Racers to light up track - from the Shepparton News

Racers to light up track

HISTORY TO BE MADE AT NUMURKAH WHEN COMBATANTS TAKE TO STARTING LINE TOMORROW NIGHT

Goulburn Valley Kart Club will race under lights for the first time in its 50-year history tomorrow night.

The club will host a race meet at Numurkah Kart Club, 4 km out of Numurkah on Katamatite Rd with current Australasian Junior Rotax Kart champion Isabella Thomas set to hit the track.

Thomas has spent hours on theNumurkah track as a GVKart Club member, but her father and event organiser Ben said that wouldn’t be an advantage tomorrow night.

‘‘No-one will have an easy night; it will be tough for all of them because no-one’s ever run under lights there and it changes the track,’’ Ben said.

‘‘It’s a brand new track to everyone and home-track experience won’t play a part in it.’’

The race meet will begin at about 2 pm with practice taking place from 9 am.

The heats are predicted to wrap up at about 5.30 pm followed by a tea break which will lead into pre-finals and finals at about 6.30 pm.

Ben said the competition would be another hurdle for the local speedster with Melbourne’s Matty Smith and Finley’s Hagen Skinner in form.