This Saturday night the Murray Machining and Sheds Murray Bridge Speedway will host the traditional Sprintcar season opener with the annual Bill Wigzell Battle of the Bridge, with a star studded 28 strong nomination list. Among them is local racer Ryan Jones, who over the years has made a habit of winning the South Australian season opener. In addition to claiming the event last year, Ryan had won the “Wigzell Race” on two previous occasions, and he has come close to two further victories with runner-up finishes in 2022 and 2021.

“Bill’s race is what I call the first major event for our part of the country and a race we really love to win. Bill’s heritage was built on being part of the first professional Sprintcar team to come out of Murray Bridge and I’m both fortunate and thankful to be in a position to drive for a famous Murray Bridge and Speedway family in the Wright’s, who have also built a professional Sprintcar team here. The bonus is we have won 3 of Bill’s races and I would be honoured to add a 4th this Saturday night” added Ryan in the lead up to the event this weekend.

When asked about the depth of the field that has nominated for this weekend, that includes three previous Australian 410ci Sprintcar Champions, Ryan had a very straight up response.

“It’s like that weekly now bud. Everyone has good gear; good crew guys and they are all good drivers. If you are a tenth off it’s a long night” he concluded.