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Big weekend of action awaits at Drouin

The Sports Sedan Class and Ladies’ Standard Saloons are set to take centre stage at the Drouin Speedway in Jindivick this Sunday 14 December from 11am.

Both classes will be supported by supreme fields in the Open Standard Saloons, Junior Standard Saloons and Junior 1200cc Sedans.

Pakenham’s Damien Miller is the top competitor representing the Drouin Club in a strong field of Sport Sedans in the running for a share of the $2000 prize money on offer.

Troy Glassborow, Darwyn Lee, Gavan Dorain, and Joseph Otimi are also all Drouin members in the field keen to figure in the final placings.

Visiting drivers from surrounding clubs that are likely to be running at the front of the class includes Inverloch’s Braidan Webster, Cameron Dike, Chris Aarts, Warragul racer Ray Gould, Bernie Franklin, Scott Angus and Albert Fell.

The Ladies Standard Saloon State Series third round also has a great list of entrants including leading Latrobe Valley racers Tahlia Campbell, Caroline Allen and Bree Walker and a host of other competitive racers.

Bronwyn Miles is more than capable of victory, while Stacey Sheedy from Bunyip, Michelle George, Elise Halliday, and Kate Stuchbery are others that might just figure in the feature event.

Open Standard Saloon racing will be fierce with Jeff Blencowe flying the flag for the Drouin Speedway Club.

Blencowe will duel with some of Gippsland’s finest including Mark Miles, Luke King, Chris Miles, Matt Leek, Jack Yeomans, Andrew Miles, and Kacey Ingram.

Chase Ingram and Hunter Carey lead the nominations in the Junior Standard Saloon line-up for Sunday, both having recently won feature events.

Ingram won two weeks ago at Bairnsdale Speedway and Carey a week earlier at Nyora.

They will have Drouin member drivers such as Cooper Joynson, Cooper Irons, Bunyip driver Ella Sheedy, Dyclan Sweet, Bryce Leek, and Ashton Joynson to compete with, while Tyler McDermott has his sights set on a podium result.

Rounding out all the action is the Junior 1200cc Sedans where Leek, a Victorian champion in this category, will be favourite in a decorated field.

Recent Nyora winner and Victorian number two Xander Baxter and Riley Taylor will be sniffing an upset, with Sheedy and Chase Doherty the representatives from Drouin.

Dayne Murdoch and Brad Marshall are other competitors who could figure in the final podium results.

Gates open at 8am.

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