Davis crashes out but wins pro-sprintcar series

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PRO-sprintcar driver

Brodie Davis may have crashed out of the annual Autobarn Thunder in the Canefields last weekend, but he still was overall series winner. Davis was the favourite after winning the Queensland prosprintcar event at Mareeba on July 8.

Cairns Speedway manager Rob Goodin said Western Australia driver Q74 Ryan Farrell won the 30 lap feature race but was deducted two positions because he hit a cone on a restart, so Victorian V2 Domain Ramsay was moved up to first place for the feature and local NQ65 Gwesyn Dalliston took home second with Ryan Farrell third.

“Overall series winner of the series for the cane knife trophies was still Davis, second was Ramsay and local Wes Jenkins took home third in the series,” he said.

“We had 900 on Friday night and 2000 on Saturday night, with the weather probably keeping a few away, even though it held off.”

Mr Goodwin said the sport was back in contention.

“A lot of hard work has gone into building the profile of the speedway in Cairns behind the scenes and we are seeing the pay-off now with fans returning to watch high quality racing action,” he said.

“The pro-sprintcar class is relatively new since 2020 and has made it more affordable to own a sprintcar with an LS V8 engine standard across the board. “The pro-sprintcar class has brought sprintcars back to Cairns and the crowds have jumped from 500 per event to 1500 per normal event.

“In broad terms, the speedway is back in Cairns after a hey-day in the 70s, 80s, and early 90s before dropping off.”