Tablelanders claim titles

TWO Tablelands drivers claimed victory in the final race meeting for Mareeba Speedway’s 2024 season in front of “the biggest crowd of speedway fans for a number of years” on Saturday night.

Junior Sedans Huxley Jorgensen and Jai Cotterell.

The main event for the night was the Queensland Super Street Sedan 2024 Title and saw Atherton’s Chris Ross triumph over 2022 champion, Townsville’s Brett Hardy, to secure the win in the 30-lap final.

Popular speedway veteran Owen Jonsson from Ravenshoe came home in a credible third.

“Whoa, that was hard work trying to keep out a fast-finishing Hardy,” an excited Chris Ross said at the presentations, “having only got back in the car in the last few meetings I was running out of race fitness.”

Super Street Sedans Chris Ross and Colin Wolfe.

Also on the program was the running of the 2024 Warpac North Queensland SSA modified SedanTitle and it was the popular Johnno Collins from Yungaburra who took the win ahead of Graham Klienhand from Cairns and Edmonton’s Scott Vella in third.

In a fast-growing division, and the future of speedway in the north, the junior sedans once again put on some great racing with the very in-form 10-year-old Jai Cotterell from Townsville winning his third consecutive feature final in the past month.

Second and third were Livi and Huxley Jorgensen from Townsville, who joined Cotterell on the podium.

“This division is growing nearly every meeting and with 16 registered competitors already on board for next season, we are anticipating big things for the 10 to 16-year-olds,” former super sedan star Peter Wright said.

In the formula 500 class, it was again the in-form 16-year-old Summer Allen from Cairns who took it up to her male opposition and came away with an easy win ahead of Benjamin Thompson in second and Owen Davidson in third.

The last round of the Snap On North Queensland Sprintcar Championship saw Brodie Davis, in his last drive in North Queensland this season, come away with the win.

A fast charge from Mareeba’s John Magro was enough to get him home in second place ahead of youngster Ash Ewing from Cairns.

With the points being tallied up, the unofficial 2024 North Queensland Sprintcar Championship looks to be going Jon Magro’s way, yet it is still undecided.

“We have had an extremely successful season and Saturday night was a perfect finale,” president Scott Davis said.

“We must thank all our hard-working volunteers, our generous partners and supporters and last but not least, the huge crowds of race fans that have turned out at our race meetings this season, roll on 2025.”