Speedcar Super Series legend Giant Cheque recently made his welcome return to the NSW Speedcar scene after Mark ‘Browndog’ Brown took out Round Four at Gilgandra Speedway in Central-West NSW on December 30th. Yet despite being one of the shortest journeys so far with a five hour drive from Sydney; Giant Cheque was still able to catch the sights of country NSW on his tour!

First stop was visiting the relatives in Bathurst NSW; home of Giant Cheque’s ancestry where gold nuggets were once the order of the day before giant cheques were a negotiable item! Driving into town, Giant Cheque was quick to spot an old family friend, Giant Gold Panning Man and was immediately called upon for a photo. Not one to miss a pan filled with gold (well Giant Cheque is worth $2,000 big ones!), Giant Gold Panning Man got down on one knee and claimed Giant Cheque as one of his own!

Giant Cheque and his handlers said their swift farewells, sidestepping the dead bird not shown in the picture (on the ground, don’t look at the sky!) and made their way on towards the sunny skies of the Central-West before a detour was demanded when SSS Round 4 Television sponsor WINTV made an urgent request that Giant Cheque would come meet his fans in the town of Orange. Heading straight to the studio, Giant Cheque was ready to meet some of the local celebrities of WINTV but was even more fortunate to catch up with giant WINTV sign outside the studio doors to the jubilation of the gathered crowd!

As night fell Giant Cheque returned to the back of his ride for the rest of the trip to Gilgandra. Waking the next morning with the car like a sauna (his handlers didn’t think of getting him out of the car at the hotel!), Giant Cheque realised Saturday was ‘the’ big day, with his street display being held in town with the SSS superstars as supports before heading trackside for the show.

But as the morning progressed so did the clouds… The dark and heavy clouds bringing rain down onto the favoured SSS machines with Giant Cheque, as vain as always, retreating from the damp yet busy display of the Gilgandra main strip into the dry comfort of local Gilgandra Speedway sponsor, The Royal Hotel. Always a big shot, Giant Cheque was on the bar for a drink before anyone could say “Giant Cheque it’ll go straight through you – you’re made of corflute!” only to be stopped by Royal Hotel publican Lance Neville Sutton.

After a number of attempted bribes against Neville Lance’s new fan, Giant Cheque skipped the drink, had a photo and sped off to the track to prepare for his night of spectating from the infield. Once the rain stopped and eager fans filled Gilgandra Speedway for some spectacular Speedcar racing; Mark Brown stormed home for the win and word is Giant Cheque has nestled into his home with the Rondalee Rocket and his family… Congratulations Mark Brown!

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Word has just been received Giant Cheque did get his drink in the end! After a short trek home to Sydney after the SSS event, Giant Cheque was later spotted at the Brown family home partaking in New Years celebrations. This photo was captured by a guest photographer and is shown here exclusively for you avid Giant Cheque watchers…

Giant Cheque next heads north to Sunny Queensland where the SSS hard-chargers will battle it out for Round Five at Charlton Raceway, Toowoomba on Saturday 20^th January!