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Speedway season at Drouin to open with a BANG this Saturday

Drouin Speedway Club starts its season this Sunday with its traditional Crash and Bash opening event.

The event will also be accompanied by great support from all the local club classes, plus the visiting Vintage Hot Rod Club the Aces of Spades.

Crash and Bash entries between the open category competing in the War on Wheels and the number of ladies competing in ‘Yarnies Race’ is around fifty cars.

This will provide top notch entertainment for fans to see cars push, nudge, shove and slam each other, as they attempt to be the first car to finish in the crazy almost no rules Crash and Bash events.

Drouin Speedway Club members come from mostly the south east of Melbourne, West Gippsland and Latrobe Valley.

Jeff Blencowe (Bunyip), Leigh Gooding, Matt Leek and Mark Miles (Catani) in Standard Saloons, Cooper Joynson, Nathan Miles, Harry Cecil, Beau Stuchbery, and Jack Braz are some of our fast Junior Standard Saloon racers.

While the likes of Erin Mitchell, Maddison Miles and Dette Miles in Ladies Standard Saloon competition are sure to once again this season figure at the front of the action.

The Crash and Bash Ladies feature this weekend is in honour of the late south east woman Teahn ‘Yarni’ Murrell, who was an absolute super fan of Crash and Bash and women in the sport.

Murrell was enthusiastic about seeing the girls grow the class, and right now, it looks like her wish is coming true.

Victorian Ladies champion Kellie Latham will compete this weekend against multiple-winning champion Leeanne Young.

Gates of the 140 Main Jindivick Road speedway will open from 8:30am and the first race will begin at 11:00am.

Adults will be charged just $20 for entry to the event, while children can enter for as cheap as $15.

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