Beau Bailey, from Grenfell, NSW, has clearly won his second Robinson Plumbing, Victorian Solo Championship with an authoritative victory in the Championship final at Mildura’s Olympic Park speedway on Saturday night. Bailey created history last season when, just a few weeks after he turned 16 and became a Senior rider, had his first senior meeting and took the Victorian Title. Beau has backed up in the best fashion by winning a second title in as many years.
Beau was a clear winner all night having started with the best time in the Exposed Signage & Apparel “Dash for Cash” which precedes all Olympic Park regular meetings. He was strongly challenged both in the Dash as well as in heat nineteen, where he met and lost to fellow finalist, Mitch McDairmid, of Western Australia. They finished equal on 14 points.
Automatic qualification to the Championship final went to the top three points scorers after twenty heats with the third rider on 12 points, being visiting UK rider, Luke Harrison, who enjoyed having two heat wins and three second placings. Third placed, Jacob Hook, was next on points with 11, just ahead of Alex Adamson, with 10, then to Jake Turner and Harry Ryan, who each won selection into the “B” final ahead of Michael West, on a countback as all finished on 9 points each.
Hook was able to win the “B” final from Turner and Ryan with Adamson next in line after he withdrew from the penultimate event with a bike problem.
The Championship final saw Mitch McDairmid select the inside position with defending Champ, Bailey in gate two. The English lad, Luke Harrison, took gate three while the elevated Jacob Hook was left with gate four.
