10th May 2012

All Revved up for the Country Series next weekend!

A view of the Wimmera Kart Racing Club

Entries are now open for the 3rd round of the Victorian Country Series to be held at the Wimmera Kart Racing Club on the 19th and 20th May.

This series has built to a very competitive series with drivers from metropolitan Victoria & South Australia as well as country area competitors from both states. The Series has attracted many respected names in the Karting industry and more including Reliance Petroleum as the official fuel supplier in which all have helped the Prize Pool grow to over $10,000.00 worth of prizes.

Horsham Club members have been busy preparing the track and surrounds for their sole open race meeting. The FORMAT of racing has changed this year with 3 heats and then a final, which gives more track time for competitors!  The tight, challenging 520-metre circuit is renowned for producing close, fast paced racing action.

Local Club member and Multiple Australian Champion Remo Luciani will be swapping his racing suit for Grid Marshall attire for the weekend to support his local club.

“With this race meeting being Horsham’s only open event this year we all have to put in for these small clubs to survive,” Remo said.

“I’m lucky that I am not travelling away competing that weekend so that I can do my bit to help my club.

“I grid marshalled at last years event here and enjoyed it very much, so I am looking forward to be part of it again.”

The Victorian Country Series commenced in the early 1990’s as a way for country drivers to regularly race in a competitive environment without having to travel to the major metropolitan tracks. It has evolved into an event that the metropolitan drivers now travel to compete in.  The Wimmera Kart Club is located on the Henty Highway, 5.5km North of Horsham. The two day meeting starts with practice at 8am Saturday 19^th followed by the first of the heat races. Camping is available at the track.