The Make Smoking History Collie Speedway is set to host the highest-paying event in Western Australia when the Collie Ridge Resort Street Stock Coalminer rolls into town this Friday and Saturday night.
In what is round two of the final ever ODH Mechanical Tri-City Series, the Coal Miner will again continue its tradition of adding a lap to the Finale, an event created by local drivers and team members that is unique yet still has the excitement of Street Stocks.
This year, again, there is something to talk about. At one point, it was a comfortable $14,000, but it has jumped to $16,000 thanks to Collie Machine Shop and HTEC Bunbury, who set tasks for the Street Stock drivers to achieve, and, as usual, they come to the party to make this weekend something special.
The format will again be as unique as the event itself, as on the opening night there will be two preliminary features, split into odds and evens. The top five in each will automatically lock themselves into the 53-lap main event.
From there, those drivers will engage in a ‘High Limit’ Style Top-10 Dash with the drivers’ positions sorted by the spin of a chocolate wheel dubbed ‘The Wheel of Misfortune’, with whoever spins the lowest number set to start at the pole in the dash.
The rest will have two more shots to lock themselves into the show on night two, giving the Coal Miner that feeling that it’s something different for all involved.
Forty drivers from all points of the state will make their way to the Coalfields, with the field filled with drivers who are all with a shot of taking home the big prize and also get laps in at the venue before the SSA Street Stock WA Tile in March.
Damon Lyall comes in as the defending Coal Miner Champion but has not been seen in the seat since his second-place run in the Westralia Cup in May, leaving it up to a stellar field to try to take the Coalminer trophy off him.
Along with him, former Coalminer winners Matt Hammond and Hayden Norman, who will also try to become the first two-time winners of the Coalminer.
Current Western Australian Champion Jake Hoath, who leads the ODH Mechanical Tri-City after winning the open round at Ellenbrook, will be looking to solidify his lead over Matt Iwanow and Ben Norman with the one trophy that eludes him in the Western Australian Street Stock Crown Jewel events cabinet.
Throw in the likes of Cody Avins and Ethan Genev, who are both trying to get their first win in the Coalminer for Collie locals, this year’s event will surely be one for the memory bank!
Racing will begin at 6 p.m. on Friday and 5:30pm on Saturday. You can watch it live on Real Speedway Television.
NOMINATIONS – 40
WA1 Jake Hoath
3 Steven Kendall
4 Ethan Genev
4 Matt Hammond
6 Hayden Norman
7 Josh Stewart
7 Alex Swift
8 Daniel Ameduri
9 Kayne Dellar
10 Damon Thomson
10 Matthew Iwanow
14 Michael Clark
15 Wayne Thomson
15 Daniel Flavel
17 Aaron Sutton
17 Seth Robinson
19 Stevie O’Dowd
20 Thomas Host
24 Jake Williams
27 Damon Lyall
28 Reece O’Reilly
31 Cody Avins
32 Ash Con-goo
35 Craig Clayton
44 Nate Renfrey
44 Peter Herbert
45 Heydon Hicks
56 Ethan Cooper
66 Seth Hinsey
66 Ben Norman
69 Tyron Hall
70 Mark Higgins
77 Daniel Sutton
78 Colby Bosley
83 Stefani Ameduri
83 Tim Hiles
85 Kesey Plecas
100 Linton Dickerson
T110 Terry Hammond
717 Josh Kennard
BROTH ENTERPRISES 2024/2025 SERIES PARTNERS
Odh Mechanical
KCLD Cleaning
Hoath Refrigeration & Air Conditioning
COMEX CIVIL
Ground Masters
ECTM
Dirt Track Nutters
Collie Machine Shop
2024/2025 ODH MECHANICAL TRI-CITY SERIES DATES
Round One: Ellenbrook Speedway September 27-28 (Brian Rose Memorial) – Winner: Jake Hoath
Round Two: Collie Speedway November 21-22 (Coal Miner)
Round Three: Perth Motorplex January 9-10