Strong Grids for Sports Sedans and Sports Racers
The Kerrick Sports Sedan National Series and Australian Sports Racer Series will both feature on the support program for this weekend’s Winton V8 Supercars Supersprint event on May 15-17 – and both feature strong grids.More than 20 cars will compete across three Kerrick Sports Sedan series races in arguably the series’ strongest field in years.Round 1 winner and eight-time national champion Tony Ricciardello and his legendary Alfa Romeo GTV will have his work cut out to hold out young charger Tom Randle’s 780hp SAAB 9-3, the reigning Australian Formula Ford champion having won the Victorian state championship round held at the Winton V8 Round twelve months ago in his first outing in the car.Six-time champion Kerry Baily will race his stunning Chev-powered Aston Martin DBR9 however all three will have to keep one eye on Holden Racing Team enduro co-driver Jack Perkins, who steps into the Audi A4 regularly driven by Darren Hossack.Perkins was drafted in to drive the thundering Audi following Hossack’s recent Speedway crash that saw him injure both knees in the accident – forcing him to the sidelines.Calibra driver Steven Tamasi, who finished on the podium in Sandown’s season opener, former Victorian champion Michael Robinson (Holden Monaro) and former national champ Bruce Banks (Mazda RX7) are a host of entrants expected to challenge well into the top-10.As well as a host of Kerrick series regulars and full-season entrants, newcomers like Liam Hill (Hyundai Excel), Shepparton Toyota-sponsored driver Daniel Zandt (Mini) and Ken House (Ford Escort) will also join the field.Meanwhile, the opening round of the Australian Sports Racer series for motorcycle-powered Sports and Open Wheel cars has attracted a healthy 15-car field.The Sports Racer series features three classes – SR1 for ‘outright’ competitors and SR2 for more entry level or new competitors to the series.The separate Formula 1000 class for motorcycle-powered ‘wings and slicks’ racers features three entries and will compete for their own trophy within the Sports Racer field.Following his narrow defeat to Adam Proctor in the 2014 season finale’, South Australian driver Roger I’Anson will look to kick off his title challenge in style at Winton but is unlikely to have things all his own way.Eight examples of the WEST chassis’ are entered, alongside two Radical SR3s, A Speads RS08 for young Italian driver Glauco Solieri and Mark Short’s always fast Prince.Both the Kerrick Sports Sedan and Australian Sports Racer Series races will be televised as part of the comprehensive, weekend-long broadcast package on FOX Motorsport (Channel 506). Kerrick Sports Sedans Entry List1. Tony Ricciardello – B&M Ricciardello Motors Alfa Romeo GTV4. Jack Perkins – Auto Union Deutsche Audi A46. Liam Hill – MultiSkills Training Hyundai Excel9. Steven Tamasi – Domain Prestige Homes Holden Calibra10. Ken House – Centreline Suspension Ford Escort11. Peter Beninca – Beninca Motors Alfa Romeo GTV16. Shane Woodman – Landells Signs BMW M319. Chris Muscat – Centreline Suspension Mazda RX721. Graeme Gilliland – G&G Engineering P&L Mechanical Mazda RX732. Michael Robinson – Bell Real Estate Holden Monaro41. Bruce Henley – Stawell Cartage Mazda RX8 GT42. Barry Megaw – Stawell Cartage Mazda RX8 GT44. Colin Smith – MR Automotive Holden Monaro50. Peter McLeod – Slick 50 Mazda RX756. Bruce Banks – BJ Banks Electrical Mazda RX758. Kerry Bailey – Rent Depot Aston Martin DBR960. Andrew Brown – Andrew Brown Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro66. Dean Camm – Five Star Fencing and Gates Chevrolet Corvette87. Daniel Zandt – Shepparton Toyota Mini Cooper S88. Ian Rice – Esjay Commercial Plastering Honda Prelude93. Thomas Randle – Kerrick/CKAS Saab 9-3 Australian Sports Racer Series Entry List3. Josh Cranston – West Race Cars RFR F10004. Terry Peovitis – Orlando Phoenix RFR F10005. Adam Cranston – Aventis Racing RFR F100014. Roger I’Anson – Ken’s Exhaust Systems/Rivergraphics West WR100015. Glauco Solieri – Meridian Motorsport Speads RS0816. Mark Short – MSR Motorsport Fabrication Prince42. Philip Hughes – Hughes Supercar Services Radical SR344. Jason Makris – West Race Cars West WX1052. Peter Mackie – Peter Mackie Building Consultant West WR100053. Jonathan Stoeckel – West WR 100055. Mark Laucke – Laucke Flour Mills West WX10 RS56. Aaron Steer – West Race Cars West WR100066. John-Paul Drake – West Race Cars West WR100088. Gerrit Ruff – CRC Industries Australia West WR100089. Dane Stokes – Sales Net Group Radical SR3