Jack Young Solo Cup at Gillman Speedway on Saturday night - January 2015

January 21, 2015 by Gillman Media

The annual Jack Young Solo Cup will be held this Saturday night, 24 January, at the Gillman Speedway Stadium.

The meeting commemorates the memory of South Australia’s greatest rider, the late Jack Young (pictured above), the first rider from any country to win the World Speedway Championship twice (1951, 52), the only Australian to have successfully defended the championship, and the only South Australian winner.

Two riders stand out as favourites and they are the past two winners, Robert Branford and Tyron Proctor. Branford capped an impressive season at Gillman with victory in the Jack Young Cup last season after a terrific race with the Australian under 21 champion Max Fricke. Proctor won in 2013 but was unable to defend the Cup last year because of a neck injury. This will be his first appearance in Australia this season, and if he or Branford wins he will be only the third rider in the 22 stagings to win for a second time. The only previous multiple winners are Leigh Adams (5) and Kevin Doolan (2).

Outside of Branford and Proctor, it is wide open for the remaining berths in the final. New South Wales rider Kieran Sproule was impressive in his first Adelaide appearance in the recent Australian Championship round so should be amongst the front runners, along with local riders Arlo Bugeja and Robert Medson. Veteran long track star Jason Stewart could also do well, while young Danish rider Peter Karger is the unknown factor who could also show out. There is little between the other riders which should ensure some close and unpredictable races right through the 20 heats.

The Sidecar support races will include former Australian Champion Russell Mitchell against SA riders Jason Hardy/Adam Pascoe, Shane Rudloff/Damian Egan and Arron Hartwig/Teagan Hartwig who are back with a replacement engine after their fiery exit from Sunday night’s meeting.

Everything You Need To Know:

Meeting Date: Saturday night, 24 January 2015.

Venue: Gillman Speedway Stadium, 65 Wilkins Road, Gillman – near the Port Adelaide area.

Gates open: at 5 pm. Spectator access to the pits for a close look at the bikes until approximately 6.30 pm.

Racing starts: at 7.30 pm.

Riders:

Jack Young Solo Cup: Robert Branford, Arlo Bugeja, Gary Fischer, Matthew Flay, Seth Hickey, Peter Karger (Denmark), Robert Medson, Jake Mitchell, Ty Proctor (Vic), Blake Ridley, Cooper Riordan (Vic), Arthur Sissis, Kieran Sproule (NSW), Jason Stewart (Vic), Jordan Stewart (Vic), Brady Webb (WA).

Sidecars Group 1: Jason Hardy/Adam Pascoe, Arron Hartwig/Teagan Hartwig, Russell Mitchell/TBA (WA), Shane Rudloff/Damian Egan

Sidecars Group 2: Chris Bichard/Brett Lewis, Ricky Fechner/Justin Richards, Dean Hobbs/Andy Westover, Brian Silvy/Josh Knott, Darryll Woods/Will Walker.

125cc Junior Solos (infield track): Fraser Bowes, Hugh Evans, Troy Kutcher, Nicholas Possingham, Jack Sadler, Angus Vandenberg.

Sponsor: CBS Bins

CBS Bins is a family owned and operated businesses which commenced in 1975 when Graham and Marion Baker started in business with the purchase of a model 610 Bobcat. As the years progressed they were joined by their sons Steven, Mark and Darren, and today CBS Bins has grown into one of South Australia’s leading waste and rubbish removal companies. Sadly Graham passed away in January 2013, but his family continue to support Gillman Speedway and Graham’s past support has been remembered by the western end terraced area being named The Graham Baker Terrace. Website [www.cbsbins.com.au]

Admission: Adults $25, Age Pension and Student Concession $20, Children aged 12-15 $5, Children under 12 free. Family $55. Programme $5. Parking free. Concession is limited Centrelink Pensioner Concession Card and Student Concession Card holders only. A family ticket covers 2 adults and children under 16.

Weather Forecast: Maximum 27, minimum 14. Partly cloudy. [www.bom.gov.au/sa/forecasts/Adelaide]

Food and drink: Full bar and catering available. Food includes hot chips, hamburgers, chicken burgers, pies, pasties, sausage rolls, Chiko Rolls, dim sims, hot dogs, doughnuts, coffee, cold drinks, sweets. Please note a condition of our liquor licence is no byo alcohol or glass can be brought into the venue. Also note no pets, other than guide dogs, are allowed into the venue.

Souvenirs: There is a well-stocked souvenir shop including the latest Blackchrome manufactured shirts and jackets. Eftpos available only in the souvenir shop.

Seating: There are large terraced and grassed viewing mounds and but no grandstand seating, so bring deck chairs or blankets if you do not want to sit on the grass.

Directions: The best way to get to Gillman Speedway is off Hanson Road. If you are coming from the eastern and southern suburbs, get on to Hanson road off Torrens Road or Grand Junction Road, travel north on Hanson road over the train line then take the first road on the left, which is Wilkins road. From the northern suburbs, travel down the new Port Adelaide expressway and take the Hanson Road exit. Once on Hanson Road, take the first exit on your right, this is Wilkins road. From the western suburbs, Wilkins Road is the continuation of Bedford Street, north of Eastern Parade. For interstate visitors flying into Adelaide and getting a hire car, Gillman is about 20kms, and 30 minutes’ drive (depending on traffic lights) from the airport. The easiest and most direct way, if not going to your accommodation first is: On leaving the airport, turn left onto Sir Donald Bradman Drive. Continue along Sir Donald Bradman Drive until you reach the end of the airports grounds and turn right onto Tapleys Hill Road. Once you are on Tapleys Hill Road you can’t really go wrong. You only have to make three or four turns and most of those are simple. Just keep going on Tapleys Hill Road until you can’t go any further. That’s Port Road. Turn left onto Port Road. You can only turn left, you can’t go straight ahead or turn right, so pretty easy to this point. Continue down Port Road for about 1 km to the first intersection which is Grand Junction road and turn right. You only go 700 metres along Grand Junction Road over a bridge over a railway line. Stay in the left lane because at the bottom of the bridge you turn left into Gray Terrace. Go to the end of Gray Terrace (there is a slight detour along Gray Terrace at the moment) and turn right (you can’t go straight ahead) onto Bedford Street. Just keep going on that Road until you get to the speedway. About 2 kms.

Accommodation: There is plenty of accommodation in Adelaide and suburbs, within 20-30 minutes of the Speedway, ranging from five star hotels to caravan parks and backpacker hostels. The Pavlos Motel on Main North Road, Pooraka; and the Mawson Lakes Hotel and Function Centre, Main Street, Mawson Lakes, are offering a discount to speedway fans but you must ring the venues direct and ask for the Gillman Speedway discount. Full details are on the Gillman website under the information/accommodation tab.

Contact for this meeting: Speedway Manager, David Parker 0403 364 658