Marcus Dumesny gets a kiss from father Max after winning Night #2 of the Classic (Justine McCullagh-Beasy Photo)
by Justine McCullagh-Beasy
A kiss from dad capped off a remarkable result for a son-of-a-speedway gun on night two of the South West Conveyancing Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic.
Marcus Dumesny, 20, was proud to salute at Premier Speedway - the track which honours his dad Max with a hill named after him - on Saturday night.
The emerging driver edged out high-quality duo Kerry Madsen and Cory Eliason in Saturday night's 30-lap feature, sending his team, including three-time overall classic winner Max, into celebration mode.
"It is a bit phenomenal at the moment, (with the) chequered flag I was like 'I just won that, that's pretty cool'," Dumesny said from the in-field.
"It hasn't really sunk in but it's cool to be up here where our name belongs."
The Sydney-based Dumesny, who started the A-Main on pole, said his dad, who hails from Nullawarre, had inspired his racing career.
"I'm sure he's stoked, to see his boys (Matt and I) running laps around the place he dominated for most of his career and it's just good to be here," he said.
He had talented field on his tail - Kerry Madsen, Eliason, Tim Schaffer, Steven Lines, Ian Madsen, Jamie Veal, Corey McCullagh, Lachie McHugh and Kalib Henry rounded out the top-10.
"It was hard work but we did what we needed to do. It was close at the end there but we got it done," Dumesny said.
"To finally knock a win out around this joint is a big confidence boost really."
Three-time winner Brooke Tatnell was forced to pull in with 24 laps to run.
Kalib Henry, 20, is among the young Americans testing themselves in the classic.
Henry, who calls Sacramento home, said he was enjoying his first trip to Australia.
"So far it's been a wonderful trip. I've picked up a couple of wins. We got one at Valvoline and then one at Simpson," he said at Premier Speedway on Saturday night.
"It's been something I've dreamt of since I was a little kid so to even be on the radar to come over here and race for these guys is going to be a good opportunity for me and hopefully it turns into something back home.
"I can't thank the Perrett family as well as the Green family, if it weren't for them I wouldn't even be here, as well as our sponsors."
Henry, like many racers, is following a family tradition.
"My dad (Mike) raced and I kind of wanted to follow in his footsteps in a sense and he was pretty pronounced in California for his time," he said.
"He won a lot of races and championships and whatnot so I have always looked up to him. Maybe I could surpass him and go further in my racing career."
48th Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic
Premier Speedway
Warrnambool, VIC
Saturday January 25, 2020
Qualifyhing Flight A:
1. V35-Jamie Veal, 10.720
2. N47-Marcus Dumesny, 10.733
3. V81-Robbie Paton, 10.930
4. N99-Carson Macedo, 10.970
5. NQ5-Danny Reidy, 11.104
6. N53-Jessie Attard, 11.168
7. V77-Brayden Parr, 11.177
8. V45-Mike Van Bremen, 11.191
9. V72-Jacob Smith, 11.243
10. N92-Sam Walsh, 11.266
11. S45-Jake Tranter, 11.319
12. VA51-Robert Nicholas, 11.328
13. V55-Brooke Tatnell, 11.368
14. NQ21-Jorydan Brazier, 11.399
15. VA12-Mark Carlin, 11.451
16. USA55-McKenna Hasse, 11.452
17. VA75-David Donegan, 11.459
18. Q83-Steve Lines, 11.460
19. VA4-Carly Walsh, 11.505
20. N36-Eddie Lumbar, 11.517
21. V17-Dennis Jones, 11.572
22. NT24-Jamie O’Neill, 11.869
23. USA4-Kalib Henry, 11.936
24. V48-Adam King, 11.986
25. T2-Scott Bissett, 12.060
26. V49-Ricky Clarke, 12.176
Qualifying Flight B:
1. V90-Corey McCullagh, 11.207
2. NS4-Ian Madsen, 11.226
3. W26-Cory Eliason, 11.252
4. W2-Kerry Madsen, 11.284
5. V70-John Vogels, 11.327
6. V73-Charles Hunter, 11.438
7. T7-Tim Hutchins, 11.515
8. S63-Ryan Jones, 11.548
9. V37-Grant Anderson, 11.560
10. V88-David Murcott, 11.576
11. V2-Domain Ramsay, 11.605
12. S19-Tim Shaffer, 11.635
13. VA29-Terry Rankin, 11.701
14. VA81-Rhys Baxter, 11.703
15. S78-Keke Falland, 11.731
16. Q23-Lachlan McHugh, 11.734
17. S27-Daniel Pestka, 11.745
18. V56-James Aranyosi, 11.789
19. S4-Lisa Walker, 11.799
20. V7-Paul Solomon, 11.835
21. N40-Chris Mcinerney, 11.894
22. N16-Daniel Sayer, 12.010
23. Q88-Ryan McNamara, 12.094
24. S2-Craig Vanderstelt, 12.146
25. W60-Jason Pryde, 12.184
Heat Race #1:
1. V35-Jamie Veal
2. N92-Sam Walsh
3. N99-Carson Macedo
4. V55-Brooke Tatnell
5. V77-Brayden Parr
6. USA55-McKenna Hasse
7. VA4-Carly Walsh
8. NT24-Jamie O’Neill
9. T2-Scott Bissett
Heat Race #2:
1. NQ5-Danny Reidy
2. N47-Marcus Dumesny
3. S45-Jake Tranter
4. VA75-David Donegan
5. USA4-Kalib Henry
6. N36-Eddie Lumbar
7. V45-Mike Van Bremen
8. NQ21-Jorydan Brazier
9. V49-Ricky Clarke
Heat Race #3:
1. N53-Jessie Attard
2. V81-Robbie Paton
3. Q83-Steve Lines
4. V72-Jacob Smith
5. V17-Dennis Jones
6. VA12-Mark Carlin
7. V48-Adam King
8. VA51-Robert Nicholas
Heat Race #4:
1. W2-Kerry Madsen
2. V88-David Murcott
3. V90-Corey McCullagh
4. T7-Tim Hutchins
5. Q23-Lachlan McHugh
6. VA29-Terry Rankin
7. S4-Lisa Walker
8. N16-Daniel Sayer
9. W60-Jason Pryde
Heat Race #5:
1. NS4-Ian Madsen
2. V70-John Vogels
3. S63-Ryan Jones
4. Q88-Ryan McNamara
5. V7-Paul Solomon
6. VA81-Rhys Baxter
7. V2-Domain Ramsay
8. S37-Terry Kelly
9. S27-Daniel Pestka
Heat Race #6:
1. V73-Charles Hunter
2. W26-Cory Eliason
3. S19-Tim Shaffer
4. V37-Grant Anderson
5. V56-James Aranyosi
6. S2-Craig Vanderstelt
7. S78-Keke Falland
8. N40-Chris Mcinerney
Heat Race #7:
1. V55-Brooke Tatnell
2. VA4-Carly Walsh
3. USA4-Kalib Henry
4. V35-Jamie Veal
5. S45-Jake Tranter
6. V77-Brayden Parr
7. NQ5-Danny Reidy
8. VA75-David Donegan
9. T2-Scott Bissett
Heat Race #8:
1. V17-Dennis Jones
2. V72-Jacob Smith
3. N92-Sam Walsh
4. N99-Carson Macedo
5. USA55-McKenna Hasse
6. V81-Robbie Paton
7. NT24-Jamie O’Neill
8. VA12-Mark Carlin
Heat Race #9:
1. Q83-Steve Lines
2. N47-Marcus Dumesny
3. V48-Adam King
4. N36-Eddie Lumbar
5. NQ21-Jorydan Brazier
6. N53-Jessie Attard
7. V45-Mike Van Bremen
8. VA51-Robert Nicholas
9. V49-Ricky Clarke
Heat Race #10:
1. S4-Lisa Walker
2. Q88-Ryan McNamara
3. S27-Daniel Pestka
4. VA29-Terry Rankin
5. V2-Domain Ramsay
6. V90-Corey McCullagh
7. T7-Tim Hutchins
8. V70-John Vogels
9. W60-Jason Pryde
Heat Race #11:
1. N40-Chris Mcinerney
2. Q23-Lachlan McHugh
3. W2-Kerry Madsen
4. W26-Cory Eliason
5. V37-Grant Anderson
6. S78-Keke Falland
7. V88-David Murcott
8. N16-Daniel Sayer
Heat Race #12:
1. S19-Tim Shaffer
2. S2-Craig Vanderstelt
3. V7-Paul Solomon
4. V56-James Aranyosi
5. S63-Ryan Jones
6. VA81-Rhys Baxter
7. NS4-Ian Madsen
8. V73-Charles Hunter
9. S37-Terry Kelly
C-Main:
1. V2-Domain Ramsay
2. N40-Chris Mcinerney
3. NQ21-Jorydan Brazier
4. VA81-Rhys Baxter
5. S27-Daniel Pestka
6. S78-Keke Falland
7. V45-Mike Van Bremen
8. VA75-David Donegan
9. N16-Daniel Sayer
10. VA51-Robert Nicholas
11. NT24-Jamie O’Neill
12. T2-Scott Bissett
13. S37-Terry Kelly
14. V49-Ricky Clarke
15. W60-Jason Pryde
B-Main:
1. V88-David Murcott
2. USA4-Kalib Henry
3. V70-John Vogels
4. V17-Dennis Jones
5. VA81-Rhys Baxter
6. V7-Paul Solomon
7. S45-Jake Tranter
8. NQ21-Jorydan Brazier
9. S2-Craig Vanderstelt
10. N40-Chris Mcinerney
11. T7-Tim Hutchins
12. S4-Lisa Walker
13. N36-Eddie Lumbar
14. VA4-Carly Walsh
15. V77-Brayden Parr
16. V48-Adam King
17. V2-Domain Ramsay
18. VA29-Terry Rankin
19. USA55-McKenna Hasse
20. V56-James Aranyosi
A-Main:
1. N47-Marcus Dumesny
2. W2-Kerry Madsen
3. W26-Cory Eliason
4. S19-Tim Shaffer
5. Q83-Steve Lines
6. V35-Jamie Veal
7. V90-Corey McCullagh
8. Q23-Lachlan McHugh
9. NS4-Ian Madsen
10. USA4-Kalib Henry
11. S63-Ryan Jones
12. V88-David Murcott
13. N99-Carson Macedo
14. N53-Jessie Attard
15. NQ5-Danny Reidy
16. V73-Charles Hunter
17. V17-Dennis Jones
18. V72-Jacob Smith
19. V70-John Vogels
20. Q88-Ryan McNamara
21. N92-Sam Walsh
22. V37-Grant Anderson
23. V81-Robbie Paton
24. V55-Brooke Tatnell