Veteran Gary Higgs wins first Bert Vosbergen Memorial after final declared in wake of nasty rollover

Veteran Gary Higgs has won his first Bert Vosbergen Memorial after a dramatic final night of racing on Sunday at Albany’s Attwell Park Speedway. The annual memorial, honouring the late WA super sedan legend, was run over two nights as part of Albany’s Easter Showdown meeting. The final was declared after nine laps following a huge crash involving youngster Bryce Fisher. Fisher rolled heavily in turn one and two before his car caught fire after coming to a stop upside down. He was able to climb out of the car and walk from the track with emergency crews before being taken to Albany Health Campus with concussion symptoms. Stewards then declared the race after the nasty incident, with Gary Higgs leading son Dustin Higgs and Rob Knox at the time. After the crash was cleaned up, that part of the track was graded and deemed safe again before the feature race for the late models was contested. Earlier in the night, Dustin Higgs won both heat races to start the feature race on the front row alongside his father, while Knox and Glynn McBeath were on the second row. Gary Higgs was the overnight leader on points in the memorial after claiming two heat race wins on Saturday. He topped the points on night one, four clear of Knox, while Dustin Higgs was third after three rounds of racing. Dustin Higgs downed Knox in the opening qualifier of the weekend, where both Tristan and Terry Green failed to finish. In heat two, Gary Higgs downed son Dustin Higgs by 1.079secs and in the third heat it was Gary Higgs, this time downing an impressive McBeath. Terry Green didn’t compete again after the first heat and Craig Gilbert didn’t appear on night two, while Tristan Green used his dad Terry’s car to race on Sunday. In the support divisions, Cody Colmer easily won the junior sedans, Sam Jewell was dominant in the formula 125 final and Trent Claybrook won the street stocks.