2013 King Of Pinjar, Pinjar Park, Perth Wa

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DOUBLE HEADER EVENT - 2013 Kennard's Hire ''King of Pinjar'' & the Gordon Rowland Memorial.

 

The 2013 Kennard's Hire ''King of Pinjar'' solo title promises to be an absolute cracker with confirmation Aussie international Victoria's Ty Proctor (Wolverhampton) will make a welcome return to Pinjar for this exciting event. Proctor always gives it a red hot go at the tiny Pinjar ring and will want to... make amends for missing the final (runner-up in 2010 & 2011) of the Rob Woffinden Classic back in December. Also in the line-up is Perth' very own international racer & current WA champion Cam Heeps (Ipswich), English Premier League riders Joe Jacobs (Glasgow) & fellow countryman Lewis Blackbird (Leicester). This will be the last Australian appearance for all four young international racers as they prepare for British League duties later this month.

 

2011 ''King of Pinjar'' winner Kale Ballantyne returns to racing after a nasty spill at the recent Australian U21 title at Loxford Park speedway at Kurri Kurri NSW. Young Kale will be keen to get back on the bike after the disappointment of his first taste of an Aussie final. The Cannington flyer, Dan Winchester is another talented racer looking for a solid finish to the Pinjar summer after his well earned 4th place behind some very talented company at the recent Rob Woffinden Classic. Other local riders such as Ethan Ballantyne, Brady Webb, Trevor Williams, Doug Scoble, 16 year old Blake Russell and lady racer Carley Gittus are all very capable of pinching points during the heats.

 

Junior solo riders will also feature in this DOUBLE HEADER event in the long running blue ribbon event for juniors, the Gordon Rowland memorial. This special event dates back to the the early days at the old Bibra Lake speedway and named after the late Gordon Rowland who lost his life in a racing incident at the former Claremont venue. WA junior champion Matt Marson will start out as favourite but will face some fierce competition from the Ziedas brothers, Kobee & Jaryad, the fast finishing Jack Smith, Declan Knowles & Mitchell Gill. Talented rider Sheldon Gill will unfortunately be missing for the event due to a heavy crash last week and were he suffered a badly broken upper arm, from everyone at the SMCWA & Pinjar Park we wish Sheldon a speedy recovery.

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2013 Kennards Hire ''King of Pinjar'' & Gordon Rowland Memorial.

 

Another fantastic Perth night for speedway with warm weather and a great crowd in that put a real buzz around the venue. The punters left Pinjar Park Saturday night with more than their monies worth after another awesome display of racing from all divisions. Congratulations to the SMCWA on another very well run event with some 50 events on the main program and finishing well on time.

 

The long running Gordon Rowland Memorial event for the junior 125cc solo riders was dominated by WA#1 Matt Marson who gave a faultless display of riding throughout the event. Young Marson was pushed hard at times during the night by Jack Smith, Declan Knowles, Jarrayd Ziedas & the pint sized Brad Gordon (10 yrs old). The final was a ripper with Matt Marson, Jack Smith, Jarryd Ziedas and Brad Gordon all facing the starter. Marson got the jump and was never headed with Smith, Gordon & Ziedas all battling it out for the minor placing's, all these boys put on some very spirited racing as did the fast improving Tessa McQueen & young Connor Bailey. Well done to all the junior riders on a great nights racing.

 

The junior 250cc solos were again dominated by Jett Muller who went through the card undefeated from his 4 rides. Some early carnage saw Jarryd Ziedas and Mitchell Gill tangle in heat one with Ziedas's machine flipping high and long into turn three and parking itself upside down into Daniel Clements. All riders involved were all ok with only Jarryd's machine unusable for the rest of the meeting. Two of the 250cc heats were absolute gems with Gill & Clements pushing Muller to the limit with all three riders not giving an inch.

 

Big Russell Mitchell & Josh O'Bryan again took the honours in the sidecar heats with some super exciting racing with all teams putting on a fantastic show. How good is it when these these guys lock horns three wide into turn one, crowd favourites for sure.

 

The main event on the program was the 2103 Kennards Hire ''King of Pinjar'' solo title. A full 16 rider field which included Victorian international Ty Proctor, WA Champion Cam Heeps, English riders Joe Jacobs & Lewis Blackbird, former title holder Kale Ballantyne and local ace Dan Winchester.

 

The heats where ''red hot'' with Proctor going through undefeated, Heeps, Winchester, Blackbird, Jacobs, Doug Scoble & Brady Webb all in the mix throughout the event. There was action in every heat with some of the best solo racing see at the tiny Pinjar venue. Again the crowd were well treated with the fancied Proctor riding lines that weren't even there. Controversy was to follow with Winchester being awarded the win in the B final after Joe Jacobs crossed the line thinking it was the final lap and cheque flag. After some discussion referee Paul Foster stood firm and awarded the last chance qualifier to Winchester over Jacobs.

 

Gate positions were chosen trackside with Proctor taking gate one from Blackbird, Winchester & Heeps on the pickets. When the tapes flew it was Blackbird & Proctor elbow to elbow fighting each other giving Winchester a clear run into turn one, from there the rest is history. To Proctors credit he used every inch of track he could to catch the fast riding west aussie but to no avail. It was a well deserved win to Winchester who rode a blinder to hold out Proctor, Heeps & Blackbird in a epic final. Again well done to all 16 riders on putting on a fantastic show for the punters, great effort.

 

Results -

 

Kennards Hire ''King of Pinjar'' solo title - 1st Dan Winchester, 2nd Ty Proctor, 3rd Cam Heeps, 4th Lewis Blackbird.

 

Gordon Rowland Memorial - 1st Matt Marson, 2nd Jack Smith, 3rd Brad Gordon, 4th Jarryd Ziedas.