A solid crowd attended the opening meeting of the Speedway season at Latrobe on Saturday.
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The final race of the night was amazing with the Sprintcars really turning on maximum excitement over the 30-lap Journey.
Nick Penno led from flag to flag but the battle was far from easy having to fend off multiple challenges from Adam Alexander throughout.
Alexander managed to get alongside Penno late in the race which allowed Adrian Redpath and Jamie Bricknell to start reeling them in.
With four laps remaining, Alexander spun coming out of turn four but kept on the accelerator, completed a 360-degree spin and kept charging hard only losing one spot.
At the chequered flag, Penno had a gap to Redpath and Bricknell, as Alexander parked on the infield with a fuel leak.
It was rookie driver Adam Garwood who stunned a few of his more experienced rivals with a spirited drive from the rear to come home fourth.
The Street Stocks started with a 23-car field which was going to ensure plenty of on track action - Eleven Cars ended the race on the infield.
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The race had five different leaders throughout and Nathan Russell would only lead half-a-lap but it was enough to take the win. His brother Andy Russell and Mat Crawford finishing right behind him.
Juniors combined Top Stars and New Stars after seperate heats. Lachlan Robins led early but hit the wall coming onto the front straight hard ending his night.
Stevie Smith and Harry Auton raced wheel to wheel with the lead changing back and forth. Smith took the win by nine hundredths of a second with Xavier Clark and Sharni Farrell finishing less than a second behind them.
The Late Model showdown saw a dominant Brad Smith power away from Callum Harper.
Harper was only a fraction slower and attempted to utilise the two cautions throughout the race however had nothing for Smith in the run to the flag.
The AMCA's witnessed a dominant display by Jake Briggs who started from Pole. He was initially challenged by Adrian Bassett and then Mathew Smith. Smith finished second with Basset third.
In the karts, Bailey Mason won his first final in the Juniors much to the delight of the vocal crowd.
Results
- AMCA: J Briggs 1 M Smith 2, A Bassett 3.
- Junior top stars and new stars: S Smith 1, X Clark 2, S Farrell 3.
- Street stocks: N Russell 1, A Russell 2 M Crawford 3.
- Late models: B Smith 1, C Harper 2, M Graham 3.
- Sprintcars: N Penno 1, A Redpath 2, J Bricknell 3.