Charlie Brown takes out the 20th Annual Formula 500 Speedweek

This years 2013/14 Victorian Formula 500 Speedweek was run and won in first class fashion.

Yes, we had to fight the weather and lost two rounds, but with the top 10 positions completely live going into the final feature race on the final night, it has seen one of the closest finishes in its history.

With 60 Cars entering over the Speedweek, it was incredible to see the series unfold. I would personally like to thank all of the Officials that made it happen, the sponsors who worked hard with me to take the series to another level. No body forces you to contribute your hard earned dollars or product, and on behalf of everyone involved, thank you.

- Brandon Aranyosi

The reach of Formula 500 Speedweek Marketing

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As many know, we take our marketing and promotion of our sponsors and partners seriously, attempting to get them as much reach and “Bang for Buck” as possible! A lot of our media is driven online as well as some great print collateral! Below are some great facts and figures we had throughout the two and a half months of Online Push for the series!

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Behind the Lens!Sprintcarzone.com is a website by a driver, for our drivers! Download all the High Res Photos you need for all your promotional and marketing needs for only $75 a season!

Founder of Sprintcar Zone: Daniel Beard

When did you first get into speedway?My Dad was one of the founding members of Simpson Speedway so I recall going there at a very young age and being scared to death by the noise of all the sedans. I also remember going to Premier years ago and barracking for the Black Magic sprintcar...Where did the idea of sprint car zone photos come from?Ive taken photos of Speedway for many years and also co-founded the Sprintcar World website but my passion was always photos. I have never really done much with my photos other than supply some magazines and newspapers and then when I got my wingless I was shocked at the cost of getting a few digital pics to simply have on my computer and thought there has to be a better way for the racer to get pics of the cars they spend their hard earned time and money on to go racing.

Why did you decide to start scz?I just wanted a name that was my own, and when we started our Wingless Sprintcar race team we wanted to banner it with a website that was good for the sponsors to relate to. Sprintar Zone and the photo deal certainly does that. It also allows us to use the talents of some of the best photographers in the country and gives them some ownership over the brand as well.

What are your future plans?To keep taking photos for the enjoyment of not only the racers, but also for the group of photographers taking them. Id love to see it grow to a photographer in each state contributing to the site and having thousands of photos in the one-stop location for all racers to download their own pics at their leisure.

Do you only photograph racing?Pretty much, I have done a wedding or two but Speedway is what excites me behind the lens. I like to walk around during the course of the night and find different angles. I love to find the shot that shows the aggression of the car working and also to capture a photo that tells a story. I also enjoy the fact you get entrenched in the emotional roller coaster of the sport during a nights events and a photo can then record that moment in time forever.

Heard you’ve kicked a few goals in your football career, when did racing become a main priority?I had a bad motor car accident after the 1998 football season on the way home in a taxi from the presentation night celebrating our back to back premierships. Both drivers were killed and I spent a week in ICU with both broken legs and a smashed left elbow and wrist. It was during the months of rehab I got serious about covering Speedway on the internet and that led to taking photos from the infield and the rest as they say is history. I did manage to play football again, but by the time I played with any seriousness I was already entrenched in the behind the scenes at Speedway.

A young family, so they love it as much as you doMy boys absolutely love it. The oldest one Jordan is a Sprintcar nut and knows all the drivers, all their cars and would watch Sprintcars on TV all day every day. Cooper is less enthusiastic but has taken a shine to Glen Sutherland and his lemon car. The boys love being out in the shed and helping out with my Wingless Sprintcar and mum is even starting to enjoy going now that she pretty much has to!

Round 1 Proudly Brought to you by:

A massive WSS crowd, great weather, heaps of entries and a near perfect track set everything up for a great round. All night the track was at least 2 lanes wide for the 500’s and in every heat they were both used, history will show Charlie Brown put on a clinic, rim riding his way to a massive win and lapping up to 9th place in the process. Speedweek 20 couldn’t have started any better!

Round 2 Proudly Brought to you by:

Each year we seem to “find” a new name, at Hamilton we found this years, Brad Freeman! The heats produced the standard of racing we’ve come to expect from Western Speedway, still the only venue we race at that has hosted a round every year speedweek has been run! But the big news was all about Brad Freeman, he qualified on pole at a track he had never seen before, then proceeded to drive into the distance right from the start. At every restart Brad lead comfortably to eventually win his first big race and easily become the fastest Tasmanian we’ve had over here for quite some time!

Round 3 Proudly Brought to you by:

Warrnambool was the first of our wash outs this year, everybody looks forward to supporting WSS and racing in front of 8000 to 10000 people, however this year it was not to be!

Round 4 Proudly Brought to you by:

You could look at this round from a lot of different angles! After dreadful weather conditions Laang tried everything they could to supply us with a race ready track, and our racers showed a lot of ticker by agreeing to try and run the show. After only two heats the track was deemed unsafe by the stewards and the race was declared a wash out…

Round 5 Proudly Brought to you by:

Last year it was nearly 40C when we arrived to race this round, this year it was maybe 15C, viciously cold! Darlington’s two drag strips with a U-turn at each end always provides action packed racing, although the track hasn’t been getting very wide, it does get extremely intense! It’s always great to watch racing there and the packed spectator area each year confirms it. Just Like Charlie and Brad earlier in the week, Jye Okeefe started from the front and drove away, Jye’s no stranger to running well at Darlington and it showed, a very dominant performance on a pretty demanding little track, 3 different rounds, 3 different winners!

Round 6 Proudly Brought to you by:

James Aranyosi’s Speedweek results show he’s finished second by less than a few tenths here at the last two rounds… not this year, in easily the best feature of the week, Cody Maroske ran away early and looked set to comfortably win his first speedweek feature, however Azza had a different idea! Using some late race cautions and the top of the track to perfection the last few laps were raced like it paid $10000 to win, Azza’s commitment to the top had to be seen to be appreciated especially in 3 and 4! Cody’s run around the bottom was like clock work. The slide jobs for the lead over the last few laps had everyone at the venue saying “that was the best race I’ve seen all year” In the end the V50 turned the tables and won Simpson by a few tenths. What a great race!

Round 7 Proudly Brought to you by:

Take two! Hardly brilliant weather again, but we got it in… just. James Aranyosi’s momentum and confidence from the night before kept rolling right through to the same venue he won at last year. After 2 heat wins, the V50 started on the front row and was never headed taking the win from a fast finishing Chris Bellman. If you take Jye O’Keefe’s 12.914 out of the list, on the rain effected track the lap times from the rest of the top nineteen finishers were covered by less than 3 tenths! Ranging from Mark House’s 13.025 to Shane Dyno’s 13.313, Speedweeks competitive did you say!

SERIES HARD CHARGER

Both of these guys - Jye Okeeffe & Andrew Rae passed 20 cars transfering them from the rear of the B-Main, into the A Main to continue passing cars! Stellar driving!

Pos No. Name Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd5 Rd 6 Rd7 Total Diff Gap

1 Q7 Charlie Brown 162 150 168 150 151 781 0 02 V50 James Aranyosi 155 155 116 176 171 773 8 83 V55 Jye O’Keeffe 112 152 171 139 138 712 69 614 Q22 Cody Maroske 111 130 126 163 162 692 89 205 V51 Ash Sinclair 134 120 126 157 128 665 116 276 Q1 Nathan Pronger 104 96 162 170 127 659 122 67 V23 Grant Stansfield 121 124 160 127 121 653 128 68 V31 Chris Bellman 141 136 85 131 152 645 136 89 Wa24 Mark House 128 141 102 150 120 641 140 410 V52 Shane Van duyn 86 133 127 130 102 578 203 6311 V15 Leigh Vanginneken 93 102 124 124 96 539 242 3912 V27 Dylan Willsher 41 142 130 76 116 505 276 3413 T32 Brad Freeman 102 162 74 88 77 503 278 214 V95 Dale Sinclair 74 95 141 123 66 499 282 415 Q96 Glenn Underwood 124 66 109 122 66 487 294 1216 V49 Josh Buckingham 61 89 123 86 128 487 294 017 V99 Tyler Owen 64 62 150 79 117 472 309 1518 Q 93 Owen Milton 80 67 105 84 108 444 337 2819 V96 Andrew Rae 108 109 20 110 89 436 345 820 V70 Mathew Symons 98 14 130 132 46 420 361 1621 V22 Mathew Coates 2 135 70 96 26 419 362 122 WA1 Andrew Priolo 150 114 x x 150 414 367 523 V26 Dion Bellman 96 114 111 85 7 413 368 124 T27 Jess Moulden 115 122 74 61 x 372 409 4125 Q 33 Kristin Brown 64 49 78 111 64 366 415 626 V32 Mat Turner 47 114 80 68 52 361 420 527 V30 Jarrod Woolstencroft 9 80 48 105 107 349 432 1228 V48 Ryan O’Keefe 111 10 71 46 102 340 441 929 V5 Steve Vanginneken 9 92 85 48 68 302 479 3830 V10 Tyler Beasy 28 79 70 34 80 291 490 11

Final Points Standings

Pos No. Name Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd5 Rd 6 Rd7 Total Diff Gap

31 V75 Andrew Blackstock 39 78 0 77 92 286 495 532 Q81 Bayden Elston 41 73 17 64 90 285 496 133 V58 Jarrod Bampfield 28 46 70 66 65 275 506 1034 V37 James MacDonald 8 18 107 62 57 272 509 335 V45 Jeremy Beddison 117 x 120 x x 237 544 3536 SA96 Josh Michelmore 79 118 x x x 197 584 4037 V59 Chris Heard 16 41 43 37 55 192 589 538 V79 Terry Rankin 64 x x 108 x 172 609 2039 Q82 Nick Scholes 35 83 38 16 x 172 609 040 V92 Robert Trewartha 90 82 x x x 172 609 041 SA71 Lockie Cates 51 75 0 40 x 166 615 642 SA44 Stephanie Munn 18 40 36 21 41 156 625 1043 V91 Steven Horton 7 x 44 98 x 149 632 744 V71 Kurt Dunham 15 x x 46 85 146 635 345 V24 Tyler Carter x x 60 68 x 128 653 1846 V35 Jessie Elston 64 57 0 0 x 121 660 747 V73 Rob Rankin 23 x x 30 59 112 669 948 V60 Lee Cotteril x x x 14 56 70 711 4249 V47 Ben Morrison x x 63 x x 63 718 750 V93 Jarrod Mabbitt x x x 62 x 62 719 151 SA27 Angello Karoussis 62 x x x x 62 719 052 SA 46 Lisa Walker 54 0 x x x 54 727 853 V16 Dale Cook 5 40 0 x x 45 736 954 V88 Ben Mcleod x x 38 x x 38 743 755 V34 Adrian Christian 36 x x x x 36 745 256 V36 Daniel Burleigh x x x 32 x 32 749 457 SA64 Patrick Merrett 27 x x x x 27 754 558 V78 Steve Jabke x x 24 x x 24 757 359 V76 Tim Rankin x x x x 24 24 757 060 V83 Adam Turner x x x 9 x 9 772 15

Why did you start racing speedway?Started out watching my dad race instantly grew a passion for the sport which led to my parents buying me my first junior. Highlights in the class/ other classes of your racing?My first highlight would be winning my first Aust Title in juniors. Also geting the opportunity to race formulas winning several state titles. Why did you come down to race speedweek?Went to race speedweek because it’s always been good tuff racing. Highs of the week? Winning the opening night At Mt.Gambier. And having good car speed and luck resulting in winning the series. Lows of the week?Not geting to run the full 7 rounds due to rain.

If you could change one thing from the week what would it be?

I wouldn’t change to much from the week other then the weather. Overall thoughts on the Victorian Formula 500 Speedweek series as a whole?

Good week tuff racing. Special thanks to crew and sponsors?Big thanks to Des Korn for all his surport, Send with us, Hyper Racing, Oval Express, Mum and Dad, Liam, Tommy, Kirra, Kristin, Spanner Moulden and everyone else that helped out.

Why did you start racing speedway?I’ve followed sprintcars since I was born and got into junior sedans after I saw them at the classic. Highlights in the class/ other classes of your racing?2nd in the formula 500 Australian title -1st in act title two years in a row - speedweek round wins -2nd overall in speedweek 2013/2014, Why did you come down to race speedweek?This is the main event along with the Australian title where all the best cars come to race and it’s good to be apart of the competitive field Highs of the week? Winning the last two rounds of the series, especially at Simpson speedway. Lows of the week?Finishing last in the a main at Darlington after motor issues

If you could change one thing from the week what would it be?

Rerun the Darlington round Overall thoughts on the Victorian Formula 500 Speedweek series as a whole?

Very well ran and well advertised series, racing was close and competitive with a lot of good prizes up for grabs too! Special thanks to crew and sponsors?Mark dalton @ D&K Raceparts - Edge chassis - Adams performance engines - Kenny and Leanne Gore @ GGS Bathroom Solutions - Heather and Ian @ North Geelong Auto Electrics - Brandon Aranyosi @ Aranyosi Graphic Designs - Brendan and Matt @ Bratt Race Engineering - DW Motorcycle Repairs - R&J Batteries - ATR ( Advance Transport Refrigeration and Air conditioning - Andy Fx - West Coast Trailers - The crew and family / Mum and Dad, Bmac, Brandon and Jess, Cass, Bea and Steele.

Rest of the Top Ten

Why did you start racing speedway?Started racing because I love Motorsport and it was an affordable option. Highlights in the class/ other classes of your racing?Highlights of the class winning 2x vic title 2x Jack Wilshire cup. Why did you come down to race speedweek?I raced speedweek because its local and it’s gutsy. Highs of the week? Highs of the week was winning a round at Darlington. Lows of the week?Lows of the week was dropping a heat in mt gambier due to faulty fuel pump switch!

If you could change one thing from the week what would it be?

The only thing I would change would of been the weather!

Overall thoughts on the Victorian Formula 500 Speedweek series as a whole?

Overall thoughts is too job by everyone involved can’t fault it at all all volunteers did a great job as normal and we couldn’t race without them. Special thanks to crew and sponsors?Special thanks to my crew and major sponsors GJ Gardner Homes, Okely Contracting, Warrnambool Powder Coating, South West Conveyancing, O’shanassy Motorsport, Bull at Left Hand Down, WMI Farm Machinery.

Why did you start racing speedway?Growing up watching speedway i always wanting to do what my dad did. Highlights in the class/ other classes of your racing?1st Australian Junior Sedan Title, 1st Queensland Junior Sedan Title, 1st Northern Territory Junior Sedan Title, 3rd Australian Microsprint Title.Rising Star Program Why did you come down to race speedweek?As were new to the class i wanted as much seat time as i could get against the best in the country so coming down for 7 nights of racing back to back was the perfect way. If you want to be the best you have to beat the best. Highs of the week? The high point of the week would have to have been Simpson running a close second to James. Running at tracks like Mount Gambier and Premier Speedway were definitely ones i always wanted to run at. I’ve never run on a track with such hard braking zone so Darlington was an absolute blast!

Lows of the week?Running at Hamilton would have to be my low point running up to 6th and falling back to 10th after the

restart. Unlike all the other tracks it personally just wasn’t racey enough. The rain outs would also have to be a low having wanted to run at both Laang and Premier.

If you could change one thing from the week what would it be?

Really i wouldn’t change anything, maybe the weather if i had that power. Overall thoughts on the Victorian Formula 500 Speedweek series as a whole?

Overall i think the format and series was incredible, the hard wheel to wheel racing was great and definitely improved my driving. Having run so well in the series we couldn’t have asked for a better first experience. We will definitely be back next year!

Special thanks to crew and sponsors?Absolutely must thank my Dad, Garry for his incredible devotion to my racing and wanting me to succeed, Jake Smith for his hard work all series and my fantastic sponsors, Beenleigh Mufflers and Brakes A1 Exhausts, Woodeson Excavation, Penrite, Redback Performance, Leethal Race Wings, Jettco, T & B Alignments, Mckinnon Quarries & Civil and Shell Shock.

Thank you

Why did you start racing speedway?Mack daddy gave me a steer in the two stroke and I was hooked. Highlights in the class/ other classes of your racing?Winning. Why did you come down to race speedweek?It is the hardest week of racing in my backyard. Highs of the week? All the good battles I had with people. Lows of the week?Meeting the concrete at Hamilton.

If you could change one thing from the week what would it be?

Loosen it up for the feature at the mount haha.

Overall thoughts on the Victorian Formula 500 Speedweek series as a whole?

Really hard physically to get to every round let alone be competitive. Nothing else compares. Special thanks to crew and sponsors?Thanks to Jase Ryan for putting me in the car. PWR, Joes Racing Products, Westanks, Jettco, Vortex Racing Products. As well as Owen Built Homes for the tow rig. Biggest thanks to the promoters and people that have helped make the series run!

We couldnt have awesome prizes without more of our contingency sponsors!

Could you see yourself involved in the next series?

If you could see yourself a part of the 21st Formula 500 Speedweek please contact me on info@aranyosidesigns.com or 0401 384 106. We would love to have you or your business as a part of this great series! Alternatively, if you

are a current supporter and would like to lock your position in for next year, please give me a call!

Thanks for all your support!