The win was in honour of Bob Bailey, a good mate of Mills’, who passed away a few years ago whilst at the time holding the Corowa – Rutherglen Speedway Club presidency.
The event was held for the first time at Wangaratta City Raceway, a track Bailey supported by competing at as much as he could.
Cars from around Victoria and New South Wales provided enough entrants for six qualifiers for the Production Sedan feature event.
Mills began his night coming from back in the field to win the first of those. Leeton race driver Danny Harrison won the second, then Mills again and Wangaratta member Brendan Harper. Harper doubled up with another win in the final round before Mills became the only driver to win all three of his heat races.
Mills began the feature ahead of Harper, Craig McAlister, Harrison, Wayne Bourke and Kenneth Mankey the President at Wangaratta Speedway Club.
Mills controlled the race at the front with Harrison moving to second by lap seven and Stephen Laidlaw moving into fifth by the same stage. At lap thirteen Mills was leading Harrison, Laidlaw, Bourke and Wayne O’Keefe.
At the finish and after some attrition with more than half the field suffering break down or damage, Mills won from Bourke, Chris Fitzgerald, Tom Barnard of the Wangaratta club and David Parker.
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