Australian Championship standard field for Gillman Speedway Sidecar Grand Slam - January 2015

January 28, 2015 by Gillman Media

Full Throttle Promotions, organiser of the dyovest.com Sidecar Grand Slam Series, has assembled a line-up of Australian Championship standard for the third round of the series being staged at Adelaide’s Gillman Speedway Stadium on Saturday night (31 January).

The super star field includes two world champions, Mick Headland and Darrin Treloar, the reigning Oceania Champion, Mark Plaisted, and four national champions, Mark Mitchell, Darrin Treloar, Mark Drew and Russell Mitchell.

Collectively the riders contesting the Gillman round have won more than 50 state championships and current series leader, Sydney’s Darrin Treloar, says the line-up is as good as any he has faced in his 29 year career. “We’ve had plenty of events in the past that have featured great riders like Andrew Cleave, Gary Moon and Glenn O’Brien for example, but the field for Gillman on Saturday night is the best I can recall for depth” Treloar enthused. “The depth of talent is incredible and there is nothing between most of the teams.”

The 2014/15 dyovest.com Sidecar Grand Slam Series represents the fourth consecutive season that Australia’s biggest speedway bike series has been staged. So far, in the event’s history, a total of 31 rounds have been conducted throughout Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and the Northern Territory and the series promoters say “We are delighted with the success of the Sidecar Grand Slam Series and there’s no doubt the series is established as one of the most prestigious events on the national speedway calendar”.

The support events on Saturday also feature a number of big-name riders including American Joe Jones, Kiwi David Gannon, Englishman Mick Stace and Australian championship riders Ron Parker and Shane Hudson.

Everything You Need To Know:

Meeting Date: Saturday night, 31 January 2015.

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

Gates open: at 5 pm.

Racing starts: at 7.30 pm. Free spectator access to the pits for a close look at the bikes until approximately 6.30 pm.

Riders:

Sidecar Grand Slam: Mark Mitchell/Tom Golding, Warren Monson/Matt Morgan (Vic), Damien Niesche/Mitchell Spear, Justin Plaisted/Sam Harrison, Jason Hardy/Adam Pascoe, Daniel Puddy/Luke Puddy, Mick Headland/Jesse Headland, Darrin Treloar/Blake Cox (NSW), Mark Plaisted/Brian Anthony, Russell Mitchell/Tom Adams (WA), Mark Drew/Steve Blair (WA/NT), Rob Patterson/Brenton Kerr (Vic), Byren Gates/Michael O’Loughlin (Vic), Arron Hartwig/Teagan Hartwig, Trent Headland/Darryl Whetstone, Shane Rudloff/Damian Egan

Support Sidecars : Joe Jones/Johnny Glover (USA), Kym Menadue/Anthony Schulz, Ron Parker/tba, Timothy Bichard/Dale Knights, Ricky Fechner/Justin Richards, Dean Hobbs/Andy Westover, Mark Radford/Chris Walker (Vic), David Gannon/Raymond George (NZ), Shane Hudson/Brad Pitt (NSW), Mick Stace (Eng)/Jarred Edey, Klae Hobbs/Luke Smith (reserve).

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

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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 28, minimum 16. Partly cloudy. [www.bom.gov.au/sa/forecasts/Adelaide]

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

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.

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