January 22, 2016
The huge Kings Royal weekend – the crowning event of the South Burnett Speedway Club’s racing calendar – has launched for its fourth big year at Kingaroy.
The Kings Royal, sponsored this year by Davison Homes, is the biggest and richest Modified Sedans speedway event held in Australia with more than $40,000 in cash prizes up for grabs.
It always attracts a huge line-up of the country’s best drivers.
Drivers and their guests – more than 350 people – gathered at Kingaroy Town Hall on Friday evening for a calcutta dinner and prize draw after a Friday afternoon practice session and time trials.
Two days of serious Kings Royal racing will get underway on Saturday with a parade of entrants at 4:45pm followed by racing from 5:00pm.
As well as the Modified Sedans Kings Royal IV, the weekend at the Kingaroy Speedway will also feature racing by 4 Cylinders and Juniors (on Saturday) and Production Sedans (on Sunday).
Racing on Sunday will also start at 5:00pm.
Admission prices (per night) are adults $25, children (12 and under) free, student (with ID) $15, aged / disability pension $15, family (two adults and up to three students) $65. No two-night passes are available.
Footnote: Queensland driver Wayne Gilroy posted the quickest time in Friday’s time trials around the Kingaroy track, a blistering 17.804 seconds.
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Official Nominations
Modified Sedans (69)
Aaron Alcock, Darren Baldwin, David Barbeler, Nathan Barbeler, Ashley Barron, Brett Barron, Brett Baxter, Graham Beer, John Benson (Vic), Jordan Biviano (NSW), Shannon Blackburn, Brodie Boss, Mark Carlin (Vic), Brody Chrystie (Vic), Quinton Clarke (NSW), John Collins, Tony Coomber, Wade Cunningham, Todd Doyle, Justin Drew (Vic), Jake Drewitt (Vic), Wayne Fischer, Gavin Fletcher, Craig Franz, Ty Galley (Vic), Myles Gilroy, Wayne Gilroy, Jason Gray, Peter Gray, Jason Gray, Chris Hams, Greg Hams, Russell Harris, Martin Hawson (Vic), David Head (WA), Adam Holt (Vic), David Jacobi (NSW), Ty Jones, Steve Jordan, Brendon Kelly, Kerry Lack, Michael Learoyd, Gavin Lorensen, Nathan MacDonald, Shane MacDonald, Kent Menzies, John Murphy (NSW), Allan Nash, Matt Nelson (Vic), Clint Noakes (WA), Brayden Pacey, Gary Pagel, Glenn Pagel, Rodney Pammenter, Ash Parkinson (Vic), Steven Quirk (NSW), Aidan Raymont, Mark Raymont, Brady Roberts, Jason Schloss, Dennis Shallcross, Steve Stubbs (NSW), Aaron Seiler, Greg Stevenson (ACT), Tim Smith, Corey Stein, Josh Tennent, Lee Volk, Kye Walters (Vic) and Greg Worling (NSW).
Production Sedans (33)
Bruce Alcock, Andrew Beaton, Paddy Brennan, David Clarkson, Richard Cook, Andrew Corbet, Josh Crang, Scott Duthie, Luke Edwards, James Elliott, Stuart Fawcett (NSW), Jordan Ferguson, Wade Flikweert, David Fuller, Josh Harm, Jason Herwig, Brendon Kelly, Len Klein, Taran Knowles, Phil Louis, Trent Nicolia (NSW), Chris Pagel, Jason Protheroe, Tim Smith, Jack Stead, Adrian Stott, Ashlee Tessmann, Joel Thomas, Darrell White, Andrew Wilson (NSW), Moz Woodrow, Richie Woodrow and Chris Wright.
Juniors (29)
Kipp Barron, Jack Cameron, Aaron Carswell, Casey Collins, Jordan Cunningham, Joel Curd, Brooke Etherden, Connor Fitzpatrick, Ben Holmes, Jayden Iacono, Daniel Johnson, Ardie Jonic, Dylan Keen, Michael Larsen, Bethy Mendes, Ashleigh Moller, Nic Moncrieff, Tommy Muir, Mason Pammenter, Mitchell Pammenter, Ellie Peacock, Terri-Anne Rowe, Ryan Schultz, Matty Smith, Katelyn Storey, Alex Sweeney, Kayden Swindells, Simon Walker and Erik Wallace.
4 Cylinders (12)
Murray Brumpton, Matthew Claydon, Tim Cozens, Brock Hancock, Gary Harris, Gary Harris Jnr, Jack Kay, Darryl Oliver, Corey O’Toole, Josh Schultz, Dan Smith and Ben Stead.
