The Borderline Speedway attracted a good crowd for a hot night of racing on the weekend, as the venue hosted round four of the Wingless Sprints Wide Open Series along with the Formula 500 South Australian Title and the Formula 500 Juniors.


The night kicked off with around 60 drivers contesting the Wingless series with locals including Kirby Hillyer and Mitch Broome racing on the night.


The Formula 500 had just over 20 entries with Geelong’s Terry Rankin taking home the SA Title with Indy Rae finishing runner up while Tim Rankin closed out the podium in third.


Cody Malley took home first place in the juniors category with Rusty Ponting finishing second and Koby O’Shannassy ending up in third.


In the main event it was another Warrnambool local who won the night as Luke Weel secured the win after dominating all night.


South Aussie Tyson Martin made the podium in second with Blake Walsh finishing third.


Locals Hillyer and Broome both had solid nights with Broome finishing in the top 10 in seventh, doing well to hold his starting position.


Hillyer did well to improve his finish after ending the night in 13th after starting back in 20th.


Event organiser Cary Jennings said it was a great night of racing with everything running to plan.


“Saturday night was a very smooth run meeting, all the officials played their part, the competitors were all friendly and abided by the rules and made the meeting flow really well,” he said.


“A couple of light showers now and again did not deter anyone, we got 25 races done with competitors from all over Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Northern Territory which was well supported.”


Jennings was pleased with the numbers of the junior Formula 500s on the night.


“We had 14 junior Formula 500s which are the up and coming competitors in that class,” he said.


“It was well supported by them and they are slowly growing – and that’s going to be the future of our speedway – and not only ours but speedway in general.”


Overall Jennings was happy with the outcome of the meeting.


“All in all the night was run well, besides from a light shower at 9.20pm that required some track work for the final which turned out really well so overall it was a good night of racing,” he said.


The next meeting at the Borderline Speedway will be March 1 with the SA/VIC Pro Sprintcar Challenge, Super Sedan Feature, Junior Sedans and Classic Sedans racing on the night.