Time To Celebrate At Nepean Speedway
press release
This Sunday at the Nepean Motorsport Complex on Rickards road, Castlereagh, the New South Wales Speedway Kart Club will be conducting the 7th annual Celebration Day.
A little over seven years ago a couple of the committee of the NSWSKC had an idea of holding a race meeting that celebrated, us as a club and also thanked the people and characters that have shaped or continue to give so much our club over the 21 years it has been running.
These people have all played a vital and important part in shaping this club into the family friendly club it is today.
In my seven years as president the inception of this race meeting is one of my proudest achievements. I truly believe this meeting in its short 7 years has become, the titles aside, one of the speedway kart calendars races to win.
In the past we could not attract drivers to a race that didn’t have club championship points attached to it but steadily numbers have increased and last year we had over 70 drivers on hand indicating that the importance and prestige of this race is really being accepted by everyone.
This year our honor role is:
Midgets Club Member / Volunteer Nicole Jaques
Rookies Club members / Sponsor Rod Bright
Juniors - Past Member Gary Bourke
Clubman Light Club member / Volunteer Bob Genner
Clubman Heavy Past Member Ashley Smith
KT Light Club Member / Volunteer Lloyd Armstrong
KT Pro Club member / Volunteer Tony Baird
Again this year we will be running The Team of the Year concept which was started 3 years ago. The idea is that a senior driver is paired with a junior competitor from Midgets, Rookies or juniors and their collective points for the day will be added to find The Celebration Day Team of the Year.
It is hoped that during the day the senior driver will mentor and help by offering tips and support to the junior driver to help build some friendships within the club between a couple of families that may not normally spend time together. This worked very well the last 3 years and at feature race time we had a lot of senior drivers cheering on their team mate.
The winners will receive a $150 gift voucher to our sponsors shop Karting World for both the senior and junior drivers donated by Sayre Racing and we would like to thank Jeremy and Stacey Sayre for their generous offer.
This year being added to the Celebration Day for the first time will be the “Scott Darley Achievement of Excellence” award which will be awarded to the highest point scorer of the day .
The format for this years event will be the standard two heats and a feature, however this year the feature racers will be an endurance race with senior drivers doing 40 laps and the children doing 30.
This day will also be our media day for the upcoming Australian Speedway Kart Title and we welcome all those coming to showcase our sport for us.
So for $5 per adult entry why not come out on Sunday and enjoy some great speedway action and then stay back and help us celebrate our honorees as we thank them for the wonderful club we have today.
Wayne Baines
President
NSWSKC
