At the Riverbend Nationals, Australia’s most successful sportsman racer continued on his winning way, taking out not only the Competition Eliminator event win and Top Qualifier award, but also the Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship Western Conference final win.
Geddes stormed to victory on Sunday, enjoying a round one bye before going on to defeat Frank Intini in round two to secure his spot in the event final against runner-up Matt Forbes, who had defeated Mitch Oxley in round one and enjoyed a bye in round two.
“I was very proud to be racing at this awesome facility, it is definitely one of the best facilities in the country,” Geddes said.
“A super smooth track and great weather conditions allowed us to run great times and the event went really smoothly too; it is a credit to all of the officials of the NDRC.
“The car performed faultlessly, it was super consistent, and the track surface was great so we could throw everything at the car that we had.
“We ran personal bests in qualifying and then were able to navigate our way through eliminations, while not pushing it too hard so we didn’t set a record and so can save our handicap for the future.
“It was just a great event, it ran super smooth, and we are proud to be a part of the points series. We are doing what we can to attend all the events we can, and it was very close in the end between Matt Forbes and I, so it was really good to get that win and now we will plan to be at the final.
“In the meantime, I want to say thank you to the crew, Darryl, Rob, Laura, Beau, Jessie, Bella, and Alexander and also the family at home, Amanda and Charlie. Thank you to all of our sponsors also.”
A full complement of Aeroflow National Sportsman Championship racers descended on the state-of-the-art South Australian venue for the April 5-7 event alongside Top Fuel, Top Doorslammer, Pro Stock and Pro Stock Motorcycle, putting it all on the line for the highly anticipated conclusion to the Western Conference.
For an overview of the Riverbend Nationals results for all brackets, including group one, please click here.
For a detailed rundown of how each of the sportsman brackets unfolded over the weekend, please click here.
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