Image by Ashleigh Herbert Photography
Thirty SSA Street Stocks are set to converge on the Nickol Bay Speedway located in Karratha Western Australia some sixteen hundred kilometres north east of Perth this weekend for the seventh running of the Brett Johnson Memorial.
Due to the current lockdown conditions in the south of the state, a reduced field made up of competitors primarily from the northern Speedway clubs will do battle for the significant prize pool on offer.
The Nickol Bay Speedway club created the Brett Johnson Memorial in 2014 in memory of a young gentlemen who had a tremendous impact on the local members after having a ride in a two seater Street Stock in 2013 through local organisation EPIC Karratha.
Former Victorian resident now based in Western Australia Lenny Bates along with Carnarvon’s Jace Kempton and Albany’s Paul Bowman loom as the drivers most likely to contend for victory along with Karratha local Matt Herbert who is the only former winner in the field.
Derby’s Jake Hoath has been in great form to start the 2021 season in the top end with Nickol Bay members Stevie O’Dowd, Steve Griffths, Jack McAuley and Clint Marks all searching for a podium result in the event.
Each competitor will contest four ten lap heat races across the two nights of competition before a twenty five lap main event.
Nominations (30)
2 Trent Claybrook – Albany
3 Trent Lyall – Carnarvon
6 Brinley McGaffin – Derby
11 Rowan Drysdale – Derby
12 Kade Helms – Bunbury
13 Thomas Pahl – Nickol Bay
19 Stevie O Dowd – Nickol Bay
20 Tyler De Maine – Nickol Bay
21 Colm O Riordan – Nickol Bay
23 Steve Griffiths – Nickol Bay
25 Harry Wingfield – Nickol Bay
29 Jake Hoath – Derby
31 Alan Veldkamp – Port Hedland
32 Ben Ferris – Kalgoorlie
35 Craig Clayton – Newman
39 Alan Couper – Nickol Bay
42 Matt Herbert – Nickol Bay
47 Shane Snell – Nickol Bay
48 Jim Dixon – Broome
52 Paul Bowman – Albany
55 Jace Kempton – Carnarvon
69 James Hunt – Nickol Bay
74 Lenny Bates – Newman
78 Shayne Doust – Derby
79 Scott Wilde – Nickol Bay
82 Clint Marks – Nickol Bay
96 Jack McAuley – Nickol Bay
97 Brad Wilde – Nickol Bay
120 Clinton Waldron – Derby
123 Matt Lowe – Derby
Former Brett Johnson Memorial Winners
2014- Matt Herbert
2015- Matt Herbert
2016- Hayden Norman
2017- Paul Joss
2018- Paul Joss
2019- Anthony Beare (SA)
2020- “Cyclone Damien”
