AFTER last season’s disappointing postponement of the 2024 Australian V8 Dirt Modified Championship at Bundaberg’s Carina Speedway in Queensland back in May, this event is set to be run this Saturday night back at the Carina Speedway track.
Mitchell Randall
Amongst the 21-car field are a total of five current and past Australian Champions, including five-time winner Kevin Britten (Qld), four-time winner Mark Robinson (NSW), 2014 winner David Clark (Qld), 1993 winner Andrew Pezzutti (NSW) and defending Australian Champion Mitchell Randall (NSW). All five of the aforementioned drivers have their sights on adding another Australian Championship winning trophy to their resume and there is no doubt that they are all more than capable of doing that, and the likes of Britten, Robinson and Clark head the list of this Saturday night’s top contenders.
Kevin Britten
Chris Corbett (NSW) had one hand on the 2023 Australian Championship winning trophy at Lismore Speedway, but in what was a cruel twist of fate, he was forced to retire in the closing stages due to a flat tyre while comfortably out in front, so to say that he is hungry to make Australian Championship amends would be quite the understatement. Corbett’s previous best Australian Championship finish was a third place finish in the 2017 event at Rockhampton Speedway.
The likes of veteran Ray Klarich (Qld), Geoff Phillips (Qld) and Mick Turner (NSW) have previous minor Australian Championship podium finishes to their name, and they would love nothing more than to make a return to the podium on Saturday night. Turner, who finished second in three Australian Championships in a row (1993, 1994 and 1995), has recently made a return to the V8 Dirt Modified class after nearly 30 years away from the class while he went off and raced Sprintcars.
David Clark
Despite not featuring on the podium in past Australian Championship attempts, drivers such as youngster Ryley Smith (NSW), Joshua Rose (NSW) and Steve Milthorpe (Vic) certainly have what it takes to challenge for spots on the podium.
Completing this Saturday night’s Australian Championship field will be Phillip Roberts (Qld), Sam Bruggy (Qld), the father and son duo of Brad and Brenton Bennie (NSW), Dale Corbett (NSW), Scott Quirk (NSW), the Armstrong brothers Brock and Kyle (NSW) and Mitchell Haynes (NSW).
Heading into this Saturday night’s 2024-25 season opening event, the V8 Dirt Modifieds class moving forward to ensure its future, especially when it comes to its engines, with the class now comprising of a range of engines, such as the 525 Crate engines which is helping make it more affordable to get into the class and then of course the Open engines.
Although it’s been a five-month wait to crown the 2024 Australian Championship, this Saturday night’s action is going to be action packed and predicting a winner from this season’s opening event won’t be an easy task.
2024 Australian Championship Format
Saturday, September 28
• 2 x 10 Lap Heat Races
• Silver Dollar Shootout (x 2)
• 35 Lap Australian Championship Feature Race
2024 Australian Championship Nominations (21):
A1 Mitchell Randall
Q3 Phillip Roberts
Q5 David Clark
N9 Mark Robinson
V9 Steve Milthorpe
Q10 Sam Bruggy
N17 Ryley Smith
N21 Brad Bennie
N22 Brenton Bennie
N25 Andrew Pezzutti
Q33 Geoff Phillips
Q34 Kevin Britten
N47 Dale Corbett
N48 Chris Corbett
N52 Joshua Rose
N61 Mick Turner
N73 Scott Quirk
N76 Kyle Armstrong
N85 Brock Armstrong
N88 Mitchell Haynes
Q95 Ray Klarich
If you can’t be at the track for this Saturday night’s Australian Championship, you can catch all of the action via the online streaming platform: Clay-Per-View.
Dirt Modifieds Australia would like to thank the following 2024-25 season supporters:
- JBR Motorsport / Troyer Dirt Cars Australia
- Absolute Diesel Services
- Herne’s Security
- Bicknell Racing Products Australia
- ML Automotive Repairs
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