Take two for racing

Borderline Speedway looks to open season this weekend after cancellation of official opening round

It is a case of take two for the Borderline Speedway season opener after their originally scheduled November 26 season opener was abandoned early in the preceding week due to the heavy rain, ensuring the track was not going to be race ready, regardless of Saturday’s weather report.

But in good news for sprintcar fans, the South Australian Sprintcar Championship, which was to be the premier event on the opening night, has been rescheduled for this weekend, joining the original December 10 program.

Steve Lines, Scott Enderl and Glen Sutherland will fly the flag for local fans, with former Australian champion David Murcott now a starter with the change of date. “It is going to be a really good field and we just have our fingers crossed the weather behaves,” Borderline president Cary Jennings said.

And this Saturday’s program will be jam packed with action with the TI Bills Wingless Sprint series come to town for round two. “It is a series run at all the South Australian tracks and for round two here at the Borderline we will have over 50 cars competing,” Jennings (pictured) said. “The racing will be fierce – we know that.”

Borderline Speedway fans have even more to look forward to just a fortnight later when Speedweek comes to the Glenburnie track as part of the four leg SA-Victoria series that will also race at Avalon, Warrnambool and Murray Bridge, with drivers chasing a prize pool of $150,000 over the four nights.

“We are definitely looking forward to that as well and hope the crowds come lout an support this weekend and then the Speedweek event,” Jennings said. Cancellations have already wreaked havoc with speedway programs throughout South Australia and Victoria with 10 meetings cancelled since th beginning of last month.

“People are calling around to try and find somewhere to race those events but it is tough to find a spot,” Jennings said. “We haven’t been able to help out at this stage but we will see what comes up later – if we can help we will.”