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VMRC season finale heads for Winton 

By Timothy Neal

Date posted: November 17, 2023

The final round of the AASA sanctioned Victorian Motor Racing Championship (VMRC) heads for The Nation’s Action Track this weekend at the Winton Motor Raceway.

In a big year that saw the VMRC return to the Calder Raceway in an historic return for the reborn Victorian circuit, it all comes to head in Round 5 with five categories and a big field of entrants at the Benalla Auto Club owned circuit.

The weekend will see fields of Victorian Super TT, Australian Super Trucks, BMW E30, the Australian Hyper Racer Championship, and the Alfa Romeo Racing series in action.

The Australian Super Trucks are ready to rumble at Winton Raceway in their 2023 championship finale

The Vic Super GT is bringing an 11 car field stacked full of BMW E36 machines coupled in with some Ford Falcons, a Nissan and a Lotus Elise, and they’ll be sharing their track time with the BMW E30 series in their final race meet of the year.

The BMW E30 will come down to the final round to decide the title race after Royce Lyne’s mechanical issues at Calder opened the door for Brian Bourke and Jesse Bryan, who are both 24 points in arrears of the #4 championship leader.

The Australian Hyper Racer Championship bring their one-make open wheel series tot he VMRC finale at Winton. Image: Nico French Media

It’s also the final round for the thunderous Super Trucks with the Mack Superliner and Kenworth T401 of Barry Butwell and reigning champion Steven Zammit expected to be battling out the front once again.

The Australian Hyper Racer Championship brings 11 one-make open wheelers to the action track, with Dean Crooke having got the better of the field last time out at Winton.

The biggest field of the weekend will be the Alfa Romeo Racing series with 19 cars on track, with it also being their last meet of the season.

The Alfa Romeo Racing series brings a 19 car field to the Winton VMRC finale

ENTRY LIST

Victorian Super TT

# First Name Last Name Sponsor Make Model
1 Rob Boaden DPO / Xtreme Karts Warners Bay BMW E36
13 Russ Phelan Ultimate Cycles Nowra BMW E36
18 Brent Edwards Cable Source Ford Falcon XR6
22 Otis Craven-Sands Payless Tires BMW E36
39 David Bailey Tongarra Rd Preschool and Early Learning Centre BMW E36
49 Ryan House Novak Signs BMW E36
70 Jason Lee Reliance Mechanical Services BMW E46
73 Russell Deller Zaytox Pty Ltd Ford Falcon
101 Timothy Molesworth Sydney Crime and Trauma Cleaning Nissan Pulsar
103 Stephen Nealie Taps Air/ Simpson & Johnson Concreting Ford Falcon XR6
178 David Buntin Gulf Oil Australia, Illicid Aero, Outside Concepts Lotus Elise

Australian Super Trucks

# First Name Last Name Sponsor Make Model
1 Steven Zammit Fate Racing, Anglom Oils, Palm Trans Kenworht T401
1 Co-driver Brett Dalglish Fate Racing, Anglom Oils, Palm Trans Kenworht T401
13 Barry Butwell AAA Towing Mack Superliner
13 Co-driver Tye Oxley AAA Towing Mack Superliner
31 Marcus Prillwitz Hi-Tec Oils Mack Superliner
31 Co-driver Michael Prillwitz Hi-Tec Oils Mack Superliner
51 Mark Schultz KJB Truck Repairs Isuzu SBR
96 Frank Amoroso Fate Racing, Anglom Oils, Palm Trans Kenworth W900
96 Co-driver Robert Belinda Fate Racing, Anglom Oils, Palm Trans Kenworth W900

Australian Hyper Racer Championship

# First Name Last Name Sponsor Make Model
4 Chris Jewell Velocity Management Group Hyper Racer X1
6 Ignacio Lopez Carbon Racing / Roux / Capit / Meru Safety / Gyeon / Torq Hyper Racer X1
12 Nikolaos French Summons Racing / YTG Hyper Racer X1
19 Hamish Leighton Stoke Foiling Hyper Racer X1
26 Damon Sterling – Hyper Racer X1
27 Bastien Treptel Ctrl Cyber Security Hyper Racer X1
34 Dean Crooke Hyper Racer Hyper Racer X1
38 Hardy Kuln Clean Cameras Hyper Racer X1
74 Bradley Smith Spectre Property Hyper Racer X1
77 Brad Bond – Hyper Racer X1
88 Noah Sands Rolagain Riverina Skips Inclusion Outcomes Hyper Racer X1

BMW E30

# First Name Last Name Sponsor Make Model
4 Royce Lyne Toplyne Concreting BMW E30
7 Roy Plant UpFlow Brewing Co BMW E30
27 Brian Bourke Transrock BMW E30
38 Jesse Bryan KMB Motorsport BMW E30
50 Ashley Rogers West Vic Earth Moving BMW E30
54 Paul Shiff – BMW E30
62 Michael Whitford No Farmers No Food BMW E30
90 Shannon Cooper shannoncooper.com / Bell Motorsport BMW E30

Alfa Romeo Racing

# First Name Last Name Sponsor Make Model
5 Alfio Musumeci Elders Inner West Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV
6 David Mckee SOS Services on Site & Clay Business Solutions Alfa Romeo 147 Twin Spark
7 Robert Mckee Clay Business Solutions and SOS | Services on Site Alfa Romeo 147 Twin Spark
10 Brad Wilson Team Wilson Alfa Romeo 147 TS
15 David Capraro Annanda Motors / ARI Performance Alfa Romeo Mito
17 Michael Musumeci Elders Inner West Alfa Romeo GT
19 Richard Magoffin Squadra Veloce Alfa Romeo Alfetta GT
28 Mark Baggetto Gomma Control Racing Alfa Romeo GTV
51 Mick Aarons Alfpa Repairs/Monza Motors Alfa Romeo GTV6
53 Stephen Aarons Monza Motors/VIP Transport Alfa Romeo 156 TS
64 Urs Muller Muller Motorsport Alfa Romeo 156 Twinspark
65 Richard McKee SOS | Services on Site and Clay Business Solutions Alfa Romeo 147 Twin Spark
75 Robert Panetta Manning Motors Alfa Romeo –
84 Ray Pagnataro – Alfa Romeo Sud TI
89 Has Pananwala Racing Alfa Pty Ltd Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV
147 Matthew Cucuzza Midas Marrickville Alfa Romeo 147 Twinspark
280 Andrew Wilson Team Wilson Alfa Romeo 156 Twin Spark
411 Ken McKay Harden Bearings & Hardware Alfa Romeo 147 Twin Spark
777 Simon Greirson Sert transport Alfa Romeo GTV6

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