It's Time to Celebrate

from Wayne Baines, President, NSWSKC release

This Sunday at the Nepean Motorsport Complex on Rickards Road, Castlereagh, the New South Wales Speedway Kart Club will be conducting  the 6th annual Celebration Day.

A little over six 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 to our club over the 20 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 six years as president the inception of this race meeting is one of my proudest achievements. I truly believe this meeting in its short 6 years has become, the titles aside, one of the speedway kart calendar's 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                 Life members    Jeff Burton
Rookies                 Life Members    Keryn Evans
Juniors -               Past Member     Gary Bourke
Clubman Light     Life Members       Rob & Donna Eyeington
Clubman Heavy   Life Member      Brian Briton 
KT Light               Life Member      Tony Johnson
KT Heavy             Past Member       Ashley Smith
Formula 100         Life Member       Kim Freer

Again this year we will be running The Team of the Year concept which was started 2 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 2 years and at feature race time we had a lot of senior drivers cheering on their team mate.

The winners will receive a set of tyres 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.

We will have to wait and see if reigning champions Brent Coghlan and Matthew Pescod can defend their title
Also during the day a reunion of sorts as part of our 20yr anniversary celebrations is taking place and we have 8 past members coming out to relive some memories.

This day will also be our media day for the upcoming NSW State 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.

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