Back seat thrills

THERE was plenty of thrills (without the spills) at Warrnambool’s Premier Speedway last Sunday with the staging of yet another successful ‘two-seater ride day’ for the Gillin Boys Foundation.

By Staff Writer

There was plenty of on-track action at Premier Speedway last Sunday when the Gillin Boys Foundation held a fundraising ‘two seater ride day.’ Narrawong’s Naomi Corcoran (pictured with driver John Vogels) was one of several locals who enjoyed a few laps around the track.

According to Christopher Gillin, 20 rides took place throughout the afternoon, with more than $6,000 raised for the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute to help fund their ongoing research into Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

“We’re extremely grateful to all those who purchased rides and to each of our three drivers, Tim Rankin, Grant Stansfield and Johnny Vogels,” Christopher said.

“We also appreciate the ongoing support of the Billings family who own the Sprintcar and to John ‘Snoopy’ Verhoeven for getting the FAST Motorsports/Gillin Boys Foundation two-seater Sprintcar back on track.

“Snoopy and his team worked hard to manufacture and fit a custom driveline to the car after it broke a few weeks ago.

“I’m sure there were quite a few nervous passengers before their rides but from all accounts there was lots of smiles afterwards and a great day was had by all.”