your pick, on form you can’t go past Nathan Smee but Speedway rolls out many challenges during any event particularly 50 Lap event so don’t be too surprised if you are surprised by the winner on Saturday night in Brisbane
